A Piece Of Our History 6
A Piece of Our History
"A Piece of Our History"(2-3-2015): This is the sixth installment in our series. In this installment we focus on the 1870, 1880 and 1910 federal entries for my Paternal Great
Grandfather Nathaniel Millbrook. We will start our discussion in installment #6 by taking a close look at the 1870 Federal Census for Pike County, Georgia; Nathaniel’s county of residence in 1870.
However, before we get started in our discussion regarding 1870 I want to make the following point of clarification:
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Although the various official records, which have been discovered in our research spell my Paternal Great Grandfather’s first and last name in various ways I will always refer to him as Nathaniel Millbrook. I am choosing refer to my
Paternal Great Grandfather Nathaniel Millbrook primarily because his sons my
Paternal Grandfather Simon Millbrook’s complete most comprehensive 1900
Federal census has the family surname spelled “Millbrook”. In addition when
Simon Millbrook died on February 18, 1958 in Simsboro, Arkansas the state issued the death certificate in the surname of “Millbrook”. In regards to his first name the 1900 census for his wife Lucy list the couple with son they called
Nathaniel after his father. The information for Simon’s death certificate was supplied by a David Millbrook. All known facts at this time indicate that Davis
Millbrook could both read and write in 1958.
A close examination of the information presented in the official record reveals the following: 1. My Paternal Great Grandfather was born in the state of Georgia during the year of 1844. Because he was born into slavery a precise record of his birth was not created, so his exact birth month and date are unknown.
2. At the end of the Civil War when the 3.8 million former slaves were theoretically free to start their new lives of freedom, including choosing the names by, which they would be known, many former slaves choose to use the names of their former slaveholders. The records
"A Piece of Our History"(2-3-2015): This is the sixth installment in our series. In this installment we focus on the 1870, 1880 and 1910 federal entries for my Paternal Great
Grandfather Nathaniel Millbrook. We will start our discussion in installment #6 by taking a close look at the 1870 Federal Census for Pike County, Georgia; Nathaniel’s county of residence in 1870.
However, before we get started in our discussion regarding 1870 I want to make the following point of clarification:
•
Although the various official records, which have been discovered in our research spell my Paternal Great Grandfather’s first and last name in various ways I will always refer to him as Nathaniel Millbrook. I am choosing refer to my
Paternal Great Grandfather Nathaniel Millbrook primarily because his sons my
Paternal Grandfather Simon Millbrook’s complete most comprehensive 1900
Federal census has the family surname spelled “Millbrook”. In addition when
Simon Millbrook died on February 18, 1958 in Simsboro, Arkansas the state issued the death certificate in the surname of “Millbrook”. In regards to his first name the 1900 census for his wife Lucy list the couple with son they called
Nathaniel after his father. The information for Simon’s death certificate was supplied by a David Millbrook. All known facts at this time indicate that Davis
Millbrook could both read and write in 1958.
A close examination of the information presented in the official record reveals the following: 1. My Paternal Great Grandfather was born in the state of Georgia during the year of 1844. Because he was born into slavery a precise record of his birth was not created, so his exact birth month and date are unknown.
2. At the end of the Civil War when the 3.8 million former slaves were theoretically free to start their new lives of freedom, including choosing the names by, which they would be known, many former slaves choose to use the names of their former slaveholders. The records