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Jehu Leake Milam (1832-1913)
wife, Sarah Slaton Pound (1832-1924)

Grandview, Johnson County, Texas

Descendants of Jehu Leake Milam

1. JEHU LEAKE MILAM (JOHN "JACKEY"4, JOHN3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN FATHER OF THE VIRGINIA1 MILAMS) was born November 25, 1832 in Laurens District, South Carolina, and died April 13, 1913 in Grandview, Johnson County, Texas. He married SARAH SLATON POUND October 13, 1851 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, daughter of DAVID POUNDS and CAROLINE GORDON. She was born March 22, 1832 in Clarksville, Tennessee, and died January 1924 in Port Arthur, Texas.

Notes for JEHU LEAKE MILAM:
Served in Civil War. Is mentioned in his brigade commander's memoirs.

Children of JEHU MILAM and SARAH POUND are:

i. DAVID WALKER MILAM, SR., b. February 20, 1853, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; d. June 06, 1921, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; m. (1) MILDRED WARDIE HAYDEN, Bef. 1886; b. Abt. 1854, Iowa?; m. (2) EMMIE ALBRONA CHANDLER, Abt. 1886, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; b. July 24, 1856.

ii. JOHN MADISON MILAM, b. October 08, 1854, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; d. February 02, 1917, Cleburne, Texas; m. ELLA LOURETTA WESTBROOK
, January 25, 1882, near Waco, Texas; b. June 05, 1857.

iii. MATTIE JANE MILAM, b. October 12, 1856, Pontotoc, Mississippi; d. May 21, 1884; m. JOHN VANDERSLICE, October 09, 1872, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; b. April 23, 1842.

iv. MARY FRANCES "MOLLIE" MILAM, m. D. E. SMYTHE, REV., DR.

v. MILLIE CAROLINE MILAM, m. ROBERT B. KUYKENDAL.

vi. POUND MILAM.

vii. GORDON MILAM.