Mills, Thomas
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Title
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Mills, Thomas
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Gender
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Male
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Biography
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Thomas Mills was born on 29 September 1760, in Long Island, N.Y. He moved to South Carolina with his father and older brother and signed up with Lt. Col. Francis Marion during the Revolutionary War. Mills was only 12 or 13 years old at the time. He served with the 2nd South Carolina Regiment and Marion's group, the Swamp Fox Soldiers, from 1776 to 1779. He later traveled to Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio where he was a scout and Indian fighter. He met Daniel Boone and knew Simon Kenton well. In 1786, Mills was among several families who petitioned the Commonwealth of Virginia to establish the towns of Washington and Limestone, later known as Maysville. He served in the Corn Stalk Militia between 1791 and 1799 and fought in the War of 1812.
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Mills married Lydia Wilson in 1786; they had several children before she died in 1805. The following year he married Lydia Cachel, 12 March 1806. They moved from Clermont Co., Ohio to Cheviot and Mill Creek in Hamilton Co., Ohio. Mills had a total of 13 children. The family left Mill Creek in 1835 and eventually settled at Bullittsville, in Boone Co., Kentucky, where he died in 1864.
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Birth date
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29 Sep 1760
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Place of birth
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Long Island (N.Y.)
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Father
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Mills, Hope, III
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Mother
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unknown, Martha
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Life event(s)
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Marriage 1: 16 May 1786; Paris (Ky.)
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Paris (Ky.)
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Marriage 2: 12 Mar 1806; Lebanon (Ohio)
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Spouse(s)
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Wilson, Lydia
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Cachel/Cahill, Lydia
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Child(ren)
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Mills, John
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Mills, William
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Mills, Nancy
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Mills, James
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Mills, Edward C.
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Warren, Ruth Ann Mills
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Mills, Hope
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Boyd, Catherine Mills
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Mills, Peter
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Greenwell, Martha Mills
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Mills, Thomas, Jr.
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Scothorn, Lydia Ann Mills
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Barlow, Matilda Jane Mills
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Death date
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26 Feb 1864
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Military service
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Co. 3, 2nd South Carolina Regiment, Continental Army
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Allegiance
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United States of America
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Service began
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1776
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Service ended
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1779
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Bibliographic citation(s)
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FindAGrave.com, memorial #13404634
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Bourbon County, Kentucky, Marriage Index, 1786-1799
Bullittsville (Ky.)
