Died at the age of 69 years.
Son of Archibald McMillan. Gilbert established himself as a prosperous planter of relative wealth. Between 1795 and 1809, Gilbert purchased in separate parcels a large tract of land in Richmond (now Scotland) County. On that site he he constructed the family dwelling. Records note that his first wife was Margaret Murphy who died in 1817. He then married Sarah "Sallie" Patterson.
October, 1789 an order was issued in Richmond County that William McPherson be appointed overseer of the road from Sculls Bridge to Laurel Hill and Gilbert McMillan, Malcolm McMillan, John Currie, Norman Morrison Jr., John Morison, Malcolm Morrison, John McPherson Jr., Daniel Campbell, Sr., Daniel Campbell, Angus Campbell, Neill McNair (Hatter), Alexander McMillan, John McQuaig, Alexander McNair, Peter McQuaig and Richard McQuaig work on said road (Richmond County Court Minutes, Book 1779-1792). Gilbert would have been 23 years of age.
By the 1830's Gilbert McMillan, an established planter, owned approximately 700 acres of land and held a number of slaves. He grew cotton which was the chief crop in those parts of North Carolina.
1830 Census
Gilbert McMillan
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Laurel Hill, Richmond, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Slaves - Males - Under 10: 4
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 2
Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 2
Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54: 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 2
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 4
Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54: 2
Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 7
Total Slaves: 17
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 24
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT:
In the name of God amen. I Gilbert Mac Millan of the county of Richmond and State of North Carolina Being of Sound Mind and Memory & knowing it is allotted for all men once to die do make & ordain this My Last Will and Testament In manner & form following That is to say to my beloved wife Sarah I give and bequeath the use and benefit of the one half of the original tract of land on Jordans Creek containing Two Hundred & Fifty acres and also the Half of the Remainder of the Jordans Creek Land embracing all together in all Four Hundred & Fifty acres or thereabouts including 1/3 of the cleared Land on said Tract Including the dwelling House & except such as may be hereafter designated & to have & to hold the same during her Life or Widowhood I also give to my said wife Sarah Negroes Dave and Hager & Rachel their use and increase in like manner as I have given to her the use of the Land above Stated Item Unto my two sons William and Hector I give and bequeath the remains of of my Lands entire also the reversion of that part of my Land I have given to my wife as above stated. To my son William I give and bequeath Negroes George, David and Jim. To my son Hector I give and bequeath Negroes Jacob Adam and Jack. all the rest & residue of my negroes and their increase not otherwise disposed of I request may be divided equally among all my children (and my wife as aforesaid added here between lines) including those negroes already given by me to my sons-in-law and daughters-all the cash on hand together with all monies due to me by note or otherwise together with the Proceeds of all the cotton on hand and at market to be disposed of as follows viz:To my youngest daughter Flora I give of said Funds Four hundred dols. To my sons William and Hector I give one Hundred dollars to each of them_ The remainder of Said fund I request may be divided equally among all my children including my Wife.I give to my son William his choice of Two Young Mares & to my son Hector the young Sorrel Horse called the Wall? Catt & to my wife Sarah a Sorrel Mare called Ribbon & the balance of all my entire stock of horses,cattle,sheep,hogs to be divided by a sale or otherwise among all my children Including my Wife-all the residue of my estate of whatever nature or kind including household & kitchen furniture, farming utensils, crop and provisions on hand is to be possessed in common by my Wife sons and single daughter (this appears to be singular) & each of my said single children as they settle themselves or Marry is to have such a distributive share of said Property as may be set apart by my Executors to each & every of them & It is my request that my Wife Sons and Single Daughter should live & remain in the occupancy of the house in the same manner as the Family now live until such time as they marry or settle off to themselves. I Nominate and appoint my beloved son William Mac Millan & my trusty Sons-in-law Alexr. C. Mac Kinnon, Murdoch(?) MacKinon (?)& James Patterson my Executors to carry the foregoing My Last Will and Testament into effect. Finally I commit my soul to Almighty God & my body to the dust to be buried in decent Christian burial hoping at the Final Resurrection to be Recd. in the Redeemers Kingdom. In Witness Whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my Seal revoking and disannuling all former wills, legacies & bequests heretofore by me made pronouncing this my last Will and Testament this ninth day of March A.D. 1832.
Gilbert MacMillan Signed Sealed Published and Declared In the presence of us J.W.(or Jno.)Buie Wm. McLeod D McLaurin April Term 1832.
The Last Will and Testament of Gilbert McMillan was proven on the oath of John R. Buie & William McMillan and ordered to be recorded M.C. Crawford Clk.James Patterson and Alexr. McKinon Qualified Executors to sd. Will entered in full 1832, Richmond, North Carolina.
Gilbert McMillan passed in March of 1862. He was buried in the family cemetery on his home place which is now in Scotland County.
Sarah McMillan continued to live in the house built by her husband. Her son Hector who lived nearby ran the family cotton plantation. After the Civil War, the McMillan house passed to Hector McMillan's wife who sold the property in 1893.
The political beginning for Scotland County came when the legislature of North Carolina, on February 20, 1899, created the new county. The county was formed entirely from Richmond County. The entire area had been a part of Anson County and, before that, a part of Bladen.
Son of Archibald McMillan. Gilbert established himself as a prosperous planter of relative wealth. Between 1795 and 1809, Gilbert purchased in separate parcels a large tract of land in Richmond (now Scotland) County. On that site he he constructed the family dwelling. Records note that his first wife was Margaret Murphy who died in 1817. He then married Sarah "Sallie" Patterson.
October, 1789 an order was issued in Richmond County that William McPherson be appointed overseer of the road from Sculls Bridge to Laurel Hill and Gilbert McMillan, Malcolm McMillan, John Currie, Norman Morrison Jr., John Morison, Malcolm Morrison, John McPherson Jr., Daniel Campbell, Sr., Daniel Campbell, Angus Campbell, Neill McNair (Hatter), Alexander McMillan, John McQuaig, Alexander McNair, Peter McQuaig and Richard McQuaig work on said road (Richmond County Court Minutes, Book 1779-1792). Gilbert would have been 23 years of age.
By the 1830's Gilbert McMillan, an established planter, owned approximately 700 acres of land and held a number of slaves. He grew cotton which was the chief crop in those parts of North Carolina.
1830 Census
Gilbert McMillan
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Laurel Hill, Richmond, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Slaves - Males - Under 10: 4
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 2
Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 2
Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54: 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 2
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 4
Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54: 2
Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 7
Total Slaves: 17
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 24
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT:
In the name of God amen. I Gilbert Mac Millan of the county of Richmond and State of North Carolina Being of Sound Mind and Memory & knowing it is allotted for all men once to die do make & ordain this My Last Will and Testament In manner & form following That is to say to my beloved wife Sarah I give and bequeath the use and benefit of the one half of the original tract of land on Jordans Creek containing Two Hundred & Fifty acres and also the Half of the Remainder of the Jordans Creek Land embracing all together in all Four Hundred & Fifty acres or thereabouts including 1/3 of the cleared Land on said Tract Including the dwelling House & except such as may be hereafter designated & to have & to hold the same during her Life or Widowhood I also give to my said wife Sarah Negroes Dave and Hager & Rachel their use and increase in like manner as I have given to her the use of the Land above Stated Item Unto my two sons William and Hector I give and bequeath the remains of of my Lands entire also the reversion of that part of my Land I have given to my wife as above stated. To my son William I give and bequeath Negroes George, David and Jim. To my son Hector I give and bequeath Negroes Jacob Adam and Jack. all the rest & residue of my negroes and their increase not otherwise disposed of I request may be divided equally among all my children (and my wife as aforesaid added here between lines) including those negroes already given by me to my sons-in-law and daughters-all the cash on hand together with all monies due to me by note or otherwise together with the Proceeds of all the cotton on hand and at market to be disposed of as follows viz:To my youngest daughter Flora I give of said Funds Four hundred dols. To my sons William and Hector I give one Hundred dollars to each of them_ The remainder of Said fund I request may be divided equally among all my children including my Wife.I give to my son William his choice of Two Young Mares & to my son Hector the young Sorrel Horse called the Wall? Catt & to my wife Sarah a Sorrel Mare called Ribbon & the balance of all my entire stock of horses,cattle,sheep,hogs to be divided by a sale or otherwise among all my children Including my Wife-all the residue of my estate of whatever nature or kind including household & kitchen furniture, farming utensils, crop and provisions on hand is to be possessed in common by my Wife sons and single daughter (this appears to be singular) & each of my said single children as they settle themselves or Marry is to have such a distributive share of said Property as may be set apart by my Executors to each & every of them & It is my request that my Wife Sons and Single Daughter should live & remain in the occupancy of the house in the same manner as the Family now live until such time as they marry or settle off to themselves. I Nominate and appoint my beloved son William Mac Millan & my trusty Sons-in-law Alexr. C. Mac Kinnon, Murdoch(?) MacKinon (?)& James Patterson my Executors to carry the foregoing My Last Will and Testament into effect. Finally I commit my soul to Almighty God & my body to the dust to be buried in decent Christian burial hoping at the Final Resurrection to be Recd. in the Redeemers Kingdom. In Witness Whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my Seal revoking and disannuling all former wills, legacies & bequests heretofore by me made pronouncing this my last Will and Testament this ninth day of March A.D. 1832.
Gilbert MacMillan Signed Sealed Published and Declared In the presence of us J.W.(or Jno.)Buie Wm. McLeod D McLaurin April Term 1832.
The Last Will and Testament of Gilbert McMillan was proven on the oath of John R. Buie & William McMillan and ordered to be recorded M.C. Crawford Clk.James Patterson and Alexr. McKinon Qualified Executors to sd. Will entered in full 1832, Richmond, North Carolina.
Gilbert McMillan passed in March of 1862. He was buried in the family cemetery on his home place which is now in Scotland County.
Sarah McMillan continued to live in the house built by her husband. Her son Hector who lived nearby ran the family cotton plantation. After the Civil War, the McMillan house passed to Hector McMillan's wife who sold the property in 1893.
The political beginning for Scotland County came when the legislature of North Carolina, on February 20, 1899, created the new county. The county was formed entirely from Richmond County. The entire area had been a part of Anson County and, before that, a part of Bladen.
Died at the age of 69 years.
Son of Archibald McMillan. Gilbert established himself as a prosperous planter of relative wealth. Between 1795 and 1809, Gilbert purchased in separate parcels a large tract of land in Richmond (now Scotland) County. On that site he he constructed the family dwelling. Records note that his first wife was Margaret Murphy who died in 1817. He then married Sarah "Sallie" Patterson.
October, 1789 an order was issued in Richmond County that William McPherson be appointed overseer of the road from Sculls Bridge to Laurel Hill and Gilbert McMillan, Malcolm McMillan, John Currie, Norman Morrison Jr., John Morison, Malcolm Morrison, John McPherson Jr., Daniel Campbell, Sr., Daniel Campbell, Angus Campbell, Neill McNair (Hatter), Alexander McMillan, John McQuaig, Alexander McNair, Peter McQuaig and Richard McQuaig work on said road (Richmond County Court Minutes, Book 1779-1792). Gilbert would have been 23 years of age.
By the 1830's Gilbert McMillan, an established planter, owned approximately 700 acres of land and held a number of slaves. He grew cotton which was the chief crop in those parts of North Carolina.
1830 Census
Gilbert McMillan
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Laurel Hill, Richmond, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Slaves - Males - Under 10: 4
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 2
Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 2
Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54: 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 2
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 4
Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54: 2
Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 7
Total Slaves: 17
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 24
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT:
In the name of God amen. I Gilbert Mac Millan of the county of Richmond and State of North Carolina Being of Sound Mind and Memory & knowing it is allotted for all men once to die do make & ordain this My Last Will and Testament In manner & form following That is to say to my beloved wife Sarah I give and bequeath the use and benefit of the one half of the original tract of land on Jordans Creek containing Two Hundred & Fifty acres and also the Half of the Remainder of the Jordans Creek Land embracing all together in all Four Hundred & Fifty acres or thereabouts including 1/3 of the cleared Land on said Tract Including the dwelling House & except such as may be hereafter designated & to have & to hold the same during her Life or Widowhood I also give to my said wife Sarah Negroes Dave and Hager & Rachel their use and increase in like manner as I have given to her the use of the Land above Stated Item Unto my two sons William and Hector I give and bequeath the remains of of my Lands entire also the reversion of that part of my Land I have given to my wife as above stated. To my son William I give and bequeath Negroes George, David and Jim. To my son Hector I give and bequeath Negroes Jacob Adam and Jack. all the rest & residue of my negroes and their increase not otherwise disposed of I request may be divided equally among all my children (and my wife as aforesaid added here between lines) including those negroes already given by me to my sons-in-law and daughters-all the cash on hand together with all monies due to me by note or otherwise together with the Proceeds of all the cotton on hand and at market to be disposed of as follows viz:To my youngest daughter Flora I give of said Funds Four hundred dols. To my sons William and Hector I give one Hundred dollars to each of them_ The remainder of Said fund I request may be divided equally among all my children including my Wife.I give to my son William his choice of Two Young Mares & to my son Hector the young Sorrel Horse called the Wall? Catt & to my wife Sarah a Sorrel Mare called Ribbon & the balance of all my entire stock of horses,cattle,sheep,hogs to be divided by a sale or otherwise among all my children Including my Wife-all the residue of my estate of whatever nature or kind including household & kitchen furniture, farming utensils, crop and provisions on hand is to be possessed in common by my Wife sons and single daughter (this appears to be singular) & each of my said single children as they settle themselves or Marry is to have such a distributive share of said Property as may be set apart by my Executors to each & every of them & It is my request that my Wife Sons and Single Daughter should live & remain in the occupancy of the house in the same manner as the Family now live until such time as they marry or settle off to themselves. I Nominate and appoint my beloved son William Mac Millan & my trusty Sons-in-law Alexr. C. Mac Kinnon, Murdoch(?) MacKinon (?)& James Patterson my Executors to carry the foregoing My Last Will and Testament into effect. Finally I commit my soul to Almighty God & my body to the dust to be buried in decent Christian burial hoping at the Final Resurrection to be Recd. in the Redeemers Kingdom. In Witness Whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my Seal revoking and disannuling all former wills, legacies & bequests heretofore by me made pronouncing this my last Will and Testament this ninth day of March A.D. 1832.
Gilbert MacMillan Signed Sealed Published and Declared In the presence of us J.W.(or Jno.)Buie Wm. McLeod D McLaurin April Term 1832.
The Last Will and Testament of Gilbert McMillan was proven on the oath of John R. Buie & William McMillan and ordered to be recorded M.C. Crawford Clk.James Patterson and Alexr. McKinon Qualified Executors to sd. Will entered in full 1832, Richmond, North Carolina.
Gilbert McMillan passed in March of 1862. He was buried in the family cemetery on his home place which is now in Scotland County.
Sarah McMillan continued to live in the house built by her husband. Her son Hector who lived nearby ran the family cotton plantation. After the Civil War, the McMillan house passed to Hector McMillan's wife who sold the property in 1893.
The political beginning for Scotland County came when the legislature of North Carolina, on February 20, 1899, created the new county. The county was formed entirely from Richmond County. The entire area had been a part of Anson County and, before that, a part of Bladen.
Son of Archibald McMillan. Gilbert established himself as a prosperous planter of relative wealth. Between 1795 and 1809, Gilbert purchased in separate parcels a large tract of land in Richmond (now Scotland) County. On that site he he constructed the family dwelling. Records note that his first wife was Margaret Murphy who died in 1817. He then married Sarah "Sallie" Patterson.
October, 1789 an order was issued in Richmond County that William McPherson be appointed overseer of the road from Sculls Bridge to Laurel Hill and Gilbert McMillan, Malcolm McMillan, John Currie, Norman Morrison Jr., John Morison, Malcolm Morrison, John McPherson Jr., Daniel Campbell, Sr., Daniel Campbell, Angus Campbell, Neill McNair (Hatter), Alexander McMillan, John McQuaig, Alexander McNair, Peter McQuaig and Richard McQuaig work on said road (Richmond County Court Minutes, Book 1779-1792). Gilbert would have been 23 years of age.
By the 1830's Gilbert McMillan, an established planter, owned approximately 700 acres of land and held a number of slaves. He grew cotton which was the chief crop in those parts of North Carolina.
1830 Census
Gilbert McMillan
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Laurel Hill, Richmond, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Slaves - Males - Under 10: 4
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 2
Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 2
Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54: 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 2
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 4
Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54: 2
Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 7
Total Slaves: 17
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 24
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT:
In the name of God amen. I Gilbert Mac Millan of the county of Richmond and State of North Carolina Being of Sound Mind and Memory & knowing it is allotted for all men once to die do make & ordain this My Last Will and Testament In manner & form following That is to say to my beloved wife Sarah I give and bequeath the use and benefit of the one half of the original tract of land on Jordans Creek containing Two Hundred & Fifty acres and also the Half of the Remainder of the Jordans Creek Land embracing all together in all Four Hundred & Fifty acres or thereabouts including 1/3 of the cleared Land on said Tract Including the dwelling House & except such as may be hereafter designated & to have & to hold the same during her Life or Widowhood I also give to my said wife Sarah Negroes Dave and Hager & Rachel their use and increase in like manner as I have given to her the use of the Land above Stated Item Unto my two sons William and Hector I give and bequeath the remains of of my Lands entire also the reversion of that part of my Land I have given to my wife as above stated. To my son William I give and bequeath Negroes George, David and Jim. To my son Hector I give and bequeath Negroes Jacob Adam and Jack. all the rest & residue of my negroes and their increase not otherwise disposed of I request may be divided equally among all my children (and my wife as aforesaid added here between lines) including those negroes already given by me to my sons-in-law and daughters-all the cash on hand together with all monies due to me by note or otherwise together with the Proceeds of all the cotton on hand and at market to be disposed of as follows viz:To my youngest daughter Flora I give of said Funds Four hundred dols. To my sons William and Hector I give one Hundred dollars to each of them_ The remainder of Said fund I request may be divided equally among all my children including my Wife.I give to my son William his choice of Two Young Mares & to my son Hector the young Sorrel Horse called the Wall? Catt & to my wife Sarah a Sorrel Mare called Ribbon & the balance of all my entire stock of horses,cattle,sheep,hogs to be divided by a sale or otherwise among all my children Including my Wife-all the residue of my estate of whatever nature or kind including household & kitchen furniture, farming utensils, crop and provisions on hand is to be possessed in common by my Wife sons and single daughter (this appears to be singular) & each of my said single children as they settle themselves or Marry is to have such a distributive share of said Property as may be set apart by my Executors to each & every of them & It is my request that my Wife Sons and Single Daughter should live & remain in the occupancy of the house in the same manner as the Family now live until such time as they marry or settle off to themselves. I Nominate and appoint my beloved son William Mac Millan & my trusty Sons-in-law Alexr. C. Mac Kinnon, Murdoch(?) MacKinon (?)& James Patterson my Executors to carry the foregoing My Last Will and Testament into effect. Finally I commit my soul to Almighty God & my body to the dust to be buried in decent Christian burial hoping at the Final Resurrection to be Recd. in the Redeemers Kingdom. In Witness Whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my Seal revoking and disannuling all former wills, legacies & bequests heretofore by me made pronouncing this my last Will and Testament this ninth day of March A.D. 1832.
Gilbert MacMillan Signed Sealed Published and Declared In the presence of us J.W.(or Jno.)Buie Wm. McLeod D McLaurin April Term 1832.
The Last Will and Testament of Gilbert McMillan was proven on the oath of John R. Buie & William McMillan and ordered to be recorded M.C. Crawford Clk.James Patterson and Alexr. McKinon Qualified Executors to sd. Will entered in full 1832, Richmond, North Carolina.
Gilbert McMillan passed in March of 1862. He was buried in the family cemetery on his home place which is now in Scotland County.
Sarah McMillan continued to live in the house built by her husband. Her son Hector who lived nearby ran the family cotton plantation. After the Civil War, the McMillan house passed to Hector McMillan's wife who sold the property in 1893.
The political beginning for Scotland County came when the legislature of North Carolina, on February 20, 1899, created the new county. The county was formed entirely from Richmond County. The entire area had been a part of Anson County and, before that, a part of Bladen.
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