Dear Barbara, I would like to discuss your David Miller line http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=momrogerson&id=I0743 and Leonard 1803 in particular. If you look at his marriage bond; Married: 30 DEC 1828 in Wilkes County, NC Bride: Elizabeth Church Groom: Leonard Miller Bond Date: 30 Dec 1828 County: Wilkes Record #: 02 176 Bondsman: Daniel Bumgarne Witness: R Martin Bond #: 000166599 Notice Daniel Bumgarne, I asked myself why he did the bond? See if this makes sense to you, Leonard Bumgarner Sr 1754 married Catherine Miller 1758 who was the d/o MIchael Carmichael Miller 1725 and Elizabeth Ultretch. Leonard Bumgarne was the brother to Daniel and John T. I only know that Daniel married an Elizabeth ?? (Might have been a Miller????) John T.'s daughter Elizabeth ca 1785 Married George Miller ca 1780 who was the son of Michael Miller ca1753 and Catherine Uzry. This Michael a son of Michael Carmichael and Elizabeth and a brother to Catherine. Here is my point, Catherine and Michael 1753 also had a brother Leonard ca 1762 and he married an Elizabeth Unknown and I would bet my farm (If I had one) that Leonard of 1803 married to Elizabeth Church would be his son because Daniel Bumgarne(r) would be his first cousin David Miller was the son of William Miller 1735 and Mary "Polly" Aldridge (Eldridge). ( The Meat Camp Millers) According to Clyde C. Miller, of Sands, N.C., "there is a tradition that, several years before the Revolutionary War, three young men, a Horton, a Miller and Baird, all married sisters named Eldridge and moved to the upper Yadkin from Pennsylvania. They probably came with the Jersey settlers. Tradition also gives this Miller the name of William and credits him with having fought in the Revolution. His son, David, was one of the first settlers in the bounds of what is now Watauga county, near Meat Camp Creek. David Miller and Levi Murphey or Morphew were constables and called the first court in Watauga to order. David had twelve children, seven sons and five daughters: Wayne, David, John, William, Joseph, Ephriam and Jonathan: Lydia, who married a Bingham, Rebecca, who married Battle Bryan; Polly, who married a Lookabill; Elizabeth, who married an Allison, and Nancy, who married a Lewis." By coping others I hope to generate enough interest to work out differences and connections between the "Meat Camp Millers" and "Blue Ridge Millers". Anyone with connections to either of these Miller lines is encouraged to put in their "Too Sense" (Two Cents)" worth. D E Miller