John Miller, Jr

1779 - 1856  (77 years)

• Name	John Miller  [1]
  Suffix	Jr
  Born	27 Feb 1779	, , VA   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  	Census age brackets: 1820, 26-44; 1830- 50-59; 1840, 60-69. Age at time of death: 77 yrs, no months or days given.
  Gender	Male
  Address	Abt 1785	, , PA
  	1880 census records for his sister Sarah's children list Sarah's birthplace as Ohio and Pennsylvania. Records for Sarah's younger sister Mary list Mary's birthplace as Pennsylvania so I believe Sarah was also born in Pennsylvania, placing his parents and sibling Catherine in Pennsylvania as well.
  Address	Abt 1805	, Harrison, OH
  	Son William born in Harrison County
  Address	1820	Green Twp, Harrison, OH   [2, 3]
  Address	1 Mar 1831	Bristol Twp, Morgan, OH   [4, 5, 6]
  Religious denomination	1835	Bristol Twp, Morgan, OH   [7]
  	Founding member of Bristol Presbyterian Church.
  Life event	5 Mar 1836	Bristol Twp, Morgan, OH   [7]
  	Ordained and installed as ruling elder with George Henderson
  Died	27 Feb 1856  [8]
  Buried	Bristol Cemetery, Bristol Twp, Morgan, OH   [8]
  Person ID	I4762	Allison | Allison
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	John Miller, Sr,   b. Abt 1748,   d. 12 May 1826  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Mother	Sarah Delaney,   b. Between 1751 and 1760,   d. Aft 1830  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Notes	The names of John's wife and children were identified in his will. [1]
  Family ID	F1478	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane MNU,   b. 16 Jan 1786, , , PA ,   d. 2 May 1863  (Age 77 years)
  Notes	Couple likely had more children but I haven't found any records to link additional children to this family.
  Children	1. William L Miller,   b. 10 Jan 1806, , Harrison, OH ,   d. 8 Mar 1884, Mason Twp, Lawrence, OH  (Age 78 years)   2. Samuel Miller,   b. Abt 1808, , Harrison, OH   3. Parker Miller,   b. 15 Mar 1810, , Harrison, OH ,   d. 6 Mar 1850, , Morgan, OH  (Age 39 years) + 4. Abigail Miller,   b. Between 1811 and 1815, , Harrison, OH ,   d. Bef 3 May 1848  (Age ~ 37 years)   5. John R Miller,   b. 15 Dec 1814, , Harrison, OH ,   d. 25 Feb 1886, , , OH  (Age 71 years)   6. Nathan J Miller,   b. Abt 1820, , Harrison, OH ,   d. 5 Jun 1856  (Age ~ 36 years)   7. Stephen Miller,   b. Abt 1822, Cadiz Twp, Harrison, OH   8. Sarah Ann Miller,   b. Abt 1827, , , OH   9. George C Miller,   b. Abt 1829, , , OH
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2021
  Family ID	F1762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Beech Spring Presbyterian Church Green Town, Harrison County, Ohio Organized in 1804. Dr John Rea was its first minister. Founding members included John Miller, S. Dunlap, W. Watt, Henry Ferguson, Jesse Edgington, D. Welch, Esq., and William Harvey. Sources: Historical collections of Harrison County, in the state of Ohio, pg 92-100; The Digital Shoebox Project

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		U.S. Federal Land Patent, Zanesville land office, Document #2768 John Miller of Harrison County, Ohio 1 March 1831 Morgan County, Ohio Land description: the South East quarter of section four in Township Eleven of range Eleven in the District of lands subject to sale at Zanesville, Ohio, containing one hundred and sixty five acres and sixty two hundreths of an acre.
  		1790 US Census, Tyrone Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania John Miller, head of household, 3 males 16 and over (John Sr, possibly son John Jr, ?) 2 females (wife Sarah, daughter Catherine)
  		1800 US Census, Redstone Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania John Miller, head of household, 1 male under 10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 16-25 (John Jr), 1 male 26-44 (self, wrong age bracket), 3 females under 10 (Mary, Esther, Hannah), 2 females 10-15 (Sarah, Elizabeth?), 1 female 16-25 (Catherine), 1 female 26-44 (wife Sarah)
  		1820 US Census, Green Township, Harrison County, Ohio Three households John Miller, Sr, 1 male 45+ (self), 2 females 16-25 (Hannah, Elizabeth), 2 females 26-44 (Catherine, Esther), 1 female 45+ (wife Sarah) John Miller, Jr, 2 males under 10 (Parker, Nathan), 3 males 10-15 (William, Samuel, John R), 1 male 26-44 (self), 2 females under 10 (Abigail, ?), 1 female 26-44 (wife Jane) Philip Delaney, 1 male 10-15 (William), 3 males 16-25 (Samuel, John Clark Delaney?, ?), 1 male 45+ (self), 1 female 10-15 (Deborah), 2 females 16-25 (Mary, Elizabeth), 1 female 45+ (wife Elizabeth)
  		John Miller, Jr, will Morgan County, Ohio Will Book 1, pg 77 3 May 1848 Names wife, Jane, children William L, Samuel, Parker, Abigail Miller Coleman's heirs, John R, Nathan, Stephen, Sarah Ann, and George C. Executors: George Henderson and James Howard Witnesses: Gordon Belle and William Rowland

  
  

  Headstones

  John Miller, Jr Bristol Cemetery Bristol Township, Morgan County, Ohio

  
  

  Histories

  Tracking down the ancestors: John Miller

  
  

• Sources

  [S42] Historical collections of Harrison County, OH, Charles Augustus Hanna, (Private publisher, New York, 1900). [S110] 1820 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1820). [S59] 1830 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S111] 1840 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1840 ). [S27] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S253] US Dept of the Interior, BLM, (https://glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx). [S394] History of Morgan County, Ohio, Charles Robertson, (Chicago, L.H. Watkins, 1886). [S5] Find A Grave.