Amelia Mills was the daughter of Col. Ambrose Mills and Anna Brown.
Her husband, Merrimon Featherstone had capital to invest, saved from his former wrestling career before the war, and they were able to buy both land and slaves to help make it productive. A mill was built for grinding corn for the neighborhood settlers who gradually increased in numbers. and who were also in the market for lumber needed for building their houses. The Featherstones were quickly able to supply this lumber from a saw mill which they established.
Merrimon built a large, very substantial log house for the family, which became her home for the rest of her life. In this home they raised their family of four boys and two girls. Amelia outlived her husband, who died some time after making his will in 1844, in which she was bequeathed land as well as two female slaves to be servants of hers. She was still living in 1846 at the time of the death of her oldest son Ambrose Mills Featherstone, who bequeathed back to her some of the items he had inherited from his father. Other than those, dates, we have no firm time for her death.
From word that has been passed down through the Featherstone family, and on to others in the community who were interested in writing the histories of the various families of the area, we have retrieved the above information and that of the existence of the early family burying ground. "On a hill near the site of the original pioneer building is the family burial ground where rest in peace several generations of this pioneer family. The older graves are marked only by headstones with no names," and "in one of these graves peacefully rests the old pioneer," and doubtless his wife Amelia (Mills) Featherstone.
Merrimon and Milly had seven children:
*Ambrose Mills Featherstone (1800–1846)
*William T. Featherstone (1805–1880)
*Seaborn Trader Featherstone (1809–1893)
*Jesse Featherstone (1810–1848)
*Ann Brown Featherstone (1813–1850)
*Mariah Catherine Featherstone (1816-1875)
[From: Simmons, Frank: From the Banks of the Oklahawah, Vol.I, Chapter 6, containing the account of "Merrimon Featherstone." Hendersonville, NC, The Golden Glo Publishing Co.]
Her husband, Merrimon Featherstone had capital to invest, saved from his former wrestling career before the war, and they were able to buy both land and slaves to help make it productive. A mill was built for grinding corn for the neighborhood settlers who gradually increased in numbers. and who were also in the market for lumber needed for building their houses. The Featherstones were quickly able to supply this lumber from a saw mill which they established.
Merrimon built a large, very substantial log house for the family, which became her home for the rest of her life. In this home they raised their family of four boys and two girls. Amelia outlived her husband, who died some time after making his will in 1844, in which she was bequeathed land as well as two female slaves to be servants of hers. She was still living in 1846 at the time of the death of her oldest son Ambrose Mills Featherstone, who bequeathed back to her some of the items he had inherited from his father. Other than those, dates, we have no firm time for her death.
From word that has been passed down through the Featherstone family, and on to others in the community who were interested in writing the histories of the various families of the area, we have retrieved the above information and that of the existence of the early family burying ground. "On a hill near the site of the original pioneer building is the family burial ground where rest in peace several generations of this pioneer family. The older graves are marked only by headstones with no names," and "in one of these graves peacefully rests the old pioneer," and doubtless his wife Amelia (Mills) Featherstone.
Merrimon and Milly had seven children:
*Ambrose Mills Featherstone (1800–1846)
*William T. Featherstone (1805–1880)
*Seaborn Trader Featherstone (1809–1893)
*Jesse Featherstone (1810–1848)
*Ann Brown Featherstone (1813–1850)
*Mariah Catherine Featherstone (1816-1875)
[From: Simmons, Frank: From the Banks of the Oklahawah, Vol.I, Chapter 6, containing the account of "Merrimon Featherstone." Hendersonville, NC, The Golden Glo Publishing Co.]
Amelia Mills was the daughter of Col. Ambrose Mills and Anna Brown.
Her husband, Merrimon Featherstone had capital to invest, saved from his former wrestling career before the war, and they were able to buy both land and slaves to help make it productive. A mill was built for grinding corn for the neighborhood settlers who gradually increased in numbers. and who were also in the market for lumber needed for building their houses. The Featherstones were quickly able to supply this lumber from a saw mill which they established.
Merrimon built a large, very substantial log house for the family, which became her home for the rest of her life. In this home they raised their family of four boys and two girls. Amelia outlived her husband, who died some time after making his will in 1844, in which she was bequeathed land as well as two female slaves to be servants of hers. She was still living in 1846 at the time of the death of her oldest son Ambrose Mills Featherstone, who bequeathed back to her some of the items he had inherited from his father. Other than those, dates, we have no firm time for her death.
From word that has been passed down through the Featherstone family, and on to others in the community who were interested in writing the histories of the various families of the area, we have retrieved the above information and that of the existence of the early family burying ground. "On a hill near the site of the original pioneer building is the family burial ground where rest in peace several generations of this pioneer family. The older graves are marked only by headstones with no names," and "in one of these graves peacefully rests the old pioneer," and doubtless his wife Amelia (Mills) Featherstone.
Merrimon and Milly had seven children:
*Ambrose Mills Featherstone (1800–1846)
*William T. Featherstone (1805–1880)
*Seaborn Trader Featherstone (1809–1893)
*Jesse Featherstone (1810–1848)
*Ann Brown Featherstone (1813–1850)
*Mariah Catherine Featherstone (1816-1875)
[From: Simmons, Frank: From the Banks of the Oklahawah, Vol.I, Chapter 6, containing the account of "Merrimon Featherstone." Hendersonville, NC, The Golden Glo Publishing Co.]
Her husband, Merrimon Featherstone had capital to invest, saved from his former wrestling career before the war, and they were able to buy both land and slaves to help make it productive. A mill was built for grinding corn for the neighborhood settlers who gradually increased in numbers. and who were also in the market for lumber needed for building their houses. The Featherstones were quickly able to supply this lumber from a saw mill which they established.
Merrimon built a large, very substantial log house for the family, which became her home for the rest of her life. In this home they raised their family of four boys and two girls. Amelia outlived her husband, who died some time after making his will in 1844, in which she was bequeathed land as well as two female slaves to be servants of hers. She was still living in 1846 at the time of the death of her oldest son Ambrose Mills Featherstone, who bequeathed back to her some of the items he had inherited from his father. Other than those, dates, we have no firm time for her death.
From word that has been passed down through the Featherstone family, and on to others in the community who were interested in writing the histories of the various families of the area, we have retrieved the above information and that of the existence of the early family burying ground. "On a hill near the site of the original pioneer building is the family burial ground where rest in peace several generations of this pioneer family. The older graves are marked only by headstones with no names," and "in one of these graves peacefully rests the old pioneer," and doubtless his wife Amelia (Mills) Featherstone.
Merrimon and Milly had seven children:
*Ambrose Mills Featherstone (1800–1846)
*William T. Featherstone (1805–1880)
*Seaborn Trader Featherstone (1809–1893)
*Jesse Featherstone (1810–1848)
*Ann Brown Featherstone (1813–1850)
*Mariah Catherine Featherstone (1816-1875)
[From: Simmons, Frank: From the Banks of the Oklahawah, Vol.I, Chapter 6, containing the account of "Merrimon Featherstone." Hendersonville, NC, The Golden Glo Publishing Co.]
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