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- Adam (Mueller) Miller was born at Schersheim, Germany about 1703. The family name was spelled Mueller in Germany. His father lived and grew up in Lamsheim.
Adam came to America in 1720 to Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. He and his wife and an unmarried sister moved to Williamsburg, Virginia in 1724.
In 1726 -1727 he visited the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and settled there with his family at Hawksbill Creek, in present day Page Co. They were the first European settlers in the valley.
In 1733 Adam's name appears on a list of petitioners who were trying to obtain land from Jacob Stover.
Adam was naturalized in 1741. Later the family settled in what would become Rockingham Co.
In 1742 Adam purchased 820 Acres including the Lithia Springs near present day Elkton, Rockingham Co., Virginia, where he built his first cabin. The house still stands.
Adam became the guardian of Michael (Cogar) Koger, his nephew, November 19, 1755, 2 years after Nicholas, Michael's father, was killed by indians.
Adam was a soldier in the French and Indian War, as indicated on a military schedule for 1758, in Hennings Statutes.
Adam was of the Lutheran denomination, and was probably buried at St.. Peters Church, 4 miles north of Elkton.
From the Moravian Diaries (December 3, 1749):
"Towards evening a man from another district, Adam Mueller, passed. I told him that I would like to come to his house and preach there. He asked me if I were sent by God. I answered, yes. He said, if I were sent by God I would be welcome, but he said, there are at present so many kinds of people, that often one does not know where they come from. I requested him to notify his neighbors that I would preach on the 5th, which he did."...
"On December 4th, we left Schaub's house, commending the whole family to God. We traveled through the rain across the South Shenandoah to Adam Mueller, who received us with much love. We stayed over night with him."...
"On December 5th, I preached at Adam Mueller's house on John 7: "Whosoever thirsteth let him come to the water and drink." A number of thirsty souls were present. Especially Adam Mueller took in every word, and after the sermon declared himself well pleased. In the afternoon we traveled a short distance, staying over night with a Swiss. The conversation was very dry and the word of Christ's sufferings found no hearing."
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