Joseph married Lucy Doyle. Lucy was born on 22 Jun 1857; died on 13 Dec 1905 in Robertson County, Texas; was buried in Franklin, Robertson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Edward McMillan is buried in Camp Creek Cemetery, eight miles east of Franklin, Robertson County. He was a San Jacinto Veteran and his tombstone bears a state marker. He is buried at Camp Creek Cemetery.

Edward married Ann Marjorie (Margaret) McCuistion in 1837 in Robertson County, Texas. Ann (daughter of Robert Newton McCuistion and Elizabeth McQuerter) was born on 22 Jun 1817 in Coffee County, Tennessee; died in 1879 in Robertson County, Texas; was buried in Franklin, Robertson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Margaret is the twin sister of Milly McCuistion.

Died:
She was killed when a panther jumped from a tree onto her horse as she was crossing Camp Creek in 1879. She was thrown from her buggy.

Buried:
She is buried beside her husband, Edward McMillan, at Camp Creek Cemetery, Robertson County, Texas.

Notes:

Robert's mother, Ann Moody McCuistion, gave him the little keg of gold coins because, she said, "he has Texas in his blood and he needs an inheritance that he can take to Texas with him." The gold was a family legacy handed down from the McCuistion ancestors and brought to America by Ann Moody McCuistion. Through Ann's lifetime she never used any of the gold and when she died, in 1819, the keg of coins was passed to her son, Robert. After San Jacinto, the Texas Republic was without funds and its only resource was land. The Texas dollar was worthless. Sam Houston knew his only hope to bolster the economy was to exchange public land for gold. To accomplish his purpose, the hero of San Jacinto invited seventeen men to exchange their gold for seemingly worthless land. Robert McCuistion was one of the seventeen men. By their contributions the value of the Texas dollar rose to almost par value on the world market and the Republic was saved. ..."the ten thousand acres of land accepted in exchange for the McCuistion gold remained worthless but Robert never regretted his gift to Texas."
All of Robert's children were born in Davidson and Bedford Counties, Tennessee.
Robert went to Robertson County, Texas in 1835 and established himself at a strong spring of good water, later known as the McCuistion Headwaters. This is near the present village of Easterly.

Birth:
One source lists the date of birth 12 May whereas the other lists 2 May.

Robert married Elizabeth McQuerter in 1807 in Davidson County, Tennessee. Elizabeth (daughter of George Barnett McQuerter and Elizabeth Wahob) was born in 1775 in Western District, Tennessee; died in 1839 in Franklin, Robertson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Carleen Dagget reports Elizabeth's last name as McWhorter.

Elizabeth McQuerter McCuistion was well educated and her diplomatic qualities can be seen in the fact that she named her first child, being a girl, Charity, after the mother of her three step-children and thereby endeared it to them, closing forever the gap between the two sets of children. She is said to be a financial supporter and loyal colonist, according to the entry in "Founders and Patriots of the Republic of Texas."

Died:
Elizabeth McQuerter is buried in Old Franklin Cemetery, located on Daggett Ranch; 2 miles southwest of Franklin, Texas.

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Married:
Carleen lists the year of marriage as 1806.