Baldwin County’s Family Traditions:
The McMillan Family

2012 - 62nd Fair


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By Jessica Jones A third generation family of Scottish immigrants (three daughters of Neill McMillan, who’s parents crossed the ocean to make a home in America made their home in Stockton. The daughters moved farther south after their father and grandfather had set up homesteads in North Carolina. Archibald McMillan immigrated from Scotland, and his son, Malcolm settled in Stockton. He headed south from North Carolina to bring supplies to his cousin Neil, a Presbyterian minister. Murdock Murphy McMillan moved to Stockton in 1842. He purchased two lots for $1,000-$2,000 each in the original town of Stockton, incorporated by William Kitchen in 1839, in 1855. He was a member of the home guard during the Civil War. Murdock’s son, Benjamin, moved with the family to Stockton in 1842, and became the 16th postmaster of the town. He owned Mound Island, a 40-feet high mound with surrounding smaller ones, located on the Tensaw River. He also built the “Annie D.,” named for his wife, a famous carrier of freight and passengers between Stockton and Mobile. He represented Baldwin County in the Constitutional Convention of Alabama as a Democrat, Presbyterian and Mason.