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Washington County Indiana in 1896
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Who are these Millers?
Casper Miller and wife Mary Swink lived in Rowan County North Carolina. They were members of the Crane Creek Church North of Salisbury North Carolina. The Crane Creek Church members were known as "Dunkers", a group of Brethren so called for their dunking in baptism. He served in the American Revolution as a Guard of the Goal of Salisbury.
Some of Casper and Mary's family settled in Washington County Indiana after Indiana had gained statehood. Adam, Jacob and John were his sons, Adam moved to Washington County Indiana.
Adam Miller, the first American born Miller of the bloodline, brought his family to Washington County Indiana in the early 1820s, an area occupied by the Delaware Indians just a few years prior. The Pigeon Roost Massacre occurred in Washington County Indiana, but the area was later made Scott County. This was in part, what started the War of 1812, Washington County Indiana had made a national impact. Indiana later became the first state to make killing an Indian punishable.
My G-G-G-G Grandfather Tandy Shewmaker was a Cherokee Indian who fought for the Union in the War of 1812, he lived in Harrison County Indiana.
The people who settled in the Washington County area were tough, many of them having experience in Indian fighting. George Beck Sr. was one of those noted for his experience in Indian fighting. His descendent, John Alfred Beck married into the Adam Miller bloodline. George Beck Sr. was a Revolutionary War Soldier and is the namesake of Beck's Mill Indiana. You can discover more information about George Beck and Beck's Mill at the New Millers of Washington County Website.
Adam's brothers may have settled in Washington County Indiana too. In the 1830 US Census there were 7 Milers living in Washington County Indiana: Adam Miller, Anthony Miller, David Miller, Jacob Miller, Jesse Miller, John Miller and Jonathan Miller.
Jacob and John Miller could be the brothers of Adam Miller; the David listed is his son. The others are probably related to Wendell Miller of Rowan County North Carolina, or Icabod Miller; neither of which are believed to be blood relatives of Adam Miller. Wendell and Casper were neighbors in Rowan County North Carolina before their children came to Washington County Indiana.
The Millers are considered pioneers of Washington County having settled
there before
December 1825, and eventually purchasing property near Beck's Mill Indiana.
Adam's daughter-in-law Mary "Polly" Miller's obituary:
Obituaries Selected Newspapers of Washington County Indiana;
Volume III, page 251l
[The Democratic Sun, May 11, 1894, Beck�s Mill Items] �Mrs. Polly Miller, one of our old pioneers, died at her home in this vicinity last Sunday. She was about 80 years of age. Her remains were laid to rest in the Smith Cemetery on Monday.
Adam and Hannah (Sheets) Miller, along with son David, and wife Polly are buried at this cemetery. Adam and Hannah's daughter Elizabeth and husband Joel Smith are also buried at what is now known as the Smith-Miller Cemetery.
The Smith-Miller Cemetery is located at the end of Baker road, a dead end road that turns off of
South Bud Miller road. It is located on some of the original property purchased by Adam
Miller in 1830. It sits in a grove of trees on a high bluff over looking the Blue River.
Bud Miller, AKA Harold Glen Miller Sr., a descendent of Adam Miller and all around good guy, has made locating the property much easier. It can be found on
Yahoo.com maps. Just search for South Bud Miller
Road on the map in Indiana.
You can discover more at the New Millers of Washington County Website.
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Pictures from the Hardinsburg Indiana Cemetery
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The Millers of Washington County Country Music Connection
A look at Ye Opera House and The Hoosier Playboys
Adam Miller's
Genealogy Report.
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Scottish Royalty?
If you search the database you may ask yourself this.
The Kings of Scotland show up in my ancestry. From my understanding, some people of Scottish descent went to Greene County Indiana and started Scotland Indiana.
My great Grandfather John Thomas Pruett married into the royal bloodline when he married Drucilla Richardson from that area. Her mother was a Laughlin and it was the Laughlins who brought the bloodline to the Daviess County Indiana area.
John Abe Laughlin brought the blood into the Laughlins when he married Mary Jane Duncan in Pennsylvania. He moved to Virginia and then to Tennessee. His son John D. Laughlin moved to Kentucky, his grandson Joseph Gillis Laughlin moved to Indiana. Joseph's daughter, Sarah Nancy Laughlin, is the mother of Drucilla Richardson.
The Author
James Arthur Miller
Surnames of my Washington County Grandparents:
DeWeese-Miller-Marshall-Lagenour
Surnames of my Harrison County Grandparents:
Shewmaker-Conrad-Mauck-Frakes
Surnames of my Daviess County Grandparents:
Chestnut-Pruett-Richardson-Laughlin-Hanna