If you use this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parke_County,_Indiana and scroll down to Townships, you can click on the townships to see them on a county map. My William, using his BLM land grants, lived in Liberty Twp but the northern half of his property was in FountainCo. He is in ParkeCo in 1830 but FountainCo thru 1860. I don't know if he died in FountainCo or went to IA with his sons. On the map you'll see that Liberty and Raccon Twnshps are about as far as you can get from each other. Nel HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com HALL DNA project: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm ... Digging up the Dead ... .. Irritating the Living .. ... It's what I do best! ... On 5/28/2011 10:15 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > There is an on-going project to abstract the Parke County probate boxes, so that researchers can know where to find information about individuals. At the same time all the information in each file is being photographed. It's a multi-year project, and the results, including the images, will likely end up on the Parke County genweb page. > > > > Information being abstracted includes name of decedent, heirs and widow where named, administrator of estate, appraisers of estate, date of the file, and notes of interest. Other court cases are occasionally found in these boxes. > > > > I volunteer only once a month, so I only get a sketchy view of files; however, I have noted the Miller surname mentioned in the receipts of a Raccoon Twp. estate from the 1830's-40's era. > > > > Sharon Mills > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "nelhatch"<[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 9:23:52 AM > Subject: Re: [BRE] William Miller > > Merle and all, > > My file is on WorldConnect. This will take you to Abraham Timberman. > http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=nelmiller&id=I98 > > His dau, Martha, will take you to William Miller. > > Nel > > HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com > HALL DNA project: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm > > ... Digging up the Dead ... > .. Irritating the Living .. > ... It's what I do best! ... > > On 5/28/2011 6:08 AM, Merle Rummel wrote: >> ---------------------------------------- >> would you give me information on your William Miller - John Miller - and >> related family? >> >> dates and spouse's name would help me match up information - to families i >> have information on - >> >> I have traced the Four Mile Families - including all the children of Elder >> Jacob Miller - which is my wife's ancestry - I started on that 30-40 years >> ago - I would have to hunt to find some of my sources. The Four Mile >> Churches were on the Indiana side of the State Line - but families did move >> on - I know I do not have information on all the Millers in this area of >> Indiana - >> >> Also, we know that birthdate reports did change. My ancestor down in >> Clermont Co OH reported himself as 97 years old ("an active farmer") in the >> 1870 Census - research finds he was actually 10 years older (Revolutionary >> War records - and the birth of his first child) >> >> I have Miller Families in the Kentucky study - there was migration from >> some of the Kentucky church areas and the Ohio River area up to Vermillion >> and Putnam Cos IN (some going on to Illinois and west). I do not >> specifically remember any families going to Parke Co, but I do not have >> complete information on every individual in these families - so related >> information may help identify people. >> >> Merle >> >> >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3663 - Release Date: 05/27/11 06:34:00 >> > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3665 - Release Date: 05/28/11 06:34:00 >

I suppose it's not unreasonable to find that a Miller in Liberty Twp is related to a Miller in Raccoon.  The only difficulty I see is that the Ten O'Clock line, one of the Indian boundaries, crosses the county at an angle from northwest to southeast.  Folks in the south part of the county bought land that was available before the land in the northern part.    I think you can see the division on the Genweb site.  Two land offices, at least, were involved in land purchases in Parke County; these were Vincennes and Crawfordsville.  If parties arrived at the same time, you would think they would try to locate together and would go to the same land office. On the other hand, when some of my Brethren ancestors went to Delaware County, a few from Miami Co OH ended up in Howard County for a while.  Perhaps it was a case of buying what was readily available . Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "nelhatch" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 1:34:46 PM Subject: Re: [BRE] Parke County Millers If you use this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parke_County,_Indiana and scroll down to Townships, you can click on the townships to see them on a county map. My William, using his BLM land grants, lived in Liberty Twp but the northern half of his property was in FountainCo. He is in ParkeCo in 1830 but FountainCo thru 1860. I don't know if he died in FountainCo or went to IA with his sons. On the map you'll see that Liberty and Raccon Twnshps are about as far as you can get from each other. Nel HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com HALL DNA project: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm ... Digging up the Dead ... .. Irritating the Living .. ... It's what I do best! ... On 5/28/2011 10:15 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > There is an on-going project to abstract the Parke County probate boxes, so that researchers can know where to find information about individuals.  At the same time all the information in each file is being photographed.   It's a multi-year project, and the results, including the images, will likely end up on the Parke County genweb page. > > > > Information being abstracted includes name of decedent, heirs and widow where named, administrator of estate, appraisers of estate, date of the file, and notes of interest.   Other court cases are occasionally found in these boxes. > > > > I volunteer only once a month, so I only get a sketchy view of files; however,  I have noted the Miller surname mentioned in the receipts of a Raccoon Twp. estate from the 1830's-40's era. > > > > Sharon Mills > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "nelhatch"<[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 9:23:52 AM > Subject: Re: [BRE] William Miller > > Merle and all, > > My file is on WorldConnect. This will take you to Abraham Timberman. > http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=nelmiller&id=I98 > > His dau, Martha, will take you to William Miller. > > Nel > > HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com > HALL DNA project: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm > > ... Digging up the Dead ... > .. Irritating the Living .. > ... It's what I do best! ... > > On 5/28/2011 6:08 AM, Merle Rummel wrote: >> ---------------------------------------- >> would you give me information on your William Miller - John Miller - and >> related family? >> >> dates and spouse's name would help me match up information - to families i >> have information on - >> >> I have traced the Four Mile Families - including all the children of Elder >> Jacob Miller - which is my wife's ancestry - I started on that 30-40 years >> ago - I would have to hunt to find some of my sources.  The Four Mile >> Churches were on the Indiana side of the State Line - but families did move >> on - I know I do not have information on all the Millers in this area of >> Indiana - >> >> Also, we know that birthdate reports did change.  My ancestor down in >> Clermont Co OH reported himself as 97 years old ("an active farmer") in the >> 1870 Census - research finds he was actually 10 years older (Revolutionary >> War records - and the birth of his first child) >> >> I have Miller Families in the Kentucky study - there was migration from >> some of the Kentucky church areas and the Ohio River area up to Vermillion >> and Putnam Cos IN (some going on to Illinois and west).  I do not >> specifically remember any families going to Parke Co, but I do not have >> complete information on every individual in these families - so related >> information may help identify people. >> >> Merle >> >> >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3663 - Release Date: 05/27/11 06:34:00 >> >   >                                 ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN >                                 ------------------------ >                          Support Our Sponsoring Agency >              The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] >                                 ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >                                 ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN >                                 ------------------------ >                          Support Our Sponsoring Agency >              The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] >                                 ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3665 - Release Date: 05/28/11 06:34:00 >                                  ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN                                ------------------------                         Support Our Sponsoring Agency             The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected]                                ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message