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Our American Roots (Maternal Ancestor No. 60)

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Oliver, Sarah
b. 7 JUL 1773 PA
d. 17 JUN 1855 Rockland, PA
Family:
Marriage:11 MAR 1793
Spouse: McMillen, Daniel
b. 1 NOV 1772 NY
d. 25 MAY 1857 Rockland, PA
Family History:
No birth record has been found specifically relating Samuel as Daniel and Sarah's son. The History of Venango County, PA states that Daniel's son Samuel moved to WI after 1830 (Samuel moved in 1855). It also states that John was born in Franklin County and that Daniel purchased land in Venango County in 1802-1803 (All references to a Conococheague in PA center around Franklin County and it is probable that Sarah didn't move until after Daniel had finished building their home). As far as I can tell, all of the McMillens who resided in Venango County in the 1850 census were members of this family (Samuel's son Joseph was born in Venango County in 1849). Another point of interest is in the surname spelling of the grandchildren's generation. The different spellings seem to be linked to geographical seperation and this is the generation where schooling became a more common requirement.
Daniel bought 500 Acres of land, at $1.00/acre, in Victory township, Venango County, PA in 1802-1803. He built a log cabin and lived there until just before the War of 1812, at which time he and John rowed across the Alleghany River and built a new cabin on the Rockland side. Daniel served in 5th Company, 132d Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry during the War of 1812. The family operated a ferry service until about 1850. In 1850 Daniel was living at Rockland, PA . On June 6, 1986 Bob McDonald wrote a letter to Samuel McMillen (descendant of Harry)regarding their common ancestors Daniel and Sarah . According to "History of Venango Co., PA", by Brown, Runk and Co., Publishers, Chicago, IL (1890): "After John Dewoody, the earliest settler in Victory were...Daniel McMillin..." "Rockland, Venango County, PA...Daniel McMillin...settled at different points on the Allegheny river." "in 1805 - in Irwin Twp., Taxables...Daniel McMillin...John McMillin..." "Early Military History...Following roster of One Hundred and Thirty-Second regiment...Fifth Company privates...Daniel McMillin..." "Early pioneers...Rockland Twp...John Porterfield was the first assessor of the township after it acquired individual autonomy, and his return for the year 1818 contains the names of the following taxable inhabitants at that time: ..........Samuel McMillin, John McMillin..." "The first improvements along the river were those of...Daniel McMillin from Franklin county who settled in Victory township in 1803 and crossed the river to McMillin's Bend several years later, where, with his son John, he was drafted for service in the war of 1812." "Taxable Inhabitants' of Sandy Creek, which then included Victory and a large part of Mineral, in 1836, the first after its separate organization were...Daniel McMillin..." "Victory Twp"...Pioneers...Daniel McMillin was the next permanent settler of whom anything definite is known. He was of Scotch-Irish descent and a native of one of the eastern counties of Pennsylvania. His settlement in Victory was made in 1802 upon a tract of five hundred acres, for which he paid a dollar an acre, and part of which is yet in possession of his son, Daniel McMillin. He was accompanied by his wife and two children, and all their possessions were brought upon one horse. They lived in a tent until a log cabin with clapboard roof and puncheon floor could be constructed. This stood within a few rods of Daniel McMillin's house, and some of the foundation stones are still visible. The old pioneer lived to an advanced age, dying in Rockland township, where he has numerous descendants."

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