Milton, William

Born: 1807-03-02 New York

Died: 1863-07-06 Wisconsin

Flourished: Jo Daviess County, Illinois

Alternate name: Melton

Father of James Milton (Melton), William was a landowner and farmer who in 1848 received 240 acres of public land in Apple River Township in northern Jo Daviess County. In the 1850s, he moved his family to Crawford County, Wisconsin. In 1860, he was farming in Scott, Wisconsin, and owned real estate valued at $600 and had a personal estate of $550.

Gravestone, Rush Creek Cemetery, Ferryville, WI; Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Jo Daviess County, 711:83, 85, 86, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Scott, Crawford County, WI, 169.