David Miller

1798 - 1875  (77 years)

• Name	David Miller  [1, 2]
  Birth	1798	Watauga, North Carolina, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1875	Haywood, North Carolina, USA   [2]
  Burial	Morning Star Cemetery, Canton, Haywood, North Carolina, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I2557	tng Genealogy

  
  

  Father	Living
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Living
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F9115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annie Loranse Fulbright,   b. 1802   d. 1851 (Age 49 years)
  Children	1. Elizabeth Miller,   b. 1825   d. 1912 (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Jacob M Miller,   b. 11 May 1826, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA d. 16 Oct 1901, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Eliza E Miller,   b. 1828, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA d. 1896, Dix Creek Chapel (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Mary Miller,   b. 1 Jun 1830, North Carolina, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Sarah Miller,   b. 1832  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Mary Ann Miller,   b. 10 Jun 1833   d. 8 Jul 1878, Pleasant Hill Methodist Church (Age 45 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Barbara Ann Miller,   b. 15 Jul 1835   d. Jul 1886, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Melinda Miller,   b. 1842  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Margaret Emaline Miller,   b. 1842  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 10. Leander Charles Miller,   b. 15 Aug 1842, Haywood, North Carolina, USA d. 14 Sep 1923, Beaverdam, Haywood, North Carolina, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Peter Fulbright Miller,   b. 1845  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   12. James Miller,   b. 1848, North Carolina, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 13. Henry Lafayette Miller,   b. 25 Dec 1851, Haywood, North Carolina, USA d. 1928, Haywood, North Carolina, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   14. Living
  Family ID	F1141	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Headstones

  David and Anne Fulbright Miller gravestone

  
  

• Notes

  This story came from the book "Stories from Haywood County" It was donated by Fannie Mae Miller Slade. Story number 471. David Miller with his brother Jacob and his sister Kate, came to Haywood County bout 1815 to 1820. They were Dutch and came from Europe to America. Jacob married Matilda Justice, and although they had many children, only one lived to maturity. Her name was Mrs. Louisa Edwards and she died in West Ashville about 1925. Her parents died in Canton about 1901. Kate died as an aged woman, and she never married. David Miller married Anne Fullbright just after he came to Haywood County. Twelve children were born to this union, all of whom lived to maturity. James died when a young man, but the other eleven reared families. David fought in the war of 1812, and died about 1875. His wife, Anne, died about 1852. They are buried at Morning Star Methodist Chruch in Canton which they helped to found, originally as a Lutheran Church but eventually changed to Methodist. Their graves are marked. Their children were: James, died young; Elizabeth, married Jack Bolden; Jacob; Leander C.; Peter F.; Polly; Emeline; Eliza; Malinda; Mary Ann; Barbara; and Layfayette. Leander C. married Celia L. Sharp on December 16, 1867. They lived in Dutch Cove where he farmed and dealt in lumber. He and his wife had 9 children. Ulysses G; Marion L; Gessa Rae; V. Melvin; Robert Lee; T. Eugene; Laura M. Tina C. and Edd Z.... ....there is more to this story, but nothing else that pertains to this branch of the family....

  
  

• Sources

  [S448] Arthur, John Preston, A History of Watauga County, North Carolina: with sketches of prominent families, Pages 207-208, Pages 321-322, Pages 332-333. [S541] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14179444/David-Miller. Record for David Miller http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=91093555&indiv=try http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=91093555&indiv=try [S122] FindaGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14179444 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14179444. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14179444 [S142] Gravestone. [ View gravestone photograph]