DESCENDANTS OF GILBERT & CHRISTIAN McMILLAN (Gleaned from various old NC newspapers) Contact: Myrtle N. Bridges
Generation No. 1
1. GILBERT1 MCMILLAN was born 1723 in Campbellton, Kintyre, Scotland, and died May 07, 1772 in Near Milprong, Hoke County.
He married CHRISTIAN (GAELIC - CHARIS CHEE-NA BON) 1746. She was born 1727 in Cantyre, Scotland UK, and died June 01, 1811
in Near Milprong, Robeson (now Hoke) County.
Notes for GILBERT MCMILLAN:
Tombstone inscription:
Gilbert McMillan died May 7, 1772 age 60 years (came from Isle of Cantyre Scotland with Gilchrist Family in 1770)
Here lies the body of Gilbert McMillan, deceased on 7th day of May, A.D. 1772, aged 50 years.
(Ibid)-Christian, his wife deceased on 15th day June, A.D. 1811, aged 84 years.
Website for McEachern Cemetery, Mill Prong House
http://millpronghouse.com/cemetery.html
"First Scotch Settlers" Fayetteville Observer [Fayetteville, North Carolina] 4 Aug. 1887
Reminiscences in Robesonian, by Rev. John Monroe.
The first Scotch settlers that I have any authenic record or history of where Gilbert and Christian McMillan ("Chriosdian Ban")
who emigrated in 1770. Gilbert McMillan died in 1772, two years after his arrival in America, leaving his wife, with one son and
seven daughters in what was then almost a wilderness. She seems to have been equal to the occasion, as she has left a history which
has been handed down for four generations, that far surpasses the history of any other woman that has ever lived in this section.
Her son Archibald McMillan, married a Miss McArthur, and was the father of "Old Duncan McMillan, of Florida" of John McMillan and
Christian McNeill, the mother of Henry McNeill. Mary married Archibald Sellars; one married McKay; one married Hughes or McEwen; one
McAllister; one--Effie--married John Gilchrist, Sr., the father of John Gilchrist (lawyer.) I do not know at this writing who the
others married. Besides raising and educating to some extent this large family, she was sent for by the Scotch in sickness and in
trouble as far as sixty miles. Of this I was told by her grandson, lawyer John Gilchrist, who recollected her well. She was a member
of the Presbyterian Church, and, after a long and useful career, died on the 15th day of June, 1811, in the 84th year of her age.
She is buried at D.P. McEachern's, beside her husband, where an anchient-looking marble slab, with inscriptions almost defaced, mark
their graves. Her daughter Effie, who married John Gilchrist, Sr., had nine or ten children, and died in 1794, in the 46th year of her
age. John Gilchrist afterwards married a Miss Currie, an aunt of grand-aunt of Hector Currie, deceased, father of "Bud"Currie, deceased,
formerly of Maxton. By this union he had a daughter named Effie, who married Col. John Blue and was the mother of Col. John G. Blue of
Marion, S.C.; of Mrs. Milton McIntosh, and of Mrs. Wm. Buchanan, of Richmond county, NC. John Gilchrist, Sr., was the first to institute
the study of the classics, and started schools generally among the Scotch settlers. He died in May, 1802, aged 62 years. It will be
proper here to correct a mistake made in a former number by the copyist, relative to John Gilchrist, lawyer, as being the first to
institute the study of the classics. &c. it was the father of the lawyer, John Gilchrist, Senior, who first introduced schools generally,
&c. The lawyer, being a graduate himself, was doubtless as much in favor of education as was his father.
On the tombstone which marks the grave of John Gilchrist, Sr., is found the following inscription: "He had a vigorous mind, much
improved by education and travel; he was a patron of learning; often a legislator; a Presbyterian in faith; in morals circumspect, and
fond of piety."
Angus Gilchrist, Sr., owner of the Gilchrist bridge, was en elder brother of the lawyer, and died in 1834. He was said to be an
excellent surveyor. Counting six children to each human pair, which I believe is considered the average, and, as far as my information
extends relative to this family, there are, or have been, no less than 100,00 of this Gilbert and Christian McMillan's descendants.
They are to my own knowledge in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,
Tennessee, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, California and of course in other places unknown to me. They are the progenitors of the Bakers,
one family of the McMillans, McNeills, McBrydes (Thomas), McArthurs, Sellars, McKays, McEacherns, Purcells, Gilchrists and others. I
have often thought of this when I heard men doubtful about all the human family springing from one pair. If, when the average of human
life is about thirty years, 100,000 persons could spring from one couple in 100 years, haow many could multiply from one pair when the
average of life was 500 years? Likewise, as this unwritten history is handed down for over one hundred years and believed to be authentic,
doubting Thomases ought to think that Adam could have related the history of creation and the early history of his life, for 690 years,
to Enoch, and Enoch to Noah. Hence Noah would have the information second-handed (see Bible Dictionary) for four channels through which
Noah could have received it second-handed.
Over two hundred years ago (1660) three Purcell brothers emigrated from Ulster, Ireland, to America. They were Scotch-Irish. One of
them settled in Pennsylvania, one further down the Ohio, near the mouth of the Scioto river, and the other in West Virginia. The
Pennsylvania Purcells are descended from the Pennsylvania brother; those of that name in Kentucky and Tennessee, from the one who settled
on the Scioto. Likewise, the Virginia and North Carolina Purcells from the Virginian. (James G. Blaine is a descendant of this West
Virginia brother.)
Malcomb Purcell, one of the Virginia family, emigrated to North Carolina about 1760, settled near Fayetteville, on the Cape Fear
river. He married Beatrice Torry in 1772, and was killed by the Tories during the Revolutionary War, in trying to make his escape from
them across the Cape Fear. His widow, Beatrice Purcell, with her then 4 or 5 year-old son, John Purcell, Sr., came to Robeson county,
I suppose to be under the protection of her brother, David Torry, who lived on Saddle Tree Swamp, near the present town of Lumberton.
Here Mrs. Purcell married Daniel mcEachern, and by this union had two childr4en, Col. Arch. McEachern, Sr., deceased, and Mrs. Sallie
Patterson, also deceased,--the grandmother of John T. Sinclair.
About the year 1792 David Torry moved to upper Robeson, and bought the place where Archibald Purcell formerly resided. his nephew,
John Purcell, and sister, Mrs. McEachern, came with him, or soon afterwards (Mr. McEachern being deceased.) In 1798 John Purcell married
Mrs. Mary McKay, the widow of Col. Archibald McKay, of the British army, the daughter of John Gilchrist, Sr., and the granddaughter of
Christian and Gilbert McMillan. This Col. McKay fought on the side of Great Britain during the revolutionary war. After the war he
returned to England, where he remained several years. he came back to America and married Mary Gilchrist. I presume that he was acquainted
with her and her father before they left Scotland. They were natives of Cantire. He purhased 4,000 acres of land, including the place on
whcih I now reside, where one son, Hector McKay, was born. he died of fever in 1794, As before stated, in 1798 his widow married John
Purcell, Sr. They had seven children. The sons were Malcom, John, Alexander, Archibald. Miss E. Purcell married Graham. Miss Mary Purcell
married Rev. Hector McNeill. They had all passed away except Mr. Gilchrist.The Robesonian, September 06, 1917 Comment and Reminiscences (by Snyder) Written for the Robesonian. In 1770 Gilbert McMillan and his wife Christian moved from Bladen and settled near Millprong. His wife's Gaelic name was Charis Chee-na Bon, which means fair Christian. Her husband died in 1772 and left her with seven daughters and one son. She weathered the Revolutionary war fairly well and raised her family by her own exertions. She died in 1812. During the war she was the only doctor in the country and practiced on her little white pony from Longstreet to Ashpole. One daughter, Effie, married John Gilchrist, Sr. She was a woman of strong force of character. One of Gilchrist's daughters, Margaret, married John McPhaul, and thus the Gilchrists and McPhauls became the leading families in upper Robeson. Most of the families of upper Robeson are related through Shraris Cheena Bon's daughters. Her tomb is in the old McEachern's graveyard, near Millprong. It was broken off some years ago and the inscription is nearly effaced. Some years ago an effort was made to get her descendants by a small subscription from each, to replace it by a handsome monument; but for some reasons the movement failed. Gilchrist data from: Application for membership to the board of managers of the Mississippi Society of the National Society Sons of the American Revolution (Researched and recorded by M. Bridges) Ancestry.Com More About GILBERT MCMILLAN: Burial: McEachern gravyard at Milprong, Hoke County, NC Notes for CHRISTIAN (GAELIC - CHARIS CHEE-NA BON): Some say she was Christian McBryde Gilchrist More About CHRISTIAN (GAELIC - CHARIS CHEE-NA BON): Burial: McEachern gravyard at Milprong, Hoke County, NC Children of GILBERT MCMILLAN and CHRISTIAN BON) are: 2. i. MARGARET2 MCMILLAN, b. Abt. 1742; d. Cumberland County, NC. ii. CHRISTIAN MCMILLAN, b. Abt. 1744; m. SAMUEL BROWN. iii. BARBARA MCMILLAN, b. Abt. 1746; m. A. MCALLISTER. 3. iv. EDWARD IVER MCMILLAN, b. 1748, Edinburg, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland; d. 1803, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC. 4. v. EFFIE MCMILLAN, b. 1748, Cantire Scotland; d. 1794, Cumberland County, NC. vi. FLORA MCMILLAN, b. Abt. 1750; m. DANIEL MCKAY. vii. DAUGHTER MCMILLAN, b. Abt. 1752. 5. viii. ARCHIBALD MCMILLAN, b. 1754, Scotland, UK. Generation No. 2 2. MARGARET2 MCMILLAN (GILBERT1) was born Abt. 1742, and died in Cumberland County, NC. She married (1) NEILL TAYLOR. He died in Cumberland County, NC. She married (2) MCEWEN. Child of MARGARET MCMILLAN and NEILL TAYLOR is: i. MARGARET3 TAYLOR, b. 1787, Cumberland County, NC. Notes for MARGARET TAYLOR: April 1st, 1787. Neill Taylor and his spouse Barbara McMillan had a daughter baptized named Margaret. Bluff Presbyterian Church Baptisms 1814-1823 3. EDWARD IVER2 MCMILLAN (GILBERT1) was born 1748 in Edinburg, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland, and died 1803 in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC. He married JEAN HUIE OR HUIGH. She was born 1751 in Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland, and died in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC. Children of EDWARD MCMILLAN and JEAN HUIGH are: 6. i. MALCOLM3 MCMILLAN, b. November 10, 1779, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC; d. June 14, 1837, Boone County, Ark. ii. JEAN MCMILLAN, b. Abt. June 12, 1796, Cumberland County, NC. Notes for JEAN MCMILLAN: June 12, 1796. Edward McMillan and his spouse Jeane Huigh had a daughter baptized named Jean. Baptismal Records of Bluff Presbyterian Church, 1784-1803 iii. SAMUEL MCMILLAN, b. Abt. January 27, 1799, Cumberland County, NC. Notes for SAMUEL MCMILLAN: January 27, 1799. Edward McMillan and his spouse Jeane Huigh had a son baptized named Samuel. Baptismal Records of Bluff Presbyterian Church, 1784-1803 4. EFFIE2 MCMILLAN (GILBERT1) was born 1748 in Cantire Scotland, and died 1794 in Cumberland County, NC. She married JOHN GILCHRIST February 12, 1770. He was born 1740 in Cantire Scotland, and died May 12, 1802 in Cumberland County, NC. Notes for EFFIE MCMILLAN: This marble is erected as a memento of the mortal remains of Effie, wife of John Gilchrist, who departed this life A.D. 1794, aged 46 years. The deceased sustained a spotless reputation; possessed a sound energetic and discriminating mind and for twenty years a communicant member of the Presbyterian Church, Native of Cantire Scotland. Emigrated in 1770. More About EFFIE MCMILLAN: Burial: McEachern gravyard at Milprong, Hoke County, NC Notes for JOHN GILCHRIST: To the memory of John Gilchrist this marble is inscribed. He died in May 1802, age 62 years. He had a vigorous mind, much improved by education and travel. He was a patron of learning, often a legislator; A Presbyterian in faith; in morals circumspect, and fond of piety. His wife Effie died A.D. 1794, age 46 years. A native of Cantire, Scotland. Emigrated 1770. McEachern and Purcell Cemetery, also known as Mill Prong Cemetery, Hoke County, NC More About JOHN GILCHRIST: Burial: McEachern gravyard at Milprong, Hoke County, NC Children of EFFIE MCMILLAN and JOHN GILCHRIST are: i. MARGARET3 GILCHRIST, b. Robeson County, NC; m. JOHN MCPHAUL; b. Robeson County, NC. 7. ii. GILBERT SCOTLAND GILCHRIST, b. 1780; d. 1851. 5. ARCHIBALD2 MCMILLAN (GILBERT1) was born 1754 in Scotland, UK. He married MISS MCARTHUR. Notes for ARCHIBALD MCMILLAN: Her son Archibald McMillan, married a Miss McArthur, and was the father of "Old Duncan McMillan, of Florida;" of John McMillan and Christian McNeill, the mother of Henry McNeill. Mary married Archibald Sellars; one married McKay; one married Hughes or McEwen; one McAllister; one--Effie--married John Gilchrist, Sr., the father of John Gilchrist (lawyer.) I do not know at this writing who the others married. Children of ARCHIBALD MCMILLAN and MISS MCARTHUR are: 8. i. DUNCAN3 MCMILLAN, b. 1773, Scotland, UK; d. 1856, Chumuckla, Escambia County, FL. ii. JOHN MCMILLAN. 9. iii. CHRISTIAN MCMILLAN. iv. MARY MCMILLAN, m. ARCHIBALD SELLERS. Generation No. 3 6. MALCOLM3 MCMILLAN (EDWARD IVER2, GILBERT1) was born November 10, 1779 in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC, and died June 14, 1837 in Boone County, Ark. He married JOANNA H. JACOBS December 1803 in Carroll Co. Arkansas, daughter of HENRY JACOBS and MYSA BROWN. She was born December 25, 1780 in Montgomery County, NC, and died September 23, 1872 in Gaither, Boone County, Arkansas. Notes for MALCOLM MCMILLAN: MALCOLM McMILLAN BIBLE Ref: Rev. War Pension WC4201, as written: Malcolm McMillan was the son of Edward McMillan and Jean Huie of Fayetteville, N.C. Pension application of Joanna Jacobs McMillan, wife of Malcolm, aged 91 in 1872 living in Boone Co., Ark. Malcolm McMillan died June 14,1837 Carroll Co., Ark. m. December1803. Researched by Myrtle Bridges September 4th, 2002 More About MALCOLM MCMILLAN: Burial: Rogers Cemetery, Boone County, Ark. More About JOANNA H. JACOBS: Burial: Rogers Cemetery, Boone County, Ark. Children of MALCOLM MCMILLAN and JOANNA JACOBS are: i. EDWARD4 MCMILLAN, b. September 02, 1804. 10. ii. JOHN MCMILLAN, b. March 10, 1806, Smith County, TN; d. 1863. iii. ROBERT MCMILLAN, b. September 30, 1807. iv. JANE MCMILLAN, b. March 02, 1810. v. WILLIAM MCMILLAN, b. May 03, 1811, Smith County,TN; d. November 18, 1855, Benton County, Ark; m. JANE SLOAN, September 28, 1829, Lawrence County, Ark; b. March 20, 1811, Smith County,TN; d. July 31, 1847, Carroll County, AR.. vi. MALCOLM MCMILLAN, b. February 14, 1813. vii. HENRY MCMILLAN, b. December 19, 1814. viii. JOSEPH MCMILLAN, b. July 31, 1817. ix. JOANNA MCMILLAN, b. August 17, 1819. x. JOSIAH MCMILLAN, b. June 09, 1821. 11. xi. JASON MCMILLAN, b. August 09, 1823, Smith County,TN; d. Aft. December 06, 1913, Comanche, Comanche County, TX. 7. GILBERT SCOTLAND3 GILCHRIST (EFFIE2 MCMILLAN, GILBERT1) was born 1780, and died 1851. He married NANCY MCPHERSON 1805. She was born 1782, and died 1822. Child of GILBERT GILCHRIST and NANCY MCPHERSON is: 12. i. MALCOME4 GILCHRIST, b. January 18, 1815; d. September 22, 1882. 8. DUNCAN3 MCMILLAN (ARCHIBALD2, GILBERT1) was born 1773 in Scotland, UK, and died 1856 in Chumuckla, Escambia County, FL. He married MARY 'POLLY' MCPHATTER WILKERSON. She was born 1780 in Robeson County, NC, and died 1850 in Santa Rosa, Florida. More About DUNCAN MCMILLAN: Burial: Coon Hill Cemetery, Santa Rosa County, FLorida More About MARY 'POLLY' MCPHATTER WILKERSON: Burial: Coon Hill Cemetery, Santa Rosa County, FLorida Children of DUNCAN MCMILLAN and MARY WILKERSON are: 13. i. NEILL CUYLER4 MCMILLAN, b. November 23, 1806, Robeson County NC; d. March 20, 1874, Santa Rosa County, FL. ii. CHRISTIAN MCMILLAN, b. 1808. iii. MALCOM MCMILLAN, b. June 28, 1820, Robeson County NC; d. October 29, 1880, Pollard, Escambia, AL. 9. CHRISTIAN3 MCMILLAN (ARCHIBALD2, GILBERT1) She married MCNEILL. Child of CHRISTIAN MCMILLAN and MCNEILL is: i. HENRY4 MCNEILL. Generation No. 4 10. JOHN4 MCMILLAN (MALCOLM3, EDWARD IVER2, GILBERT1) was born March 10, 1806 in Smith County, TN, and died 1863. He married ELIZABETH LITTLE JONES. She was born May 31, 1812 in Maury County, TN, and died May 30, 1858 in Gaither, Boone County, Ark. More About ELIZABETH LITTLE JONES: Burial: Rogers Cemetery, Boone County, Ark. Children of JOHN MCMILLAN and ELIZABETH JONES are: i. ALVIRA PARALEE5 MCMILLAN, b. 1836; d. 1913; m. CLIFT. ii. EDWARD J. MCMILLAN, b. 1837; d. 1908. iii. JOANNA A. MCMILLAN, b. 1843; d. 1847. iv. JOHN A. MCMILLAN, b. 1846; d. 1846. v. SUSAN TENNESSEE MCMILLAN, b. 1847; d. 1926; m. LEE. vi. LURANA MCMILLAN, b. 1850; d. 1928; m. WALTRIP. vii. WILLIAM BETHEL MCMILLAN, b. 1852; d. 1882. viii. VIRGINIA CATHERINE MCMILLAN, b. November 12, 1857, Carroll County, AR.; d. March 02, 1949; m. ELIAS BRADBERRY MCMILLAN; b. June 11, 1855. 11. JASON4 MCMILLAN (MALCOLM3, EDWARD IVER2, GILBERT1) was born August 09, 1823 in Smith County,TN, and died Aft. December 06, 1913 in Comanche, Comanche County, TX. He married MARY B.. She was born Abt. 1826 in TN, and died Bef. June 15, 1900 in Comanche, Comanche County, TX. Notes for JASON MCMILLAN: Born 1823, Smith County, TN In 1860 Jason McMillan was living in Crooked Creek, Carroll, Arkansas Elisabeth A. Sloan 31, also shown in McMillan res. (sister of Mary?) In 1870 William F. Biggs, 6, b. Missouri, is enumerated in this household. 1900 Jason McMillan, 76, widowed and living with his son Jason in Comanche, TX Applied for Confederate Pension 6 December 1913 in Comanche, TX Children of JASON MCMILLAN and MARY B. are: i. MALCOLM M.5 MCMILLAN, b. 1850, District 17, Giles, Tennessee, USA. ii. MARTHA J. MCMILLAN, b. 1853, Crooked Creek, Carroll, Arkansas. iii. JOHN E. MCMILLAN, b. 1855, Crooked Creek, Carroll, Arkansas. iv. MANDANA P. MCMILLAN, b. 1857, Crooked Creek, Carroll, Arkansas. v. MARY A. OR L. MCMILLAN, b. 1861, Crooked Creek, Carroll, Arkansas. vi. JASON H. MCMILLAN, b. April 1864, Crooked Creek, Carroll, Arkansas; m. AMANDA, Abt. 1893; b. October 1870, TX. 12. MALCOME4 GILCHRIST (GILBERT SCOTLAND3, EFFIE2 MCMILLAN, GILBERT1) was born January 18, 1815, and died September 22, 1882. He married ELIZA HEAD December 31, 1846. She was born September 28, 1828, and died January 04, 1901. Child of MALCOME GILCHRIST and ELIZA HEAD is: i. WILLIAM5 GILCHRIST, b. October 12, 1848; d. July 12, 1923; m. HARRIET ANNETTE WRIGHT, December 24, 1870; b. June 20, 1850; d. December 15, 1931. 13. NEILL CUYLER4 MCMILLAN (DUNCAN3, ARCHIBALD2, GILBERT1) was born November 23, 1806 in Robeson County NC, and died March 20, 1874 in Santa Rosa County, FL. He married CATHERINE MURPHY SALTER. She was born December 16, 1823 in Monroe County, Alabama, and died May 29, 1903 in Pensacola, Florida. Child of NEILL MCMILLAN and CATHERINE SALTER is: i. ANGUS MURPHY5 MCMILLAN, b. March 26, 1864, Santa Rosa County, FL; d. March 07, 1919, Escambia County, FL. Notes for ANGUS MURPHY MCMILLAN: I hereby announce my candidacy for Clerk of the Circuit Court for Escambia County, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries. Angus M. McMillan The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.), 02 May 1908 Former Clerk of Court, Escambia County, FL The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.), 12 March 1919
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