MILLER, Katherine

Katherine married KISSLING, Henry 11 Apr 1822. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Copied from a Family Bible at "Green Meadows", near Elkton Virginia. Date in the Bible 1811

Jacob Miller and Anna Bear his wife were married March 6, 1792.
Daughter Susan was born April 10, 1793 - married George Conrad October 25, 1810.
Daughter Elizabeth was born April 25, 1796 married Jeremiah Harnsberger March 21, 1816
Daughter Katherine was born November 12, 1799 - married April 11, 1822 to Henry Kissling
Thomas Kennerly Miller born August 17, 1808 died April 14, 1885 was married to Amanda J. Harnsberger June 20, 1845.
W. Shanks Miller married February 2, 184(?) to Sarah Ann Gibbons.
Jacob Miller was born July 19, 1769, died August 5, 1861,
Anna his wife was born November 27, 1767, died November 6, 1841.
Anne K Miller was born June 21, 1803, died March 13, 1866.
Amanda J. Harnsberger Miller born April 13, 1813, died July 17, 1889.
Elizabeth B. Miller, born January 14, 1849.
Infant Son born July 15, 1851.
Anne Bear born July 19, 1852, died September 22, 1869.
Charles Stephen Harnsberger Miller born May 21, 1857 died October 22, 1864

NOTE: "Green Meadows" was the home of Adam Mueller ( Miller). first white settler in the Shenandoah Valley. He was born in Germany in 1703, first settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and removed to Virginia in 1726.
Shortly afterward he built a log cabin which now is used as the kitchen of the present house. The home, continuously occupied by the Miller family to the present, now consists of nineteen rooms, which have been added from time to time."

Yerba Buena Chapter, Daughters of the American Colonists, San Francisco, California.

Copied by Verna S. Paterson ( Mrs Chester A.) Reno, Nevada

Jacob married BEAR, Anna Barbara 6 Mar 1792, Virginia. Anna (daughter of BEAR, John and MILLER, Elizabeth Catatrina) was born 27 Nov 1767, Virginia; died 6 Nov 1841, Virginia; was buried , Elk Run Cemetery, Elkton, Rockinham County Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Henry — KOGER, Anna Elizabeth. Anna (daughter of KOGER, John Nicholas and WILLHEIT, Maria Elizabeth) was born 2 Dec 1738; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

John originally lived at Brock's Gap Va., with brother his Jacob and his father. In 1747 he purchased 300 Acres at Linville Creek, Rockingham Co.,Va. He lived on Fort Run about 1 Mi. west of Timberville on the road to Rader's Church. This is about 6 Mi. east of Brock's Gap and 18 Mi. northwest of Bear Lithia Springs. Land records show that John bought and sold several 1000 acres over the years. He and brother Jacob married sisters of the Miller family.

John married MILLER, Elizabeth Catatrina Bef Jan 1753. Elizabeth (daughter of MILLER, Adam and KOGER, Anna Maria Barbara) was born 20 Dec 1734, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Known as the first white child born in the Shenandoah Valley.
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Child: Catarina Mueller
Birth/Baptism Date: 20 Dec 1734
Source: Personal register of Rev. John Casper Stoever
State: Pennsylvania
Father: Adam Mueller
Mother: Mrs. ??? Mueller

Notes:

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."

Adam married KOGER, Anna Maria Barbara Germany. Anna (daughter of KOGER, Joss and LOWENBERGER, Anna) was born 1716, Auggen, Loerrach, Baden, Germany; died , Near Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

He arrived at the Port of Philadelphia aboard the "John and William" on October 17, 1732 with his brother Hans Jacob Koger.

It is an interesting point to make that John Nicholas Koger was killed by Indians, as he and his brother Jacob were building a cabin on their Virginia land in Orange Co., Virginia in 1753.

John's estate was settled in Orange Co., Virginia on May 24, 1753, his will listed among his worldly goods, Coopering tools. It seems likely that his father Joss had taught him his trade before the emigration.

John's three youngest children were reared in the household of Godfrey Hambledon in Rockingham Co., Virginia.

By the end of the American Revolution, the Hambledon family moved to Botetourt Co., Virginia where Godfrey died in 1795.

John married WILLHEIT, Maria Elizabeth 15 Aug 1735, York County Or Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Maria (daughter of WILLHEIT, Johann Friederich and HAFFNER, Wilhelmina Lucretia) was born 19 Apr 1718, Schwaigem, Wuerttemburg, Prussia; died Aft 1753, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Jacob came to the colonies with his parents and siblings in 1717+/- to Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.

His name was originally spelled (Jagely Bare).

He moved to the Shenandoah Valley in about 1740 with son's Jacob and John. Jacob is said to have been a Tavern keeper.

Jacob — BARABARA. [Group Sheet]