Rush Milam was the youngest son of Thomas Milam . He was born in Culpeper County in the Dominion and Colony of Virginia in 1759, according to his Revolutionary War pension declaration.
Rush married Ann Elizabeth Fowler on 16 JUL 1783 in Bedford County, Virginia. Elizabeth was the daughter of William and Amanda Ann Fowler.
Rush Milam lived to be 85+ years old and died sometime between Sept 1844 and 1850 in Kanawha County, Virginia,
Research
Millam (Milan), Rush Service - Virginia VA no. 12740 No. S 7943 born, Culpepper County, VA, 1759; moved to Bedford Co 1761; to Botetourt, 1786; and to Kanawha in 1812. Enlisted in Culpepper County January 15, 1781, and served in the Virginia Line under Captain Cummins, Colonel Merriweather, Calloway, Baron Von Steuben, and Colman. Note: West Virginians in the Revolution, Page 195, Millam (Milan), Rush Service - Virginia VA no. 12740 No. S 7943 born, Culpepper County, VA, 1759; moved to Bedford Co 1761; to Botetourt, 1786; and to Kanawha in 1812. Enlisted in Culpepper County January 15, 1781, and served in the Virginia Line under Captain Cummins, Colonel Merriweather, Calloway, Baron Von Steuben, and Colman. (actually, he enlisted in Bedford County per pension statement)
Sources
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 November 2019), memorial page for Rush Milam (1759–unknown), Find A Grave Memorial no. 180469426, ; Maintained by Laurie (contributor 2811407) Unknown.
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMLR-LXQ : 10 March 2018), Rush Milam in entry for Moses Milam, 04 Apr 1865; citing Kanawha, West Virginia, County Records, v 1 p 36, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 460,366.
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 6 Jan 2022), "Record of Rush Milam", Ancestor # A200393.
Is Rush your ancestor? Please don't go away! Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships.
It is likely that these
autosomal DNA
test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rush:
This week's featured connections are
Redheads:
Rush is
15 degrees from Catherine of Aragón, 19 degrees from Clara Bow, 25 degrees from Julia Gillard, 10 degrees from Nancy Hart, 13 degrees from Rutherford Hayes, 15 degrees from Rita Hayworth, 19 degrees from Leonard Kelly, 18 degrees from Rose Leslie, 20 degrees from Damian Lewis, 17 degrees from Maureen O'Hara, 25 degrees from Jopie Schaft and 32 degrees from Eirik Thorvaldsson
on our single family tree.
Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.