Person:Ann Milhous (1)

Birth and marriage sourced "Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, volume 1, Cane Creek monthly meeting, page 1058 (marriage, also page 1062). ............

      The Henry Milhouse letter (Martha Hawkins Earl File) to his daughter and son  in-law Amos Hawkins gives a little information on the trip to Ohio.

Caesars Creek, Ohio State - Warren County - the 24th of 8mo 1805

     Dear Children: (Amos and Ann Hawkins)

     I wrote to you soon after I came here, thinking it best to inform you that we arrived here safely in 5 weeks & 5 days. 

     Had a good deal of wet weather and very bad roads, and most of us were something unwell at times, but I have been favored with health on the road and since I am here - for which great favor I hope to be thankful. 

     It is much more difficult than what I expected to get land here near to any meeting of Friends. Your Uncles, Eli Cook and Benjamin Hawkins and several other Friends from Carolina & Georgia have formed a new settlement about 30 miles to the west of Waynesville and have requested the privilege of holding meetings amoung themselves. I have lately been there as one of a committee appointed by the monthly meeting for that service, and I expect their request will be granted.

     I have lately purchased 540 acres of land at two and one quarter dollars ($2.25) per acre, about 8 miles to the eastward of Waynesville on Caesars Creek, to far from the meeting at Waynesville but as there are several families of Friends hereaway, we expect erelong to request for a meeting amoung ourselves.

     Dear Children, if you move to this country, do not overload as the road is exceedingly bad. What earthen-ware or pots or timware you have if you could get the value for them - it would be better to sell them except what you would want on the road. Such things being - or to be had at Cincinnati as cheep or nearly so as in Charleston, which is but about 48 miles from this place.     (Signed) Henry Milhouse
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 Ann (Milhous) Hawkins, age 78. b. SC, in the 1850 Clinton Co. OH census is living with her son Henry.
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