Martin Sheets The Heritage of Ashe County Vol. 11 (1994) p 268: Martin Sheets (1735 - 1810) came from the Bayern District in Germany. He married with 4 boys and 6 girls. No name for the wife or girls, the boys: John Sr, married Rebecca Pack on 27 March 1804 in Rowan County;, Jacob married Catherine Fouts on 14 January 1786 in Ashe County, Henry (no information) and Andrew married Mary (Mollie) Sherier in 1794 in West Jefferson, Ashe County North Carolina. Martin Sheets died in Rowan County, but his sons spread to neighboring counties. Vacant Land Entries, 1778-1789 - Rowan County, NC. #2492 - Feb., 1780 - Martin Sheets, 300 acres on north side of Yadkin River between mouth of Muddy Creek, adjacent to John Miller. Mary Mollie Shearer was the daughter of Christian Andrew Shearer born 1741 in PA and he the son of Hugh Shearer from Armaugh County, Ulster Province Ireland. Hugh came to PA and moved to Bullock Creek, York District, SC. John and Christian Shearer, brothers, came to Watauga County and John , his wife Gracie, are to become members of the Three Forks Baptist Church. See church records. Also from Bullock Creek, York District, SC was James Enoch Mylar [Miller] born October 22, 1753 in PA. and he married Rachel Wilcoxson, daughter of John Wilcoxson and Sarah Cassandra Boone. At this point I want to speculate that he was the brother of the John Miller living at the mouth of Muddy Creek and the Yadkin River, next to Martin Sheets. Also need to point out that Elizabeth Wilcoxson, sister to Rachel who married James Mylar Miller, married Benjamin Cutbirth Jr. also from the Three Forks Baptist Church. Kinda looks like William Miller of this same church maybe connected?? And Samuel Wilcoxson, who married Anna Jordan is also at the same church. Now Samuel's son Alfred marries a Sarah "Sally" Miller who was from Madison County, KY and the daughter of Jacob Miller and Priscilla Estes. Another son of Samuel Wilcoxson, Elijah married Charlotte Calloway, daughter of Elijah Calloway and Mary Cutbirth.[ d/o Benjamin] Elijah Wilcoxson's son Jesse Boone Wilcoxson married Priscilla Stufflebeam who was the d/o William Stufflebeam and Mary Elizabeth Miller [sister to Sarah Miller who married Alfred. Zachariah Nathaniel Calloway married Susannah Miller b 1755, dt Simon and Ann Robinson Bell; Robert Alexander, Surety. Zachariah was the son of Richard Calloway and Francis Walton. In George W. Ranck's "Boonesborough" it is said that Colonel Richard Callaway, after the French and Indian Wars, evidently moved from Virginia to the Yadkin region of North Carolina but returned to Virginia just before the Revolution. While in the Yadkin region Callaway was a neighbor and friend of Daniel Boone and it was this friendship that led to Colonel Callaways's association with the Transylvania Company and his participation in the founding of Boonesborough. Yet another, Elizabeth Calloway b ca1725 and married to Zachariah Isbell Sr. son Zachariah Jr. married Elizabeth Miller b bet1750-1760. She the d/o John Miller b 1730-1740 and Hannah Isbell. John Miller would be the son of Abraham "The Elder" Miller and his unknown spouse. John Miller's sister Elizabeth married Zachariah Isbell Jr., John's brother George Miller married Judith Wesner. Abraham "The Elder" is the connection to the Friedberg Millers. I can expand on this line and Abraham 'The Younger" Miller who married Sarah Sally Givens at a later time. James Mylar Miller was killed at the battle of Cowpens in 1789 and his widow Rachel marries William Bryan. There two Mylar children James Jr. and Rachel Miller and they married Jett siblings in KY. The Wilcoxson and Bryan connections are also significant to this Miller saga. John Miller, who I speculate was the Miller on Muddy Creek, married Jane Hickerson and they had the following children, Michael, [m Polly Jones] Rebecca, [m David Owens] Thomas, [m Patience West] Anna, [m David Hopper] Virginia Jane, [m Thomas Land] Elizabeth, [m Mosias Jones] Charity, [m Elias Gulley] Susan, William, [m Betsy Gerno] and Samuel, [m Susannah Jones] Of special interest is Virginia's marriage to Thomas Land, son of John Land and Elizabeth Barlow as his sister Elizabeth married Willis Gulley brother of Elias who married Charity Miller It is the sister of John Land, Mary who marries Thomas Carlton that provides the connections to William Miller and Mary Polly Eldridge. Jane Carlton marries Thomas Land [son of Jonathan Land and Elizabeth Isbell. Wilson Land, son of Jane Carlton marries Rebecca Miller, d/o William Jr. and Rebecca Baird. Wilson's sister Narcissa "Nicey" Land marries Henry Harrison Miller Sr. Elizabeth Land married Charles C Miller, [ I don't know him] One last thing, William Miller who married Mary "Polly" Eldridge, she was the d/o Thomas Eldridge Jr. and Martha Bolling. Her brother Thomas Eldridge III had married Winifred Ann Jones Miller. She was born 1743 in Goochland Va. and was the d/o William Miller b 1710, who was the Sheriff of Lancaster County, VA I have not proven any connection to William Miller and Mary Polly Eldridge but I have raised some possibilities. The Calloway and Isbell marriages to Millers have to be considered when talking about Watauga and Wilkes County Millers. I forgot to mention that I am a direct descendent of the Shearer line and that Hugh Shearer was my forth great granddaddy, Merry Xmas all and a Happy New Year D E Miller