Information on my third great grandfather his last name is Miles and either from Georgia or Keren TX

Question

He had a son named Joseph Harris Miles born in GA. Joseph was married to Eunice Johnson of Moultrie Georgia. I've been told a story my whole life that he was an American Indian scout for a officer named Davis Miles so he took is commanders last name because he was Apache. I can't find anything proving this.

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Thank you Frank !

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Answer 1

Daniel Mack Miles

Birth:	Oct. 15, 1863
Death:	Oct. 29, 1945 Moultrie Colquitt County Georgia, USA
Son of Daniel Hardy Miles (ca. 1836-ca. 1894) and Eliza (Scarborough) Miles (1838-1914) Information from OurFamilyTies.us/FamilyGroupSheets/MilesDanielMack.htm#8     Family links:   Spouse:   Emma Fredonia Johnson Miles (1864 - 1933)*    Children:   David Miles (1887 - 1965)*   Charlie Mack Miles (1887 - 1961)*   Eva Ines Miles Miles (1891 - 1920)*   John Allison Miles (1894 - 1983)*   Daniel Dewitt Miles (1898 - 1956)*   Nellie Sue Miles Frazier (1906 - 1972)*   Joseph Harris Miles (1907 - 1994)*   *Calculated relationship
Burial: Akridge Cemetery  Sale City Mitchell County Georgia, USA
Created by: Ellen Hamby Record added: Apr 05, 2012  Find A Grave Memorial# 88107049 Added by: Ann Williams Davis

Answer 2

FindaGrave:
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88108230

Texas birth certificate:
Joseph Harris Miles as father and Eunice Undine Johnson as mother of Hazel DeAn Leon Miles
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6LV-Y7V

WW11 draft registration for Joe Harris Miles
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QZ-V4S5

Joseph H Miles in the household of Daniel M Miles (all born in Georgia but in Texas)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK1L-51C

Daniel Miles in the 1900 census in Colquitt, GA
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3N4-WQB

Mistic:  It looks to me as if Daniel Miles is white.  The fact that he's born in Georgia, if he were Indian, he would be listed on the census as such but also he most likely wouldn't have been Apache.  His son is listed as White on the Texas birth certificates for his children also.