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Our Miller
Line
I believe we descend from Simon Miller of early
Spotsylvania and Essex Counties in Virginia. The first portion is how I
propose the line goes; but this is just my theory, nothing proven, but plenty of
circumstantial evidence and naming and migration patterns.
His will dated Feb. 16, 1679 is
filed at the Essex County, Court House. It was proved in
Rappahannock County, , Virginia May 2, 1684
Historical Southern Families Vol XIX, pp 97 - 107
Tyler's Quarterly Magazine Vol 12, pp 237 - 243
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Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Will Book 1682-1687 pp 13-15
IN THE NAME OF GOD Amen. The last Will & Testament of Symon
Miller of the Freshes of Rappa aged Seaven and thirty yeares or
hereabout being of true and perfect memory doe in the first place
commit my Soule unto God as a Mercifull Creator relying upon Jesus
Christ my Redeemer by whose precious blood I hope to be saved, I
commit my Body to the earth to be decently buried I doe will and
bequeath as follows:
Item I give unto my Sonn, Symon Miller, halfe the devidend of
land I now live on to him and his heires for ever. Any my Son Symon
Miller, to cleare and plant as he shall think fitting in his Mothers
Life time upon the said Devidend excepting the Plantation. And
Further I give to my Son, Symon, a sorrill Mare with a white blaze
on the face and all her increase to him forever. And in case I dye
it is my will that my Son, Symon be sent the next five years for
England.
Item I give and bequeath to my Sonn, William Miller, the
other halfe divident of land to him and his heires forever and a
Chessnut Mare with her Increase forever and full power
I give to my Son William Miller to clear and plant as he
shall think fitting upon any part of the said devidend.
Item I give unto my son, John Miller, two hundred acres of
land adjoyning to Doctor Reynolds to him and his heirs forever and a
black mare with a hook brand on the near buttock with her increase
forever.
Item I give unto my Daughter, Susanna Miller fouwer hundre
eight acres and a halfe of land being the halfe devidend of land
adjoyning to Col Cadwalldr Jones on the head of Pumans Inn to her
and her heirs forever. And my old Mare with her increase for ever.
Item, I give to my daughter Isabella Miller, the other halfe
of the devident at Pumans Inn to her and her heires for ever, and a
black mare about two years old and her increase forever, The Mare is
branded with LM on her near Buttock.
Item I give unto my daughter Margaret Miller, two hundred
acres of land on back of my land adjoyning to Doctor Reynolds to her
and her heires for ever and a brown mare branded LM with her
increase for ever.
And Last of all I leave my wife full Executrix, and the rest of my
Estate I give my wife to bring up my children and to be at her
disposing after my decease my debts and other my estate to be
devided equally betwixt my children.
It is my will that the three Mares given to my son will and my son
John and my daughter Susan that the foales they go with all shall
goe into the stock and if any of them being a Mare foale it is to be
given to my wifes son ANTHONY PROSSER and if they doe bring a mare
foale my wife as she thinkgs fitting is to dispose of so much of the
stock to purchase her sonn Anthony a mare foale. And all the male
increase of all the mares, except my son Symon to goe into ye said
former stock till my children come to the age of fourteen then male
and female of the children to have ye full increase and if any of
these children dy before they come of lawfull age then that estate
land or mare to be equally devided among the survivors and if any of
the childrens mare dy then my wife is to by out of the said stock to
make good the same.
And to the sons of Mr Prosser every one of them are to have a
heifer delivered to them one after another when they come ti
eighteen years of age to be delived by executors after my decease.
Item I give unto my wife Margaret Miller the plantation and
houses I not live in during her natural life. And in case she should
mary one that should lett the house and orchard goe to Ruin then she
is to return to her thirds accouding And I make James Ashton
overseer over my estate and children and the overseer Jas Ashton to
dispose of the children at sixteen years of age as he shall think
fitt but in case the said Mr James Ashton dyeth en the children to
be at their own disposing if they lie to goe to any handy craft
trade they have a mind unto.
Sealed and delivered in the presence of us
Nathaniell Tomlin
Francis Thornton SYMON MILLER
James Taylor
Mr Francis Thornton aged about 32 yeares or there abouts saith that
on Febby 18 1679 was at the house of Capt Symon Millers and he then
and there called me into his inner room and presented this Will to
me and said it was his which accordingly I witnessed it further
saith not. FRANCIS THORNTON Juratus est THORNTON in Cur Com Rappa
quinto die 7bris Anno 1683
I the Subscriber doe hereby testifie and declare that I did see with
testar signed and publish this with in mentioned to be his last Will
and Testament and that he was then in perfect sense and memory to
the best of mthis deponts knowledge and Further saith not JAMES
TAYLOR
Juratus est TAYLOR in Cur Com Rappa 7 die Maii Ano 1684 Probtr p
Sacrament
Recordatr xx2 die May Ano 1684 TEST WM COLSTON Cl Cur
Contributed by: James Hughes
Notes for *Thomas ARNOLD, I
Know all men by these presents that I, Simon Miller, of the County
of Rappak., doe constitute & appoint my true & loving friend, Adam
Wofendale, to be my true and lawfull attorney for me & in my ____ &
to acknowledge a small parcell of land unto Thomas Arnold of the
same county & what my said attorney shall act & doe in the ____,
shall stand in ull force & virtue, as if I my selfe were originally
present.
As witness, my hand and seale this 24th of January 1679.
Simon Miller
Signed, sealed & delivered in the prensence of
Nathaniell Thomlins
Tho. ____ Grimsley
Contributed by: James Hughes
Deed Book No. 2
p.2. Deed. 14 Jan 1692/3. Simon Miller, planter, of Essex
County, to Tho. Parke, schoolmaster, of Essex Co. "know ye that I
the said Simon Miller for several good considerations me hereunto
moving and likewise for the Love and affection that I the said Simon
Miller bear unto Tho Parke of the County of Essex schoolmaster", as
much land as he shall have use of during his (Parke's) life, in
Richmond County, and at his death to return to Miller's estate. This
land "in the County of Richmond on the North side of Rappahannock
River on the back side of Mr Hugh French his Plantation on the
further side of a Marsh of Water between the Line of Mr Antho:
Savage and the Line of Robert Paine"
Wit:
Rees Evans signed Simon Miller
Samll: Jaques
Rec. 20 Jan 1693/4
p.4. Power of Atty. 9 Aug 1693. Symon Miller of the parish of St
Marys and County of Richmond to Mr James Orchard of same County to
ack the foregoing.
Wit: signed Symon Miller
John Battaile
Source:
Fleet, Beverley,
Richmond County records, 1692-1704 : Deed book no. 1, 1692-1693,
Deed book no. 2, 1693/4-1696, Deed book no. 3, lost, miscellaneous
records, 1699-1704
Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. County, 1961, 117 pgs.
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James Hughes 2005-07-04 12:33:38
Re: Simon Miller/Margaret Gaines - VA
Posted By: Margaret Amundson
Email:
Subject: Re: Simon Miller/Margaret Gaines - VA
Post Date: September 10, 2002 at 10:26:16
Margaret (?) may have had two children by Simon Miller her second
husband. The will of James Scott probated in King George Co. 4
January 1722/3 names three aunts, one is Margaret Amon, Isabella
Triplett and Margaret Taliferro and his Uncle Hugh French. This
suggest to me first that James Scott's mother was probably Mary
French who would have been a half sister to Isabella and Margaret
Aron [if she is the Margaret Miller named in Symon's will] And Hugh
and Margaret Taliaferro were his full blooded relations by Margaret
[who was not nee Gaines] and Hugh French.
Here is an excerpt from a segment of
the book I am working on.
John further directed that he be buried next to his first wife,
Martha. He named his children, including a son Anthony, who is
identified in the will of Simon Miller, as Margaret's child.
Prosser’s will was presented for probate 30 June 1677. The exact
date of Prosser's death is not known. The family lived on the
frontier of [Old] Rappahannock County, where there was an Indian
massacre on 25 January 1675-76. There was a higher than usual number
of wills submitted for probate in [Old] Rappahannock County, in
1677.
It is felt by many that this can be
explained by Bacon's Rebellion. However, Dr. Lorena S. Walsh in a
letter to the compiler 15 February 1995, thinks there was an
epidemic in the region that caused this increase in deaths, because
the phenomenon occurred in Maryland also.
It can not be established exactly
when Margaret married Simon Miller. Not only is exact date of John
Prosser’s death not known, but neither is the date of Symon Miller's
first wife. Margaret probably did not remain a widow too long. A
widow with property did not have a hard time finding a husband.
Simon had several motherless children, and Margaret had at least one
of her own, and three stepchildren to care for.
Symon [sic] Miller, boatwright sold
four hundred and forty acres to Roger Cleveland, November 1679.
Margaret signed with an M for her mark. Thomas Hoskins Warner in his
History of [Old] Rappahannock County, Virginia, has the following to
say about Symon Miller:
...During the summer and fall of 1676, Major Simon Miller, who was
in command of Bacon's forces in the upper Rappahannock...devoted his
efforts to fighting the Indians and keeping them under control. His
lands lay on the south branch of Puemendson Run, sometimes called
Mill Creek: and later on he lived on Golden Vale Creek above Port
Royal. Miller's lands adjoined those of Cadwallader Jones and were
within the area of the massacre of January 25, 1675-76. So great was
the service of Symon Miller in protecting the settlers when their
homes and lives were imperiled by the red men that even his nominal
enemies joined with his friends in petitioning the Governor to look
upon him with an eye of favor.
Cadwallader Jones wrote when it appeared Miller might be hung, along
with others who participated in Bacon's Rebellion, ...because of the
good he hath done to protect this section from the Indians and
keeping them under control.
Simon Miller wrote his will 16 February 1679. He was seven and
thirty years old then. In it he lists the following children; Simon,
William, John, Susanna, Isabella, and Margaret. He mentioned Anthony
Prosser and called him his wife's son. Later on in his will he
included provisions for the sons of Mr. Prosser
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Contributed by: James Hughes
URL title: deeds/spotsylvania
Note: 23 Simon Miller VPB 6 p490 817a Rappa. County
Title Miller, Simon.
Publication 5 November 1673.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office.
Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Note Location: Rappahannock County (extinct).
Description: 817 acres in the County of Rappahannock in the freshes
thereof on the south side the river on the head of Pewamanesee.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 6, 1666-1679 (pt.1 & 2 p.1-692), p.
490 (Reel 6).
The Rebellion known as Bacon's Rebellion had it's beginnings in 1675
and was ended early in 1677 in Virginia, however, the year of the
actual conflict was in 1676. Sometimes referred to as the precursor
to the American Revolution, it is ironic that it was exactly 100
years before a rebellion would be launched that succeeded in
independence from Great Britain. Listed below are the names of over
100 individuals who took part in the Rebellion. There are, without a
doubt, many hundreds not listed herein. * Notes individuals executed
for their participation in Bacon's Rebellion.
Miller, Capt. Simon
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James Hughes 2006-04-25 21:44:32
p. 40. Patent. 28 Sept 1681. Hen: Chichley Knt their Majties Deputie
Govern'r of Virginia with the consent of the Counsell of State to
Edwin Conway, 900 acres in Rappa "beginning at Tacapacon Spring, the
beginning of a Patent for 5275 acres of Land granted to Tho Chetwood
and John Prosser and running along said Chetwoods and Prossers Line
N and by W 720 perch to an Indian tree menconed in their Patent x x
to the River of Rappahannock, thence up along the said River and
Pocason West ninety-three perches to the Palce it began x x".
p. 40. Assignment of above patent. 5 May 1692. Edwin Conway of
Lancaster County to Wm Reynolds, for 1500 lb tobo, "all my Right
Title and Interest of in and to the said Patent x x except what of
the said Land lyes and falls into a Certain Tract off Land formerly
by the said Conway surveyed for Mr Symon Miller"
signed Edwin Conway
Wit:
Alex'r Swan
Jos Lowis
Rec. 5 Oct. 1692.
p.43. Power of Atty. 5 June 1694. Honoria Woffendale to James Taylor
to ack "my Thirds of a parcell of Land unto William Powell"
signed her mark Honoria x Woffendall
Wit:
Wm Reynolds
John x Spiller
Date of record not shown.
Source:
Fleet, Beverley,
Richmond County records, 1692-1704 : Deed book no. 1, 1692-1693,
Deed book no. 2, 1693/4-1696, Deed book no. 3, lost, miscellaneous
records, 1699-1704
Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. County, 1961, 117 pgs.
===
Old Rappahannock Co Deed Book 4 - 1668-1670; pg 69-70
KNOW ALL MEN by these pntes that I JOHN PROSSER of the County of
Rappa, Planter for & in consid; of Eleaven thousand seaven hundred
pounds of tobacco in caske to me by bill bearing date the one &
twentieth day of March last past by SIMON MILLER well & sufficiently
secured have bargained sold & confirmed unto the sd SIMON MILLER his
heirs One thousand acres of land scytuate lyeing and being in the
Freshes of RAPPA, being the lowest pte of a Dividend of land cont. a
greater quantity & formerly taken upp by mee the sd JOHN PROSSER &
Mr. THOMAS CHETWOODE on the North side of RAPPA RIVER beginning at a
marked white oake and running by or nigh the River & Sunken land
side to two white Oakes standing neere the river & a little above a
small Run on the head of which is a main running spring & thence
into the woods to the head Lyne of the devident aforesd running
according to the several courses as shall make upp & conteyne the sd
full complimt of One thousand acres of land to the first men coned
white Oake where it beganne according to a survey thereof to bee
made by Mr, WM. MOSELEY or other lawful! Surveyr, in case of
Mortality heerafter to succeed him To Have and To Hold the sd One
thousand acres of land together wth all woods timber trees rights
advantages apperteyning from me the sd JOHN PROSSER & my heirs to
the sd SIMON MILLER his heirs hee the sd SIMON MILLER his heirs from
tyme to time payeing & dischargeing the rents & services to our
Sovereigne Lord the King or his Substitutes due & of right
accustomed and the sd JOHN PROSSER doth heerhy for himselfe his
heirs covenant to & wth the sd SIMON MILLER his heirs to & wth every
of them by these pates that hee the sd SIMON MILLER his heirs shall
or lawfully may from tyme to tyme hereafter quietly & peaceably
occupy & enjoy the sd one thousand acres of land & all other the
prmises without any trouble or denyall of him the sd JOHN PROSSER
his heirs In witness whereof I the sd JOHN PROSSER have heerunto
sett my hand & seale this thirtieth day of Aprill 1669
In the pnce of us WM. MOSELEY, JOHN PROSSER
ROBERT TALIAFERRO, JOHN BUCKNER
Recognr in Cur Rappa 5th May 1669
KNOW ALL MEN by these pntes that I JOHN PROSSER doe heerby nominate
constitute & appoint my Loveing Friend JOHN BUCKNER for mee & in my
name & stead to acknowledge one thousand acres of land in the
Freshes of the RAPPA. & on the North side of the sd RIVER & by mee
sold to SIMON MILLER & his heirs by conveyances bearing date wth
these pntes to all intents & purposes therein menconed heerby
ratifyeing confirming & allowing wtsoever my Atturney shall due or
cause to bee done in pursuance of the prmises in as full & ample
manner as if I myselfe were there prsent to doe & pforme the same.
In Witnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale this
thirtieth day of Aprill Ano Dom 1669
in the pnce of us W. MOSELEY, JOHN PROSSER
RO TALIAFERRO
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Old Rappahannock Co Deed Book 4 - 1668-1670; pg 118
KNOW ALL MEN by these pntes that I JOHN PROSSER of the Parrish of
Sittingbourne in the County of Rappa in and for the valluable
consideracon of the vallue of fifty pounds Sterl. in goods as by
specialty doth appeare and sevrll good causes & consideracons me
thereunto moveing have bargained and sold and doe by these pntes
bargaine sell exchange from me my heirs forever unto Mr, ANTHO
SAVADGE his heirs forever one thousd acres of land lying and being
in the Freshes of RAPPA. RIVER and upon the North side being pte of
a Devidt. of land of five thousand acres of land called by the Name
of NANZEM and formerly granted to me the sd JNO. PROSSER & Mr. THO.
CHETWOOD but this part where this thousd. acres now lyeth is comonly
knowne by the INDIAN name of MANGECOMIJPOW and Begining at a mrkded
wt: Oake standing by or nigh the River side wch divideth the sd land
& one thousand acres formerly sold to SYMON MILLER and runing along
the sd SYMON MILLERs to the extent thereof or head lyne and alonge
the head line for Breadth from then to ye River and soe alonge the
Riverside according to the sevrll. courses of the sd River to the
first men coned tree the wch land being Legally surveyed to conteyne
the full and Just quantity of One thousand acres. Now Know Yee that
I JNO, PROSSER for the consideracon aforesd doe grant bargaine and
sell from me my heires forever wth all the rights and priviledges
thereunto belonging he or they pay such rents or services as by
Soccage tenure in ioyned to such as by Lawfull authority are
appoynted thereunto wth further warranty that the sd ANTH. SAVIDGE
shall or may from time to time and at all times peaceably enjoy the
sd thousand acres of land Likewise I doe further engage to give any
further lawfull assurance when thereunto required & to all true
intent and meaning 6. con stru c con I doe hereby ratify and
confirme all the abovesd prmises and to the truth hereof I have
hereunto sett my hand and seale this 9th of Apr 11 1670
in pnts of us JAMES LAY, JO: PROSSER
WM LAY
Recognitr. in Cur Rappa 4th die May 1670
KNOW ALL MEN by these pntes that I
ANTH: SAVADGE of the County of GLOSTER in Virginia have assigned
ordeyned & made and in my stead and place by these pntes putt &
constituted my trusty and welbeloved Friend Mr, JAMES KAY of the
aforesaid County to be my true & lawfull Attorney for me and my
stead & place to receive Livery and Seizen of One hundred acres of
land in Rappa. County of JNO. PROSSER of the sd County and likewise
to receive accknowledgmt, of a Deed of Sale of the sd Land in the
Court of the aforesd County from the sd JNO. PROSSER or his lawful!
Attorney appoynted thereunto and wt. my sd Attorney shall act or doe
in ye prmises aforesd I doe hereby rattily and confirme as if I
myselfe were then & there psonaily prsent As Wittness my hand this
11th of April. 1670
Test JO PROSSER ANTHONY SAVADGE
JO PATTISON
Recordatr, Xth die May 1670
That now acknowledged by JOHN PROSSER in person though formerly
acknowledged
by vertue of a Letter of Atturney wherein was deficiencies for want
of a seale this 2d of
July- 1670
===
Old Rappahannock Co Deed Book 4 - 1668-1670; pg 129-130
KNOW ALL MEN by these prsents that I SYMON MILLER of the County of Rappa
Boatwright for and in consideration of Foure thousand pounds of Good
Tobacco & caske to me by Bill secured by ROBERT PAYNE & THOMAS
WRIGHT of the same place have bargained sould & confirmed unto the
said ROBERT PAYNE & THO. WRIGHT their heires two hundred acres of
land scituate lying & being in the Freshes of RAPPA. being part of
one thousand acres of land formerly taken up by PROSSER & THOMAS
CHETWOODE in a greater Quantity and by the sd PROSSER sould &
conveyed unto me the sd MILLER my heirses & assignes according to
the Purport of a Deed bearing date the thirtieth day of Apprill 1669
& recorded in the records of the abovesaid County as Relation being
thereunto had more at large may & doth appeare Begining at a marked
wt, Oakc and soe taking its Bredth on the Maine River side for two
hundred acres and soe running into the woods to make up the said
Quantity being the Lowermost part of the sd one thousand acres of
land To Have and To Hold the said two hundred acres of land together
with all its rights and priviledges whatsoever to the same Belonging
or in any wise apperteyning from me the sd SYMON MILLER my heirs to
the said ROBERT PAYNE & THOMAS WRIGHT their heires for ever to the
onely sole & proper use & behoole of them the sd PAYNE & WRIGHT
their heirs & assignes for evermore the said ROBT, PAYNE & THO:
WRIGHT their heires yeilding paying from hence forward the rights
rents & services hereof to be due & of right accustomed and
furthermore the sd SYMON MILLER for himselfe his heires and either
and every of them the sd RO: PAYNE THO WRIGHT their heires by these
prsents that the sd SYMON MILLER at the time of the sealing hereof
hath full power and lawful authority to give and graunt the before
bargained prmises with the apptences to the said PAYNE & WRIGHT
their heirs and assignes in manner & form aforesaid In Witness
whereof I have hereunto sett my hand &Seale this Eighteenth day of
June Ano Dom 1670
Memorandm, that the Bredth abovesd expressed the proper conable to
be the thousand acres soe that if it shall happen that there be
wanting in the great quantity it shall want proportionably in the
two hundred acres hereby Foll:
in prsents of us RO: PAYNE, SYMON MILLER, THOMAS HAWKINS
Memorandm. 18th day of June 1670.
The day and yeare abovesd came before
Coll, JOHN CATLETT & Capt. THO:
HAWKINS two of his Maties Justices of the peace for the County of
Rappa. SYMON MILLER & acknowledged this Deed of Land from him and
his heires to RO; PAYNE &THO: WRIGHT & their heires for ever
according to all true intents & meaning
SIMON MILLER
Recognitr Cur Nobis 15th janry 1670
===
Old Rappahannock Co Deed Book 5 - 1672-1674; pg 271-272
NOW KNOW YEE that I ADAM WOFANDALE doe for myselfe my heirs and
atIministrs. sell and firmly doe make over One hundred acres of land
lying and being in the Freshes of Rappa County being on the South
side off the Westermost Branch of GINCOCEY bounding upon the land of
SIMON MILLER and Mr. SAVAGE and if in the case there is not the
abovesaid bounds I doe engage myself my heirs to make it good on the
North side of the aforesaid Runn to have and to hold the said land
with all Privilidges thereunto belonging with warranty at all times
from the claime of any person whatsoever and for the performance
thereof I do bind myself my heirs and in case the Bill of Sale is
not good in Law I doe engage to give another when thereunto required
and for the true performance I have set my hand & seale this second
day of February 1674
in presence of us JOHN PHILLIPS, ADAM WOFENDALE
ROGER BLACKHURST
Recognitr in Cur Com Rappa 3 die Febry 1674
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I HONOR BOPENDALE Wife of ADAM
BOPENDALE doe constitute and appoint my loving Friend JAMES PHILIPS
to be my true and lawful attorney to acknowledge my thirds of One
hundred acres of land to THOMAS EVIREST as Witness my hand this
second day of February 1674
Test JOHN PHILIPS, HONOR BOPENDALE
ROGER BLACKHURST
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Old Rappahannock Co Deeds & Wills - 1679-1682; pg 263
BEE IT KNOWN unto all men by these prsents that I ADAM WOFENDALE of
the County of Rappak: doe for myselfe my heires make over unto
THOMAS ARNOLD of the said County his heires a parcell of land about
Forty acres lying on South side of GINGOTEAK BRANCH binding on the
line of SIMON MILLER, it being of a Devident of land that was taken
up of the said ADAM WOFENDALE & JOHN PHILLIPS & doe warrant the said
Land to said ARNOLD his heires and assignes forever. In Witness I
have set my hand & Seale this 18th of April 1679 Signed sealed &
Delivered in
prsence of us JAMES ORCHARD ADAM WOFENDALE
ANDREW FOY
Recognitr in Cur Com Rappak: 3 die Martii 1679/80
===
Old Rappahannock Co Deeds & Wills - 1679-1682; pg 26
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I SYMON MILLER of Sittingburne
Parish in the County of Rappak: have sold unto THOMAS ARNOLD of the
said County Twenty acres of land & Further I the said SYMON MILLER
doe warrant the sale of the said land from all persons whatsoever to
the said THOMAS ARNOLD as followeth to him & his heires forever be
it more or less, it being for a valuable consideration already
received by me SYMON MILLER beginning upon a white Oak butting upon
ROBT. PAINEs Corner tree, and soe right across the Ridge to Mr.
SAVAGE's Line for true performance whereof I have hereunto set my
hand &Seale this 13th day of January 1679
Signed sealed & delivered in
prsence of NATHANIELL TOMLIN SIMON MILLER
ADAM WOFENDALE
Recognitr in Cur Com Rappak: 3 die Martii 1679/80
KNOW ALL MEN by these prsents that I SIMON MILLER of the County of Rappak: doe appoint my true & loveing Freind, ADAM WOFENDALE, my
true and lawful attorney for me & in my stead to acknowledge a small
parcel! of land unto THOMAS ARNOLD of the same County & what my said
attorney shall act & doe in the prmises shall stand in as full force
& vritue as if I my selfe were personally prsent As Witness my hand
and Seale this 24th of January 1679/80 Signed sealed & Delivrd. in
prsence of us NATHANIELL THOMLIN, SIMON MILLER
THO: GRINSLEY
Recordatr 4 die Martii 79/80
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Old Rappahannock Co Deed Book 7 - 1682-1686; pg 30-31
KNOW ALL MEN by these prsents that I EDWIN CONWAY of the County of
NORTHUMBERLAND in the Collony of Virginia haveing obtained a Pattent
for Nine
hundred acres of land in Rappa: Beginning at TOCAPACON SPRING wch:
as I am credibly informed runs and Intrenches considerably into a
Tract of Foyer hundred and fourty acres formerly surveyed for Mr.
MILLER Now Know yee that I the said EDWIN CONWAY doe for diverse
good causes me thereunto most especially moving have granted unto
SYMON MILLER of Rappa: County aforesaid his heirs every part and
parcell of land to me appertaining within the bounds and contents of
the tract of Foyer hundred and Fourty acres of land To have and to
hold unto the said MILLER his heirs and assignes forever all and
every part of the said land so Intrenching from the right of me and
my heirs to the said SYMON MILLER his heirs forever and for the
better ensureing I the said EDWIN CONWAY doe make and appoint my
loveing freind, Capt. EDMUND CRASKE, my true and lawfull attorney to
acknowledge this Instrument in the Court held for the County of
Rappa: aforesaid. In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand
and settle this one and thirtieth day of March 1683
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
EDWIN THACKER, EDWIN CONWAY
ALICE TOMIZON hir marke
Recognitr in Cur Com Rappa 4 die Aprillis 1683 et Recordatr x7 die
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 6; Pg 139
CADWLL. (Cadwallader ?) JONES, 1443 acs., on S. side & in the
freshes of Rappa. Riv., adj. Warwick Camock (Cammock) ; 5 Nov. 1673,
p. 492. 625 acs. granted Symon Miller, who sould to sd. Jones; 818
acs. for trans. of 17) pers: Abra. Vintner, Sarah Cooke, Wm.
Sanders, Tho. Page, Curby Clerke, James Heart, James Scott, Eliz.
Giles, Mary James, Marg. Jenkins, Anth. Hanford, John Whitehead, Wm.
Rider, James Nevett, Eliz. Byant, James Phillips, James Williams.
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 6; Pg 138
SIMON MILLER, 817 acs.. Rappa. Co., in the freshes & on S. side the
Riv., on the head of Pewamanesee Cr., adj, Cadw. Jones; lands of
Talliaferro, Buck, ner, Prosser & Royston ; 5 Nov. 1673, p. 490.
Trans. of 17 pers: Eliz. Bryant, Jane Andrewes, Joseph Tooth, Ann
Suck, lin, Jno. Goose, Ric. Glover,-Ellin Clarke, Hen. Smith, Wm.
Ayliott, Tho. Dane, Wm, Daily, Geo. Suckett, Tho. Hudry, And. Rider,
Hen. Rider, Dor. Brookes, Sarah Short.
Marriage 1 Female MNU Miller b: ABT 1656 in Old Rappahannock County,
Virginia
Married: ABT 1670 in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia
Children:
Simon Miller b: 1670 in Essex County, Virginia
John Miller b: 1674 in Essex County, Virginia
Sarah Miller b: ABT 1676 in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia
Marriage Margaret unknown b: ABT 1655 in Bristol, Gloucestershire,
England
Married: 1678 in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia
Children:
Isabella Miller b: 16 FEB 1678/79 in Essex County, Virginia
Susannah Miller b: 16 FEB 1678/79 in Essex
County, Virginia
William Miller b: 1681 in Essex County, Virginia
Margaret Miller b: 1683 in Essex County, Virginia
John Miller was son of Capt.
Simon Miller. It may be that John, son of the John, who died 1743,
was father of Thomas. This John married Susannah and moved into
Caroline County, in 1736. The loss of Caroline's will and deed books
prevents our having a list of his children, hence Thomas can't be
positively identified as his son.
Thomas has no connection with James Miller of
Port Royal, whose children can be established from the will in
Caroline's loose papers, Archives Division, Virginia State Library,
Richmond.
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John Miller, son of Symon Miller and unknown, was born circa
1674; and died in 1744, Essex County, Virginia.
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IN THE NAME OF GOD Amen, I
JOHN MILLER do make this my last will and testament in manner
following, viz., First give to my Son SIMON MILLER half the
lands I hold in Essex and my meaning is that the house and
Plantation he now lives on be included in his division of the said
Land as also I give him the land Survay'd for him in SPOTSYLVANIA
County by GEORGE HOME both which parcels or tracts of land I
give to him & his heirs forever, to him I also give & bequeath one
Negro woman named Sarah now in his possession;
To my loving Wife I give the
other half of my land in Essex: meaning the Plantation and House I
now live on during her Widowhood and also the use of all my Servants
and slaves she paying all my just Debts, And I also give to my said
wife all my Horses, Cattle & Sheep and all my Household goods
whatsoever, and likewise give her during her widowhood all my Land
in SPOTSYLVANIA that is not already given. And further my meaning
is that if my Wife dies or marries, my Son, BENJAMIN, enter
immediately into possession of that part of the Land assigned to her
in Essex in which I live to him & his heirs forever; and that the
part of Land in SPOTSYLVANIA assigned to her as above be equally
divided in quantity & quality between my Sons FRANCIS & THOMAS
MILLER which Division I give to each of them & their heirs for
ever after my wifes death.
My Will is that my Grandson
SIMON MILLER, the Son of SIMON MILLER, be paid out of the
above legacies bequeath'd to my Wife fifteen pounds current money or
one young Negro to that value and that my Grandson GEORGE GREEN,
the Son of GEORGE GREEN have also the like sum or a young Negro
of the like value out of the foresaid Legacies assign'd to my said
Wife; And further that my said Wife pay to my Sons JOHN & WILLIAM
MILLER & my Daughter MARY, the Wife of GEORGE GREEN, to each
Five shillings current money & that all the remainder of my Estate
after her death or marriage be equally divided amongst my
Daughters. MARGARET HOWARD, ISABELLA MILLER & my Sons FRANCIS,
THOMAS & BENJAMIN MILLER; But if my Wife should not agree to my
Will as above, my desire is that as much of my Estate be sold as
will pay my Debts & that the remainder after the Thirty pounds or
two young Negroes to my two Grandsons above mentioned paid, be
equally divided amongst my said Wife, her two
Daughters, MARGRETT HOWARD, ISABELLA MILLER &
my Sons FRANCIS, THOMAS & BENJAMIN
before mentioned, and that my Wife have the Plantation I now live
on. Meaning, half my land in Essex during her natural life & after
her deceas I give it to my Son BENJAMIN MILLER & his heirs
forever, and I give to my Sons FRANCIS and THOMAS to them & their
heirs forever my Land in SPOTSYLVANIA not already given to be
equally divided in quantity & quality between them, and appoint my
loving Wife, MARY MILLER & my Son SIMON MILLER Executrix &
Executor of this my last will and Testament. Sign'd seal'd this 15th
day of April 1742.
In presence of
MARY GOODE
JOHN MILLER
ANN her letter vt CAJIMUCK .
CATHERIN her mark BRAME
At a Court held for Essex County at Tappa: on the 20th day of
December Anno Dom: 1743 This Last Will & Testament of JOHN MILLER deced was proved by the Oaths of
ANN CAMMOCK & CATHERINE BRAME. of
the witnesses thereto & by the oath of MARY MILLER the Executrix &
was then admitted to Record
Test W. BEVERLEY Cl Cur
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents
that we JOHN MILLER & JOHN BOULWARE are held and firmly bound unto
BENJAMIN WINSLOW. WILLIAM DAINGERFIELD, JOHN ROWZEE. SAMUEL HIPKINS
& RICE JONES Gentlemen justices of the peace for the County of Essex
& their heirs in the sum of Five hundred pounds sterling to the
which payment to be made we bind ourselves our heirs firmly by these
presents; Witness our hands and seals this Twentieth day of Nov Anno
Dom: 1744.
THE CONDITION of this obligation
is such that if the above bound JOHN MILLER. Guardian of BENJA:
MILLER his heirs do and shall truley pay or cause to be paid
unto the Orphan all such Estate or Estates as now are or hereafter
shall come to the hands of the said JOHN MILLER as soon as the said
Orphan shall attain to Lawful age or when thereto required by the
said justices of the peace for the County of Essex as also to save
and keep harmless the said justices their heirs from all trouble and
damage that shall or may arise about the Estate. Then this
obligation to be void and of none effect otherwise to be and remain
in full force power and virtue.
JOHN MILLER JOHN BOULWARE
At a Court held for Essex County
at Tappahannock on the 20th day of November Anno
Dom: 1744 JOHN MILLER
and JOHN BOULWARE acknowledged this Bond to be their act and deed which was
ordered to be recorded and is truely recorded.
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents
that we SIMON MILLER and WM. ROANE Gent. are held and firmly bound
unto BENJA: WINSLOW. WM. DAINGERFIELD. SAML HIPKINS and
RICE JONES
Gent Justices of the peace for the County of Essex their heirs in
the sum of five hundred pounds Sterling to the which payment veil
and truely to be made we bind ourselves our heirs firmly by these
presents; Witness our hands and seals this 20th day of November Anno
Dom: 1744.
THE CONDITION of the above
obligation is such that if the above bound SIMON MILLER Guardian
of THOMAS MILLER his heirs do and shall truely pay or cause to
be paid unto the Orphan all such Estate or Estates as now are or
hereafter shall come to the hands of the said SIMON MILLER as soon
as the said Orphan shall attain to Lawful age or when thereto
required by the said justices of the County of Essex; as also to
save and keep harmless the said justices their heirs from all
trouble and damage that shall or may arise about the said Estate.
Then this obligation to be void and of none effect otherwise to be &
remain in full force power and virtue.
SIMON MILLER, WM. ROANE
Al a Court held for Essex County
at Tappahannock on the 2Oth day of November Anno Dom: 1744 SIMON
MILLER and WILLIAM ROANE Gent. acknowledged this Bond to be their
act and deed which was ordered to be recorded and is truely recorded
Test ]. PAGm. D. Cl Cur
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Marriages of Bedford County, Virginia
MILER, MILLER, MYLER
- Jun. 6, 1771; John Miller & Mary
Johnson, wd; Isham Talbot, Surety.
- Aug. 27, 1771; Jesse Tate &
Margaret
Miller; James Callaway, Surety.
- Dec. 18, 1774; Zachariah Callaway &
Susanna
Miller, dt Simon and Ann;
Robert Alexander, Surety.
- Sep. 29, 1779;
Simon Miller, Jr. &
Elizabeth Read, dt W.; Zach. Callaway, Surety.
- Dec. 4, 1780; Henry Miller & Sarah
Pearcy, dt John and Marg.; Stephen Dooley, Surety.
- Nov. 6, 1782; Jeremiah Dishman &
Nancy
Miller; Simon Miller, Jr.,
Surety; Married by Jno. W. Holt, Nov. 7, 1782.
- Sep. 22, 1783; John
Miller & Susanna Anderson; Reuben Slaughter, Surety.
- Apr. 11, 1785; William Miller & Betsey
North, dt Abarham; Benjamin Robinson, Surety.
- Aug. 20, 1800; Jacob Miller & Susannah
Abston, dt Joshua; Mathew Lynch, Surety; Married by Alderson
Weeks, Aug. 21, 1800.
- Jun. 6, 1806; Edwin D. Meredith & Nelly
Myler, dt Mat.; Henry Myler, Surety.
- May 22, 1809; Samuel Jones & Sally Miller;
William Miller, Surety; Married by John Ayers, May 24, 1809.
- Nov. 28, 1809; William Forqueron & Susanna
Miller; Corbin Lewis, Surety.
- Dec. 30, 1811; William Miller & Hulda
Kennett; Joseph B. Kennett, Surety; Married by John Ayers, Jan.
2, 1812.
- Aug. 7, 1813; Joseph Bayer, (or Bayes) &
Nancy Miler, dt Mat. Myler; Henry W. Myler, Surety.
- Nov. 24, 1813; James Miller & Frances
C. Mennis; Frazier Otey, Surety.
- May 18, 1818; Alexander Boyle & Betsy
Miler, dt Mat. Myler; Joseph Boyle, Surety; Married by
William Harris, May 22, 1818.
- May 22, 1818; Alex Bowles & Betsey Myler;
Married by William Harris.
- Jul. 9, 1818; William Miller, s Moses
& Matilda Lockard, dt Phillip; William Dooley, Surety; Married
by William Harris, July 9, 1818.
- Oct. 19, 1819; Henry W. Myler &
Elizabeth T. Saunders, dt William; Joseph Hardy, Jr., Surety.
- Oct. 27, 1819; Lewis Stiff & Polly Miller;
Vinson Nelson, Surety; Consent of Moses Miller; Married by
William Harris, Oct. 28, 1819
- Oct. 30, 1819; Robert Miller & Polly
Harris; James Harris, Surety; Married by William Harris, Dec.
18, 1819.
- Dec. 20, 1819; John Miller & Locky
Nickkols, (or Nichols); John Adams, Surety; Consent of John P.
and Sarah Nichols; Married by John Ayers, Dec. 21, 1819.
- Apr. 22, 1823; William Miller & Mary
A. E. Bowles, dt James E.; Green B. Bowles, Surety.
- Oct. 14, 1828; William Folding & Elizabeth
Miler, dt Thomas; Austin Gray, Surety; Married by William
Harris, Oct. 15, 1828.
- Oct. 21, 1828; Erwin Denson & Elizabeth
Miller; Married by William Harris.
- Oct. 21, 1828; Irvine H. Benson & Elizabeth
Miller; Lewis Stiff, Surety.
- Dec. 19, 1836; Armistead Overstreet &
Elizabeth Miller, dt Jacob; Valentine Leftwich, Surety;
Married by William Leftwich, Dec. 22, 1836.
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John Miller, was the father of: (all mentioned in his will)
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Symon/Simon Miller, md. ? |
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John Miller, possibly md. a Susannah |
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William Miller |
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Thomas Miller, married Dorothy Mathews |
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Isabella Miller |
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Margaret Miller |
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Francis Miller, |
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Mary Miller, md. George Green |
 Thomas Miller,
was living in King and Queen County, VA, and or Essex,
there is no proof of birth year, this is a guess. He married Dorothy Matthews
in 1758 in Kingston Parish, Essex Co., Virginia. Based on their marriage
year, I am 'guessing' they were born around 1740. Dorothy's father, John
Matthews of Gloucester Co., VA had a will dated 1766; proved 1767, Williamsburg,
names his daughter, Dorothy Miller.
The Miller Bible provided many
of the birth, marriage and death records.
 There is a 'Lavinia Miller' who mentions her 'Uncle Anthony' in
her will in Essex County, VA. She is referring to her uncle in Kentucky,
see below.
There is a
marriage record between a Thomas Miller and Dorothy Matthews in 1758 in Essex
County, Virginia, Kingston Parish Records. She was the daughter of
John Matthews . Her mother was Dorothy Buckner, his first wife. Please note that this is NOT proven and is speculation based on someone's work passed down in a family from the 1800s. All the names 'fit' but there has been no proof so far.
The records are very conflicting about Dorothy Matthews ancestry.
There is the following record from
Virginia County Records Volume III, Williamsburg Wills, being Transcription from
the Original files at the Chancery Court of Williamsburg, Edited by William
Armstrong Crozier:
MATTHEWS, JOHN, Kingston Par., Gloucester Co., 1 April,
1776; 5 Feb., 1767. Daughter DOROTHY MILLER; dau. Ann SCROSBY;
son Rev John Matthews; son Richard; son Edward, son
Robert; James Scrosby husband of my dau. Ann Scrosby; mentions wife (no name
given). Exrs. Sons-in-law Thomas Miller and Richard Gregory
and son Rev. John Matthews. Wit. Robert Dalgliesh, Ann Jones,
John Flippen.
and this record from the same above mentioned book:
BOHANNON, AMBROSE, Parish So. Farnham, Essex Co., 24 Feb.,
1776; 15 Dec., 1800. Entire estate to brother Joseph Bohannon. Wit.
Thomas Miller, William Miller, Dorothy Miller.
 So
from the above record, first one, it seems apparent that the Dorothy Matthews
Miller who married Thomas Miller in 1758, was indeed the daughter of a John
Matthews of Kingston Parish, Gloucester Co., VA.
Thomas died after September 15, 1809 in Fauquier Co, VA? he made a deposition in Fauquier County on this date and he was over 90 at that time.
(I am not sure where this comes from). Here are my Matthew/Mathew.
Kentucky Kinfolks
Genealogy From The Louisville Herald-Post (1930s)
Edited By J. Emerson Miller
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Editor's Note: In the mid-1930s The Louisville Herald-Post conducted a genealogy
column featuring materials sent in by its readers. We thought our readers would
find the column interesting. We will reprint parts from this column each month.
Because they were printed some sixty years ago, we do not have any other facts
except those given below. We hope our readers enjoy the new Kentucky Kinfolks
column.
Miller --
Jane and Nancy Miller, daughters of Thomas Miller, of King and Queen
County, deceased, intending to go to Kentucky, gave power of attorney to their
brother, Anthony Miller, to sell their share of their father's and
mother's estate. Thomas Miller died between April 15, 1796, when for love
and affection, he conveyed to his son, John Miller, land in Essex County, on the
road from Rappahannock to Dunkirk; and November 10, 1806, Jane and Nancy made
the above power of attorney to their brother.
Thomas was almost certainly a grandson (my note:
I think he is a son of John Miller) of the John Miller who
died and his testate in Essex County, 1743. John Miller was son of Capt. Simon Miller.
It
may be that John, son of the John, who died 1743, was father of Thomas. This
John married Susannah and moved into Caroline County, in 1736. The loss of
Caroline's will and deed books prevents our having a list of his children, hence
Thomas can't be positively identified as his son.
Thomas has no connection with James Miller of Port Royal, whose children can be
established from the will in Caroline's loose papers, Archives Division,
Virginia State Library, Richmond.
From Beth, who descends from Richard Miller:
As for how I
proved Richard’s birth date, it’s based on numerous things:
The 1810, 1830 and 1840 Federal Censuses for King & Queen County
1810 Essex: Richard Miller b. bet 1766-1784; # of children match my records
and ages work. Neighbors are John Mann, Thomas Mann (wife’s maiden name was
Mann), James Webb (friend and family lawyer on numerous docs and wills), Caty Banks (mentioned in Robert Mann will as his daughter), __ Davis
(Richard’s daughter married Peter Davis), Dicey Rose (Richard Miller
testified for Dicey Rose to get Rev War pension for husband Geo Rose).
o 1830 K&Q: Richard Miller b bet 1770-1780; # of children and ages work;
neighbors are also familiar to me including Churchill Anderson who is
mentioned in the will of Richard’s daughter, Lavinia.
o 1840 K&Q: Richard Miller b bet 1770-1780; living alone (wife died;
children are adults)
The BEST information I have, after finding the censuses and checking out the
neighbors, is the testimony for Dicey Rose on footnote.com. It gives
his exact birth date (which fits with the censuses), his marriage date, his
occupation and his father’s occupation. I pasted my transcription below.
This is to certify that I am now seventy five years of age – that I was born
in the County of Essex and State of Virginia on the 9th day of July 1772
and was acquainted with George Rose – deceased of the aforesaid County, was
born and raised within a very short distance from him, and know that he
enlisted sometime during the Revolutionary War for the term of during the
war and served to its close, but I cannot say under what officer he enlisted
or served unless it was Capt John Webb who was at that time a recruiting
officer and kept an office at a place called Quarles Tavern in the aforesaid
County of Essex; nor can I say at what period of the war he enlisted or how
many years he was in service.
I was not more
than some four or five years or perhaps six of age when he enlisted and went
away when he returned from service at the close of the war I was a good
stout lad large enough and did sometimes go to mill for my father. Say about
ten or twelve years old. I was raised a near neighbor to Mr. Rose and was
frequently at the house of his family and after I became grown, I worked at
the carpenters trade with the said Rose and I have often heard him speaking
of the war and of what he had felt and seen while in service.
In some short time
after he returned from the service he married a lady by the name of Delphi
Taylor who lived but a few years and he then married for his second wife a
lady by the name of Dicey Martin of the said County of Essex and who is yet
alive and is still his widow. I cannot recall in what month or year he was
married to his last wife but I know that they were married several years
before myself and I was married in the year seventeen hundred and
ninety-five. There were several other men of my acquaintances who
enlisted in the same war, and about the same time that Mr. Rose did of whom,
as well as I now remember was Carter Croxton, Robert Chapman, Moses Nunn,
William Hodges and William Crow, all of whom I believe as enlisted for the
term of during the war, except Carter Croxton and William Crow those two I
think only enlisted for three years and they all went to the North, except
Crow who went to the South.
John Croxton was
taken prisoner by the Hessians and was always called Hessian John. Mr. Rose
did not live many years after the Revolution but I cannot now state when he
died. He, however, died some thirty odd years ago leaving his wife quite
poor.
Richard Miller.
State of Virginia
King & Queen County to wit:
Be it know that on the 17th day of May 1847, before this subscriber a
justice of the Peace in & for the aforesaid county, personally appeared
Richard Miller above named, & under oath in __ form of law to the truth
of the foregoing certificate to which his name is affixed – and I certify
that the R. Miller is personally & well known to me, & ___ he is a
respectable & ___ person. In testimony whereof I have ___ to let my __ the
day & year last above mentioned.
R. M. Davis J.P.
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Edward Miller -
Born 1770, Virginia, died 1816, Jefferson Co., KY.
Edward died 1816, he and Hannah had a son named Robert Miller, he was a
doctor, born in Virginia in 1793. It is this Robert Miller family who is
buried at the Woodsmall Cemetery below. Anthony is buried there too.
Elizabeth Smith WINSTON b 24 Dec 1766
VA d c1786 md 17 Jan 1783 ? Louisa, Cornelius Isaac DABNEY b 7 Jun 1756 K Wm. Co d 13 Oct
1821 Louisa Co. VA, [ A-3-4-1-4.] s/o William, s/o Cornelius, s/o James,
s/o Cornelius, s/o Theodore, s/o John, s/o William, s/o Richard;
Cornelius DABNEY (prob. b c1780) prosperous planter and
representative citizen of Louisa Co. VA where he remained until his death, as did
also his wife, whose name was Elizabeth Smith WINSTON.
Ch of Elizabeth Smith WINSTON & Cornelius DABNEY:
1. Isaac Winston DABNEY, b 11 May 1787; d 30 Jun 1883, Shelby Co.
Ky.? Isaac Winston DABNEY b 3 May 1768 Albemarle Co. VA d 13 Aug 1842
Albemarle Co. VA s/o Cornelius DABNEY b 7 JUL 1744 Albemarle Co. VA &
Elizabeth SMITH, b 11 Jul 1744 Albemarle Co. VA; md Hannah WINSTON b
21 Oct 1767 Albemarle Co. VA Ch: 1. Urath DABNEY, 2. Albert DABNEY,
3. Winston DABNEY, 4. Hannah Gwathmey DABNEY b 10 Feb 1791 Albemarle
Co. VA md Edwin Winston DABNEY, s/o Albert Gallatin DABNEY; 5. Eliza
DABNEY b 6 Jul 1793 Albemarle Co. VA, 6. Martha Winston DABNEY b 18
Aug 1795 Albemarle Co. VA, 7. Dorothy Ann DABNEY b 3 Oct 1803
Albemarle Co. VA 8. Catherine DABNEY b 24 Sep 1805 Albemarle Co. VA
6. Albert Gallatin DABNEY b 23 Nov 1799 Louisa Co. VA d 11 Aug 1855,
Hopkinsville, Christian Co. KY. [ A-3-4-1-4.] s/o William DABNEY, Sr
b c1722 &
Philadelphia GWATHMEY Source: WILLIAM H. Dabney 1888, DABNEYS OF VA,
(SKETCH of the), 43, 144 md Ann Eliza CATLETT
7. Maria Catherine DABNEY b 27 Dec 1805 Louisa, VA, married Albert
Gallatain Merriweather. She is his second wife, the first one was Edna
Miller, daughter of Robert Miller and Cassandra Moore of Jefferson Co., KY.
Isaac Winston DABNEY b 11 Jul 1787
Louisa Co. Va d poss. Jefferson Co. KY On 1820 census Jefferson Co. KY md 1)
24 Mar 1807 Hannah Temple MILLER
Children: Hannah
Gwathmey DABNEY,
md 2) Sarah CHEW ???
Isaac Winston DABNEY b 3 May 1768
Albemarle Co. VA d 13 Aug 1842 Albemarle Co. VA s/o Cornelius DABNEY b 7 Jul
1744 Albemarle Co. VA & Elizabeth SMITH b 11 Jul 1744 Albemarle Co. VA; md
Hannah WINSTON b 21 Oct 1767 Albemarle Co. VA
Ch: 1. Urath DABNEY, 2.
Albert DABNEY, 3. Winston DABNEY, 4. Hannah Gwathmey DABNEY b 10 Feb 1791
Albemarle Co. VA , 5. Eliza DABNEY b 6 Jul 1793 Albemarle Co. VA, 6. Martha
Winston DABNEY b 18 Aug 1795 Albemarle Co. VA,
7. Dorothy Ann DABNEY b 3 Oct
1803 Albemarle Co. VA md 1828 Jefferson Co. KY Thomas W. MERIWETHER b ca1808
Jefferson Co. Ky
8. Maria Catherine DABNEY b 24 Sep 1805 Albemarle Co. VA md
Albert Gallatin MERIWETHER b ca1802 Virginia/Jefferson Co. KY. [one daughter md
Edwin Winston DABNEY b c1821]
Will of
Albert Gallatin Meriwether
Hickman County,
Kentucky
Will Book C, page
461
In the name of God, Amen. I, A. G.
Meriwether, of the county of Hickman, being of sound mind and disposing
memory, for which I thank God, and calling to mind the uncertainty of human
life, and desiring to dispose of all such worldly estate as it has pleased
God to bless me with, I give an bequeath the same in the following manner,
to wit.
Item 1, I wish all of may
just debts to be paid in the following manner. In the first place, I wish
all of the money that is due me to be collected as soon as may be, and
applied toward the payment of my debts. Also as soon as convenient after the
crop is gathered, I wish that be sold and the proceeds to be applied in that
way. And if that should not be sufficient to pay off my debts, I wish my
executors hereinafter mentioned, to see my creditors and endeavor to get
them to wait until the balance of what I may be owing can be made from the
products of my farms. And if they are willing to wait, for all industrious
means to be used to make the balance as soon as possible and pay them off,
but if they are unwilling to wait, I want them to sell such of my property
as they may think best and pay off my debts. And in order that money may be
raised to pay off my debts, I wish that my farms may be carried as nearly as
can be in the manner they have been doing, and the crop sold and applied in
that way.
Item 2, I give unto my wife Maria Catherine
Meriwether, during her lifetime, the farm on which I now live, containing
two quarter sections of land, together with all of the household and kitchen
furniture, farming utensils; also cattle, hogs and sheep; also sufficiency
of horses and mules and negroes … that she shall select, such of the negroes
as she may see fit for that purpose.
Item 3, I give to my two sons William Winston
and Robert Miller Meriwether, all of the tract of land in Madrid Bend,
which I bought from Da Norstreet, to be equally divided between them
according to quantity, so as to give each one of them an equal front on the
river, and to run back to the back line. It is my wish for Winston to have
the upper half of the land next to Mrs. Donaldson’s, and for Robert to have
the lower half next to Mr. Isler’s land. It is my wish and desire that
Robert should get some suitable person to take a lease upon his part, and
have a small improvement made at the lower corner of his part of the river
bank, and an orchard planted out, and that the clearing be mostly done in
the burn across the slough.
It is my wish also that the stock of every kind, farming
utensils, and household and kitchen furniture, be equally divided between
them, and that they carry on the farm as nearly as they can to help pay off
what I am owing, and educating the younger children, and they shall one of
them stay there, and one of them on the farm with their mother alternately
as they have been in the habit of doing. And when they arrive at the age of
twenty-one years, if there should be more cleared land and better houses on
upon Winston’s part than there in on Robert’s, that Winston shall pay Robert
one half of the difference that may be, and pay for one half of as many
fruit trees as there may be on his part, and Robert shall be entitled to one
half of the fruit on Winston’s part until Winston shall have gotten his
portion of the trees for Robert, and that they get to bearing.
Item 4th, After the death of my wife, I give
and bequeath to my son James David, the farm, stock of cattle, horses, hogs,
farming utensils, household and kitchen furniture given to my wife during
her lifetime.
Item 5th, I give unto my daughters Hannah Ann,
Maria Catherine, Sarah Chew and Harriet Winston Meriwether, and the legal
heirs of their body, all of my land on White River in the state of Indiana;
also all of the tract of land that I bought from Mr. E. W. Nevill in Madrid
Bend; also the quarter section of land in Fulton county on the Obion, in
which Loua stays, to be equally divided between them.
Item 6, I give unto my sons William Winston,
Robert Miller and James David, and to my daughters, Hannah Ann, Maria
Catherine, Sarah Chew and Harriet Winston, and the legal heirs of their
bodies, at the death of my wife, all my negroes, except those given to my
daughter Edna Casandra Elizabeth, to be equally divided between them as they
become of age or marry.
Item 7, should the child be born and live with
which my wife is now pregnant, it is my wish and desire that each of my
above named children have taken from the property that I have bequeathed
unto them, from each one, an equal part, to make its property equal with the
others, and if a boy, I wish him named Albert Gallatin.
Item 8, I give unto my son William Winston, my small
rifle gun.
Item 9, I give unto my son Robert Miller, my
watch.
Item 10, I give unto my son James David, my
double barrel shotgun.
Item 11, I give unto my daughter Edna Cassandra Elizabeth
Robinson, five negroes, to wit, Mary and her four children; also the
northwest quarter of Section 14 Township 2 Range West, containing 160 acres
of land, more or less.
Item 12, I give unto my above named children,
all of my other property whatsoever and whatever I may be entitled to from
my father’s estate. And lastly, I do hereby appoint my wife Maria Catherine,
Executrix, and my brother Thomas W. Meriwether, Executor
of this my last will and testament, until my two sons, William Winston and
Robert Miller, shall arrive at the age of 21 years, and then I do appoint
them as my executors to this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all
other or former will or testaments by me heretofore made. Also my wish and
desire is that the County Court of Hickman County shall not require either
of my above named Executors or Executrix, to give security. In witness
whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, this 13th day of June
1851.
Test:
C. M. Ashley
S. C. Nevill
George Vincent
A. G.
Meriwether
Will was proven in open court on the
1st day of September 1851, and ordered to be recorded. Given under my hand
this 9th day of September 1851.
G. William Rennick,
clerk |
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Richard Miller, b. 9th day of July 1772, died
1845, married Frances Mann and had a daughter named
Lavinia per his brother Anthony's will.
They had Baldwin Buckner Miller who as a doctor.
A Richard Miller Married Mary "Polly" Mundell per her father's
will, John Mundell, below.
Will of John Mundell ~ to dtr Nally, horse of same value as given
to other children; to youngest son John, horse; balance of estate to be sold,
money first for John's education, then one-third to wife Jane, balance to
children James, Andrew, Magaretha, wife of John Thomson, Polly, wife of
Richard Miller, Sarah, Nally and John. Executor: John Miller
Witnesses: Thomas Stafford, Bartlett Asher, Charles Wilson [B1, p191] |
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 Robert
Miller, born 1774, died 1863 (our line) From "The Lawyers and
Lawmakers of Kentucky, H. Levin, The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, 1897. 
Robert Miller, a native of King and Queen county, Virginia, left his native
state in 1796, and, accompanied by his twin brother, Buckner Miller, made his
way to Kentucky on foot, coming through Cumberland Gap. He settled at Lower
Ponds, Jefferson county, where his remaining days were passed, his death
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 Buckner Miller' born 1774,
 twin; had
daughter Donatha Jane Miller (it think this should be Dorothy, which is a family
name). Thomas was deceased by March 12, 1818
according to Anthony's will; and had son Thomas B. Miller. The inventory
in this paragraph is from Mercer Co., KY, but it's in 1838, so I'm not sure if
it's this Thomas Miller or his son. 'Our' Thomas Miller is mentioned as a
brother in Anthony's will, but Anthony indicates that he is already deceased
when he, Anthony, writes his will in 1818. A probate could have been
delayed until the children were older if he died when they were young, which
would have been the case, with Thomas being born in the late 1700s and dying
before 1818. According to a suit in court, Thomas E. Miller, had Thomas
E., Robert, Anthony, Samuel, Catherine and Susan. Catherine md. a Radford,
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John Miller, born 1776 ? deceased by
March 12, 1818 according to Anthony's will; married
Hannah Young, born before 1782 in Scotland,
married 1794 in Greenbriar County, VA, died after 1812. They had:
Nancy, John, Madison, Boyd, Andrew J., Louise, William E., the last being named
in his uncle Anthony's will above. William had a 'Lavinia' according to
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Nancy Miller, born 1778? married
John Bright, Mercer County, KY, had
son James Buckner Bright, who is mentioned in Anthony's will. She first married a Tibbs, and her second husband was a Bright. According to Mercer Co., KY
marriage records, Nancy Miller married John 'Britt', October 22, 1807.
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 Mary Mille r, born
1780,
 from census record, 1820, Jefferson
Town, KY. Married a Henry Winlock had a son named William Henry Thomas
Winlock according brother
Anthony's will.
Henry was dead by 1819 when Mary remarried to
James Barbee, Bond & License 1/21/1819; married 1/28/1819, location?.
They are in the 1820 Jefferson Town Census, and in the 1810 Green Co., KY
Census. They later migrated to Barren County,
Kentucky. Barren came from Green County, KY.
Father: John Barbee
Mother: Martha (Patty) Gaines
Date of Birth: Oct 13, 1786
Place of Birth: Shelby Co., KY
First Marriage: June 10, 1809, Jane Sherrard, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY
Second Marriage: About 1817, Mary Winlock (Miller)
Date of Death: Aug 7, 1826
Place of Death: Oldham, Co., KY
First Spouse: Jane Sherrard
Date of Birth: About 1788
Place of Birth: Winchester VA
Second Spouse: Mary Winlock (Miller)
Father: Thomas Miller
Mother: Dorothy Matthews
Date of Birth: About 1790
Place of Birth: Shelby Co., KY
Date of Death: 28 Jan 1819
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Jane Miller, born 1793? married
George Pomeroy 12/17/1811, bondsman
Edward Miller; witness Levi Tyler, said she was of legal age. George
Pomeroy's will from Jefferson Co., KY give to wife, Jane; to daughter, Ann
Duncan; Margaret Lynes, Isabella M. Cully, wife of James; son James. Ex.
James Pomeroy, son, Jane Pomeroy, wife. Oct. 19, 1821.
  George A. K. Pomeroy, born Abt. 1751 in Cumberland
Valley Near Roxbury, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; died November 12, 1821 in
Louisville, Blount County, Kentucky. He was the son of 68. George Holmes Pomeroy
and 69. Margaret. He married 35. Margaret Galloway.
35. Margaret Galloway, 50,51,52,53, born June 12, 1742 in Franklin County,
Pennsylvania; died Bef. 1811 in Kentucky. She was the daughter of George
Galloway and Rebecca Junkin.
Notes for George A. K. Pomeroy: He was a Private in Captain James
McConnell's Company of the 5th Battalion of the Cumberland County Militia
(Pennsylvania). In March of 1778 he served as a private in Capt. John McConnel's
Sixth Battalion, Eight Class, Cumberland County, Militia. He served as Captain
in the Kentucky Militia under General Clark in the Expedition against the Wabash
Indians. He called himself and signed his will as George "A. K." (Apple King)
Pomeroy, apparently to distinguish between himself and his nephew George Pomeroy
who had also migrated to Kentucky in the early 1800s.
More About George A. K. Pomeroy:
Military: March 1778, Cumberland County, Virginia
Military active duty: 1786, Cumberland County, Virginia
More About Margaret Galloway:
Child of George Pomeroy and Margaret Galloway is:
17 i. Anne Pomeroy, born November 21, 1776 in Louisville, Jefferson County,
Kentucky; died February 04, 1849 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky; married Jr.
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Anthony Miller - Born 1796 and died 1818, per his
tombstone and his will. He apparently unmarried at the time of death.
Died Mar 12, 1818. Anthony served in the War of 1812.
Anthony's will from Jefferson County, KY
To brothers
Robert and Buckner real and personal estate and the privilege of buying, at fair
value, three negroes - the three slaves to be sold together, in any event.
Money from above to be equally divided among; Thomas Miller,
son of brother Thomas Miller, deceased; William son
of brother, John deceased; Lavinia Miller daughter of brother Richard
Miller; Doratha [sic] Jane Miller daughter of brother Buckner; James
Buckner Bright, son of sister Nancy Bright; Anthony
Miller, son of brother Robert Miller; Wm. Thomas Winlock, son of
sister Mary Winlock; Doratha Ann Pomeroy, daughter of sister Jane Pomeroy.
When they marry or come of age, each to get his or her portion.
Executors: Brothers, Buckner and Robert Miller.
Witnesses: Lee White, W., White,, Henry F. Kalfus. [B2, p75]
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I just found a cemetery that is east of the Miller/Alsop Cemetery where
there is a Robert and some of his children. It says that Anthony is there
as well.
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Watterson Trail (old Jeffersontown Road)
"This cemetery is located on the old Jeffersontown Road, about 2 miles east of Middletown. Chenoweth Run begins here on spot 150 yards east of old home (still standing) with approx. 8 graves, the condition very poor. This old log home is the Dr. Robert Miller place. I have yet to find his grave. He was a doctor in Floydsburg, Kentucky in 1830, and was chairman of Floydsburg's first board of trustees. They met in Miller's home in Floydsburg, on 30 Jan 1830 and chartered the town. The Millers are not here but the Woodsmalls are. The Woodsmalls are an Oldham County family. My father once owned the Woodsmall place, one mile south of LaGrange." - Robert Foster Johnson. Additional names were added to this cemetery listing on 08/16/06 from a listing found in "Middletown's Days and Deeds; The Story of 150 Years of Living in an Old Kentucky Town" book. Hence, the listing of the Miller burials, even though the stones are obviously now gone.
Miller-Woodsmall Cemetery
Thomas Miller b. 1795 d. 1838
Pamella Miller b. 1825 d. 1842, daughter of Robert Miller
Ruth Maria Miller b. 1806 d. 1844, consort of Dr. Robert Miller
Dr. Robert Miller b. 16 Sep 1792 d. 17 Jul 1857, born in King William County, Virginia
William R. Miller b. 1804 d. 1864
William T. H. Winlock b. 1812 d. 1851; M. D., son of Henry & Mary Winlock, born in Kentucky, was graduated at Cincinnati Medical College in 1837; began practice of medicine in Louisville.
Anthony Miller b. 1776 d. 1818, native of Virginia
Edwards Miller died in 1816.
Stephen M. Woodsmall b. 1826 d. 1886
Cynthia A. Baird b. 1826 d. 1886
Cynthia A. Baird wife of S. Woodsmall b. 1826 d. 1886
Sabina A. Woodsmall b. 1857 d. 1884
Mary A. Woodsmall b. 1854 d. 1883
James W. Woodsmall b. 1852 d. 1892
Sallie M. Woodsmall b. 1850 d. 1922
My
notes: William T. H. Winlock is the son of Mary Miller Winlock Barbee.
She remarried to James Barbee after Henry Winlock died. They both died in
Oldham county, KY and is why they are buried there.
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Molly Miller. She married an unknown Luckett and her will was written in Jefferson co., KY Her daughter, Elizabeth Luckett married Hector W. Moore, son of Col James Francis Moore.
Molly Ann Miller married a Luckett; her will in Jefferson Co., KY Will Dated 13, July 1831
Book 2, pg 447
Recorded 5, September 1831
Son: Craven P. Luckett
Daughter: Eliza N. Moore
Son: Samuel Luckett
Dau-in-law: Susan P. Luckett
Gr Dau: Sarah L. Thurston
Gr Dau: Mary A. Moore, Catherine Moore, Elizabeth Luckett, Mary Eliza Conway, May Ann Luckett, George F. Moore, Noland M. Luckett, John Middleton,
Christopher G. Luckett, James Francis Moore, James F. Moore, Thomas Noland Conway
Executors: Eliza N. Moore, John Jones
Wit: H. W. Holloway
M. H. Miller Daughter Eliza N. Moore to have management of slaves left to
Grand-daughters Sarah L. Thruston; Catharine and Elizabeth Luckett, daughters of
Samuel N. Luckett; Mary A. Moore; until they shall marry. Daughter Eliza
to have her own certain slaves for life. To grandsons Noland M. Luckett,
son of Samuel N. Luckett, a slave; George F. Moore gold watch. Should they
move more than twelve miles from Louisville, they are not to take certain
slaves, nor are those slaves to be sent out of family. Noland M.
Luckett shall pay to executors $30 in specie, with which they shall buy one-half
dozen each silver teaspoons, large table spoons, and have engraved on each M.A.
L. and send or deliver to grand-daughter Mary Elia Conway. To Grandsons
Thomas Nolan Conway and John Middleton Moore, all her interest in land at
Noland's Ferry in Loudoun County, Virginia, willed testator by her father.
To granddaughter Sarah L. Thruston and grandson Christopher G. Luckeett equally
about $600 due on notges of Craven P. Luckett, their father. To
granddaughter Mary Ann Luckett for life two slaves that testator's daughter
-in-law, Susan P. Luckett, is to have use of until Mary Ann marries. Notes
of James Atkinson and Thomas Woods to daughter Eliza N. Moore. To
grandsons James Francis and John F. Moore a slave. Executor:
Daughter Eliza N. Moore, John Jones. Witnesses: H. W. Holloway, M.
H. Miller, Wiil Book 2, pg. 447
Will of Samuel W. Luckett, Will Book 2, Pg 238, Recorded 13 May, 1823
Dated 9 April 1823
Wife Catherine Luckett
son: Noland Luckett
Brother-in-law: Alfred Thurston
Brother-in-law: Charles M. Thurston
Brother: Craven Luckett
Exec. Alfred, Charles Thurston, Craven Luckett, John Miller and George C. Treas
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Generation Two
 Robert Miller, born
April 6, 1774, VA and
Cassandra Moore in 1783 KY, had the following children. I've
pieced them together from different sources and census records, etc. From "The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, H. Levin, The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, 1897", comes this:
Robert Miller, a native of King and Queen county, Virginia, left his native state in 1796, and, accompanied by his twin brother, Buckner Miller, made his way to Kentucky on foot, coming through Cumberland Gap. He settled at Lower Ponds, Jefferson county, where his remaining days were passed, his death occurring in 1863, when he had reached the advanced age of eighty-nine years.
 Robert Miller was believed to have come to Kentucky in 1786, as found in a biographical sketch of Shackelford Miller, a descendant
(hmm which differs from another source, he would have only been 12
yr old in 1786). Robert Miller, a twin to Buckner was born in King Queen County, VA, April 6, 1774 and died July 2, 1863.
A story has been carried down through the family that his sister was married to the first governor of the state of Virginia (my note: I looked up who the first Governor of VA and it was Patrick Henry and he had two wives; Sarah Shelton and Dorothea Dandridge; unless Dorthea (a family name) is a widow of a Dandridge fellow, this story is not substantiated, but further research needs to be done. Robert and Cassandra (May 18, 1783-Aug 3, 1846) were married Nov 1, 1804. She was the daughter of Col James Frances Moore. On October 31, 1804, a month before her marriage James F. Moore conveyed to Cassandra Moore 250 acres of land purchased by him from a 1500 acre tract of John Kemp, part of this land bordered Pond Creek. Col. James Frances Moore had also given his other daughter, Zerulah, a tract of land before her marriage to John Jones. The property of the two sisters joined one another.
 A story was related to me by a descendant, Miss Anna Miller, about one of the women in the Miller family, believed to be Cassandra. Cassandra traveled from Virginia on horseback, accompanied by a colored family retainer. She carried a china bowl, and she had a cottonwood branch with which she switched the horse. When she arrived here she planted the branch and it grew to be an immense cottonwood tree. This farm was then known as Cottonwood Home. A cyclone uprooted the tree about 60 years ago. The bowl Cassandra carried to her new home with her, still remains at the home place.
 Slaves helped to operate this farm, and after the parents died the land was divided between the children. The original farm home burned around 1820, except for a back portion. The house was immediately rebuilt, within the walls of the former structure, and still remains on the property, occupied by descendants of the original owners. This house is soundly constructed with thick brick walls. The brick was burned and made right on the farm while the family and slaves were rebuilding. In later years a star support was added to the brick wall.
On the first page of the large family Bible, where part of this information was obtained, the following was inscribed: "Robert Miller Book, Purchased of the Rev. Peter Duncan Feb 28, 1846, Price $2.46." Any one could imagine how expensive a large Bible would be today.
 Robert Miller gave 1/2 acre of land to Methodist Episcopal Church according to survey dated Jane 28, 1843.
Children from the marriage of Robert and Cassandra were: (my note:
 I have more children than this from Anthony's will) Buckner Miller (Aug 1805); James Frances Miller (May 16, 1807); Dorothy Mathews Miller (Feb 13, 1809; Elizabeth Miller (Nov 1, 1810 - Sept 18, 1831); she married Darrell E. Jones; Edna Miller (Oct 15, 1812 - Sept 29, 1814), she married Albert Merriweather; Robert Hatton Miller (March 1818 - Aug 1834); Phillip Taylor Miller (Sept 5, 1820 - Sept 29, 1888), married Diana Frances Samuels; John Miller (Feb 18, 1824 - April 18, 1874), Shackelford Miller, a judge, and Neville, a former mayor of Louisville, were grandchildren of John Miller.
Children of Robert and Cassandra:
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Buckner Miller, born Aug, 1805. From Mercer County, Kentucky
Marriage Records, 1800-1830, Vol II & III is lists Buckner Miller
married Comfort D. Worthington on April 13, 1830.
From a family history, it states he was married three times, one wife was
Jane Smith; they had Mary Elizabeth Smith Miller, she married Henry Embry Creel.
They had Martha Creel who married John Galt; Buckner Miller Creel who married
Nancy Baird Thompson, they had i Mary Thompson CREEL, ii Nancy Thompson CREEL,
iii Margaret Thompson CREE, iv Kate Thompson CREE, Paul Thompson CREEL, vi
Buckner Miller Thompson Jr CREEL, was born 25 Mar 1896 and died 12 Jun 1921.
Buckner Miller is
listed in
the 1850 Louisville Ward 7, Jefferson Co., Census as follows:
He was born in KY, is 45 yrs old, he owns
2,500 acres and is a bricklayer. His wife's name is
Comfort, (she was born in 1814) he has children: Margaret, 17,
James M., 15, Mary C., 10, Ann E., 8/12 and Theodore, 7.
My note: I can not find a dtr of Buckner's
named Dorthea (yet) that is mentioned in his brother Anthony's will.
In an 1832 Louisville Directory he is listed as a bricklayer living on Walnut between 4th and 5th
streets.
Our Pendergrast's were bricklayers and wonder if they learned it from
the Millers or somehow that is how they became associated?
 He
is listed in the 1880 Jefferson Co., KY, Louisville, District 147 as 75
yrs old and with his wife, looks like 'C. D.', age 66, wife, Francis C.
M. dtr, age 40 (I can't read what the name says, this page on the census
is very poor, Julia Farqua, age 11, dtr, Mary Farqua, 9, dtr. then it
looks like the relationship says brother, and it looks like Fruly, age
37 (born 1843), on this census he indicates his mother and
father were both born in Virginia. Robert does indicate on the
1850 census that he was born in VA, but I do believe Cassandra Moore, dtr of James Francis Moore and Elizabeth Higgins was born in KY, but I
could be wrong. Buckner died between 1880 and 1890 as his wife,
Comfort V. Miller is listed as widow Buckner in an 1890 Louisville
directory, and she is living b. 2106 W. Madison. But now I see
her, Comfort listed in an 1886 Directory living at 903 18th-boarder (I
think it means she is a boarder) and is living alone. This would
mean Buckner died between 1880 and 1886).
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Children of COMFORT WORTHINGTON and BUCKNER MILLER are:
i. James Tolley Miller, b. KY
ii. Margaret Stade Miller, b. KY
iii. Charlie Miller, b. KY
iv. Henry Miller, b. KY
v. Anna Miller, b. KY
vi. Julia Worthington Miller, b. KY
vii Dorthea Miller (mentioned in Anthony's will)
Mercer County, Kentucky
Will Records Will Book 7 1818-1824 Will Book 8 1825-1826
Mercer County, Kentucky Book 8 1825-1826
COMFORT WORTHINGTON (JAMES
TOLLEY5, MAJOR SAMUEL4, COL JOHN3, CAPTAIN JOHN2, REV JOHN1)
was born August 28, 1812 in Kentucky, and died August 28,
1890. She married BUCKNER MILLER. He was born in Jefferson
County, Kentucky.
Name: John Smyth
Three daughters. Nancy Woods, wife of John Woods,
Magdaline Britt, wife of John Britt, and Harriet Mosby,
Son, Harvey Smith Two grandsons: John Rodes Smith and John Miller To
Buckner Miller Exors.: Edward
Worthington, Buckner Miller, and James Tilford
Witnesses: William Leonard, Robert Mosby, and Francis
Lewis Written: April 12, 1825 Probated: May Court, 1825
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Mercer County, Kentucky Will Records Will Book 7
1818-1824 Will Book 8 1825-1826
Mercer County, Kentucky Book 8 1825-1826
Name: Robert H. Davis
Settlement of, Adm.: Robert Mosby Comm.: James Tilford,
John Bowman, Buckner Miller, and John Woods June 15,
1824
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Mercer County, Kentucky Will Records Will Book 7
1818-1824 Will Book 8 1825-1826
Mercer County, Kentucky Book 8 1825-1826
Name: Robert Mosby
Appraisement of, Admrs.:
Buckner Miller and John Woods
Comm.: James Tilford, John Bowman, and James Campbell
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Mercer County, Kentucky Will Records Will Book 7
1818-1824 Will Book 8 1825-1826
Name: George Belches
Wife, Sarah Belches Four grandchildren: George Ragsdale
Curd, Lucy Ragsdale Curd, Polly Jenkins, and Susanna
Curd Exors.: Buckner Miller and George Ragsdale Curd
Witnesses: James T. Worthington, Wm. Blanton, and Thomas
Samuels
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Mercer County, Kentucky Will Records Will Book 7
1818-1824 Will Book 8 1825-1826
Mercer County, Kentucky Book 8 1825-1826
Name: John Haggin
Appraisement of, Apprs.: James Tilford, I. Woods,
Buckner Miller, and Edward Worthington
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Mercer County, Kentucky Will Records Will Book 7
1818-1824 Will Book 8 1825-1826
Mercer County, Kentucky Book 8 1825-1826
Name: Edmund Haley
Wife, Caty Pendleton Haley and children Exor.:
Buckner
Miller and Jno. B. Thompson Witnesses: William Wood,
Pendleton Thomas and Geo. H. Wooldridge Written: March
18, 1826 Probated: April Court, 1826
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Mercer County, Kentucky Will Records Will Book 7
1818-1824 Will Book 8 1825-1826
Mercer County, Kentucky Book 8 1825-1826
Name: John Jeffries
Division of Land of, Two sons: Thomas and Matthew Comm.:
J. P. Mitchell, J. Woods, Buckner Miller, and James B.
Roach September 5, 1826
Buckner Miller Allin, Sr., 1856-1924. Spring Hill Cemetery, Mercer County,
Kentucky
from The
Harrodsburg Herald, Mercer
County, Kentucky
Friday, January 25, 1924, b. 1857
Mr. Buckner Miller Allin, Sr., aged 67 years, died Tuesday night after a
gradual decline of health for several years, caused by a partial stroke of
paralysis. Mr. Allin was a native of Mercer County, a son of the late George
Allin and Susan Miller Allin, and is a descendant of a line of pioneers
prominent in the development of Mercer County from its first settlement. Mr.
Allin was personally popular with all who knew him. He was a man of upright
principles and a warm heart, and was always on the side that favored the
advancement of community interest. For many years he was a prominent merchant
here, being engaged in the grocery business, later he was in the internal
revenue service for a long time, and after that was City School Tax Collector
and Vital Statistician up to the time his failing health forced him from active
business.
He was twice married, first to Miss Mattie Hudson and second to Miss Annie May
Nooe, who survives him, together with three children, Mrs. Eben Hardin and Miss
Mattie Miller Allin, by the first union, and Mr. B. M. Allin, Jr., by the second
marriage. His funeral was held Thursday morning at 10:30 at his home on
Chestnut Street, conducted by his pastor, Rev. S. S. Daugherty, of the
Presbyterian church, and Rev. L. E. Sellers, of the Christian church. The
interment was in Spring Hill Cemetery.
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 James Francis (Frank) Miller,
born
May 16, 1807, (note: the name James Francis comes
from Dorthea's father, Col James Francis Moore) married Mildred Ann Camp, born abt 1814,
Jefferson Co., KY, married 18 June 1834, Jefferson Co., KY.
Children: Robert, born abt 1836, Mary Cassandra, born
abt 1837, Arabella, born abt 1838, Minor Gray, born abt
1842, James Francis, born abt 1844 and Belle born abt 1848
(md Richard Oswald Cowling),
all born in Jefferson Co., KY.)
James Francis Miller, II was born 1844 first
married Malinda B. McCarty, b. 1844, married 1869. They
had Mildred Miller, Mary Virginia Miller (married Henry Hamilton Lafar)
and Belle Miller.
James Francis Miller, born 1844
married Martha Ann Gray (second) and had Minor Gray Miller, Martha Gray
Miller, (md Alexander Krenon) Susan Katherine Miller (md Charles Henry
Richardson) and
Jane Dugan Miller who married Charles
Balfour and had Jane Gray Balfour who married Hiatt Beeson Presnell and
had Judith Ann Presnell. (information on James Francis Sr, and Jr. in
this paragraph from Judith Ann Presnell.
Mary Cassandra born 1837 married
Benjamin
Weir Thomas, born between 1820-1838. They had Elizabeth Boyd
Thomas born 1859 and Mildred Camp Thomas.
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I am searching for the MILLER family who was from King and Queen Co, VA, and migrated to
Jefferson Co, KY post-Rev. War, ca 1798-9. My lineage is from John MILLER b ca 1729 and
Dorothy MATTHEWS b ca 1737, of K &
Q Co.
Their youngest son, Robert MILLER, who
was the twin to Buckner MILLER, born 1774,
King and Queen Co, VA, died 1863, Jefferson Co, KY, married
Cassandra MOORE, the daughter of Col James Francis MOORE, a pioneer
of Jefferson Co, 1804 in Jefferson Co, KY.
Robert and Cassandra MOORE MILLER had several children, and among
them was my ancestor, James Francis MILLER, Sr, born 1807 in
Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY. He married 1834, Mildred Ann CAMP,
daughter of Capt. Robert Ambrose CAMP (Culpeper Co, VA) and Mary Strother GRAY.
James Francis "Frank" MILLER, Sr, and Mildred Ann CAMP were the
parents of James Francis MILLER, Jr, born 1844 in Louisville,
Jefferson Co, KY. He married (1) Marinda McCarty, and had two
daughters, Belle (married COWLING) and Mary (married LaFAR) and
married (2) Martha Ann "Mattie" GRAY, daughter of Gideon William
GRAY and Judith Ann ROBINSON of Hardin and Meade Co's KY. My
grandmother, Jane Dugan MILLER, b 1887, was their youngest child.
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Dorthea/Dorothy Matthew Miller, born February 13, 1809, Jefferson Co., KY, died between 1840 and 1850 in Jefferson Co, KY.
She married James Francis Pendergrast, her first (1/2) cousin.
James and Dorthea share a
grandfather, Col James Francis Moore, Jesse through the Col's first wife,
Elizabeth Standiford, Dorothy though the his second wife, Elizabeth Higgins.
This is MY LINE, more below
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Elizabeth Betsy Miller,
born November 1, 1810 in Jefferson County, and died there Sept 30 1836.
She married Daniel E. Jones. They had John Jones, Capt., C. S. A. b. 1833, Robert Miller Jones, b. 1835, and Julia Jones, b. ?, died Jefferson Co., KY 1881,
and a William Jones is mentioned in John Jones will below.
Elizabeth Miller, married Daniel E. Jones, bondsman Buckner Miller. Father Robert Miller, consent in writing, 1/18/1831; witness, Buckner Miller.
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Neale, Caroline J. (Jones, dtr. of John), Born in Jefferson Co.
KY, April 22 1804, Died Jan 4 1872
Jones, Sophia V., Departed
this life July 12 1841, Aged 12 Years & 17 Days, b.1829
Jones, Zeruiah,
Departed this life Oct 5 1843, Aged 58 Years 7 Mo & 18 Days
Jones, John R. Col., Born in Loudon County, VA, Nov 24 1778, Died in
Jefferson County, KY, Dec 29 1849
Jones, Edward, Born in
Jefferson Co, Aug 14 1809, Died Oct 29 1878
Long, Elizabeth Jane,
wife of Edward Jones, Born in New Castle, Henry Co, Feb 12 1830, Died Aug 4
1915
(*) James F. Moore son of Hector and Eliz Moore
Born Oct 6 1812 Died April 14 1843
(*)
Notes that previous records show there being a stone that is no longer in
the cemetery.
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Edna Miller, born
October 15, 1812, Jefferson Co., KY, died September 1831 when she was
about 18/19 yrs old. She married Albert Gallatin Meriwether. Listed in Kentucky death records comes this:
Meriwether, Mrs. Edna, age 18, consort of A. G. Meriwether, dau of Robert Miller, died Sept 18, 1831, Jefferson
Co, KY, listed in the Louisville Daily Focus, from Death Notices from Louisville Newspapers 1814-1842.
They had Edna Cassandra Elizabeth MERIWETHER b: 4 JUN 1831 in Kentucky. Edna's
death must have been the result of her childbirth with Edna Cassandra Elizabeth.
The child was born in June and the mother died in September. Edna
Cassandra Elizabeth Meriwether married a Robinson according to Albert's will
below. I need to check Jefferson Co., KY marriage records. After
Edna died, Albert married Maria C. ? Hannah Gwathanmy
1 William Meriwether 1760 - 1842
. +Elizabeth Winslow
........ 2 Catherine Meriwether - 1870
............ +William R. Davis
........ 2 James Beverly Meriwether 1799 - Bef. 1843
............ +Anne Lynch Smith 1801-1810 - Aft. 1880
........ 2 David Meriwether 1800 - 1893
............ +Sarah Hoar Leonard 1800 - 1859
........ *2nd Wife of David Meriwether:
............ +Jane Cummings Abt. 1836 - 1873
........ 2 William Meriwether Abt. 1801 - Child
........ 2
Albert Gallatin Meriwether 1802 - 1852
............ +Edna Miller
................... 3
Edna Cassandra Elizabeth Meriwether 1831 - 1858
....................... +Smith O. Robinson Abt. 1816 -
.............................. 4 Robert Albert Robinson 1850 -
.............................. 4 John W. Robinson 1852 -
.............................. 4 Kitty T. Robinson Abt. 1855 -
.............................. 4 Cassandra M. Robinson 1856 -
........ *2nd Wife of Albert Gallatin Meriwether:
............ +Mariah Catherine Dabney - 1859
................... 3 William Winston Meriwether 1833 - 1893
....................... +Sarah Ellen Tippett 1839 - 1897
.............................. 4 Robert Winston Meriwether 1862 - 1950
.................................. +Kathleen B. Hays 1869 - 1952
.............................. 4 Ida May Meriwether 1866 - 1962
.................................. +William Woodford Bandy 1860 - 1949
................... 3 Robert Miller Meriwether Abt. 1834 - 1867
....................... +Juliette Overton Dabney 1837 - 1906
.............................. 4 Albert Winston Meriwether 1860 - 1887
.............................. 4 Dixie Lee Meriwether 1861 - 1938
.................................. +John Edward Herndon 1852 - 1930
.............................. 4 Albert Prior Meriwether 1865 - Abt. 1865
.............................. 4 Netta Meriwether 1866 - 1889
................... 3 Hannah Anne Meriwether Abt. 1837 -
....................... +James Quigley
.............................. 4 Mattie Quigley
................... 3 Mariah Catherine Meriwether Abt. 1840 -
....................... +Thomas Jordan
................... 3 James David Meriwether Abt. 1844 - Abt. 1863
................... 3 Sarah Chew Meriwether 1846 - 1874
....................... +Lilbourn Lewis
.............................. 4 Lilbourn Lewis
.............................. 4 Winston Lewis
................... 3 Harriett Winslow Meriwether Abt. 1849 -
....................... +James T. Tipton
.............................. 4 Hattie Tipton
........ 2 Thomas Meriwether 1808 - 1866
............ +Dorothy Dabney
Power of Attorney from Albert G. Meriwether, Maria C. Meriwether, Thomas Meriwether and Dorothy
Meriwether and Hannah G. Dabney to David Meriwether. Hickman County, Kentucky
Deed Book C, page 447
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 Anthony Miller,
born 5 Feb
1816, Jefferson co, KY - Anthony married Ellen Camp,
(sister to Mildred Camp whom his brother, James Francis,
married), born 14 Feb, 1821 in Jefferson
Co., KY, they married 4 July 1842, Jefferson Co.
Children: Cassandra, born abt 1847, Myra Gray, born 6
March 1849, Anthony, born abt 1854, Weedon C., born abt 1856
and William W. born about 1859, all born in Jefferson Co.,
KY. Anthony died 21 April 1892 in Bullitt Co., KY.
This house was built in 1831 for Elizabeth Miller Jones. It now has nine rooms, some partitions having been added, a two story brick house. The bricks were burned on the farm and the attic is pegged with wood, no nails were used. The front of this house faced the old Church Road and the back of the house was toward Valley Road. The house was set on brick pillars, but in recent years a basement and end porch have been added. At one time Dr. Boggess owned this property. It is presently owned by the Willis Cloud family.
From the History of the Ohio Falls Counties, Vol 2, page 57:
Anthony Miller is the 7th of 10 children of Robert Miller who came to Jefferson county in about the year 1800.
Anthony Miller was born Feb 5, 1816. He served as a youth, an apprenticeship at the plasterer's trade, and has since worked at it considerably during the greater part of is life.
In connection with this, he farmed, and has lived on his farm in Valley Precinct for the last 35 yrs. On the 4th of July 1842 he was married to Ellen Camp, a native of Louisville. He is the father of 9 children, five of whom are living: Cassandra, Myra, Anthony, Weeden and Will.
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Robert
Hatton Miller. He
married Mary E. Jones. I believe Mary is the daughter of John Jones
Tanner and Sarah Shivley, daughter of Christian.
JONES, JOHN - June 4, 1857 — Dec. 14, 1857
Tanner; to John J. Sanders, son of William Sanders, plantation on which his
mother, Lucinda Sanders, resides, property purchased of Louisville Chancery
Court subject to Widow’s dower rights; to Mary Miller, wife of Robert H. Miller
property including tract on Turnpike Road, slaves; to William Kendrick, property
purchased of Willis Stewart and slaves; to daughter-in-law Elizabeth H. Jones
widow of Daniel E. Jones $3000 in property provided she relinguihes (sic) dower
right in land with which Samuel E. Jones “died seized”, except 240 acres where
John Harbison formerly lived; to his six grandchildren John, Robert M., Julia,
Daniel, Elizabeth and William Jones, children of deceased son, Daniel E. Jones,
all residue of estate.
Witnesses: John Jones, Ann Jones, Henry R. Myles, Jennie Jones, Horace Camp.
Codicil dated Oct. 8, 1849 . Edward Jones appointed trustee to sell slave
devised to Mary Miller and purchase another more suitable; to her also certain
land and slave; should she die without heirs then her portion to John and Robert
Jones, two oldest children of his son, Daniel E. Jones.
Executors: George Heaffer, Edward Jones
Witnesses: John Jones, Jamie Jones, Horace Camp (B5, p210) |
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Philip Taylor Miller,
born September 5, 1820, Jefferson Co., KY. Died Sept 29, 1881 when
61 yrs old. Phillip is living with his father in the 1850 Jefferson Co., KY Census with a wife named Ann. |
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John A. (A. is I'm sure, for Anthony) Miller - Feb 18, 1824, d.
April 27, 1874, Rockport (Spencer County) Indiana. From "The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, H. Levin, The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, 1897.
John A. Miller, was born [in Lower Ponds, Jefferson County, Kentucky] in 1824, and grew to manhood on the old homestead. In Hickman county, Kentucky, he married
Barbara Anne Nevill, and thus were united two of the old southern families, for Mrs. Miller was the daughter of Colonel Solomon C. Nevill, of Montgomery county, Tennessee. The Nevill's were descended from an old historic family of England, the first representatives of the name having located in North Carolina, whence members of the family afterward engaged in the handling of tobacco for export.
Children: Neville Miller, Shackelford Miller, Mattie Miller, Eugenia Miller, Robert Miller (b. 1863), Cassandra Miller (b. 1866), Joan Belle Miller and Betty Taylor Miller |
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Tracking Our Robert Miller
and Cassandra Moore in the Census ~
In
the 1810 Jefferson Co., KY
Census, I find our Robert Miller and living next to him
is Hector Moore, son of James Francis Moore and his
brother-in-law. In this
household is the following:
2-0-0-1-0--1-0-0-1-0-0-11
This translates to:
Two Males, under ten, one male 26-45, one
female 26-45. Robert Miller was born in 1774 in
Virginia, and he would be 36 yrs old in this census and the
male 26-45 would fit as our Robert Miller. So Robert
and Cassandra had two males born from 1800-1810.
2 males born 1800-1810
1 male born 1765-1784 (Robert)
1 female born 1765-1784
(Cassandra)
 1820
Jefferson Co., KY Robert Miller:
Three males under 10, two males 10-15, one
male 45 & up; three females under 10, one female 16-25.
They own 16 slaves.
3 males born 1810-1820
2 males born 1805-1815
1 male born 1775 and up
(Robert)
3 females born 1810-1820
1 female born 1775 & later (Cassandra)
1830
Jefferson Co., KY
Robert Miller,
Two males, 5-10, one male, 10-15, one male
15-20, two males 20-30, one male 50-60. One female
10-15, two females 15-20, one female 40-50.
2 males born 1820-1825
1 male born 1815-1820
1 male born 1810-1815
2 males 1800-1810
1 male born 1770 & up (Robert)
1 female born 1815-1820
2 females born 1810-1820
1 female born 1780-1790 (Cassandra)
1840
Jefferson Co., KY Census, Robert Miller:
one male, 20-30, one male
60-70, one female 5-10, two females 50-60
1 male born 1810-1820
1 male born 1770-1780 (Robert)
1 female born 1830-1835
 2 females born 1780-1790 (one is Cassandra)
1850 census of Jefferson co. KY -
Here we have Robert where I find out it is he in previous census, he is 76 yrs old, born in
1774. His grandsons, Garret Pendergrast and Robert Pendergrast are
in his household, along with his son, Philip (he is 30 yrs old, born 1820, and Ann Miller.
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Third Generation
 Dorothy
Matthew Miller was born February 13, 1809, in Jefferson Co., KY.
She married James Francis Pendergrast, son of Jesse Elliott
Pendergrast and Elizabeth 'Betsy' Moore. Dorothy and James
Francis Pendergrast were first (1/2) cousins. Their shared
grandfather was Col James Francis Moore.
Dorothy died between the 1835 and 1840 as near as I can determine.
Her husband, James Francis Pendergrast murdered a teacher per
a family story passed
down that I found at the Filson Historical Center last summer in
their files.
I think after Dorthea died, and this murder/crime
took place, James Francis Pendergrast went to Canada to live and to avoid the
authorities. That is where he died and two of his sons went to
bring the body home (family story). He is supposed to be
buried at Fish Pool Plantation. Two of the younger children,
Garrett and Robert, are living with their grandfather, Robert Miller
in the 1850 census, along with their uncle, Philip Taylor Miller and
his wife Ann.
Dorothy Matthew Miller and James Francis
Pendergrast had the following children: (the text in
quotes is taken from the family stories I found passed down and on file at the Filson
Historical Library in Louisville, KY.)
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James Francis
Pendergrass, born circa 1827 ? "during the last years of his life he was
Wharf-master at New Orleans. He died in that city in
the '70s. He married a daughter of Captain Smith." |
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John
Pendergrass, born circa 1829? "enlisted in the southern army, was captured at
Fort Donnelson and sustained a broken leg in the battle.
He was sent to the Gratiot Street prison in St. Louis (McDowel
College. His brother, Austin, who was in the U. S.
Navy, got him out on parole, and it is supposed he died at
Alton, IL, in a hospital." My note: Alton is just north of St. Louis. |
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Austin
Pendergrast, born 1829, died? buried? I believe I read he was buried with his
Uncle Commodore Pendergrast, in PA, but I've never seen a record of his being
buried there.
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Patrick
Pendergrass (1832-1909) - this is my maternal great great grandfather
-
 "Pat was for many years a well to do farmer in Vermilion
Co., IL. He died
 there sometime in the '80s."
(this is incorrect as he died in 1909 according to his
tombstone in the Rossville Cemetery, where this author has
been several times). |
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Garrett Jesse
Pendergrass, born 1838 (see
biography from the Vermillion County History). "He and his brother Patrick migrated to Vermilion Co., IL,
Patrick was a successful farmer." Garrett moved around
quite a bit. I do not know where he was when he died,
perhaps Vermilion Co., IL. He moved to Kansas finally where he died and is
buried. He was married to a
Hardesty girl. |
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Virginia
Pendergrass, born 1835-1840, Virginia married Dr. Waller Cooper, and after his
death she married John Briscoe, by whom she had one child, Frank. She died while
her child was very young. |
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Robert
Miller Pendergrass born circa 1840, one source indicates he married Clarissa A
OLMSTEAD b: 1842 in MI? m: in KY |
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Matilda
Pendergrass, died as infant, born before 1840 |
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