WILLIAM EMERY MILLIGAN - GRANDSON OF
JACOB MILLIGAN
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From
The Milligan Family History, by Lester S.
Milligan, March 1969
William Emery Milligan (great-grandfather of
Lester) was born in Charleston SC in 1814
and apparently came to New York when a
youth.
From William M. Milligan's autobiography
(William Emery Milligan's son)... My father
as I have learned was born in Charleston, SC
and I have read as he has told me of his
grandfather fighting with Commodore Perry on
Lake Erie in the War of 1812. Note that he
gave no names. My mother informed me that
she was born, I think, in Williamsburg, Long
Island and that my grandmother on her side
was born on Long Island of the old Meserole
family, that being her name before she was
married. She was wedded to a man by the name
of Miller of Long Island from which my
mother derived her parentage.
William Emery Milligan was known by the
Charleston Milligan's as the wealthy one. He
manufactured steam engines and boilers at
115 Warren St., NYC and was worth $40,000,
which adjusted to today's value would be
many millions of dollars. He lost everything
in the panic of 1856-57. He made two
attempts at a comeback but was getting along
in years. He visited his brother John in
Charleston when he heard the South would
secede. He died there the day Ft. Sumter was
fired upon, and is buried in Charleston.
Our family is one of the many that had
brothers and cousins fighting over slavery.
Burial: Unknown, Magnolia Cemetery, (John
Thomas Milligan plot) Charleston SC
Occupation: machine shop, business owner
Residence: 1850, New York Ward 5, New York,
New York
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Received in an Email From Robert Milligan IV
of Brevard, NC: (December 4, 2011)
Just before the outbreak of the Civil War,
William Emory traveled from NYC to
Charleston to visit his brother John Thomas
Milligan, who at the time was the jailor at
the old Charleston Jail located at 21
Magazine St.
John’s occupation as jailor is listed in the
1860 Charleston City Directory. William
Emory died on April 15 or 16, 1861, at 19
Magazine St. from “nervous debility”
according to the records kept at Magnolia
Cemetery, where he was buried on April 16.
There is currently no structure at 19
Magazine St. My guess is that in 1861 it was
the jailor’s residence. I also assume that
the April 12 firing on Fort Sumter caused
the nervous debility. By the way, the old
Charleston Jail is currently being restored
as an historic structure. |
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William Milligan image restored - Civil
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