Person:Thomas Milam (4)

Acquisition of Land

• 15 JUN 1749 NORTHERN NECK WARRANTS AND SURVEYS, CULPEPER COUNTY. "By Vertue of a Warrant from the Proprietors Office Dated ye ___ day of ___ . Survey: for Thomas Mylum for two hundred and three acres of land lying on ye Robinson River Culpeper County. Beginning at a Hickory and Chestnut corner to John Branham's on ye side of Doubletop Mountain.....in Major Phillip Roots line.....crossing ye Robinson River {present day Rose River}....up ye River and over ye same.....to John Bramham's.....on ye south side of ye Robinson River then with ye Bramham's line.....to ye beginning. Chain Carriers, Richard Mazey and Frances Tidwell. Surveyor, George Hume."

• 31 JAN 1749/1750 NORTHERN NECK, LAND GRANTS, BOOK G, page 355. "The Right Honourable Thomas Lord Fairfax Baron of Cameron in that part of Great Britain called Scotland. Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia. To all to whom this present Writing shall come sends Greetings....and in Consideration of ye Compensation to me paid And for ye annual Rent hereafter Reserved, I have given, granted and Confirmed...unto Thomas Mylum of the County of Culpepper a certain Tract of waste and ungranted Land in the said County lying on the Robinson River and Bounded as by a survey thereof made by Mr. George Hume as followeth...{same as in the above survey}....containing Two Hundred and three Acres Together with all Rights, Members and appurtenances thereunto belonging, Royal Mines excepted. And a full third of all Lead, Copper, Tinn, Coals, Iron Mines and Iron Ore that shall be found thereon....Yearly and every Year on the Feast Day of St Michael, the Archangle, Fee Rent of One Shilling Sterling Money for Every Fifty Acres of Land hereby granted....Dated this Thirty First day of January in the twenty third Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland. King, Defender of the Faith. One Thousand Seven Hundrend and Forty nine.

• 10 MAR 1763 BEDFORD COUNTY SURVEYORS RECORDS, Vol.3, page 204. Surveyed for Thomas Milam 83 acres of land on the Branches of Hurricane Creek. Beginning at his corner off. S 82 E 90 poles....By Isaiah Talbot, Assist. Surveyor

Disposition of Land

• 17 AUG 1760 CULPEPER COUNTY, DEED BOOK C, pages 373 - 376. Thomas Mylum of Culpeper County and Mary, his wife, sold to Christopher Dicken also of Culpeper County for £ 90 of current money the "203 acres whereon he now liveth and whereon his dwelling house now standeth bordering the lands of John Bramham and Major Philip Rootes on the side of Doubletop Mountain". This deed was signed by Thomas Mylum with a "TM" and by Mary Mylum with an "O". Witnesses: Massey Thomas, John Clore, Henry Lewis, Jr. and George Row. Acknowledged by all in court on 21 August 1760. [310]

Records in Virginia

• 12 MAR 1747 NORTHERN NECK WARRANTS AND SURVEYS, ORANGE COUNTY. Alexander Campbell & Daniel Campbell obtained a warrant (image) for land on 27 January 1747. Their survey was made on 12 March 1747 and records "....foure hundred & eleven Acres of land in the fork of the Robinson River Orange County.....on the South Side of Pass Run in the line of a Survey made for Thomas Mylum & John Bramham....". Chain Carriers: John Kelley and Thomas Mylum. Surveyor, George Hume.

• 23 MAR 1747/1748 ORANGE COUNTY, DEED BOOK 11, pages 146 - 147. Indenture between George Martin, St. Margaret’s Parish of Caroline County, and Thomas Sparks, Parish of St. Thomas of Orange County.....for 20 £ current money.....grants 200 acres of land bounded by.....Geo. Martin.....Majr. Philip Roote.....Witnesses: Thomas (TM) Milam, Russel Hill, John Towles.

• 25 MAY 1751, VIRGINIA NORTHERN NECK, LAND GRANT BOOK G, page 504. "....Major John Frogg and Dr. Michael Wallace of the countys of Prince William and King George a certain tract of waste and ungranted Land in the County of Culpeper joining Bramham and Milam at the Double Top Mountain, bounded also as by a Survey thereof made by John Baylis....Containing One Hundred and Three acres...."

• 22 JUN 1753: CULPEPER COUNTY, ORDER BOOK. Deed James Yowell to John Frogg. The transfer of a deed for 210 acres at the Blue Ridge and head of the Tims River lieing in the County of Frederick, surveyed on 12 May 1752 by George Hume for John Frogg, assigne of James Yowell. Deed from James Yowell of Culpeper County to John Frogg of Culpeper County, Colony of Virginia. Wittness: George Hume, Thomas Mylum and Thomas Allen

• 27 MAR 1760: NORTHERN NECK WARRANTS AND SURVEYS, CULPEPER COUNTY. Based on a warrant obtained by George Row dated 28 October 1756, a survey was made which discribed "....107 acres of land in Culpeper County for George Row.....on North Side of the South fork of Robinson River in the line of a Survey made for John Kelly (now the above Row's)....on the Fork Mountain near a Spring...." Chain Carriers: Thomas Milam and John Milam. Pilots: George Row, Charles McQueen. Surveyor, Richard Young. Land was Granted 26 March 1770.

• 23 MAR 1762 BEDFORD COUNTY, ORDER BOOK 2, page 23. "{Richard} Calloway vs Thomas Milum. Dismissed. Agreed."

• Northern Neck Land Grant: M-180: Christopher Dickens of Culpeper Co., 230 acres in said County. Surv. Mr. Richard Young. Adj. Richard Maulden now Maj. Rootes, Thomas Milam now Christopher Dickens, South Fork of Robinson River. 2 June 1763. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 145].

Will

Bedford County, Virginia - Will Book A, page 227.

Written: July 1, 1774; Recorded: March 27, 1775

In the name of God Amen I Thomas Millam of the County of Bedford being in perfect health of Body and of perfect mind and memory thanks be given to God calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die: Do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say Principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul into the hand of almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors nothing troubling but at the general Resurection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God and touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this Life; I give Demise and Dispose of the same in the following manner and form:

First I give and bequeath to my two youngest Sons: Viz: Solomon and Rush Millam all singular my Lands Messuages and Tenements to be equally Divided between them and by them and their Heirs to be possessed and enjoyed forever. Also I give and bequeath to Mary Millam my dearly beloved Wife (whom I appoint make and ordain the Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament) all my Stocks of all kinds together with all my household Goods Debts and moveable Effects and I do hereby utterly Disallow Revoke and Disannul all and every other former Testaments Wills Legacies bequests and Executors by me in any will before named Willed or Bequeathed Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand + Seal this first Day of July 1774

(Signed) Thomas T. Millam [His Mark]

Signed Sealed Pronounced and Declared in the Presence of us

William W Willson

John X Reaves

James Willson

27 MAR 1775 BEDFORD COUNTY, ORDER BOOK, page 93. "The Last Will and Testament of Thomas Milam, Deceased, was proved and Ordered Recorded. And on the motion of Mary Milam the Executrix therein mentioned, Probate is granted her in due form where upon together with William Willson and John Reaves her Securities Entered into and Acknowledged their Bond and made oath according to the Law.”

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