William Richardson Millsap

MILLSAP, William Richardson – William R. Millsap was born February 27, 1836 in Fentress County, Tennessee. He married Nancy Choate, daughter of Edward and Priscilla Mayberry Choate. During the Civil War he fought along side of his brother-in-law, Winston C. Choate in Colonel Adair’s Cherokee Regiment. William R. Millsap’s Civil War home is still standing in Farmington. William Richardson Millsap died February 20, 1891. He and is wife, Nancy (1839-1927) are buried in the old part of row 7 in the Mount Comfort Cemetery in Fayetteville, Arkansas. [from Marla Millsap, Phoenix, Arizona]

Mrs. Nancy Millsap, widow of William R. Millsap, who died February 27, 1890, filed Widow Application #21503 with the Confederate Pension Board of Washington County for a Confederate widow pension and it was received as allowed August 16, 1917 at the State, citing her husband’s service with Company E, 2ndArkansas Cavalry from 1862 thru 1865. [State of Arkansas Confederate Pension Archives]