William MILES, Sr.

- Bef 1793

• Name	William MILES
  Suffix	Sr.
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 30 Jul 1793	Newberry County, SC
  Probate	30 Jul 1793	Newberry County, SC
  Religion	Quaker
  Notes	(1) Some sources claim that William MILES, Sr. was born in Wiltshire, England. (2) Other sources claim that William MILES, Sr., who was a Quaker, may have been a descendant of James MILES, who was born in about 1622 in Llanfihangel Helygen, Radnorshire, Wales, and who immigrated to PA in 1683. Although James MILES was a Quaker at the time of his immigration, he and his children thereafter left the Quaker church. (See the information about James MILES and his children elsewhere in this database.) (3) Hinshaw, William Wade, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. I [reprint], Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1994, p. 1015: BUSH RIVER MONTHLY MEETING Newberry County, South Carolina During the last half of the eighteenth century four principal centers of Quakerism arose in South Carolina and one in Georgia. These were in Kershaw, Marlborough, Newberry and Union Counties, South Carolina, and in Columbia (now McDuffie) County, Georgia. The earliest of these settlements appears to have been in Kershaw County, S. C., about 1750. Fredericksburg Monthly Meeting, also called Wateree, was set up in this county about 1755 or earlier. The monthly meeting was laid down about 1782, and the meetings for worship disappeared not long afterward. No records of Fredericksburg Monthly Meeting are known to be in existence. Bush River Monthly Meeting, in Newberry County, S. C., was established in 1770; Wrightsborough Monthly Meeting, in Georgia, 1773; Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, in Union County, S. C., 1799; Piney Grove Monthly Meeting, in Marlborough County, S. C., 1802. Bush River Meeting was located in Newberry County, in the west-central part of South Carolina. Dr. Stephen B. Weeks in "Southern Quakers and Slavery", page 115, says: "The group of meetings clustering around Bush River was the most important in South Carolina. The origin of this meeting and the time it began cannot be discovered. William Coate was living near Bush River before 1762, and Samuel Kelly, a native of King's County, Ireland, removed to Newberry County, from Camden, in 1762. Other early Quaker settlers were John Furnas, David Jenkins, Benjamin and William Pearson. Robert Evans came from Camden, probably between 1762 and 1769." In 1770 a committee appointed by Western Quarterly Meeting to visit Friends at Bush River Meeting in South Carolina recommended that a monthly meeting be settled there. This recommendation was approved by the Quarterly Meeting in 11th month, 1770, but the records seem to indicate that the new monthly meeting was not actually held until 4th month, 1772. Meetings for worship which are mentioned as reporting to Bush River Monthly Meeting include Bush River, Raburn's Creek, Tiger River, Padget's Creek, Mud Lick, Allwoodsl, White Lick, Edisto, Charleston and Rocky Springs. Early members of Bush River Meeting (names taken from the first pages of the minutes), in addition to those mentioned by Dr. Weeks, included Jacob Chandler, Samuel Chapman, Eli Cook, Isaac Cook, William Cooper, Enos Elleman, Moses Embree, Robert Evans, Armil Fincher, Nathan Hawkins, James Haworth, Richard Henderson, Elias Hollingsworth, Isaac Hollingsworth, William Hollingsworth, John Jones, Robert Merrick, Henry Millhouse, David Mote, David Mote, Jr., William Neal, John Nelson, Samuel Nelson, Enoch Pearson) Samuel Pearson, William Pemberton, Peter Ruble, David Smith, Henry Stedham, Jonathan Taylor, William Wright. About 1802, moved by a desire to live in a country where no slaves were held, Friends of Bush River began a migration to Ohio. Between 1802 and 1807 more than one hundred certificates of removal were issued, most of them being for families. This so depleted the membership that the monthly meeting seems to have been all but abandoned in 1808, though not formally laid down until 1822. A minute of Bush River Monthly Meeting, 1806,6,28, states that the Yearly Meeting "advises the Trustees, James Brooks, Samuel Brown, Isaac Kirk and John O'Neal, to sell or lease Bush River meeting house and lot, Rocky Spring meeting house and lot, and a meeting house lot at Camden." (4) Hinshaw, William Wade, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. I [reprint], Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1994, p. 1021: BUSH RIVER MONTHLY MEETING . . . William Miles Catharine Miles S: Samuel b. 6-12-1750 (5) Hinshaw, William Wade, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol. 1 [Reprint], Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1994, p. 1034: BUSH RIVER MONTHLY MEETING . . . MILES. 1771, 1, 1. Samuel, Long Cane, Dist. 96, S. C., s William & Catharine, m Mary Taylor. 1778, 4, 27. William recrq [received by request]. 1776, 5, 30. Samuel recrq [received by request]. 1777, 6, 28. David & William recrq [received by request]. 1778, 12, 3. William, s William & Catharine, Dist. 96, S. C., m Jane Taylor. 1783, 12, 4. David, s William & Catharine, Dist. 96, S. C., m Elizabeth Chandler. 1789, 9, 26. William, Sr., of Rocky Spring, dis [disowned]. 1797, 6, 24. William rmt [reported married to] Rachel Elmore. 1797, 12, 6. Mary, dt Samuel, Newberry Co., S. C., m Henry O'Neall. 1600, 10, 29. Mary, dt William, Newberry Dist., S. C., m James Coate. 1801, 7, 2. Jonathan, s William, Newberry Dist., S. C., m Mary Pearson. 1802, 4, 24. David dis [disowned for] mou [marrying out of unity]. 1803, 6, 29. Elizabeth, dt William, Newberry Dist., S. C., m William Coate. 1805, 2, 23. John, Sr. & fam gct [granted certificate to] Miami MM, Ohio. 1805, 2, 23. John, Jr. & Tam gct [granted certificate to] Miami MM, Ohio. 1805, 4, 27. Samuel dis [disowned]. 1806, 7, 26. Jonathan & fam gct [granted certificate to] Little Miami MM, Ohio. 1806, 1, 26. William & fam gct [granted certificate to] Little Miami MM, Ohio. (6) Summer, George Leland, Sr., Newberry County, South Carolina: Historical and Genealogical Annals [Reprint], Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002, p. 460: William Miles, Sr., decd. Adm. granted to Samuel Miles, David Miles, and William Miles, Jr. on 7-30-1793. Sales bill certified 12-28-1793.
  Person ID	I19342	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Catharine (MILES)   d. Bef 30 Jul 1793, Newberry County, SC
  Marriage	Bef 12 Jun 1750
  Children	1. Samuel MILES,   b. 12 Jun 1750, District 96 [now Newberry County], SC d. Bef 23 Feb 1807, Newberry County, SC (Age < 56 years)   2. David MILES,   b. 8 Mar 1753, District 96 [now Newberry County], SC d. Bef 4 Apr 1825, Miami County, OH (Age < 72 years)   3. William MILES, Jr.,   b. 4 Jan 1754, District 96 [now Newberry County], SC d. Bef 15 Sep 1807, Miami County, OH (Age < 53 years)   4. Mary MILES,   b. 1777, District 96 [now Newberry County], SC d. 12 Oct 1804, Newberry County, SC (Age 27 years)   5. Jonathan MILES,   b. 12 Jul 1778, District 96 [now Newberry County], SC d. 14 Jun 1868, Miami County, OH (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F8619	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024