Hi, I am looking for information on the Millbrook Township that was in early Aiken County, S.C. Does anyone know where this name came from and I've seen in some of the census records where there were mixed blood families that lived in this area, what was the ethnicity mostly associated with the Millbrook Township? Any information anyone may have on this, I would be very thankful if you could help me. Thanks, Gavin.

Hi,
My name is Jan. Use Google and put in Millbrook Baptist Church on Pine Log Road Aiken, South Carolina and you will be at the old Millbrook Township. No one here remembers how the name originated and I still have not found anything on that topic. We have and had many mixed families in the area. What or who are you looking for maybe I can help you find them. Please remember we had segrated cemeteries here.
Millbrook is now in the city of Aiken and is what we call the south side of town.

Hi Jan, Thanks for responding to my post. I looking for Darling and Milledge Red/Redd. They are found in the Millbrook Township in the 1870 and 1880 S.C. census and they are listed as Mulatto. I'm thinking that they maybe my 3rd Grt Grandmother's(Elizabeth Narcissa Red/Redd) brothers. Any information you may have, I would be very thankful if you could help me. Thanks, Gavin

Hi, Gavin
Redd/Red is a common name here no matter what your racial makeup. I have a Darling Red in 1880 Census, South Carolina, Aiken, Windsor District 20, Page 2. He is listed as a mulatto male 46 years of age with a wife Louisa and several children listed also.
What was once called a Township here is now listed as a District. The district lines moved over time as the population grew and of course people moved.
Do you have a Census with your grandmother on it? Were her brothers listed also? Is that how you got there names? What was her age on the census you have with her listed on it? What were her brothers ages? Do you have a year of birth for your grandmother or her brothers even approximate?
Here is how I have searched a problem like yours. As you are using Ancestry put the name you want in the search section, if you do not know the date of birth that is ok, then hit search, ignore the results, look to the left of the results, click on census, ignore the results look to the left and pick the year census you want and click on that, once the results come up scroll down and you will find the states listed click on South Carolina once those results come up you will see the districts listed. Mill brook will be one of those also Hammond and Windsor and Mountmornci. I mention the other districts as they are the ones I would check first. You must flip through each page you cannot run the search engine here. If you find one that looks likely save it to your computer and note the district and page number you found it on. When I find a person I am looking for I look forward and backward several pages on a census. I have found family groups tended to group together.
I would be happy to try to help you but I need some of the information I cited above to search. If any of them were buried here and you know where I would be willing to do a grave look up for you and send you a picture if I can find the headstone. Here is my e-mail address if I can help you.
walbringd@bellsouth.net
Jan