The MILLER Family

-Mary Miller m. Jason Isbell

Miller Family from America:

Generation 1: William Miller & Anne NN
Generation 2: Elijah Miller & Mary NN
Generation 3: David T. Miller & Clarissa L. Dawson
Generation 4: Martha Ann Miller & James Andrew J. Costilow

Mecklenburg, North Carolina Last Wills & Testaments

On 1 Jan 1765 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Robert Miller Senr. wrote his last will and testament; he bequeathed the following:

• loving wife Mary Miller: "four cows & calfs, one riding horse, one breeding mare he choice of the whole stock, her saddle & bridle, a good bed & furniture, 1/2 of all the pewter, tin, earthen and wooden ware, the negro wensh & child, 2 iron pots, spinning wheel, 2 bags, the house now built and the cleared land on the upper end of the 800 acre tract on Tyger or Little River with constant firewood during life provided always that the negro wensh & child house & bond to be property only during life and no longer"

• son Nathaniel Miller: "the upper end of the 800 acre tract on Little or Tyger River running across the whole tract aforesaid in the __ the whole fork be the same more or less, his mothers lifetime only excepted; also four cows & calfs, the remainder of the household goods, all utensils for husbandry, the young negro wench and half of the wagon"

• son John Miller: "200 acres of land running across aforesaid and joining Nathaniel Millers line with half of the wagon, the big iron pot, negro woman after my wife's decease"

• son Robert Miller: "400 acres of land on Tygar or Little River; likewise 10 pounds proclamation money 12 months after my decease

• daughter Elizabeth: "10 pounds proclamation money 12 months after my decease"

• daughter Mary: "10 pounds proclamation money 12 months after my decease"

• "remainder of the 800 acres of land on Little or Tyger River shall be sold to the best advantage and the price thereof to be equally divided in the following manner that is to say my son James Miller 1/2 of the price of the land above said the second third part to my granson Samuel Neely and the third part to my grandson James Meeks the son of Adam Meeks the child draws money to be put to interest by their parents"

• daughter Ann: "40 shillings proclamation money or 20 shillings sterling money

• grandson John Miller, son of Robert: "10 pounds proclamation money"

• granddaughter Ann, daughter of Robert: "5 pounds proclamation money"

• "if the negro woman should happen to bear another child in my lifetime I give & bequeath that to my grandson Samuel Neely"

• "remainder of personal & real estate to be sold to the best advantage and the amount thereof to be equally divided into seven shares or parts; to my wife Mary a part, to my son John Miller a part, to my son Robert Miller a part, to my son James Miller a part, to my son Nathaniel Miller a part, to my daughter Elizabeth a share, to my daughter Mary a part"

• "I make constitute & ordain my good friends Alexander Lewis, John Miller & William Neely to be my executors of this my last will and testament"

The will was witnessed by Jno. Cathey, Mat.? McClure, and John Cathey.
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On 26 Apr 1776 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Andrew Miller wrote his last will and testament; he bequeathed the following:

• my dearly beloved wife Elizabeth her bed and bedding on__ worth __ pound proclamation money and her saddle over and above what the law has provided as her dower

• my beloved son Patrick Miller sum of five shillings sterling money

• my beloved son Andrew Miller the sum of 100 pounds proclamation money in case the said Andrew should demand the same within the space of ten years from this date and in case he should not demand it in that time my will and pleasure is that his legacy shall sink into the estate

• my beloved son John Miller the sum of five shillings sterling money

• my beloved son William Miller all that measuage tract or parcel of land on which he now dwells for and during his natural life yet so as that he the said William shall not clear and cultivate more than thirty 30 of the same besides what is cleared already, it is farther my will and pleasure that the property of the said plantation shall belong to his eldest son Andrew Miller at and after his father's death and in case the said Andrew Miller should die without issue I give and bequeath the said plantation to my executors herein after named to them their heirs and assigns forever in trust nevertheless that the said executors the survivor or survivors of them shall with all convenient speed after the death of the said William Miller and his son Andrew Miller sell and dispose of the same for the best price that may be had and the money arising from that sale to be equally divided among all the remaining children of the said William Miller

• my beloved son David Miller the sum of five shillings sterling money

• my grandson Andrew Miller son of the above said David Miller the sum of twenty pounds proclamation money to be paid when he comes to the age of twenty one years

• my beloved son Mathew Miller all that measuage tract or parcel of land on which I now dwell and also three other small tracts nearly adjoining the same and two horses to wit Ball and Spark, one plow iron and shears

• my beloved daughter Margret Miller the sum of fifty pounds proclamation money one bed and bedding and her saddle so called to be paid in the year 1777

• my beloved daughter Susana Hall the quantity of five bushels of wheat and five bushals of Indian corn yearly and every year for the space of twenty years to be paid by my son Mathew Miller

• my beloved daughter Sarah Brandon the sum of fifty pounds proclamation money to be paid in the 1777

• my beloved daughter Catherine Miller the sum of fifty pounds proclamation money one bed and bedding and her saddle

• my beloved daughter Hannah Miller the sum of one hundred pounds one bed and bedding one mare to the value of twenty pounds, one saddle and bridle worth ten pounds

• the remainder of my personal estate shall be sold and the money arising from that sale (after my just debts & these legacies are paid) shall be equally divided among the following legatees to wit: Mathew Miller, Margret Miller, Sarah Brandon, Catherine Miller and Hannah Miller

• I do constitute and appoint Elizabeth Miller my dearly beloved wife and Mathew Miller my beloved son Mathew Stewart and Thomas Hall my trusty friends my sole executors

The will was witnessed by David Clough jurat, William Alexander and Hez. Alexander jurat.
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Mecklenburg, North Carolina Marriages

m. 12 Aug 1790
William Smith & Catharine Miller; bondsman Samuel Mententh; witness Isaac Alexander
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSCF-99X9-L

m. 30 Jul 1792
James Miller & Mary Smith; bondsman James Black; witness Isaac Alexander
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSCF-99DR-Y

m. 10 Aug 1792
Saml. Miller & Martha Crawford; bondsman Alex. McGinty
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSCF-99DN-P

m. 23 Jan 1793
James Orr & Margaret Miller; bondsman John Robison; witness Isaac Alexander
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSCF-997L-1

m. 10 Jan 1794
John Miller & Mary Ann Smith; bondsman William Walker; witness Isaac Alexander
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSCF-99WX-J

m. 28 Jul 1795
Andrew Miller & Margaret Miller; bondsman James Maxwell
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSCF-99WK-2

m. 2 May 1796
James Miller & Rebekah McKibbin; bondsman James Miller; witness Isaac Alexander
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSCF-99WK-3

m. 24 Oct 1797
William Miller & Isabella Lewis; bondsman James Miller; witness J. Wallis
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSCF-99WV-R