John Miller
1726 - 1780 (53 years)
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Name John Miller Birth 25 Mar 1726 PA 
Gender Male Reference Number 348 _UID DEB2888DD2DAD4118AC4444553540000B4E3 Death 14 Feb 1780 Rowan Co, NC (now Davidson Co, NC) Burial 16 Feb 1780 Friedberg Cem, Rowan Co, NC (now Davidson Co, NC) Person ID I169 Marty and Karla Grant Last Modified 10 Nov 2012
Family Maria Magdelena Faber, b. 14 Jun 1735, PA d. 1813, Rowan Co, NC (now Davidson Co, NC) (Age 77 years) Marriage 1749 PA Children 1. Henry Miller, b. 23 Oct 1751, PA d. Aft 1815, Ashe Co, NC (Age > 65 years)2. Michael Miller, b. 31 Oct 1753, PA d. 1813, Rowan Co, NC (now Davidson Co, NC) (Age 59 years)3. Sarah Miller, b. 18 Oct 1755, PA d. 4 Feb 1778, Rowan Co, NC (now Davidson Co, NC) (Age 22 years)4. Maria Miller, b. 20 Oct 1757, PA d. 11 Dec 1777, Rowan Co, NC (now Davidson Co, NC) (Age 20 years)5. Susanna Miller, b. 21 Oct 1761, Rowan Co, NC (now Davidson Co, NC) d. 12 Dec 1822, Rowan Co, NC (now Davidson Co, NC) (Age 61 years)6. John Miller, b. 9 Mar 1763, Rowan Co, NC (now Davidson Co, NC) d. 16 Mar 1835, Ashe Co, NC (Age 72 years)7. Valentine Miller, b. 18 Sep 1766, Rowan Co, NC (now Davidson Co, NC) d. 22 Aug 1835, Friedberg, Davidson Co, NC (Age 68 years)8. Katherine Miller, b. 27 Dec 1768, Rowan Co, NC (now Davidson Co, NC) d. 1781, Rowan Co, NC (now Davidson Co, NC) (Age 12 years)9. Christina Miller, b. 17 Mar 1771, Rowan Co, NC (now Davidson Co, NC) 10. Joseph Miller, b. 1 Mar 1773, Rowan Co, NC (now Davidson Co, NC) 11. Johann Jacob Miller, b. 24 Aug 1775, Rowan Co, NC (now Davidson Co, NC) d. 8 Oct 1775, Rowan Co, NC (now Davidson Co, NC) (Age 0 years)12. David Miller, b. 28 Dec 1776, Rowan Co, NC (now Davidson Co, NC) d. 29 May 1777, Rowan Co, NC (now Davidson Co, NC) (Age 0 years)13. Jonathan Miller, b. 28 Dec 1776, Rowan Co, NC (now Davidson Co, NC) d. 12 Jul 1854, Ashe Co, NC (Age 77 years)Family ID F184 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Jan 2025
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Photos 
Tombstone at Friedberg Cemetery, Davidson County, North Carolina
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Notes - !NOTES:Marty Grant's 6th Great Grand Father.;
!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/miller/
!REFERENCE:
"The Miller Families of Ashe County, NC", Danny L. Miller © 1979, 1988
Complete book online at:
http://www.martygrant.com/books/millers-ashe-county.htm
!NOTES:Name was originally Johannes Muller in German, which was Anglicized to "John Miller";
!NOTES:B/P Pennsylvania, county unknown,though perhaps Bucks or some other south eastern county.;
!NOTES:B/D, D/D and other family details come primarily from his obituary written by the Moravian Church, of which he was a member (see below).;
!TAXLIST:1768 Rowan Co, NC;
!TAXLIST:1773 Rowan Co, NC John MILLER and sons Henry MILLER, Michael MILLER;
!WILL:12 Feb 1780 Rowan Co, NC B-124 John MILLER
"In the name of God Amen: I JOHN MILLER of Rowan County in the Colony of
North Carolina being week in Body yet of a sound and perfect understanding
and memory do constitute this my last will and testament and I depose it
may be receivedby all as such. First I most humbly bequeath my soul to God
my maker and to my redeemer Jesus Christ who gave himself for me, Which he
has prepared for all that love and feare his Holy Name Amen. Blessed by
God I give my Body to the earth from whence it was taken. As to my worldly
estate I will and positively order that all my debts be paid. First I give
to my dear and loving wife for the terms of her life, this house wherein I
now dwell with all the lands and tenements that lie about it and in it, and
two mares, one black and white one and a womens saddle and a plow with
cleats and every thing belonging to it, and 4 cows the pick of the stock
and a band of sheep, but if it be that she should marry again she is to
have the third of all the moveable estate but if she be widowed to after
her death all the estate shall be equally divided among the children and
then after my death my oldest son HENRY shall have 50L and so likewise my
son MICHAEL and so every one of the children is to have 50L and to my
grandson JOHN HENRY MILLER I give 30L and after my wife's death the whole
estate shall be equally divided among all my children and I constitute my
two oldest sons HENRY and MICHAEL for my executors of this my last will and
testament and trustees for my wife and children. in Witness hereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this twelfth day Feb one thousand seven
hundred and eighty.
NB: This money 50L is to be paid in gold or silver or the value thereof.
Witnesses, Adam Spach, George Sandman[Landman?], John Daner
Signed by John Miller"
* Shared by Cecilia Brown.;
!TOMBSTONE:Davidson Co, NC Friedburg Moravian Cemetery "John Muller D: 1780";
!NOTES:Obituary of John Muller from the Moravian records (sent to me by Cecilia Brown).
"The Lebenslauf of John Muller, 1726-1780
Translated from his death entry in Friedberg Register A, Page 6, #19,
which is housed in the Moravian Archives, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Translated by Elizabeth Marx, August 1987.
Copyright: The Archives of the Moravian Church in America, Southern
Province. All rights reserved.
JOHN MULLER [was] born on March 25, 1726, in Pennsylvania. His
parents, who moved there from Germany, were Bergelbach from Nashau. In 1746
he married the surviving widow, MAR. MAGDALENA, m.n. FABER, with whom he
had 13 children and in the beginning they lived on the Nurriver [New
River?]. In 1755 the Indian War drew him together with other families who
had to flee to Town Fork in Carolina, and from there he took refuge in
Bethabara, where he was awakened [converted] through the testimony of the
Brethren [Moravian Ministers] about Jesus' redeeming death, and soon after
that he moved with his family to the South Fork, not far from Muddy Creek.
When the Society in Friedberg was organized in 1770, he became a member of
that, attended the services faithfully, and in spite of several changes, he
remained with it to the end. On Feb. 9, 1780, he went to bed with a chest
illness, and on the 14th of that month he passed away in the 54th year of
his age. His tabernacle [body] was buried on the 16th after an address by
Bro. Beck";
- !NOTES:Marty Grant's 6th Great Grand Father.;