John Miller Jr. (1788 - abt. 1851)

Born 3 Jan 1788 in Albany County, New York (Saratoga County)

Husband of Marjry (DeGraff) Miller — married 12 Jul 1815 in Saratoga, New York, United States

Descendants

Died about 1851 at about age 62 in Bristol, Kendall, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Birth

John Miller Jr. served for New York in the War of 1812
Service started: Sept. 1814
Unit(s): Saratoga County Militia, Captain Thomas Collimer Company
Service ended: Sept. 1814

John was born in 1788.^[1]

John's father, John Miller Sr. was a Revolutionary War soldier and it is believed that Rachel was the widow of James Novell, a soldier in the same militia unit that John served in. It is likely that James died in the Revolutionary War and John Miller Sr. married Rachel who was now a widow with three daughters.

John followed in his father's footsteps and served in the War of 1812. He was a private in the New York State Militia, from the Saratoga County Company of Captain Thomas Collimer the Saratoga County under the overall command of Colonel James Rogers. At least two of John's pay vouchers have been found, one covering the period 8 September to 8 October 1814,^[2] and another for 8 October to 8 December 1814.^[3]

Marriage

Children

War of 1812 service

Residence and timeline

Death and burial

Research Notes

• 1820 census in Saratoga Springs: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7734&h=1444461&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=lrz-1049650&_phstart=successSource James DeGroff appears on the same page, a possible cousin of his wife Maria DeGraff. John's mother Rachel appears in the Stillwater census (where John's father died a few years earlier). Stillwater is a small village about 18 miles outside of Saratoga Springs. On page 1 of the census appears a James P. Finch (>45 years old). John's son Stephen later marries a Maria Finch.

Sources

1. ↑ Hug, Barbara Lane and Adams, Marvelyn Lane, "Sugargrove Cemetery, Jasper, Iowa: Miller Burials," Iagenweb.com. Accessed 15 August 2019 SJ Baty. Archive copy.
2. ↑ September 1814 paystub: War of 1812 abstracts of payrolls for New York State militia ("payroll cards"), 1812–1814. Series B0810 (23.5 cu. .). New York (State). Adjutant General’s O ice. New York State Archives, Albany, New York. Accessed 16 August 2019 SJ Baty at Ancestry. Local file copy. Ancestry shared record.
3. ↑ October 1814 paystub: War of 1812 abstracts of payrolls for New York State militia ("payroll cards"), 1812–1814. Series B0810 (23.5 cu. .). New York (State). Adjutant General’s O ice. New York State Archives, Albany, New York. Accessed 16 August 2019 SJ Baty at Ancestry. Local file copy. Ancestry shared record.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M851-5R5 : 12 April 2016), John Miller, Bristol, Kendall, Illinois, United States; citing family 11, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• 1850 US census non-population schedules: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=1276&h=1405257&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=1198