African Americans of the Kentucky Borderlands

Parsons, Milly

Item

Title

Parsons, Milly

Alias

unknown, Milly [16]

Gender

Female

Biography

Milly, described in legal documents as a "black woman," was received by experience as a member of the Middle Creek Baptist Church on February 13th, 1818. Larkin Ryle accused Milly of adultery in February 1830, and she was subsequently excluded from the church in March 1830. The same Milly, spelled in church documents as "Mily" and being described as being owned by "Ben Stephens," was also listed as a member of the Dry Creek Baptist Church, though no date was given.Milly is the likely mother of Nancy and of Jane Stephens White. In the 1852 will of Benjamin Stephens Jr., she was alloted to his widow. In 1870, Milly lived in Rising Sun, and was married to Daniel Parsons. She died there in 1878.

Member

Parsons family

Birth date

circa 1785

Life event(s)

Marriage: circa 1870; Indiana

Indiana

Spouse(s)

Parsons, Daniel

Child(ren)

Stephens, Jane

Stephens, Nancy [1]

Death date

3 Mar 1878

Place of death

Rising Sun (Ind.)

Participant in

1830--Milly Excluded Due to an Accusation of Adultery

1849--Jane Stephens and Family Escape Attempts

Member of

Dry Creek Baptist Church (Kenton County, Ky.)

Belleview Baptist Church (Belleview, Ky.)

Relationship

Slaveholder(s): Stephens, Benjamin; Stephens, Agnes

Stephens, Benjamin L., Jr.

Nelson, Agnes

Bibliographic citation(s)

Boone County Will Book F, page 528

Source(s)

Belleview Baptist Church Records

Ninth Census of the United States, 1870

Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001

Boone County Will Books

Dry Creek Baptist Church Book II

Item sets

AA--Enslaved--Kentucky--Boone County--S