E W It is always a pleasure to read your helpful hints and especially your mention of the Miller family, subject of the William Harris Miller book. I wish there were more conversations about the founding fathers of Madison County. It just so happens that I have been searching several years for the parents of a John Miller who owned ridge acreage between the Otter and Muddy Creeks in ca 1803. I have never been able to located his grant, deed, or warrant. It seems I can not separate my John Miller records from all the county records relating to The John Robert Malcolm Miller. I descend from the Thomas Miller and Patience West who were married 1812 at The Union City Baptist Church and were also included among the founding members. Church records spelled John and Thomas's last name as "Millar". I know that Thomas said he was born in NC and I also know his siblings. I believe this John Miller was with James Estill at Estill's Station, especially since Jimmy "Estill" Miller was listed as a founding member of the same church. Jimmy would have been 12 years old, son of Robert Miller and Sallie Estill, and grandson of John Robert Malcolm Miller. I also suspicion that my John Millar/Miller was related to James Enoch Mylar/Miller who married Rachel Wilcoxson and also related to the William Miller who blamed for the death of James Estill and founder of Paint Lick. Lastly, I also found a John Miller in the 1790 Wilkes Co., NC Census in the 2nd Company of Capt Wm Hardin. Anyone know this John Miller? D E Miller -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 7:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MADKY-L] Some Genealogies of Madison Co., KY Early Settlers I concur with the posts on the lsit about The Boone Family by Hazel A. Spraker, first published in 1922. It has been republished many times, and is one of the better genealogies extant, as far as I am concerned. Perhaps I say that because so many of my ancestors, including my father and his sibs, are featured. However, there is more than just a list of names. I would add the following information for seekers of early inhabitants of Madison Co., KY: I believe the following book by William Harris Miller, published long ago, and seemingly with a supplment, has been filmed by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Remember, this is a secondary source and should be checked against the filmed original records of Madison Co., Ky, of which Salt Lake City has aplenty. I, in particular, like to read the deeds--wish I had more time in my life!!!! The deed indexes--grantor and grantee--have been typed and are alphabetized by surname, and thus are easy to read. I have not had time to thoroughly go through all the probates. This is the title of Miller's book, which book is somewhat flawed, particularly when it comes to the Oldham family. He mixes up the Oldham family (extended) who came to Madison Co., KY from the area around Caswell Co., NC with an Oldham group who lived in and around Jefferson Co., KY and which group came directly to Kentucky from Virginia. In fact, I believe a couple of the latter group were awarded military land. Jesse Oldham of early Madison Co. and his children, who came early to Boonesborough, did NOT receive military land. Jesse (d. testate 1814 Madison Co., KY) was of Virginia origin, his parents cannot be documented with any certainty. _History and genealogies of the families of Miller, Woods, Harris, Wallace, Maupin, Oldham, Kavanaugh and Brown : with interspersions of notes of the families of Dadney, Reid, Martin, Broaddus, Gentry, Jarman, Jameson, Ballard, Mullins, Michie, Moberley, Covington, Browning, Duncan, Yancey and others_ (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?di splay=t itledetails&titleno=252717&disp=History+and+genealogies+of+the+families+) To find out about the supplement to the above hefty book, do an author search of the Family History Library catalog and do an author search - William Harris Miller. On Sundays the website familysearch.org is not always reliable as I believe that is the day the site is updated, upgraded, etc. But try it on a weekday. Oh, yes, have you ever seen a group of books called The 1787 Census of Virginia? It has MANY personal property taxes [not land taxes] for Virginia counties, including the then extant [1787] counties of Kentucky. A few Virginia counties are missing. This is a three-volume set, with the 3rd volume being the index to the two preceding volumes. On re-checking this valuable list, I learned that my ancestor Christopher Harris, had personal property in his Virginia county--Albemarle Co.--as well as in Madison Co., KY. Perhaps your ancestor is listed in several counties. Check him/her out. The compilers of the 1787 Censuses of Virginia were Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florine S. Love. At one time, they were selling county booklets, which sometimes gave additional information about the county. If you find that Mrs. Schreiner-Yantis or Mrs. Love are not selling these booklets personally, then Willow Bend books (they have a website) sell them, I am fairly sure--or can obtain a copy or copies for you. Enough already!!! E.W.Wallace who has many Madison Co., KY ancestors--originally from Virginia and North Carolina ==== MADKY Mailing List ==== Madison Co. KYGenWeb Page - http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymadiso/madison.html -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.0/167 - Release Date: 11/11/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.0/167 - Release Date: 11/11/2005