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| In the campaign of 1814-1815, Stephen Miller was 3rd Lieut. in Capt. Moses Odom's Consolidated 10th & 20th Co. James Miller was a corporal in the same company. Robert Dabney Graham, A History of Concordia Parish, p. 19 Margaret Hughes to Ebenezer Miller 13 Apr 1826:"Sister Sally Miller's family was very well the last time I heard from them. All her children is married but her youngest son, Ebenezer. He still lives with his Mother. James also lives with his Mother, but he lived with his father-in-law last year. He married a girl of the name of Ann Foster. Stephen and Joseph married sisters, their names were Sassers." Hibernia Hughes to Susan Miller 3 Jun 1834: "Philip Erwin, Alzada, and myself went last Saturday to the camp-meeting in Louisiana, where we found all our friends pretty well and enjoying themselves the right way. Cousin Jim was shouting like a Turk, and Aunt Sally was cooking like a horse. They were all camped on the ground and Cousin Jim's wife is the sickliest looking person I ever saw, and her little baby that is four months old don't look to be more than three weeks and has been sick ever since it was born. There were about twenty joined the church, and cousin Eb has a very, plane, old-fashioned wife but I think her a very fine woman indeed." Hibernia Hughes to Ebenezer Miller 16 Jun 1835:"And our Louisiana relations never come to see us at all. It was to give you the particulars of the situation of Cousin John's estate, that I commenced this letter to you. All I can tell you is that Cousin James Miller has the property all in his possession, has rented out the land, and has paid Mother part of what was owing to her for the support of Peggy, but did not pay it until Mother employed a man to go and get it. She gave old Mr. Tullers a power of Attorney to act for her, and he got the money immediately. Brother Phil went over two or three times to see Cousin James and he would always tell him he was coming over next week to see Mother and pay her, but sure enough, he never got here and I don't believe ever will. He has Cousin John's little son Robert. He sent him to school in Washington and Rob run away and went home. He then sent him to Oakland College near Rodney. He ran away from there, and I believe is now at home or at least I have not heard of his being sent any place else. There was a great Methodist campmeeting over there last week, at Miller's campground, as it is call' d. " Zilpah McGinty to Susan Miller, 18 June 1843: "The friends and relations are all very well in this section at present, mother's health has been very good for two or three months past, much better than it was during the winter. Phillip appears to be entirely recovering from that strange afflication of his head, he and Eliza were over at Cousin James and Ebenezers a short time since, they were all very well, Cousin James has two children and is talking of sending the oldest one over to the female Academy at Fayette, but I expect it is all talk for a year or two any how, Cousin Stephens two daughters have just got home from school. Eliza says they are splendid looking girls and the oldest quite accomplished, but she is a Campbellite. Cousin Eb has but one child, I think his wife a very fine woman indeed, they are to be over the first July to stay a month or two here and in Copiah." In 1850, James Miller was listed in Tensas Parish census as age 54, occupation Planter. His wife, Catherine, was age 45 and born in Louisiana. His children were listed as Elizabeth (14), Emma (8) and Kate (4). Kate would not have been born in 1843. Zilpah McGinty to Susan Miller, 19 May 1852: "Cousin James has a daughter grown now that is at home & two little girls is all the children he has. You ask how he bore his great loss of so many negroes. It went pretty hard with him I believe, but from what I could learn it grieved him more to see them die as they did & not be able to do any thing for them, more than the actual loss of them did. There would be two or three in the agonies of death all at the same time& such as that must be a heart rending sight. I am afraid there will be plenty of cholera this summer for there is already some in New Orleans & on the river." James plantation adjoined that of his brother Ebenezer Miller, and near that of E. Loyd Wailes. See Louisiana Genealogical Register, vol. ? page 4-6 quotes from the Ordinances of the Police Jury of the Parish of Tensas, from 1843 to 1853 concerning the establishment of road districts in 1843: "Art. 167. District No. 33. To commence at the line between James and Ebenezer Miller's plantations and extend to the line between Thos. J. Buck and E. Loyd Wailes' plantations, and that the hands of W. E. Hall, Jas. Miller, B.R. Miller, T. J. Buck, J. and H. McCullough, J. P. Mason, G. W. Baynard, Gorton and Co., Eben Miller and E. P. Pollard were appropriated to work said road. Art. 172. District No. 38. To commence at the line between T. J. Buck and Lloyd Wailes and extend to the line between John and E. J. Tullis' plantations, and the the hands of E. J. Tullis, Est. A. Hunt, J. Wood, R. Y. and W. A. Skinner and T. C. Hall be appropriated to work said road. Note: Tensas Parish census for 1860 has an ASA Miller 50 yrs. old, planter, female, with an Emma who was 17 living in the same household. Some indication that James Miller property was washed into the Mississippi in the 1880s: (File: np000006.txt) History of Waterproof The Tensas Gazette, Wednesday, February 10, 1993 140th Year-6th Issue http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/tensas.htm The Waterproof of that time about 2 and one-half miles South of the present site is now well out into the Mississippi River. Since the caving banks made moving imperative, the town was moved to the James Miller property, just outside the present levee. Again in 1880 the old river went on a rampage, and this time the town reached its present location on the McAllister property, owned by the ancestors of Mrs. Hallie McAllister Rhodes, who now lives with her family. | ||||||||||||
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