History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 514. [Bourbon County] [Millersburg Precinct] R. P. MILAM, farmer; Millersburg, son of W. P. and Charlotte (Cothran) Milam, both natives of South Carolina, now residents of Cartersville, Ga., was an extensive cotton planter, and trader in the north before the war, he was a son of William Milam, an extensive planter in South Carolina at an early date; both the Milam and Cothran ancestry were from Ireland. W. P. by his marriage with Charlotte Cothran, had two children, Rosa, born Aug. 19, 1840, now the wife of Dr. W. L. Kirkpatrick, of Cartersville, Ga.; and R. P., born Dec. 2, 1844; the mother died in the fall of 1864, after which the father was married to Miss Sally Newel, of Harrison County, Ky., in 1866, having by her the following children: Hugh N., Willie G., Ruby and Pearl twin daughters. The subject of this sketch entered the State University at Athens, Ga., in 1859, where he remained until in the fall of 1860, when he enlisted in Company K, 14th Ga. Reg. of Infantry, under Capt. T. F. Jones, Col. C. V. Brunby commanding; here he served for a considerable time. In the spring of 1864 was transferred to the 16th Ga. Reg. Calvary, Col. S. J. Winn, of Lawrenceville, Ga., under Gens. Lee and Jackson, engaging in numerous contests in Virginia; was wounded at Malvern Hill, after the recovery of which he was transferred; engaging in active duty as Quartermaster of his regiment. At the close of the war he began publishing the Cartersville Express at that place, adopting the names of the paper published there before the war by S. H. SMith, who became the partner of Mr. Milam. In 1867 Mr. Milam disposed of his interest in the paper and came to Bourbon County, where he married, Nov. 29, of that year, Sally E. McClintock, who died the following July. Was married Feb. 16, 1875, to Mattie A. Miller, daughter of James McClure Miller. They have two children, Lucille, born March 12, 1876; John McClintock, Jan. 27, 1881. The are members of the M. E. Church, South. Milam Cothran McClintock Kirkpatrick Newel = Harrison-KY SC GA Ireland http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/bourbon/milam.rp.txt