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Elias Miller

Male 1763 - 1848  (85 years)


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  • Name Elias Miller  [1] 
    Born 4 May 1763  Loudon Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1790  Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1790  Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    With two females 
    Census 1800  Bedford and Saint Clair Twps., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1800  Bedford and Saint Clair Twps., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    With five girls under age 10 and a woman age 26 to 44 
    Census 1810  Bedford Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1810  Bedford Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    With two boys and a girl under age 10, three girls age 10 to 15, 2 women age 16 to 25 and a woman age 26 to 44 
    Census 1820  Napier Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 1820  Napier Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    With three girls under age 10, a boy age 10 to 15, a boy age 16 to 18 and a woman age 26 to 44 
    Census 1830  Napier Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence 1830  Napier Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    With a boy age 5 to 9, a man age 20 to 29, two woman age 30 to 39 and a woman age 60 to 69 
    Will 17 Sep 1832  Milligan's Cove, Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    To daughters Susanna (John Hardman), Rachel (Daniel May), Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah (John Boor); to sons Abraham, John; to "dear" wife Mary Miller; to grandson Solomon May son of daughter Rachel (Daniel May); executors sons Abraham and John  
    Census 1840  Napier Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Residence 1840  Napier Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    With a woman aged 20 to 29 and two women aged 40 to 49 
    Died 8 Oct 1848  Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Probate 18 Oct 1848  Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Will proved; letters testamentary issued 
    Buried Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • R. W. Garland Farm Cemetery [2]
    Elias Miller (1763 - 1848) - Find A Grave Memorial    		 Elias Miller (1763 - 1848) - Find A Grave Memorial
    Includes headstone photo and biography.

    Created by: Boyd Lydick
    Record added: Feb 16, 2012
    Find A Grave Memorial# 85084788
    Notes 
    • "History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania", published in Chicago by Water, Watkins & Co. in 1884, pg 362:

      "The Millers of Milligan's cove are very numerous, and are reckoned among the most enterprising and influential citizens of the township. They are descendants from Elias Miller, an early pioneer. John Miller, a brother of Elias, and, like him, a soldier in the revolutionary war, also settled in the cove. His son John - known to all the early residents as Big John, for the fact that he was tall, and weighed over three hundred pounds - lived and died on the place which afterward became the Carpenter and Baker farms.

      Elias Miller was a native of Loudoun county, Virginia, and was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, at Yorktown. Shortly after the war he came to Bedford county and lived on Dunning's creek, whence he was often obliged to take shelter in the Bedford fort during the Indian hostilities. He afterward moved to the cove, married Mary Leiberger, and spent the remainder of his days on the place where his grandson, J. R. Miller, now lives. He lived to be about eighty-six, and was remarkably strong and healthy until the very last. He and his brother John located in the woods, and were afterward joined by other members of the family. They had a shop, and carried on weaving. Their brother Peter lived on the farm now occupied by A. M. Miller. Another brother, Abraham, moved to Somerset, became sheriff of that county, and officiated in that capacity at the celebrated hanging of the Frenchman.

      Elias Miller had two sons, Abraham and John E., both of whom lived in the cove. Abraham was a minister of the Christian church many years. John E. lived on the old homestead and died there in 1876, at the age of sixty-eight. His wife was Hannah Carpenter. They reared a family of eleven children, nine of whom are still living: Michael C., A. M., Elijah, Eve (Martin), Mary (deceased), Jacob (deceased), Ephraim, Simon, Amanda (Swartzwalter), Hannah (Diehl), and J.R."
    Person ID I2882  Wm L Gann Ancestors
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2014 

    Father Abraham Miller,   b. 1735 
    Mother Catherine 
    Family ID F1296  Group Sheet

    Family Mary Lybarger,   b. 8 May 1765, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1833  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 31 Mar 1789  Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Susannah Miller,   b. 26 Jan 1790, Harrison Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1846  (Age 56 years)
     2. Rachel Miller,   b. 6 Jan 1792, Harrison Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 May 1854  (Age 62 years)
     3. Betsy Miller,   b. 23 Sep 1793, Harrison Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Elizabeth Miller,   b. 13 May 1795, Harrison Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 17 Sep 1832  (Age 37 years)
     5. Mary Miller,   b. 13 Apr 1798, Harrison Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 01 Jun 1850  (Age 52 years)
     6. Sarah Elizabeth Miller,   b. 24 Aug 1799, Harrison Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1876, Staunton, Clay, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     7. Abraham Miller,   b. 4 Aug 1803, Harrison Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1872, Harrison Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     8. John Eli Miller,   b. 3 Sep 1808, Harrison Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1876, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F1295  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S67] Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994, images, FamilySearch, (FamilySearch), Bedford > Wills 1771-1849 vol 1-3 > image 697 of 724 (Reliability: 3), 1 Oct 2014.

    2. [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 85084788 (Reliability: 2), 18 Jun 2013.

    3. [S34637] Lybarger Descendants, John L. Lybarger, http://www.lybarger-descendants.com/.

    4. [S40184] 1790 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), p. 251, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 21 Sep 2010.

    5. [S40183] 1800 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), p. 452, Bedford and Saint Clair Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 16 Sep 2010.

    6. [S40182] 1810 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), p. 39, Bedford Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 10 Sep 2010.

    7. [S40181] 1820 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), p. 21, Napier Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 06 Sep 2010.

    8. [S40180] 1830 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), p. 103, Napier Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 30 Aug 2010.

    9. [S67] Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994, images, FamilySearch, (FamilySearch), Bedford > Wills 1771-1849 vol 1-3 > images 696-7 of 724 (Reliability: 3), 1 Oct 2014.

    10. [S40179] 1840 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), p. 323, Napier Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 23 Aug 2010.


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