MILLNER:- In 1816, William Milkier, Sr., made a deed to his children, conveying to them several hundred acres of land in Bedford County, Va., and sundry negroes. He made a will dated 13 Feb., 1819 ; he died in 1820. The will was probated in Bedford County Court, 27 Nov., 1820. His wife’s Christian name was Elizabeth. The deed, above referred to, gives the names of his children as follows, to wit: Williamson Millner, John Millner, William Millner, Jr., Richard Millner, Thomas Millner, Robert Millner, Lee Millner, Owen Millner and Nancy Millner, now Nancy Noell. Williamson Millner, of Pittsylvania County, and Absalom Lynch, of Campbell County, were nominated executors of the will.

SOURCE: Vol, IX, No 10, February 1921 Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry