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Early Life and times in Boone County, IN, digitzed on archive.gov
Statement by Thomas P. Miller, who was born in Dickson County, Tenn., on the 1st of December, 1812: When I was about one year old my father, Wm. Miller, moved to Butler County, Ohio, where he remained long enough to raise one crop. He then moved to Union County, Indiana, five miles southeast of Liberty, eight miles west of Oxford and three and one-half miles southwest of the College Corner, where we remained until April, 1831. Father had sold his farm the winter before and entered eighty acres of land in Boone County, where he afterwards laid out the town of Eagle Village. In the meantime he went to Cincinnati and purchased a stock of dry goods, groceries, hardware, queens ware, etc. He hired my cousin, James McClelland, to haul his goods from Cincinnati to Boone County. With three yoke of large oxen and n large wagon, James brought the goods from Cincinnati to our house. With our household goods loaded into a wagon,
we all started together for Boone. We got along tolerably well until we passed Rushville. It had been raining considerable and finally turned up with a blustering ___ storm which compelled us to stop. We stopped at the farm house of Rev. James Haven, who kindly gave us the use of a school house near his residence. The next day, continuing our journey, we came to the Little Blue River, where we remained all night on account of high water. The next day we came on to Big Blue. There we crossed in a ferry boat by making several trips. Our next drawback was at Big Sugar, where we were compelled to unload our goods and cross in a large canoe. The wagons were taken to pieces and the horses and cattle allowed to swim across. Crossing White River at
Indianapolis in a boat we arrived at Uncle Frank McClelland's and Uncle Thomas Martin's, seven miles west of Indianapolis. We were now but fourteen miles from our destination. Cousin W. B. McClelland, brother John and I started ahead with our axes. From David Hoover's we cut our road
through the thick woods and underbrush, crossing Eagle Creek to a point about two hundred yards south of the line of the Michigan Road. We then built a camp, enclosing three sides. The roof, which extended several feet farther than the open front, was covered with clap-boards. The next day our household goods were unloaded in the camp. Our next mission was to build a store-house. This we built of logs scratched inside and out with the broad axe. The size of this large and commodious store room was about sixteen feet square. When we were ready for the goods it was not long before we heard brother Jim hallooing " Mike and Jim ; Duke and Darby," more than a mile away. When he came up the remarks he made about the new road we had cut were not very flattering. Of course it was not an air line. It was a singular and lonesome looking place for a dry goods store, but it was not long before the men commenced to drop in through the woods, generally with a gun on their shoulder. Our next Work was to build a double log house for a family residence, which was of the same architecture as the store room.

Early Life and Times in Boone County, Indiana, Giving an Account of the Early Settlement of Each Locality, with Biographies, 1887; Samuel Hardin, compiler, Printed by Carlon Hollenbeck, Indianapolis, 1831, p.455 (digitized on MyHeritage)
WILLIAM MILLER.
One of the early settlers of Eagle Creek was he whose name heads this short sketch. He was born in North Carolina, in the year 1781, May 29. He was married to Nancy Meek, who was born in North Carolina, September 6, 1782. They came to the county in the year 1830. Mr. Miller died at Eagle Village in the year 1844. Mrs. Miller died in the year 1848. Both are buried at the Eagle Village Cemetery. The following are their children's names: Moses M., born in Tennessee, May 11, 1809 (deceased). William W., born in Tennessee, February 4, 1811. Thomas P., born in Tennessee, December 1, 1812; resides in Indianapolis. John, born in Indiana, March 20, 1816. Margaret, born in Indiana, December 30,1817 (deceased). Rachel, born in Indiana April 12, 1819. Alexander, born in Indiana, January 8, 1821; died in 1851; buried at Eagle Village Cemetery. Silas, born in Indiana, 1823; died in the year 1850. Elizabeth, born in Indiana, July 10, 1825 (deceased); buried near Zionsville. James, born in Indiana, March 28, 1830; died 1847; buried at Eagle Village.
Source Citation: Boone County Biographies [database online] Boone County INGenWeb. 2007. Original data: Harden & Spahr. "Early life and times in Boone County, Indiana." Lebanon, Indiana. May, 1887, p. 455.

A note found online states that the above book also had that the family lived in Butler Co, Ohio for a short time, moving to Union Co IN about 1814.

1830 - Union Co, IN [formed 1821 from Fayette, Franklin & Wayne Counties]
William Miller: 2m under 5 [James & ???], 2m 5-10 [Alexander & Silas], 2m 15-20 [John & Thomas], 1m 20-30 [William W.], 1m age 40-50 [William, himself]. 1f under 5 [Elizabeth], 2f 10-15 [Margaret & Rachel], 1f age 40-50 [Nancy]
next to a Silas Miller: 2m 5-10, 2m 10-15, 2m 15-20, 1m 20-30, 1m 50-60. 1f 5-10, 1f 15-20, 1f 20-30, 1f 40-50
There were many other Miller households in Union Co.

There don't seem to be quite enough children in this household...
1840 - Montgomery-Union Co
William Miller: 1m 5-10, 1m 10-15, 1m 20-30, 1m 50-60. 1f under 5, 2m 15-20, 1f, 50-60


From the Bureau of Land Management records:
William Miller patented 80 acres in Boone Co. It was the W 1/2 of the SE Quarter of Section 36, Township 18N, Range 2E.

Marker, Eagle Village Cemetery, Zionsville, Boone Co IN:
William Miller
Died
Aug 25, 1844
Aged 63Y. 2 Mo. 26 D.

His FindAGrave page has listed him as William Miller "Jr" but lists no parents.

Birth	30 May 1781	North Carolina
Marriage	Abt 1808	NANCY MEEK
Death	25 Aug 1844	Boone County, Indiana

Spouse	NANCY MEEK (1782 - 1848)
Child	Moses M. Miller (1809 - )
Child	William W. Miller (1811 - 1901)
Child	Thomas Putnam Miller (1812 - 1891)
Child	John Miller (1816 - 1906)
Child	Margaret Miller (1817 - 1878)
Child	Rachel Miller (1819 - 1892)
Child	Alexander F. Miller (1821 - 1851)
Child	Silas Miller (1823 - 1850)
Child	EMMA ELIZABETH MILLER (1825 - 1871)
Child	James Miller (1830 - 1847)