Is among a group of six headstones with initials, centered by one large monument with names and dates of those individuals:
Hector McMillan
born about 1814
died May 1, 1862
wife, Margaret
born 1815,died June 3, 1901
Mary Eliza McMillan
born Oct 17, 1836, died Nov. 15, 1857
Wm. F. McMillan
Born Sept 27, 1838
Died April 26, 1860
Sarah M. McMillan
born July 26,1840
died June 25, 1862
Henrietta McMillan
born May 12, 1842
died June 9, 1864
Ellen McMillan
born May 15, 1846
died May 27, 1863
The 1860 census lists Hector McMillan as owning 14 slaves and his mother, eight. After the Civil War, the McMillan house passed to Hector's wife, Margaret J. McMillan (1815-1905). Records note that Gilbert and Hector were builders of the home.
The Scotland County Historic Properties Commission acquired the dwelling in the 1980's "to preserve it as of the the significant architectural reminders of the area's antebellum cotton economy." Unfortunately, the home burned but the cemetery does remain.
Is among a group of six headstones with initials, centered by one large monument with names and dates of those individuals:
Hector McMillan
born about 1814
died May 1, 1862
wife, Margaret
born 1815,died June 3, 1901
Mary Eliza McMillan
born Oct 17, 1836, died Nov. 15, 1857
Wm. F. McMillan
Born Sept 27, 1838
Died April 26, 1860
Sarah M. McMillan
born July 26,1840
died June 25, 1862
Henrietta McMillan
born May 12, 1842
died June 9, 1864
Ellen McMillan
born May 15, 1846
died May 27, 1863
The 1860 census lists Hector McMillan as owning 14 slaves and his mother, eight. After the Civil War, the McMillan house passed to Hector's wife, Margaret J. McMillan (1815-1905). Records note that Gilbert and Hector were builders of the home.
The Scotland County Historic Properties Commission acquired the dwelling in the 1980's "to preserve it as of the the significant architectural reminders of the area's antebellum cotton economy." Unfortunately, the home burned but the cemetery does remain.
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