Individual Details
Valentine Miller
(27 Dec 1762 - 29 Nov 1843)
Champaign Co, Will Book A pg 351 probated 12-16-1843 ( date changed in handwriting to 1833), 3/14/1844 and 4/15/1845 Wife Sarah Miller, Children Mary Rusell, eldest dau (wife of Robert); Christian Miller eldest son; Elizabeth Giedoen 2nd dau (wife of George); John Miller 2nd son; Sarah Taylor, 3rd dau (wife of Banjamin); Sons Jacob, Nathan, and youngest son Samuel., youngest dau Nancy Gideon (wife of Henry). Sons John and Jacob Miller, exec. Wit; John Arrowsmith (now terr of Iowa), Edmund Kenton (now in Ind) Will signed 2/21/1843
Warren Edgar Everhart of Urbana, OH claimed the Millers were buried in the Myrtle Tree Cemetery. Most of the graves have been moved and there were many unmarked ones. Little information since 1962"
"In the year 1817 several members of the Miller family emigrated from the vicinity of Harper's Ferry in Loudon County, Va., to Champaign County, Ohio. The emigrants consisted of Valentine Miller, his wife and some of his family including several sons-in-law. It was a sort of exodus of the Miller family since the father and mother resolved not to be left behind if the children came West.
"Valentine Miller was of German descent and followed the occupation of a miller continuing in it for years after coming to Ohio. He bought a tract of land in Champaign County and divided it among his children retaining a farm for himself. He and his wife are buried in a family burying ground on a part of the Miller estate near Millersville, Ohio, which took its name from this family.
"The wife of Valentine Miller was Sarah Conrad. She was of English and Welsh descent and came of that early Virginia colony which obtained its wives by paying for their passage with tobacco. ..." - The Clinton Register, Clinton, Illinois, 26 Jan 1912, excerpt from the obituary for Ann (Gideon) Parker
http://members.aol.com/rair/miller03.html
ÒEvilsizer Families in AmericaÓ by Sandi Evilsizer Koscak (2003): vital statistics, burial Ñ 9 children Ñ ((rootsweb.com) "Dorr/Taber/MacDonald/Drummond Genealogy" [2006] contact: Russell A. Dorr, Jr (rdorr1@maine.rr.com):
'Name: Valentine MILLER
Sex: M
Change Date: 23 APR 2002
Death: 29 NOV 1843 in Champaign County, Ohio, -USA 1 2
Birth: 17 DEC 1762 in Virginia, -USA 2
Burial: Myrtle Tree Church Cemetery 2
Will: 16 DEC 1843
Note:
Champaign Co, Will Book A pg 351
probated 12-16-1843 ( date changed in handwriting to 1833), 3/14/1844 and 4/15/1845
Wife Sarah Miller, Children Mary Rusell, eldest dau (wife of Robert); Christian Miller eldest son; Elizabeth Giedoen 2nd dau (wife of George); John Miller 2nd son; Sarah Taylor, 3rd dau (wife of Banjamin); Sons Jacob, Nathan, and youngest son Samuel., youngest dau Nancy Gideon (wife of Henry). Sons John and Jacob Miller, exec. Wit; John Arrowsmith (now terr of Iowa), Edmund Kenton (now in Ind)
Will signed 2/21/1843
2
Event: Anecdote
Note:
"Descendants of J. Conard," by Erik P. Conard (email copy furnished by Erik P. Conard to Paula Miller 17 April, 2001) stated:
Father: Christian MILLER b: ABT 1739 in Virginia, -USA
Mother: Mary RUSSELL b: 1745 in Hillsboro, -Loudoun County, Virginia, -USA
Marriage 1 Sarah CONARD b: 04 JAN 1768 in Loudoun County, Virginia, -USA
¥ Married: 24 JAN 1789 in Loudoun County, Virginia, -USA 1 2
Children
1. Nancy Anna MILLER b: 28 SEP 1806 in Virginia'
Warren Edgar Everhart of Urbana, OH claimed the Millers were buried in the Myrtle Tree Cemetery. Most of the graves have been moved and there were many unmarked ones. Little information since 1962"
"In the year 1817 several members of the Miller family emigrated from the vicinity of Harper's Ferry in Loudon County, Va., to Champaign County, Ohio. The emigrants consisted of Valentine Miller, his wife and some of his family including several sons-in-law. It was a sort of exodus of the Miller family since the father and mother resolved not to be left behind if the children came West.
"Valentine Miller was of German descent and followed the occupation of a miller continuing in it for years after coming to Ohio. He bought a tract of land in Champaign County and divided it among his children retaining a farm for himself. He and his wife are buried in a family burying ground on a part of the Miller estate near Millersville, Ohio, which took its name from this family.
"The wife of Valentine Miller was Sarah Conrad. She was of English and Welsh descent and came of that early Virginia colony which obtained its wives by paying for their passage with tobacco. ..." - The Clinton Register, Clinton, Illinois, 26 Jan 1912, excerpt from the obituary for Ann (Gideon) Parker
http://members.aol.com/rair/miller03.html
ÒEvilsizer Families in AmericaÓ by Sandi Evilsizer Koscak (2003): vital statistics, burial Ñ 9 children Ñ ((rootsweb.com) "Dorr/Taber/MacDonald/Drummond Genealogy" [2006] contact: Russell A. Dorr, Jr (rdorr1@maine.rr.com):
'Name: Valentine MILLER
Sex: M
Change Date: 23 APR 2002
Death: 29 NOV 1843 in Champaign County, Ohio, -USA 1 2
Birth: 17 DEC 1762 in Virginia, -USA 2
Burial: Myrtle Tree Church Cemetery 2
Will: 16 DEC 1843
Note:
Champaign Co, Will Book A pg 351
probated 12-16-1843 ( date changed in handwriting to 1833), 3/14/1844 and 4/15/1845
Wife Sarah Miller, Children Mary Rusell, eldest dau (wife of Robert); Christian Miller eldest son; Elizabeth Giedoen 2nd dau (wife of George); John Miller 2nd son; Sarah Taylor, 3rd dau (wife of Banjamin); Sons Jacob, Nathan, and youngest son Samuel., youngest dau Nancy Gideon (wife of Henry). Sons John and Jacob Miller, exec. Wit; John Arrowsmith (now terr of Iowa), Edmund Kenton (now in Ind)
Will signed 2/21/1843
2
Event: Anecdote
Note:
"Descendants of J. Conard," by Erik P. Conard (email copy furnished by Erik P. Conard to Paula Miller 17 April, 2001) stated:
Father: Christian MILLER b: ABT 1739 in Virginia, -USA
Mother: Mary RUSSELL b: 1745 in Hillsboro, -Loudoun County, Virginia, -USA
Marriage 1 Sarah CONARD b: 04 JAN 1768 in Loudoun County, Virginia, -USA
¥ Married: 24 JAN 1789 in Loudoun County, Virginia, -USA 1 2
Children
1. Nancy Anna MILLER b: 28 SEP 1806 in Virginia'
Events
| Birth | 27 Dec 1762 | Neersville, Loudoun Co., Virginia |  | ||
| Marriage | 24 Jan 1789 | Loudoun Co., Virginia - Sarah Conard |  | ||
| Event | 1817 | Champaign County, Ohio, United States | | ||
| Death | 29 Nov 1843 | Champaign Co., Ohio | | |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Conard (1768 - 1844) |
| Child | Elizabeth Mary Miller (1791 - 1864) |
| Child | Nancy Anna Miller (1806 - 1869) |
| Child | Sarah Ann Miller ( - ) |
| Father | Christian Miller (1739 - 1796) |
| Mother | Mary Russell (1745 - ) |
| Sibling | Adam Miller ( - 1828) |
Notes
Marriage
The wife of Valentine Miller was Sarah Conrad. She was of English and Welsh descent and came of that early Virginia colony which obtained its wives by paying for their passage with tobacco. ..." - The Clinton Register, Clinton, Illinois, 26 Jan 1912, excerpt from the obituary for Ann (Gideon) ParkerEvent
"In the year 1817 several members of the Miller family emigrated from the vicinity of Harper's Ferry in Loudon County, Va., to Champaign County, Ohio. The emigrants consisted of Valentine Miller, his wife and some of his family including several sons-in-law. It was a sort of exodus of the Miller family since the father and mother resolved not to be left behind if the children came West.Death
His body was interred in Mad River Twp, Champaign Co, OH.Endnotes
1. Sandra Brands, e-mail: seirls@aol.com.
2. http://members.aol.com/rair/miller03.html ......Jan.2004.