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Howdy Janice
I can't tell you how excited I was to see your note with
the list of children for William Burton + Mary Smith giving
one married to Sam Miller. As you may have seen in Bob
Burton's message, I am descended from Samuel Miller +
Elizabeth Burton. I've long suspected there was some
connection to the family of Cuthbert Burton, but couldn't
find anything definite.
I'm certain that Sam's wife was Elizabeth Burton. The death
certificate for his son John gives John's parents as Samuel
+ Elizabeth, and the death certificate for daughter Dorothy
gives Elizabeth's maiden name as Burton.
Samuel Miller's daughter Ann married John Rigsby and had a
son Cuthbert B Rigsby. Sam's daughter Martha married Nelson
Long and had a son Cuthbert Burton Long. [Ann's daughter
Jane Rigsby married Martha's son James Long; they were my
gg-grandparents.] For a long time I thought Cuthbert Burton
might be Elizabeth's father,but clearly his daughter
Elizabeth married a Hazelip.
Sam + Elizabeth's first son was named John, which is
supposed to be the name of Sam's father. (I haven't proved
that yet.) Their second son was William Burton Miller. If
they followed the naming conventions, Elizabeth's father
should be William. Given that they used the middle name
Burton, I think it very likely Elizabeth's father was
William.
The only sticking point right now is that your list of
children for William Burton shows daughter Sarah married to
Sam Miller, and daughter Elizabeth married to a Spillman. I
really want to say the names are reversed. As above, I'm
sure Samuel Miller married Elizabeth. Unfortunately, I
can't yet determine the Spillman marriage. I feel fairly
sure that this is the family:
1850 census Allen Co KY p147a
Saml Spillman 59 VA
Robert M 32 IL?
E A R (f) 22 KY
Saml W Hargiss 24 TN
But the wife has died so she can't be identified. Samuel
Spillman is also on the 1840 census:
1840 census Allen Co KY p59
Saml Spillman 1 M <5, 1 M 15-20, 1 M 40-50, 1 F 15-20, 1 F 20-30
He is listed 8 lines away from John Rigsby who married Ann
Miller. I can't tell if that oldest female is Samuel's wife
or daughter. It seems like daughter is more likely.
One possibility is that the marriages did occur as listed
in your note, but that Sam's wife and Elizabeth's husband
both died young and Sam then married Elizabeth. The 1810
census for Spartanburg Co SC shows a Samuel Miller with a
wife, two sons, and a daughter. I'm not positive that's my
Sam, but I can't find mine anywhere else. What's bothering
me is those additional children. All the children I've
found for Sam were born 1813 or later. If Elizabeth was his
second wife and that census entry him, what happened to the
other children? And if Elizabeth was first married to a
Spillman, what happened to Robert? Or did all those
children die with the first spouses, and it be just
coincidence that there are Spillmans in Allen Co?
Or it could just be that the information from Richard Dietz
is wrong. At the Allen Co KY web site I found this marriage
record:
Spillman, Samuel to Burton, Nancy 15 Sep 1814
I see that William Burton had a daughter Nancy for whom
Richard has no information. How confident are you with the
accuracy of his information?
I suspect there are further connections between my Rigsby
and Miller families and the Burtons. Cuthbert Burton
served in the War of 1812 in the same company as Samuel
Miller and John Sr Rigsby (father of the John who married
Sam's daughter). My Rigsbys came from Wake Co NC (next to
Orange Co) to Pendelton Dist SC (near Spartanburg) before
coming to Allen Co KY. There is a John Miller near the
Rigsbys in Wake Co and one near the Burtons in Spartanburg
Co, but I don't know that they are the same John Miller. As
I understand it, the Burtons originally were from Henrico
Co VA, and one of the original Rigsby immigrants arrived in
Henrico Co VA in 1637. This may be a bunch of coincidences,
but I think the three families are closely connected. Do
you have any information on Millers or Rigsbys in your
early Burton info?
Also, I have a Silas Burton in Allen Co KY who married
Elizabeth Rigsby. Do you know who he is?
Thank you very much for posting that information.
Ken
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