-----Original Message----- From: Chuck [mailto:clm111@earthlink.net] Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 7:20 PM To: Morgan Edward Johnson Subject: Query: Christian County DATE: Sat Aug 16 17:20:13 2003 NAME: Chuck EMAIL: clm111@earthlink.net URL: QRYTEXT: I am looking for info on Daniel Miller, he was Clerk of the Court of Christian county, and studied law during Iris term of offic. He is said to have been a good lawyer and quite popular; died in Taylorville; He was was a brother of E. A. Miller, Martin Miller. He was born in Kentucky, in 1818, and at the age of five years came with his father's family to this county, settling in South Fork township in 1823. Under the nom de plume of "East Sangamon" he wrote and published in the Springfield Republican several able articles advocating the division of Sangamon county. Soon after the formation of Taylorville, he made it his residence. He was a candidate for county clerk in 1840, and was defeated by only a few votes; was elected county school commissioner August 4th, 1845, without opposition. At one time he was a deputy sheriff'. He was admitted to the bar in this county, and as a practicing attorney received a liberal share of the cases in court. In August, 1847, he was elected county clerk for a term of four years, but died