When General Sherman Millholland was born on 29 June 1896, in Mineral Bluff, Fannin, Georgia, United States, his father, John Milas Millholland, was 47 and his mother, Catherine Pittman, was 41. He had at least 4 sons and 2 daughters with Sally Arvialine Galloway. He lived in McCaysville, Fannin, Georgia, United States in 1930 and District 1205, Fannin, Georgia, United States in 1940. He died on 9 December 1976, in Copperhill, Polk, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in McCaysville, Fannin, Georgia, United States.