Alexander Miller (1743 - 1786)

Born 1743 in Province of Georgia [uncertain]

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Died 1786 at about age 43 in Greene, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Alexander was born in 1743. He passed away in 1786.

Son of James Miller, Sr. and Agnes Miller (possibly James Miller)

Husband of Eleanor Davis Miller and Eleanor Jane Miller

1. Thompson Miller;
2. Brice Miller;
3. Jane Miller;
4. Eleanor Miller;
5. Mary Miller;
6. Alexander Miller
7. Andrew Miller

Nov. 8, 1773 - owned land on Upton's Creek, about 3 miles from the Savannah River, Wilkes Co., Ga.

When the Indian cession of 1783 opened up the new county of Washington to the west of Wilkes, the Millers moved.

Greene County was formed from Washington, and then Hancock was formed from Greene in 1793.

Greene Co., Ga. - Misc. records , BK 2 - 1794-1810, Wills, p40, inv. and appr. - est. of Alexander Miller, 1789. Citation given to John Barron and Ellinor Barron, his wife, late relict of Alexander Miller, dec'd. Ltrs. gtd. 1789. Among purchasers were; William Miller and Anderson Comer, etc.

Hancock Co., DB G, p 117-118, 1804, between the heirs of Alexander Miller, namely; Brice Miller, Gideon Bond, John Bond, and Anderson Comer, adm. est. of Samuel Barron, dec'd, for Jane Barron, relict of said Barron to William Bevins, 287 1/2 acres on Town and Denises Creek, Oconee River. Yld. Alexander Miller 1791 by Gov. of Ga.

Sources

• http://www.geni.com/people/Alexander-Miller/6000000012901814407

• National Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1991, Hendrix, P111. (Ge Lee Corley Hendrix, “Backtracking through Burned Counties: Bonds of Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, and the Carolinas,” National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 78, 98-115.)

• Brice Miller, guardian for Alexander and Andrew Miller, Hancock County Georgia Wills and Estates, Vol AAAA: 154-62 under various dates in1802

• (Hancock County Minutes of Inferior Court, Page 15) E23 24 June 1795. Application was made by John Barron, adm of Alexander Miller, dec. for sale of lands adj. to JAMES CAIN, William Mitchell. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~jecain/cain159.htm

Acknowledgments

First-hand information as remembered by Chris Chance, Friday, January 9, 2015.