MILLICAN, WILLIAM (?-?). William Millican (Milligan) was among the first Americans to settle in Jackson Municipality. He grew cotton and operated a gin house. On the night of July 17, 1835, locals gathered at Millican's gin for the Lavaca-Navidad meetingqv to discuss grievances against the Mexican government. Millican served as a commissioner for organizing the militia in Jackson Municipality in December 1835. A William Milican married Cana Williams in Jackson County.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: John S. Menefee, Early Jackson County History (MS, John S. Menefee Papers, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin). Ira T. Taylor, The Cavalcade of Jackson County (San Antonio: Naylor, 1938).
Stephen L. Hardin
