In reply to Johnny Johnson: Thank you so much for posting the information on William E. Miller, his family and Bible record. I have the notation "unknown" beside William E. in my Miller records. This certainly helps to sort out those Millers a little bit. I had often wondered who he was. Does the Bible record state that he was born near Wilmington, NC, or is that a result of your research? It would seem that his wife Catherine Brown was part of the Brown family that resided generally between Mullins and Marion. There is a Brown family cemetery just a little SE of the town of Marion. You might want to check "101 Cemeteries of Marion County" to see if any of these individuals were buried there. Being a school teacher gives some indication of why his children were born at various places around the county. You might want to consult a copy of "Marion District School Record [1849-1864]" compiled by Margaret B. Altman and published by Three Rivers. There are dozens of entries for William E. and W.E. Miller and one for William Edwin Miller - far too many for me to mention them all here. They generally show him teaching schools located in Marion Couthouse Beat. One entry shows him teaching at a school in or near Centenary. Since the book contains no records earlier than 1849, there is no reference to him teaching at Spring Branch or on Maidendown. by 1850, as the census indicates, he was teaching at a school near Marion. I don't have any information on the others you mention. You might like to check Marty Grant's website for clues regarding the Collins and Porter connections. The Ford children in the 1870 census appear to have been members of the Ford family from the Lake View area. Perhaps they were boarding with Miller, maybe going to school in Marion? Other members of the list might like to note that William E. Miller taught many of our ancestors. The School Records give many names of children he taught, along with their parents' names in many cases. Jo Church Dickerson