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William McMillan

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William McMillan (March 2, 1764 – May, 1804) was a lawyer, Judge, County Commissioner, and Delegate to the 6th United States Congress from the Northwest Territory. He was among the first settlers of what would become Cincinnati, Ohio. Early years and education He was born on March 2, 1764, near Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, the second of nine children. His parents were Mary Leeper and William McMillan (died 1810), who is of Scottish-Irish heritage and emigrated to the colonies from Ireland before 1775. He fought at the Battle of Kings Mountain during the Revolutionary War and had 200 acres on South Fork. Between 1785 and 1791, he received 900 acres in property grants and purchased 20,000 acres. The land was located in Knox County, Tennessee, from what is now Chilhowee Park to the Wooddale area, where he built a house. It still stands at 7703 Strawberry Plains Pike (called the Alexander McMillan House). He was one of the county's largest landowners. Staunch Christians, they wanted their son to be a minister and sent him to college early in life. He studied higher philosophy and exact sciences at College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1775. The first in his class, he graduated during the Revolutionary War. Between 1776 and 1787, McMillan worked on a farm and studied. He studied law. McMillan graduated from Mount Zion College, Winnsboro, South Carolina, in November 1787. He read about John Cleves Symmes’s Trenton Prospectus about the Northwest Territory and decided to purchase a lot between the Little and Great Miami Rivers.

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William McMillan (March 2, 1764 – May, 1804) was a lawyer, Judge, County Commissioner, and Delegate to the 6th United States Congress from the Northwest Territory. He was among the first settlers of what would become Cincinnati, Ohio. Early years and education He was born on March 2, 1764, near Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, the second of nine children. His parents were Mary Leeper and William McMillan (died 1810), who is of Scottish-Irish heritage and emigrated to the colonies from Ireland before 1775. He fought at the Battle of Kings Mountain during the Revolutionary War and had 200 acres on South Fork. Between 1785 and 1791, he received 900 acres in property grants and purchased 20,000 acres. The land was located in Knox County, Tennessee, from what is now Chilhowee Park to the Wooddale area, where he built a house. It still stands at 7703 Strawberry Plains Pike (called the Alexander McMillan House). He was one of the county's largest landowners. Staunch Christians, they wanted their son to be a minister and sent him to college early in life. He studied higher philosophy and exact sciences at College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1775. The first in his class, he graduated during the Revolutionary War. Between 1776 and 1787, McMillan worked on a farm and studied. He studied law. McMillan graduated from Mount Zion College, Winnsboro, South Carolina, in November 1787. He read about John Cleves Symmes’s Trenton Prospectus about the Northwest Territory and decided to purchase a lot between the Little and Great Miami Rivers.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named William McMillan: American sport shooter (1929-2000) · Australian politician and businessman (1850–1926) · Scottish footballer · British sculptor and medal-designer (1887–1977)