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John Miller Owned What Property: Or Possibly That John Henry Miller Was Also Geriman (Johann Henrich Mueller) (Cover of the 1997 Book) ***************************************************** **** Title Page ***************************************************** (Note: Original Table of Contents Page Numbers not valid for this CD Version) ************************************************************************ **** Acknowledgements The compilation of this book is the results of many years of research, and reflects the knowledge of numerous individuals who have freely and generously contributed to its creation. This work could not have attained its relative thoroughness without the help of, Don Brown, of Toledo, Ohio for his excellent research and the articles submitted on the Haman Miller, Sr. line; as well as the William Roberts connection in both Halifax County, Virginia and Randolph County, NC. Also for his important contributions on the Maury County, Tennessee line of our Millers. Jim Wade Miller, Jr. of Mountville, SC for his contributions related to the Martin Miller Family and descendants of Laurens County, SC Gwynne (Miller) Parker of Mt. Pleasant, SC for her contribution of photos of Freudenberg, Germany and related historical materials which have enhanced this work considerably. Mrs. Lee C. Farmer, former Clerk of Probate of Laurens County, SC who spent much of her own free time copying documents on Martin Miller's Family of Laurens County, SC to send to this compiler. Mrs. Juanita Kesler, Librarian in Asehboro, NC who provided much help on the Haman Miller, Sr. line of Randolph County, NC. Carol Baker Wahl, for her excellent research in early land deeds concerning John Frederick Miller, and her ongoing efforts to discover the location of Mayo Fort, which has a definite connection to our ancestor. The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colony for permission to reproduce portions of their publication by the late Dr. Benjamin C. Holtzclaw entitled, The Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750. The many individual, too numerous to name, who have submitted data on their lines, making this a more complete record than otherwise possible. Clovis E. Miller *************************************** Freudenberg,Germany Birthplace of John Frederick Miller, 1711 (Photo By Gwynne (Miller) Parker, Mt. Pleasant, SC, 1994) The Immigrant Johann Friedrich Mueller (John Frederick Miller) by Clovis E. Miller (Comments by Carol Wahl copyrighted 1997) John Frederick Miller was a true pioneer of the early American frontier in Southwest Virginia. Settling at an early date (about 1748), near the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in what is now the Patrick-Henry County area of Virginia; he undoubtedly faced many hardships, dangers and uncertainties in order to establish a future for his family and descendants in the new land to which he had migrated. This history (1997) is a revision of the 1991 text which, in the main, covered the descendants of Martin Miller of Laurens County, South Carolina, a grandson of John Frederick Miller. It has been expanded to include additional historical material, as well as, new data on other lines of John Frederick's family. Our original American Miller family eventually branched out into four principal groups from which descendants have scattered across the nation. Represented here are some of the Millers, and related lines, which have descended from the groups found in Halifax County, Virginia; Randolph County, North Carolina; Laurens County, South Carolina and Maury County, Tennessee. Secondary points of migration also include Calloway County, Kentucky and Meriwether County, Georgia. The best information available on the ancestry of John Frederick Miller is still that which is found in the publication, Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750, by the late Dr. Benjamin C. Holtzclaw. That book is a memorial volume, first published in 1964, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the German Colony in Virginia, called Germanna. It also commemorates the arrival of other German Immigrants who later left the Nassau-Siegen region of Germany, including the family of John Frederick Miller. Copies of the Holtzclaw Book are still available thru the Germanna Memorial Foundation, P.O. Box 693, Culpeper, Virginia. 22701 ($25.00 postpaid-1997 price). From that well researched work and subsequent articles, the Miller Family's descent has been traced thusly, 1. Henrich Mueller of Freudenberg, Germany. First known of the line. He was born about 1612 and died on December 3, 1660. Henrich was married on April 15, 1639 to Elizabeth, daughter of Johann Weigand Kray of Neiderfischbach. She died in 1653. On July 1, 1992 Jane Anne Miller of Bruceton, Tennessee and her brother, Max visited with Dr. Bernd Steinseiffer, pastor of the Protestant Church of Freudenberg. According to Jane's account of the meeting, Herr S. says it is a certainty that not one but TWO Steinseiffers and one Mueller were burned as witches! The Mueller was the father of the first Mueller on my chart (#16); he told me when he was killed but I do not remember. He said that the burning of 'witches' was not uncommon in that vicinity, and that the last time was in the 1800's.... The reference mentioned here (#16) was to Henrich Mueller's father as the Mueller who was burned. In additional correspondence, Ms. Miller stated, I think those records are in the cathedral in nearby Siegen. I had not previously known that the Millers were Presbyterians (Reformed) - (Note: they were probably Reformed Lutherans (German); not Presbyterians (Presbyterian Church est. in Scotland), C.M.)); the persecution, of course, was from the Catholic Church. On the Chart, given to Jane by Dr. Steinseiffer, he listed the occupation of Henrich Mueller as Gerichtsschoeffe ( ). Henrich and Elizabeth Mueller's son was, 2. Wilhelm Mueller of Freudenberg. Born on July 4th and christened on July 14, 1647 with Wilhelm Friesenhagen as his godfather. He was married on November 15, 1670 at Oberfishbach, to Anna Maria, daughter of Johannes and Catharina Fischbach Anna Maria descended from a line traced back by Emil Flender, in the Holtzclaw Book, to a Johann Fischbach who was born about 1565. Branching from this line, in the 1500's, is another direct line of ancestors surnamed Lueck. According to Mr. Flender, Johann Fischbach was surely descended from a Tyl Van Fishpe (Colloquial for Fischbach) who owned an ironworks at Niderndorf in Nassau-Siegen and was born about 1410. Anna's parents were residents of Oberfishbach. Her father (b. 1628-d. before November 28, 1690), a native of Niederschelden, several miles south of Freudenberg, served as an Associate Justice of the Freudenberg District Court. Her mother died at Oberfishbach and was buried there on December 17, 1680. According to Dr. Steinseifer, Wilhelm Mueller died at Freudenberg on December 17, 1676. His widow, Anna Maria, was married secondly to Johann Weigand Stahlschmidt (b. December 15, 1654). She died at Freudenberg on May 27, 1690. Wilhelm and Anna Maria Mueller are known to have had at least two sons: 1. Wilhelm Mueller, an Associate Justice of the Freudenberg Court, who married Anna Katharina (?). They had a son named Hermann Mueller, christened at Freudenberg on July 26, 1711, with Hermann Mueller (probably his uncle--cited below) as his godfather. Inside the Freudenberg Protestant Church 2. Hermann Mueller of Freudenberg was born on February 27, 1676, and christened with Hermann Fishbach, an uncle, as his godfather. He was married on October 21, 1710, at Freudenberg to Anna Margarethe (b. November 25, 1688), daughter of Hermann and Anna Margarethe (Siebel) Haener. Her father (b.1652-d.1712) was Schoolmaster at Freudenberg. Her mother died at Freudenberg on November 26, 1723, aged 72 years. Hermann Mueller was a Master of the Guild of Steelsmiths and Toolmakers in 1733; became an Associate Justice of the Freudenberg Court, and also served Burgermeister (mayor) of Freudenberg in the year 1734. He died on January 17, 1749, aged 73 years less 15 weeks (Note: According to his date of birth this should be 5 weeks, not 15 weeks). His wife Anna died in childbirth at Freudenberg on July 30, 1734. Hermann and Anna Margarethe Mueller were the parents of 13 children, three of which had died prior to their mother's decease. There were three daughters and seven sons who survived her, of which the names of only three are presently known: 1. Johann Friedrich Mueller. Born 1711 (See John Frederick Miller (Below) for more data). 2. Matthias Mueller. He was godfather of Matthias, first born child of his brother, Johann Friedrich. No other data is presently available on him. 3. Hermann Mueller was born October 9, 1716 and christened two days later, with Hermann Haener, an uncle, as godfather. He was a member of the Guild of Steelsmith and Toolmakers, with his father, in 1733, and emigrated to America with his brother, John Friedrich, in 1738. In America, his name was Anglicized as Harman (Harmon) Miller. Soon after his arrival in Virginia, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Holtzclaw, an Immigrant who helped establish the original Germanna Colony in 1714. Harman and Elizabeth are believed to have lived at Little Fork, another German Settlement which was located near what is now Jeffersonton, in Culpeper County, Virginia, from about 1743-1763. Culpeper County was created from Orange County, Virginia about 1748/49. In his will, (dated January 15, 1759-- probated February 29, 1760), Jacob Holtzclaw left them some land there. Dr. Holtzclaw stated the amount to have been 300 acres. Harman Miller was a chainman in several surveys made at the Little Fork Settlement, for Jacob Nay and Frederick Fishbach. One survey, made for Jacob Nay was dated January 10, 1748, is the earliest confirmed date we have for either Harman or John Frederick Miller's presence in Virginia, About 1763, Harman sold his Little Fork property and moved southward to Halifax County, Virginia, with his brother-in-law, Henry Hitt. Dr. Holtzclaw surmised that John Frederick Miller also arrived in Halifax County about that same time.
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