Priscilla Leatherwood

Female17 December 1790–1861

Brief Life History of Priscilla

When Priscilla Leatherwood was born on 17 December 1790, in Prince William, Virginia, United States, her father, William Leatherwood, was 32 and her mother, Ann Calvert, was 27. She married Thomas Jefferson Mills on 11 March 1807, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1861, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States, at the age of 71.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Jefferson Mills
1787–1832
Priscilla Leatherwood
1790–1861
Marriage: 11 March 1807
James William Mills
1809–1884
Jesse Jo Mills
1810–1880
George Washington Mills
1812–1883
Susan Ann Mills
1813–1890
Mary Elizabeth Mills
1814–
Thomas Jefferson Mills
1825–1914
Jane Mills
1827–1870

Sources (13)

  • Priscilla Mills in entry for Thomas Mills, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Priscilla Mills in household of James Bolton, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Prasilla Mills in entry for Thomas Jefferson Mills, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    11 March 1807Fauquier, Virginia, United States
  • Children (7)

    +2 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1791

    Age 1

    Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

    1791 · The Bill of Rights

    Age 1

    After the Constitution was made, some objections were raised by Anti-Federalists. So, in response ten amendments were discussed and voted on to become The Bill of Rights. These rights were made to clarify and guarantee certain freedoms of residents of the country.

    1812

    Age 22

    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    Name Meaning

    English: perhaps an altered form of Leatherhead, a habitational name from Leatherhead (Surrey), which probably derives from Old English lēode ‘folk, people’ + ride ‘riding, place suitable for riding, bridle path’, or alternatively a habitational name from Lythwood in Shropshire, which is named from Old English hlith ‘slope’ + wudu ‘wood’.

    History: Zachariah Leatherwood, a son of John Leatherwood, was born in Prince William County, VA c. 1735. After the revolutionary war, he settled in Spartanburg County, SC with his second wife, Jane Calvert, and many of his fourteen children.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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