Hey Jim,

Would you know anything about Caspers son John?

These are the the known children for Casper Miller as mentioned in the records.

Adam John Jacob Micheal & Mary.

My line comes down from a John but don'y know his father, could be a possibilty?


Darrell

A John Miller married Mary Ritesman, 13 June 1791. I haven't been able to determine whether John moved to Indiana or not - trying to locate a John and Mary Miller is a big task. Jacob Miller married Polly Biles, 17 Nov 1799. I haven't been able to connect them to Adam so far....

This Jacob Miller is the son of Wendel Miller. Icabod and Willis Miller also have descendents moving to Washington County Indiana. I don't believe they are the same Miller bloodline though.

I don't know if this is Adam's brother John or not?


1800 Census Rowan County, North Carolina
289 04 Miller, John * 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 male 0-10
1 male 26-45
1 female 26-45

1810 Census Rowan County, North Carolina
318 01 Miller, John 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
3 males 0-10
1 male 10-16
1 male 16-26
1 male 26-45
1 female 26-45

1840 Census Jackson Township, Washington County, Indiana
Page 148
Miller, John
1 male 50-60
1 female 50-60

I have some names for you to ponder. They are each connected to Washington County, IN.

1- Maria Ann Magdalina Miller, born 1767 in Berks Co. PA, died 1821 in Wash. Co. In.

She was the d/o Jacob Mueller and Anna Maria Pabst and sister to Jacob Jr who married Elizabeth Whitley.

2- Adam Miller,married Hannah Sheets, Your line

3= Miles Wesner. born Feb 25, 1827 in Wash. Co and married to Elizabeth Jane Babb. Jacob Wesner and MAry G Liston were Miles parents and they were from Rowan County, NC. Miles' brother Isreal marr Sarah Eliz Matthews.Johannes "John" Wesner b 1764 in Emmaus, PA. d 1832 in Rowan Co. NC. Johannes parents were Matthias b 1729 and Anna Barbara Giesy. Johannes sister,Maria b 1776 first married Jacob Rominger in 1804 and then married Valentine "Felty" Miller in 1805 at Friedberg, Rowan County, NC.

4- Three Chasteen brothers buried Vernon Township Cemetery, Washington County, IN.

5- Andrew Sheets, brother to Hannah married Mary Mollie Shearer 2nd wife. I am related to this Shearer line as my grandmother was Alice Shearer b 1871 in MAdison County KY. Mollie was the d/o Christian Andrew Shearer b in PA ca 1741 and died 1797 in Wilkes Co NC. They were associated with the Three Forks Baptist Church in Watauga Co. NC.

Also member of the this church was William Miller, he married Mary Eldridge b: ABT. 1740 in Nc.

Children
1. William Miller , Jr. b: BET. 1774 - 1784 in Nc.
2. David Miller b: 5 FEB 1775 in Wilkes Co., Nc.


Margaret DeLong
Wm and Polly settled in Lewis Fork, Wilkes Co., NC. They were charter members of the Boone's Ford Church. In 1755 they were members of Jersey Baptist Church in Rowan. They were also charter members of the Three Forks Baptist Church which was org. in 1790.

also the following from the Watauga County Heritage Book:

"William Miller came to America from England probably around early 1750s. The family moved to the Jersey Settlement near Lexington in late 1775, and then later to Lewis's Fork in Wilkes County. In 1783, the Millers with Nathan Horton, Ebenezer Fairchild and their families, moved from Lewis' Fork in Wilkes County to the area now known as Watauga County. The Miller's lived east of Boone, probably near present day Rutherwood."

6- John Hardin Durham b 1842 Martinsville,Morgan County, IN. and his wife Eliza Ellen Trueblood b 1858 in Wash Co. IN. John was the son of Joseph A Durham b 1818 in Madison Co Ky.

This Joseph married a gal from Wash Co and the Chasteen boys named above, and the following all seem to connect,

A death certificate of Martha Ann (Durham) Lawson is on record in Jackson County, IN. She was born Mar. 10, 1832 in Rockcastle County, KY. and died Mar. 29, 1923 in Jackson County, IN. near Medora, at age 91. She is interred alongside John Lawson in Brown Cemetery, about four miles from Medora. John Mack Lawson, b. May 5, 1873, died Jan. 13, 1941, was her only child. John lived his entire life near Medora.

Martha's death certificate names her parents as Joseph Durham and Nancy Chasteen, both born KY. Assuming that Martha Ann and Nancy were sisters, these would be the parents of Nancy also.

The newspaper obituary of Martha Ann from the Brownstown Banner, April 4, 1923, reports her birth place as Rockcastle County, KY. and that she was the youngest daughter of a family of ten children, and that she moved from KY. to IN. in the spring of 1860.

My gg grandmother was Sarah Durham, related to the above Chasteen and Durhams.