First write-up on the name research of Milburn Hogue

 

When I was a teenager and uncertain the course to take to find my ancestors I turned to a local family history center. For those who don’t know, family history centers can be found in meetinghouses of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints throughout the nation and I believe throughout the world.

At the family history center I asked one of the kind and very helpful volunteers for assistance. She explained that sometimes a unique family name could help. I told her that my great-grandfather was named Milburn Hogue. She then told me to search for all the Hogg/Hogue’s with the name Milburn and see if that would set me on the right path.

I tackled the assignment with vigor and found several Milburn’s (various spellings) throughout the United States. Some I was able to prove relationship and some I was not. There was Milburn N. Hogue in Pike Co., Missouri; Milbourn Hogg in Washington Co., Kentucky; Milbourn Hogg in Albemarle Co., Virginia; and Milbourne Hogg in Hanover Co., Virginia. We are related to each one of them.

My 2^nd great-grandfather Samuel T. Hogue (born 1816) is from Amherst Co., Virginia. It turns out that Milburn N. (possibly given mother’s maiden name) Hogue (born about 1809) is his older brother. Pike Co., Missouri is just north of Montgomery Co., Missouri where 2^nd g-gpa lived out the rest of his life. In fact Samuel’s sisters Catherine Paxton (born about 1807) and Nancy Tully (born 1810) also lived in Montgomery Co. And his sister Lucy Paxton (born 1817) lived out her life in Samuel’s previous residence Wayne Co., Indiana. That accounts for all his siblings except one, Sally Ann Crawford (born about 1805).

Samuel and his siblings are the children of Samuel Hogg and Delaney Noel both of Amherst Co., Virginia. They were married 5 Nov. 1804. (Amherst County Marriage Bonds P. 57)

In the 1810 census of Amherst County, Virginia and in the household of Samuel Hogg we learn there were one son and two daughters under the age of 10. In the 1820 census the expanded family now gives 2 sons under the age of 10 (this would be due to the carelessness of the census taker as Milburn N. would be between 10 and 15), 2 daughters under the age of 10, 2 daughters between the age of 10 and 15, and 1 girl between 16 and 25 (probably related to one of the spouses but unlikely it is a daughter). We know for sure that Samuel and Delaney had 2 sons and 4 daughters.

By the 1830 census Milburn N. had moved out and the oldest daughter had married leaving 1 son and 3 daughters at home. Milburn N. doesn’t show up at all on the 1830 census but he does show up in the Amherst County tax records starting in 1829. Between the years of 1829 and 1834 he’s listed simply as Milbourn Hogg. In 1841 and 1842 tax records he is listed as Milbourn N. Hogg.

It is not clear to me what happened in 1829. In Deed Book S of Amherst County, Pg. 43 Record # 494 we learn that on 3 Aug. 1829 that Samuel and Delaney Hogg sell their property of 115 acres to Samuel R. Davies to pay off their debt to Milborne N. Hogg.

Then in the following record, Record # 495 also on 3 Aug 1829 Samuel Hogg sells to Milburne N. Hogg 1 yoke of steers, 1 barren cow and yearling, all the household and kitchen furniture, plantation, utensils, and equity of redemption. Delaney Hogg relinquished her dower on the even date to Saml R. Davies. Milburne N. Hogg charged to provide care and maintenance to Delany Hogg during her life.

Milburn N. marries Nancy Frances Saunderson 16 Dec. 1834 in Bedford County, Virginia. He remains in Bedford County until 1840 where he is listed in Amherst County census as Milburn N. Hogue. The following two years he remains in Amherst County.

Where he went between 1842 and1850 is unknown. It is in the1850 census that we find Milburn N. and family in Pike County, Missouri.

I will continue the discussion on the Milburn name in my next write up.