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Washington William Miller[1, 2, 3]

Male 1811 - 1892  (80 years)


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  • Name Washington William Miller 
    Born 21 Mar 1811  Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Jan 1892  Maury Co., Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Lasting Hope Cemetery Carters Creek, Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I19498  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2018 

    Father John Miller,   b. Est 1800,   d. 1848, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 48 years) 
    Mother Catherine 'Catey' Hall,   b. Abt 1811, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1892, Maury Co., Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Family ID F7250  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susan J., Mrs. Widow Hadley,   b. 1813, Prob. Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1884, Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Children 
     1. Captain John A. Miller,   b. 24 Nov 1838, Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1920, Ridgetop, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2018 
    Family ID F7251  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Captain John A Miller-Obit
    Captain John A Miller-Obit
    The Tennessean
    Dec 16, 1920
    Washington W Miller-Death Notice
    Washington W Miller-Death Notice
    The Weekly Columbia Herald
    Jan 29, 1892

  • Sources 
    1. [S107] Family Histories, http://millerworld.x10host.com/JFMTEMP/intro1_E.pdf.
      John Miller
      Son of Harman and Mary (Hutcherson) Miller married to Catey, daughter of Wilmouth Hall of Halifax County, Virginia. They were the parents of Washington W., Susan, John M., Wilmouth, Mildred, Harriet and Sarah Miller. John married secondly to Esther Mangrum (b. ca 1808) (Bond Date: 30 Sept. 1836). They were the parents of Benjamin Harvey, Frances Virginia and Naomi Smith Miller.. John was an extensive farmer and property owner in Maury County, Tennessee. He left a Will there in 1843 which was probated in 1848. A Miller Cemetery is located near where he lived in Maury County, about 5 miles north of Columbia, the county seat.

    2. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98510502/washington-william-miller.
      Washington William Miller
      Birth 21 Mar 1811 Maury County, Tennessee
      Death 24 Jan 1892 Maury County, Tennessee
      Burial Lasting Hope Cemetery Carters Creek, Maury County, Tennessee
      Son of John and Catey (Hall) Miller. Married in 1837, in Maury County, to Susan J. (?) Hadley (1813-1884). They were the parents of John A., Isabella Melville, William C. and Susan Jemima Miller. After the Civil War Washington stated that he had been loyal to the United States Government. He was a Democrat in politics. Headstone is broken and laying on the ground.

    3. [S100] Internet Source, http://millerworld.x10host.com/JFMTEMP/intro1_E.pdf.

    4. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98510839/susan-j.-miller.
      Children of Susan and Wash Miller are
      John A Miller, 1838?1920
      Isabella Melville Miller Jameson, 1841?1879
      Jemima Sanders Miller Jameson, 1846?1924


      John A. Miller, Son of Washington William and Susan J.(?) Hadley Miller. Born on 24 Nov 1838, Maury County, Tennessee. Entered Jackson College in Columbia, Tennessee in 1855. Enlisted on 1 May 1861 in Co. G, lst Tenn. Infantry (CSA) and participated in the Battles of Shiloh, Chickamauga and other engagements. In 1864 he was captured and held as prisoner at Ft. Delaware where he was paroled on 6 Feb.1865. After the war he engeged in farming. On 13 Dec.1866, he married Bethenia Anne Brown, daughter of Thomas Brown of Williamson County, Tennessee. They were the parents of John, Maggie B., Thomas B., William W., Joseph A.B. and Mary M. Miller. On 1 Jan. 1874, John A. Miller and family moved to a farm known as "Old Town" in Williamson County. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, a Mason and a Democrat in politics. He was living in the household of his son, William W. during the 1910 census. John died on 14 Dec.1920 of "broncho-pneumonia" at Ridgetop, Robertson County, Tennessee. His body was returned to Franklin, Williamson County, for burial in Mount Hope Cemetery.