William Davis


William Davis b. 1787 North Carolina, (married 1852
in Jackson County, AL) and Margaret Cox b. 1803
North Carolina, moved to Dade County, GA in 1840.
Mr. Davis, a farmer by occupation, died thirteen
years later in 1852. Two of their daughters married
brothers who were sons of John and Nancy Miller of
Dade County.

DADE CO. MARRIAGES 1853: Martha J. Davis b.
February 3, 1840 Tennessee - George Russell Miller
b. August 7, 1834 TN

Cherokee County, GA: 1852-1853: Sarah 'Sallie' Davis
b. March 31, 1836 Alabama - Joseph Wilson Miller b.
May 11, 1829, Monroe County, Tennessee

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The source for information about the Davis' is found
in Goodspeed's Biographical and Historical Memoirs
of Western Arkansas, 1891

Family Tree Maker Library Database: Western Arkansas
Biographies and Historical Memoirs, page 487

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George R. Miller is the capable assessor of
Montgomery County, Arkansas, but by calling is a
tiller of the soil, being the owner of 220 acres of
valuable land. He was born in Monroe County, East
Tennessee, in 1834, the fourth of nine children
born to the union of John Miller and Nancy Wilson,
their marriage taking place in Monroe County,
Tennessee, their births having occurred in South
Carolina and Tennessee in 1803 and 1805,
respectively. When the subject of this sketch was
two years of age they went to Georgia, and there
made their home until 1859, when they came to Polk
County, Arkansas, where Mrs. Miller passed from life
in 1866, and Mr. Miller in 1878, both having been
Methodists for some years, though formerly
Presbyterians. Mr. Miller was a substantial farmer
and served as county and probate judge in Dade
County, Ga., for some time while residing there. His
father, James Miller, died in South Carolina, an
Irishman by descent. The mother's father, Joseph
Wilson, died in Macon, Ga., a trader and farmer.
George R. Miller was given the education and rearing
that is usually given the farmer's boy, and in 1853
was married to Martha J., daughter of William and
Margaret Davis, who were born in North Carolina in
1787 and 1803, respectively, their marriage taking
place in Jackson County, Ala. From there they moved
to Dade County, Ga., in 1840, where Mr. Davis died
in 1852, a farmer by occupation, his widow passing
from life in Polk County, Arkansas, in 1872. Mrs.
Miller first saw the light of day in Tennessee in
1840, and by Mr. Miller became the mother of nine
children, two sons and three daughters now living.
In 1858 Mr. Miller removed to Texas, but in 1860
came to Polk County, Arkansas, and in 1878 returned
to Texas, where he spent seven more years. At the
end of this time he returned to Polk County,
Arkansas, and the following year came to Montgomery
County. He followed merchandising [p.487] in Dallas
for some five years, and for some time operated a
steam mill in Polk County. In 1861 he joined Company
H, Fourth Arkansas Infantry, and for about two years
operated in Arkansas, afterward joining the
Seventeenth Tennessee, with which he served for
about one year, taking part in the engagement at
Hoover's Gap. In 1872 he was elected sheriff of Polk
County, Arkansas, having previously served as deputy
six years, and made one of the most zealous and
faithful officers the county has ever had. He was
justice of the peace in Texas, and in 1890 was
elected assessor of Montgomery County, Arkansas, a
position he is still filling. He is a member of
Cherry Hill Lodge No. 228 of the A. F. & A. M., and
for a long time was junior deacon of Dallas Lodge.
He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church from boyhood, and is a staunch Democrat in
his political views.



More About GEORGE RUSSELL MILLER:

Burial: Cherry Hill, Mena, Arkansas



Children of GEORGE MILLER and MARTHA DAVIS are:

i. MARGARET J.5 MILLER, b. September 28, 1856; d. February 09, 1877.

ii. JOHN D. MILLER, b. August 21, 1859; d. May 05, 1929; m. LOU TAYLOR.

iii. GEORGANN MILLER, b. March 08, 1863; d. August 19, 1871.

iv. MATTIE MILLER, b. May 18, 1866; d. August 12, 1877.

v. JULIA REVELLIE MILLER, b. August 21, 1869; d. January 13, 1949; m. DR. WILL PHILPOT.

vi. RAVILIA BELL MILLER, b. October 04, 1872; d. September 14, 1875.

vii. JURUTI BELLE MILLER, b. October 19, 1875; d. September 1901; m. COBB MILLS.

viii. JACK PAGE MILLER, b. March 06, 1876; d. July 11, 1900.

ix. LULA MILLER, b. June 30, 1880; d. August 08, 1962; m. ROBERT DURHAM, 1907.

x. MOLLIE JOE MILLER, b. December 07, 1884; d. April 19, 1934; m. CART HARRISON.



Source: George Russell Miller Family Bible




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