U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Miller, Andrew (1760-1834) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Pages 426-427 Andrew Miller. This man was one of the pioneers of Barbour and settled in the Coves when that was in Monongalia County, but the exact date of his settlement there has not been ascertained. It was, however, subsequent to April, 1781, for he was at that time living on Cheat River, four miles below St. George, and a ridge named from him is called Miller Hill to this day. He came from the South Branch of Potomac to St. George when sixteen years of age, a member of the colony which John Minear planted on Cheat River in 1776. It is not certain whether Miller was a member of the Horse Shoe Colony, planted by Minear in 1774, and broken up by Indians the same year; but he was certainly a member of the second colony in 1776. He was born February 25, 1760. He remained on Cheat River several years, and in the spring of 1781 accompanied John Minear an others to Clarksburg to meet the land commissioners and obtain certificates on which to base claims for land patents. The disaster which befell them while returning, in which Minear and two others were killed by Indians below Philippi, is fully detailed elsewhere in this book. On that occasion Miller's horse was killed. Sarah, the wife of Andrew Miller, was born January 11, 1756. The names of their children and the dates of birth of each are as follows: John, September 25, 1786; Mary, March 5, 1789; Elizabeth, August 17, 1792; Andrew, August 15, 1794; Susanna, September 5, 1797, Sarah, January 9, 1800. Andrew Miller died on New Year's day, 1834, in his seventy-fourth year. His wife died March 4, 1840, aged eighty-four. John Miller, son of Andrew and Sarah Miller, born 1786, was married to Abalonia Baker who was born February 20, 1788, and the names of their children and the dates of their births were as follows: Sarah, born December 26, 1809; Melker, February 20, 1812; Andrew, January 20, 1814; John, April 29, 1816; George, October 25, 1818; Elizabeth, March 16, 1821; Jacob, August 9, 1823; Martin, November 9, 1825; Henry, August 1, 1828. John Miller died May, 12, 1868, and his wife died November 16, 1875. Jacob Miller, son of John and Abalonia (Baker) Miller, born 1823, was married November 3, 1848 to a daughter of Nathan and Mary Hall. The names of their children and the dates of their births are as follows: Mary A., born April 5, 1850; Isaac H., November 2, 1851; Sarah E., December 10, 1853; Nathan W., October 5, 1855; Syrena C., August 13, 1857; Sophrona J., July 2, 1859; John H., January 28, 1863; George W. B., July 22, 1865. Mr. Miller is a member of the M. E. Church, a Republican and a farmer, living on Gap Run, where he owns 250 acres, well stocked. He and his wife have celebrated their golden wedding. On his mother's side, his grandfather, Melker Baker had a gun factory in Pennsylvania. He was several years a captive with the Indians, and made himself useful by repairing their guns. Andrew Miller, son of Andrew and Sarah, born 1794, married Hester Ann Poling, and their children are as follows: John Z., born July 17, 1842; Sarah, March 25 1844; Susanna, July 27, 1846; Lucinda, January 29, 1849; Lucinda, April 18, 1851; Mary, September 17, 1853; Andrew K., September 17, 1855. Andrew K. Miller, married Sophia Shanabarger, and their children were, Theodore, born October 29, 1881; Mattie, March 29; 1883; Addie Grace, 1885; Andrew Boyd, April 1886; George L., January 15, 1888; Floyd, March 23, 1890; Bradford, March 15, 1892; Goldie, January 22, 1894; Benjamin D., November 19, 1895; Brisco, September 25, 1897. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------