SHIRLEY, several years ago BYU published a series of booklets of Mormon history in the Illinois area. I have just one of them and unfortunately right now it is out of print. Perhaps you could persuade them to reprint. Your Bishop George Miller is mentioned briefly several times. Volume 23, Summer 1983, Number 3 George Miller (1794-1850), a carpenter by trade, was born in Orange County, Virginia. He was ordained a bishop in 1841, and second bishop in the church behind Newel K. Whitney in 1844. He was one of the members of the Nauvoo House Association and the Agricultural and Manufacturing Association; he was a colonel in the Nauvoo Legion and was president of the Nauvoo high priests. He headed the mission to the Wisconsin pineries to cut timber for Nauvoo construction. The Nauvoo high priests were presided over by George Miller, William Show, and Noah Packard ... from the Times and Seasons vol. 6 pg. 870 -- 15 April 1845. On 14 January 1845 at a meeting, several persons were nominated for membership in the City Council. George Miller was nominated to be a Councillor. I haven't found any reference to his being elected. VIRGINIA