William Miller (1791 - 1867)

Born 1791 in Chester County, South Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth G (Wilson) Miller — married 1820 in Chester Co., South Carolina

Descendants

Died 17 Jun 1867 at about age 76 in Sanford (now Lamar Co., Alabama)

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Biography

William Miller is believed to have been born in Chester County, South Carolina about 1791, the son of Robert Miller & Jannett White.

William married Elizabeth Wilson about 1818.

William Miller married Elizabeth Wilson about 1810. This family lived in York and Chester District, South Carolina until the 1850s when they came by covered wagon to Alabama. The family story is that they stopped a while near "Jones Valley" near the present town of Birmingham. By 1860 this family is in Fayette County, Alabama later Sanford, Lamar County. It is said they were on their way to Mississippi , but were so tired from traveling that they settled in Alabama . In 1850 the Miller family is living in Millport, AL William Miller age 69 , the value of his real estate $745.00 and personal estate was $500.00 and he is a farmer.

The 1850 U.S. Census lists William at the age of 59 with his wife Elizabeth and nine children named Miller living in Chester County, South Carolina. Listed with them are four young children under the age of 8 with the last name of McDaniel. Their relationship to William is unclear.^[1]

In the 1860 Census William and Elizabeth are shown with nine children living in the Western Division of Fayette County, Alabama. One of the children is listed as 10 year old Robert McDonald, assumed to be the same person as Robert McDaniel listed in the 1850 Census.^[2]

William was born about 1791 in Chester County, South Carolina. Son of Robert Miller and Jannet White. He married Elizabeth Wilson before 1815. William is listed in Chester County, South Carolina in 1840, between 40 and 50 years old with wife and 11 children. In 1850 he is still in Chester County, South Carolina, listed as 59 years old a farmer and value of Real Estate owned was $1326, wife and children listed. In 1860 he is listed in the Western Division of Fayette County, Alabama, which became Sanford County, Jones County, back to Sanford County then to Lamar County, Alabama. He was listed as being 69 years old, a farmer, value of Real Estate was $745 and Value of his Personal Estate was $500, he is listed with wife and children. The children that were listed on the 1850 and 1860 Census Records included some of the Grandchildren. On 16 August 1869 Elizabeth filed filed claim to William's Estate, she stated that her late husband William Miller passed 17 June 1867, in Fayette County, now Sanford County, Alabama. That she and their children were the heirs of his Estate, which consisted of a small personal Estate and Real Estate amounting to four Hundred acres. He is believed to be buried at the Old Corinth Cemetery in Lamar County, Alabama.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QX-GXD : 12 April 2016), William Miller, Chester county, Chester, South Carolina, United States; citing family 785, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDG-XC9 : 13 December 2017), William Miller, 1860.
3. ↑ Research of Mary Atkins

Sources obtained by Mary Atkins:

• "The Heritage of Lamar County, Alabama" Vol. 38
• West Alabama History
• Estate Records of William Miller
• 1840 US Census
• 1850 US Census
• 1860 US Census
• Marriage License Records
• Will of Robert Wilson
• Will of Robert Miller
• USGenWeb
• Rootsweb

*William Miller in findagrave.com.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Melinda A for starting this profile.

Thank you to Tayler Mccormick for creating Miller-17921 on 12 Nov 2013. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Tayler and others.

Thank you to Mary Atkins for creating Miller-28328 on 24 May 2015. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Tayler and others.