Adams Township, Darke County, Ohio
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to Darke County, Ohio, ca. 1816
Taken November 1973 (top 2 images), March 1974 (bottom image)
Photographs by Ralph E. Ramey
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Miller Graveyard Adams Township, Darke County, Ohio |
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Wagon Jacob Miller used to move from Montgomery County to Darke County, Ohio, ca. 1816 |
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Jacob's Wagon on display at the
National Road/ Zane Grey Museum
Taken November 1973 (top 2 images), March 1974 (bottom image) Photographs by Ralph E. Ramey |
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From Blacksmith To General
General Edmund Munger and the War of 1812 in Ohio
Howard T. Houser
Centerville Historical Society
pg. 36 On the 26th of May, Governor Meigs ordered Captain William Van Cleve's company of riflemen, then in camp at Adam's Prairie near Hole's Creek, to march to the frontier west of the Great Miami River under the command of Colonel Jerome Holt. They were to assist in erecting blockhouses in suitable places. Colonel Sloan's troop from Cincinnati arrived at Camp Meigs on the 27th.
< David Miller
Compiled by: GENE EDWIN MILLER
4112 Homestead St.
Irvine, California 92714 Miller Family Mary Miller Biglers parents Jacob and Mary Michael Miller lived on the north side of the Harris Creek Road, east of Oakland Church. They were among the earliest settlers of Adams twp - the Census of 1820 reportiung Jacob Miller, with a family of five, then living in that township. Uncle Jake Bigler showed my father and me, in May 1943, the original Miller farm (owned by J. Katherman, according to the map of 1875) and the present stone house that replaced the earlier log house there. The original Miller home was a rude log cabin, open on one side, with a large bear skin serving as the door in the open side. Wolves roamed the woods then. Uncle Jake said that "Old Granny Miller" (Jacob Miller's second wife) remembered when the wolves left this country. "They howled all night and then went away. They never came back", he said. "Where did they go, Uncle Jake?", I asked. "Nobody knows", replied Uncle Jake with awe in his voice. Mary Miller Bigler (My mother's grandmother) told my mother that when she was a samll girl returning about nightfall from visiting neighbors, she lost a string of beads that she prized highly. She was afraid to retrace her steps to search for the beads, as wolves would attack people after dark. Jacob Miller is said to have been a popular man who accumulated considerable property and who was liberal in his contributions to all worthy enterprises. Nicodemus Bigler wrote of him (Sept. 4, 1877): "i made the Blinds in the old mill [at Webster] for Henry Miller's dady when old Jacob owned the mill he wanted me to help to tend the mill". In another letter (July 22, 1892) he mentioned "old Jacob Miller Henry's father I always liked old Jacob Miller Henry's father I always like old Jacob and worked a great deal for him". Jacob was born near Louisville Kentucky, Feb. 17, 1796. His parents were David and Abigail (Morgan) Miller who left Kentucky, on account of their opposition to slavery, when Jacob was about 10 years old. David, a member of the Brethren Church, settled in Montgomery Co., where he died in 1845.
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The Miller Family Tree is a collection of information gathered over the past 50+ years by Karleen & Tom Miller of Morrisville Pennsylvania, and Gale Honeyman of the Brethren Heritage Center. The html version was created by Eric Davis. |