Person:James Miller (191)

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Gen. James Miller
b.1743 Ireland
d.20 Mar 1815 Cross Anchor, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
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  1. Sarah MillerAbt 1769 - 1832
  2. Mary Miller1773 - 1843
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Name Gen. James Miller
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1743 Ireland
Marriage to Agnes Miller
Other[4] 1782 North Carolina, United StatesSenate Member of General Assembly from Rutherford county
Other[4] 1784 North Carolina, United StatesSenate Member of General Assembly from Rutherford county
Other[4] 1785 North Carolina, United StatesSenate Member of General Assembly from Rutherford county
Other[4] 1787 North Carolina, United StatesSenate Member of General Assembly from Rutherford county
Other[3] 8 Dec 1787 Rutherford, North Carolina, United States188 1/2a on both sides of Cove Creek, granted to James MILLER 8 Dec 1787
Other[3] 13 Aug 1796 Rutherford, North Carolina, United StatesDEED:13 Aug 1796 Rutherford Co, NC 5-252 James MILLER, Col of Rutherford Co, NC to Alexander GRANT of Rutherford Co, NC for 200 188 1/2a on both sides of Cove Creek
Death[1] 20 Mar 1815 Cross Anchor, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United StatesCitation needed
Burial[1] Peak, Newberry, South Carolina, United StatesMayer & Gen James Miller Cemetery
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. James Miller, in Find A Grave.

    "In memory of Gen James Miller who departed this life in the 72 years of his age and for many years a respectable citizen of Rutherford County N. Carolina."

  2.   Gen. James Miller, in Lewis, William Terrell. Genealogy of the Lewis family in America, from the middle of the seventeenth century down to the present time. (Louisville, Kentucky: Courier-Journal Job Printing Co., 1893)
    p 305.

    ... Sarah Miller, daughter of General James Miller and his wife, Agnes Miller, in 1789. General Miller and his wife were cousins. They emigrated from Ireland to the United States. He was an officer in the Revolutionary war, and commanded at the siege of Augusta, Ga., as Captain or Colonel, and after the war he represented Rutherford county, North Carolina, as Senator in the State Legislature in 1782, 1784, 1785 and 1787 (See Wheeler's History of North Carolina.)
    General Miller raised only two daughters: Sarah, married Colonel Richard Lewis, and the other married James Erwin, of Rutherford county, North Carolina.

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Colonel James Miller, in Rutherford, North Carolina, United States. Rutherford County Deed Book 5
    p 252.

    DEED:13 Aug 1796 Rutherford Co, NC 5-252 James MILLER, Col of Rutherford Co, NC to Alexander GRANT of Rutherford Co, NC for 200 188 1/2a on both sides of Cove Creek, granted to James MILLER 8 Dec 1787. Witness: --- CLARK, Wm SPANN. (Torn);

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 James Miller, in Wheeler, John Hill. Historical Sketches of North Carolina, from 1584 to 1851, Compiled from Original Records, Official Documents and Traditional Statements: With Biographical Sketches of Her Distinguished Statesmen, Jurists, Lawyers, Soldiers, Divines, etc. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Lippincott, Grambo, 1851)
    p 400.
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