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Henry Miller
b.16 Jul 1736
Facts and Events
Henry Miller was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Disambiguation
Not to be confused with Henry Miller (b. bef. 1740-1783), son of John Miller of Linville Creek, Rockingham County, Virginia, who married wife Sarah _____.
Not to be confused with Henry Miller (1732-1796) of Mossy Creek, Rockingham County, Virginia, who married Hannah Winter.
Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA
Land Grant Surveys in Virginia:
- Page 43, Henry Miller, 70 acres, Dry Run, near foot of the Mountain. Dece.ber 30, 1765. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 17].
- Page 43, Henry Miller, 260 acres, between Dry Run and Naked Creek. December 30, 1765. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 17].
Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records: [unloess otherwise listed]
- Page 123.--19th November, 1755. Adam Miller's bond as guardian to Michael Cogar, orphan of Nicholas Cogar, with sureties William Oller (Owler, Wilhelm Ohlner), Henry Miller.
- Land Grant Survey; Christian Miller, 190 acres, Elk Run a Branch of the Shanandoah. Adjoining Magot, Henry Miller, Smith. April 24, 1770. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 61].
References
- ROOTS-L.
Henry Miller was the first American born in our Miller line. He was born in Augusta County, Virginia, July 16, 1736. He died October 25, 1784, and is buried on the Miller homestead in Rockingham County, Virginia. He attended Reformed Church at St Peter's New River Settlement, Virginia (1).
In 1756 he married Anna Elizabeth Koger. Anna was born December 2, 1738, and died after May 1787.
Henry and Anna Miller's children were:
1.1 Anna Barbara was born January 10, 1757. She married Conrad Harnsberger.
1.2 Elizabeth was born in 1760. She married first William Null and later Michael Shuler.
1.3 *Catherina Elizabeth married Adam Price.
1.4 Henry was born July 14, 1764. He married his cousin Maria Catherine "Mary" Price who was the daughter of Augustine and Anna Elisabetha.
1.5 Anna Christina married Robert Harnsberger.
1.6 Jacob was born July 19, 1769, and died in 1861. He married Anna Barbara Bear who was his cousin, the daughter of John Bear and Catherine Miller Bear.
(1) Wayland, John D., German elements of the Shenandoah Valley.
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~celia/genealogy/Miller/henrymiller.html
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