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Bio R. P. Milan
R. P. MILAM, farmer; Millersburg; son of W. P. and Charlotte (Cothran) Milam, both natives of South Carolina, now residents of Cartersville, Ga.; was an extensive cotton planter, and trader in the north before the war; he was a son of William Milam, an extensive planter in South Carolina at an early date; both the Milam and Cothran ancestry were from Ireland. W. P. by his marriage with Charlotte Cothran, had two children, Rosa, born Aug. 19, 1840, now the wife of Dr. W. L. Kirkpatrick, of Cartersville, GA.; and R. P., born Dec. 2, 1844; the mother died in the fall of 1864, after which the father was married to Miss Sally Newel, of Harrison County, KY., in 1866, having by her the following children : Hugh N., Willie G., Ruby and Pearl twin daughters. The subject of this sketch entered the State University at Athena, GA., in 1859, where he remained until in the. fall of 1860, when he enlisted in Company K, 14th GA. Reg. of Infantry, under Capt. T. F. Jones, Col. C. V. Brunby commanding; here he served for a considerable time. In the spring of 1864 was transferred to the 16th Ga. Reg. Cavalry, Col. S. J. Winn, of Lawrenceville, GA., under Gens. Lee and Jackson, engaging in numerous contests in Virginia; was wounded at Malvern Hill, after the recovery of which he was transferred; engaging in active duty as Quartermaster of his regiment. At the close of the war he began publishing the Cartersville Express at that place, adopting the name of the paper published there before the war by S. H. Smith, who became the partner of Mr. Milam. In 1867, Mr. Milam disposed of his interest in the paper to his partner and came to Bourbon County, where he married, Nov 29, of that year, to Sally E. McClintock, who died the following July (1868). Was married Feb 16, 1875 to Mattie A. Miller, daughter of James McClure Miller. They have two children, Lucille, born March 12, 1876; John McClintock, Jan. 27, 1881. They are members of the M. E. Church, South.
William Perrin's "The History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" p. 514 William Perrin's "The History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" and E. Polk Johnson's "The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians," Vol. III. |