John Miller (abt. 1710 - 1784)

Born about 1710 in Ulster, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Barbara (Blankship) Miller — married 1735 in Ireland (Ulster)

Descendants

Died 1784 at about age 74 in Augusta, Virginia, United States

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There is some confusion as to which John Miller died in 1784 in Augusta County, VA (Staunton) - on The Great Wagon Road. Was it John Miller-60385 son of William Miller; grandson of Alexander Miller, Sr. of PA OR John Miller-58093 son of John Miller; grandson of Randolph Miller of Lancaster Co., Virginia? THIS IS DUE TO TYPICAL ISSUES WITH SUCH A COMMON NAME AS JOHN MILLER.

In my 1/13/2021 EM (will need to search for link again (did not included photo of map (copyrighted) showing James Miller and John Miller's (brothers from Northern Ireland; sons of William Miller):

NOTE: These Miller's were Presbyterians-read below (some earlier family member were Quakers?; keep seeing connections of my Miller's to Quakers).

James Miller's land (Beverley Manor NE, 300 acres, 1751 and another tract nearby, 44 acres, 1749) as shown on the map meticulously drawn by J.R. Hildebrand, cartographer. This map is copyrighted©, used by permission of John Hildebrand, son of J.R. Hildebrand, April, 2009. (Note that land of John Miller (210 acres, 1747), brother of James Miller, is located nearby to the southeast).

Acquisition of Land from Chalkley's:

Page 61.--19th August, 1748. Andrew Mitchell and wife Mary to James Miller, Beverley Manor. (# of acres not listed) Page 71.--20th August, 1748. David Steward (Stuart) to James Miller, 57 acres in Beverley Manor; Beverley Manor; corner John Henderson. Margaret, wife of David. Teste: Robert Davies, John Hutchinson. Page 441.--17th February, 1749. Same (from William Beverley) to James Miller, 44 acres in Beverley Manor. Corner John Henderson. Corner James McCurtle. Corner James Breckenridge. Stuart's old survey. Delivered: George Bigham, 24th March, 1757. (Note: this tract appears on the Hildebrand Map with no acreage listed due to its small size) Page 276.--28th May, 1751. Wm. Beverley (by Lewis and Madison) to James Miller, taylor, 300 acres in Beverley Manor, Mill Place. Disposition of Land from Chalkley's:

Page 200.--26th March, 1754. James Miller and Catherine, his wife, to Israel Christian, 300 acres in Beverley Manor, conveyed by Beverley to Miller May, 1751. Col. Beverley's Mill Place line. James Miller on 1st August, 1754, sold the 57 acres (in Beverley Manor acquired on 20 August 1748) to Jones Henderson (as mentioned in Vol. 2 Chalkley's record below) [edit] ▼ Records in Augusta County, VA From Chalkley's:

August 20, 1746 - (74) Cap. Daniel McAnaire to be overseer of above road with following tithables: Samuel Wallis, Alexr. Crawford, John Elliott, David Trimble, John Hogshead, Alexr. Gardner, Sampson Archer, Alexr. Gibson, Robt. Davis, Thomas Gardner, Walter Trimble, John Sixby, David Stuart, Ro. Renix, Francis Gardner, John Trimble, Thomas Beard, Ro. Gilkason, John Archer, James Bell, James Mills, James Dyer, Charles Clendening, Wm. Hogshead, Ro. Ralstone, John Moffet, Saml. Lusk, James Phillips, Danl. Brealey, Mathew Edmonston, James Trimble, John Ferguson, Wm. Anderson, John Spears, John McKenney, Wm. Brady, Ro. Armstrong, James Miller. Page 333.--13th August, 1747. William Beverley to John Miller, £10.2.2; 210 acres in Beverley Manor on a branch of Lewis Creek; corner David Stuart; corner to James Miller. Witnessed and proved as above. (undated, prob. between 11 April, 1749 and 19 May, 1750) We petitioners, being the frontier inhabitants of this colony, labor under great inconveniences for want of a road being opened from our settlement towards the landing, and there being (as we presume) a sufficient number of inhabitants to open one, we therefore humbly pray that your worship will be graciously pleased to take our case under your serious consideration and grant an order for a road to be opened from Zachariah Callhouns, on Reedy Creek, and thence to the Buffalo Lick and from thence the nearest and best way to Woods River, at the upper end of a small island below the mouth of the Little River, and thence towards the forks of Meadow Creek, and thence to the top of the dividing ridge between Woods River and the South Fork of Roanoke, and that John Vance and Alexander Sayers be appointed to mark and lay off said road from said Callhouns to Woods River, and that John Stroud and James Conley mark and lay off from thence to the aforesaid dividing ridge, etc. That John McFarland and Joseph Crockett be appointed overseers to open and clear said road from said Calhoun's to Woods River, with the subscribers and the adjacent inhabitants and that William Crispe and William Pellem be appointed overseers from Woods River to the aforesaid dividing ridge, etc., and we, your petitioners, shall pray. Hendery Battan, Jacob Goldman, Jacob Goldman, Frederick Cadock, John Scott, John Combe, Samuel Stonacie, Robert McFarland, John Stead, Mordecai Early, John Downing, Charles Sincler, Wiliam Sayers, William Hamilton, Robert V(N)orris, Samuel Mountgomery, Andrew Lynam, James Macee, James Heris, Robert Miller, John Miller, Robert Allcorn, William Miller, John McFarland, Joseph Crockett, Val. Wilcher, Humberstone Lyon, James Miller, Stephen Lyon, Thomas Barnes, James Willy, John Vance, Alexander Sayers, Jacob Cassall, John German. Page 204.--28th February, 1750-1751. Wm. Beverley (by Lewis Madison), to James Brown, ordinary keeper. In Beverley Manor, part of Mill tract (1550 acres), whereon the Court House stands. Beverley's line; James Miller's line. Term 61 years, 260 acres. MAY 23, 1750. - (371) Road ordered from Ezekiel Calhoun's to Wood's River thence to Top of Ridge between Wood's River and the South Fork of Roanoke. John McFarland and Joseph Crockett to be surveyors of former, and Wm. Crisp and Wm. Pellam, of latter part, with tithables, and the following: Henry Batton, Mordecai Early, John McFarland, Jacob Goldman, John Downing, John Goldman, Charles Sinclair, Nathaniel Wilshire, Wm. Sayers, Jacob Goldman, Wm. Hamilton, Humbertson Lyon, Frederick Carlock, Robert Norris, James Miller, James Cave, Saml. Montgomerie, Steven Lyon, John Conley, Andrew Linam, James Willbey, Saml. Stanlick, James Maies, Robert McFarlin, James Harris, John Vance, John Stride, Robert Miller, Alexr. Sayers, John Miller, Jacob Castle, Robert Alcorn, John Forman, Wm. Miller. MAY 21, 1752. - (254) James Miller appointed Constable in Staunton. AUGUST 20, 1752. - (315) Mary Goldman, widow of Jacob refuses to administer. John Bingman, Ro. Norris, James Cohoon, and James Miller appd. appraisers of Goldman. 1753-1754, Pt. 1. To the Worshipful Court of Augusta now sitting: We, the inhabitants of this County, have long felt the smart of the great indulgence the ordinary keepers of this County have met with in allowing them to sell such large quantities of rum and wine at an extravagant rate, by which our money is drained out of the County, for which we have no return but a fresh supply to pick our pockets. We, your petitioners, humbly pray your worship to put a stop to the said liquors, which would encourage us to pursue our laborious designs, which is to raise sufficient quantities of grain which would suffciently supply us with liquors and the money circulate in this County to the advantage of us, the same. We hope that your worships will discover to us that you have a real regard for the good of the County, and lay us under an obligation to pray for your prosperity. Robert Stevenson, James Hamilton, Alexander Walker, James Robertson, James Stevenson, John Christian, Alexander Blair, Thomas Shiels, Robert Christian, Thomas Stewart, James Allen, Joseph Hanna, Francis Beaty, Mathew Lyle, Archibald Reah, John Walker (?), Samuel Downey, Daniel McAnair (McEvear), Robert Spears (Syers), Daniel Danison, Robert Moffet, Alexander Henderson, Andrew Hamilton, John Finley, Thomas Beard, Archibald Armstrong, William Mackan, James Campbell, John Vance, John Archer, James Reburn, Alexander Gibson, William Lewis, George Scott, Joseph Bell, James Coyl, William Logen, Samuel McCune, John Caruth, Patrick Hays, Robert Sayers, Andrew McCombe, James Montgomery, James Scott, George Crawford, John Allen, Edward Spear, James Brown, John King, John Anderson, William Logan, Patrick Campbell, Jacob Lockhart, Sam Wallace, James Knox, John Carlile, Charles Campbell, Mathew Harper, John Jackson, James Miller, John Hutcheson, William Palmer, Samuel Love, James Miller, John Henderson, Zachariah Bell (Belche), Andrew Ewin, John Thompson, Loftus Pullin, James Gay, Alexander Craig, Thomas Teat, William Wallace, John Wilson, Alexander Ritchey, James McGee. John Thompson, Samuel Calhoon, John Trimble, Alexander Thompson, William Snodon, Newman McGonigle, John Trimble, Archibald Allison, John Brown, William Thomson. MARCH 25, 1754. - (142) Road to James Miller's on Reed Creek. (Note: this may have been a different James Miller) AUGUST, 1756 (B).- Thompson vs. Henderson.-- James Miller testifies that he was witness to a bond given by Michael Henderson to Samuel McElvenay for cattle, which said Henderson and Jeremiah Thompson drove from the Waxhows Creek in Carolany, about 1st of June, 1755. Page 379.--5th April, 1760. Wm. Beverley (by Lewis and Madison) to John Coningham of Staunton, ordinary keeper, 107 acres, part of Mill tract; 1550 acres joining the town whereon Court House stands; corner James Brown's leased land; James Miller's line; Col. Lewis's lot, 99-year term, 1750. Teste: John Hutchison, Jno. Hutchison, John B. Thompson. Vol. 2 - Randolph's administrator vs. Kenny et alias--O. S. 300; N. S. 107-- Bill, 20th July, 1812, by William Randolph of Wilton. On 7th April, 1808. he sold to Chesley Kinney 331 acres in Augusta. Kinney claims deficiency. In 1747 Robert McClenachan sold said tract to David Stuart, who sold 57 acres to James Miller 20th August, 1748, yet on 14th February, 1763, sold the whole tract to John Miller. James Miller on 1st August, 1754, sold the 57 acres to Jones Henderson, who sold to John Parris 18th August, 1778. John Miller conveyed whole 331 acres to orator 18th October, 1784. David died, testate, in Augusta, leaving son John, now of Greenbrier; daughter Sebiny, alias Tibbey, alias Tabitha Stuart; daughter Elizabeth, who married Richard Woods of Albemarle, by whom she had 3 sons, William, George and Richard Woods; stepdaughter, Mary Pall. Sebiny Stuart married Samuel Williams of Greenbrier, by whom she had a son Richard and a daughter ____, who married Thomas Creigh of Greenbrier. Mary Pall left one child, a daughter, Mary, who married Cornelius Maupin and lives in Albemarle. John Miller died, intestate, leaving children, viz: Patrick, James and Sarah Miller. Sarah married Joseph Henderson of Augusta and had children, viz: John, Robert, Joseph, William, Sally, Jane, who married Alexander Buchanan, and Mary, who married Robert Morrison. Patrick and James Miller live in Bath. John and James Miller were brothers. John Stuart has a son Lewis Stuart. John Young deposes, in Augusta, 15th June, 1818, he knew John and James Miller. James was son of John. Deponent is 81 years old last March. He came to this country when 4 years old and has lived 6 miles from Staunton ever since. He was grown when he knew the Millers. Deponent is son of Hugh Young, who was security for Randal Lockhart, deputy sheriff, who defaulted in failing to return a writ of election and suit was brought. 15th June, 1818, William Robertson deposes, in Augusta, David Stuart's children and widow lived with Gen. George Mathews, who married a stepdaughter of David's; daughter of Mrs. Stuart, deponent. Captain is rising 70 years. ▼References . On March 11, 1742, Reverend John Craig baptized James Miller, Sarah Miller, and Martha Miller (children of John & Martha Miller) in the Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Meeting House. Reverend Craig would baptize another daughter (Francis) of John Miller on September 21, 1744; and five children of James Miller (Jean on 10/4/1741; John on 2/37/1744; David at North Mountain on 6/1/1746; Katherine on 11/28/1748; & Sarah at Timber Grove on 2/27/1749).[30] On August 13, 1747, John Miller purchased 210 acres from William Beverley east of Staunton on Lewis Creek in Augusta County, Virginia. The property bordered land owned at the corner land owned by James Miller (the brother of John Miller).[31] That same year, Robert McClenachan sold the 331 acres separating the land own by John Miller and his brother James Miller to David Stuart; and David Stuart sold 57 acres of this land to James Miller on August 20, 1748. On 26, 1754, “James Miller and Catherine, his wife,” conveyed the 300 acres they acquired in 1751 (Beverley’s Mill Place line in Beverley Manor) to Israel Christian. On March 13, 1756, John Miller conveyed his 210 acres to David Stuart.[32] On June 21, 1763, “Martha Miller relinquished dower in land conveyed by her husband, John Miller, to David Stewart“.[33] Yet, David Stuart had conveyed to John Miller his entire tract of land on February 14, 1763. John Miller and his wife Martha were living on the Cowpasture (river) when they sold the 331 acres to William Randolph on October 18, 1784.[34]

About 1737, this John Miller and his wife Martha (Blankship?) are believed to have immigrated from Ulster (Ireland) with his brother James Miller. John and Martha Miller’s son Patrick Miller is believed to have been born during the voyage. John Miller and James Miller were brothers. John Miller died (about 1784) intestate with two sons (Patrick & James) and a daughter (Sarah). His daughter Sarah married neighbor Joseph Henderson and had six children (John, Robert, Joseph, William, Sally, Jane, & Mary). When Bath County was formed from the southwestern Augusta County in 1790 (including where the Cowpasture River feeds into the Jackson River), both John and Martha Miller’s sons (Patrick & James) became citizens of Bath County.[35] John Miller (1709-1784) is buried in the Miller Cemetery in Augusta County, Virginia.

https://wilsonfamilytreealbumblog.wordpress.com/2019/03/29/tracing-millers-migration-from-pennsylvania-to-south-carolina/

http://wvancestry.com/ReferenceMaterial/Files/Chronicles_of_the_Scotch-Irish_Settlement_in_Virginia_-_Vol._1.pdf

From the link above: 10/16/1787 Augusta County, Virginia: "(407) Admin. of John Miller granted his son, Patrick Miller." This fits the profile of this John Miller, whose only son was a Patrick Miller; and John Miller's death date likely is about 3 years (or less?) prior to 10/16/1787.

Biography

Note: This appears to be the same John Miller as the profile John Miller-44930; however that profile notes his father as a Robert Miller. The other profile notes John's wife as also Martha and notes her maiden name as Blankship. The other profile has the same death year of 1784 in Augusta County, VA. So looks like the same person other that the parents of John Miller are different.

Additional documents on John Miller in August County, Virginia (more that one John Miller lived there) can be located at my 7/24/19 EM.

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cutlip02&id= I25451

ID: I25451 Name: John Miller Sex: M Birth: in Ulster, Ireland 1 Death: ABT 1786 in Staunton, Augusta Co., Virginia 2 3 Immigration: ABT 1737 from Ulster, Ireland to Virginia with wife and brother James 1 Event: a militiaman in Captain John Smith's Company Military Service 1742 1 Event: Military Service 1756 French and Indian War as a member of Captain George Wilson's Company 1 Probate: 1788 Augusta Co., Virginia 3 Note: JOHN MILLER (????-1784/7) AFN:

BIOGRAPHY: John Miller John Miller first bought 210 acres of land in Augusta County, Virginia, on 13-Aug-1747 from William Beverley for $35. It was on the Lewis Creek, a tributary of Christian Creek, east of Staunton, Virginia, in "Beverley Manor", not in the "Cowpasture River Area" as stated by Hunter F. Armentrout.

Marriage 1 Martha [Miller] b: in Ulster, Ireland Children

Patrick Miller b: ABT 1737 in on board the trip to America James Miller Sr b: 1732/1738 in Augusta (Bath) Co., Virginia c: 11 Mar 1742 in Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Meeting House Sarah Miller b: ABT 1740 c: 11 Mar 1742 in (by Rev. John Craig), Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Meeting House (died young) Martha Miller b: ABT 1741 c: 11 Mar 1742 in (by Rev. John Craig), Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Meeting House Margaret Miller b: ABT 1743 c: 6 Jul 1743 in (by Rev. John Craig), Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Meeting House Francis Miller b: ABT 1744 c: 21 Sep 1744 in (by Rev. John Craig), Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Meeting House Sarah Miller Sources: Repository: Name: Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants

Title: Surname -- Miller Family History [The] Author: Armentrout, Hunter F. Note: Hunter F. Armentrout, Route 78, Box 13, Troy, WV 26443 Page: p.A-1.1 Repository: Name: Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants

Title: Surname -- Miller Family History [The] Author: Armentrout, Hunter F. Note: Hunter F. Armentrout, Route 78, Box 13, Troy, WV 26443 Page: A-1.1 Repository: Name: Oklahoma State University Library

Title: History -- Annals of Webster Co. WVA before and since Organization, 1860 Author: Miller, Sampson Newton Publication: Buckhannon, WV: West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1969 Page: 431

Children 1. Patrick Miller b: ABT 1737 in on board the trip to America 2. Sarah Miller b: ABT 1740 in Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, USA 3. James Miller b: BET 1732 AND 1738 in Bath, Virginia, USA 4. Martha Miller b: ABT 1741 in Bath, Virginia, USA 5. Margaret Miller b: ABT 1743 in Bath, Virginia, USA 6. Francis Miller b: ABT 1744 in Bath, Virginia, USA

Sources: 1.Author: Lyman Chalkley Title: Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia Repository: Name: http://www.rootsweb.com/~chalkley/index.htm Note: Source Medium: Electronic

http://www.rootsweb.com/~chalkley/volume_1/or20_246.htm

2.Title: LDS - International Genealogical Index Repository: Name: http://www.familysearch.org/ENG/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=Ancest orSearchResults.asp%3Ffirst%5Fname%3D%26last%5Fname%3D%26fathers%5Ffir st%5Fname%3D%26fathers%5Flast%5Fname%3D%26mothers%5Ffirst%5Fname%3D%26 mothers%5Flast%5Fname%3D%26spouses%5Ffirst%5Fn Note: Source Medium: Electronic

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John came to Virginia about 1737 from Ulster, Northern Ireland with his wife and a brother James. John and James were militiamen in Captain John Smith's Company in 1742, and fought in the French and Indian War as members of Captian George Wilson's Company in 1756. The first land John bought was 210 acres in Augusta County, Virginia on Aug 13, 1747 from William Beverley for $35. It was on the Lewis Creek, a tributary of Christian Creek, east of Staunton, Virginia (the area was known as the "Cowpasture River Area")

CITING THIS RECORD "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9Z48-72G : accessed 11 October 2018), entry for John Miller, cites sources; file (2:2:2:MM9R-CJ2), submitted 30 November 2003 by TeriGraham [identity withheld for privacy].

• https://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/minibios/m/miller_family.htm

"Thanks to Lu Hickey for this information. The early Millers who settled in Virginia were the "not so typical" settlers as this family had traveled thousands of miles over the ocean from their homelands for a new beginning. Their homelands of Scotland and Ireland was in the midst of ethnic cleansing, aftermath of wars, pestilence and famine and the most particular, religious persecution.

Sometime around 1737, John Miller and his wife, Martha and his brother, James, decided to leave their homelands via Northern Ireland to start a new life in a foreign soil. The family landed at what is now Augusta County Virginia. Here John lived until his death near 1780.

Early colonists were hard working and freedom loving people reflecting their Scottish backgrounds and mostly reflected by their religious faith as Presbyterians. Early records reflect that John and Martha and their children were baptized at the Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Meeting House. This in itself might explain their departure from the Old Country.

John and James were Militia Men in Capt. John Smith's Company in 1742 and fought in Capt. George Wilson's Company in the French and Indian Wars in 1756.

John bought 210 acres of land in 1747 and Martha gave birth to seven children. America stood for hard work and freedom. The Millers seized the opportunity for freedom, worked the land and gave birth to a new generation of Americans.

John's second child was named James. He was typical of early American colonist. James served in the French and Indian War, raised nine children and lived to be 70 years of age. James fifth child was named John.

John was born in 1771, married in 1791. He truly was a pioneer. John married Eva Burns, daughter of John Burns and Mary Shibe. John and Eva first settled on 100 acres of land and had five children. He soon realized the pioneer effort was too much so he sold his land and moved west, coming to live in Webster County. John purchased land and he and Eva fathered seven more children. They are said to be the first white settlers in Webster County.

John and Eva's children grew to adult-hood, married and had their own families when another crisis struck again. It was called the American Civil War. For most families, this meant a time of unity but for this border family it could only mean division.

John and Eva's grandson, John Jackson Miller and his family were living in Fairmont WVA and in 1864, he enlisted in the Union Army.

John and Eva's grandson, Matthew Sands Miller, and brother to John Jackson, lived in Webster County WVA, he enlisted in the Confederate States of America.

We can only read and imagine of the great Civil War, the atrocities of brother against brother. How can we feel their pain?

After the war, John Jackson and his family moved west, to Iowa, then Missouri and finally in Montgomery County Kansas. The children of this family moved on west, finally settling in the new territory of Oregon.. The youngest son of this union, John W, remained in Kansas rearing his children and grandchildren, suffering the Great Depression and both World Wars.

This is the story of but one family of American Scot Irish that typifies thousands of others.. This author included."

• http://rhodesfamily.org/getperson.php?personID=I6165&tree=carls

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Miller_(329)

• https://www.familysearch.org/service/records/storage/das-mem/patron/v2/TH-303-46005-438-93/dist.txt?ctx=ArtCtxPublic