My Millers left Tennessee, but were in Carter County when it was still Washington District. George Miller, and his brothers were the Milers mentioned below. They had a homestead on the slopes of Roan Mtn. Near Crab Orchard, at "Johnson's Forge" at Shelving Rock, on the Little Doe river. A History of Watauga County, North Carolina John Preston Arthur pages 57-59 "Washington County--formerly Washington District-...The Farthing grant is to John Carter for 300 acres in the county of Washington, beginning on two white oaks standing near the path that leads across Stone Mountain to Cove Creek and on the west side of the Beaver Dam Creek. It is dated November 17, 1790, and is numbered 947, and recorded in the office of the Secretary's office, page 234. "For, when the Watauga settlers set up house-keeping on their own hook, they had named the territory they had acquired from the Indians by lease and purchase Washington District, and in 1777, before they tried to secede, calling the new State Franklin, North Carolina converted Washington District into Washington County. (Laws 1777, ch. 126.) Dr. Draper continues: "Thence from Talbot's Mill to its head, where they bore somewhat to the left, crossing Little Doe River, reaching the noted 'Resting Place,' at the Shelving Rock, about a mile beyond the Crab Orchard, where, after a march of about twenty miles that day, they took up their camp for the night. Big [sic, it was "Little Doe River"] Doe River, a bold and limpid mountain stream, flowing hard by, afforded the campers, their horses and beef cattle abundance of pure and refreshing water. Here a man of the name of Miller resided who shod several of the horses of the party." Even Homer and Dr. Draper Sometimes Nod.-- Notwithstanding all the pains Dr. Draper took to get the facts for his excellent "Kings Mountain and its Heroes," his failure to visit the actual scenes along the route of the King's Mountain men is responsible for the error in the statement that the Big Doe River, flowing hard by, afforded the campers, etc., abundance of pure and refreshing water." The nearest point from the Shelving Rock to the Big Doe River is at least one mile and a half where that stream flows through the Crab Orchard, and route to it is over a rather high ridge and by a rough trail. But the Little Doe, with enough pure and refreshing water for all the men and stock then in what is now Tennessee, flows within one hundred yards of the Shelving Rock, on which there has been placed a bronze tablet about two feet square with the following inscription: First Night's Encampment of KING'S MOUNTAIN MEN SEPTEMBER 26, 1780. __________ They Trusted in God and kept Their Powder Dry. __________ Placed by John Sevier Chapter, D. A. R., 1910. A Busy Forge.-- But he was right in stating that a man of the name of Miller resided at the Shelving Rock and shod their horses, for Squire W. H. Ollis, of Ingalls, N. C., furnished this identical information to the Historical Society of New Jersey in 1872, saying that "Absalom Miller told me that his father lived at Shelving Rock in September, 1780, and shod the horses of some of the King's Mountain men while they camped under the Shelving Rock." As most of Sevier's men were practical blacksmiths, we may well imagine that Johnson's forge was a busy place early on the morning of September 27, 1780, and well up into that day, and that, while some were shoeing the horses, others were busy at bellows and anvil, hammering out horse shoes and nails, thus leaving none of the available tools idle for a moment." The Millers were some of the first settlers in the Crab Orchard, Near the Shelving Rock, founded by Daniel Boone, and Michael Stoner (Holsteiner) in 1767. They had migrated with the Boone Family from Pennsylvania. The settlers were later involved in the Battle of Point Pleasant as "Long Hunters." Long Hunters were frontiersmen, who would take long solo hunting trips into the wilderness, often at risk of being killed by the Indians. ~~ The Miller Family was John Miller who married Mary Keene and their children. Descendants of John Miller 1 John Miller b: 1753 in Virginia d: 1814 in Whitewater, Union, Indiana, USA Burial: Clevenger Farm, Brownville, Union Co., In .. +Mary Keene b: Abt. 1760 m: 1782 in Va d: 1822 in Brownville, Union Co., In Burial: Brownville, Union Co., In ........ 2 Absolom Miller ........ 2 Katherine 'Catheren' Miller b: May 1783 in Crab Orchard, [Washington District] now Carter Co., Tn d: Oct 1822 in Union Co., In ............ +John Miller m: 17 Apr 1797 in Little Doe River, Shelving Rock, Carter Co., Tn d: 1821 in Union Co., In ........ 2 George Abraham Miller b: 04 Jun 1785 in Crab Orchard, Carter Co., Tn d: 11 Sep 1874 in Millersburg, Linn Co., Or, USA Burial: Millersburg Cemetery, Millersburg, Linn Co., Or ............ +Alydia 'Lydia' Stover b: 21 Oct 1786 in Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co., Pa, USA m: 19 Jan 1805 in Carter Co., Tn d: 09 Dec 1823 in Crawfordsville, Montgomery Co., In, USA Burial: Britton Cemetery, Union Twsp. Montgomery Co., In, USA ........ *2nd Wife of George Miller: ............ +Eleanor "Nellie" Smith b: 28 Jan 1786 m: 09 Feb 1826 in Union Co., In d: 13 Sep 1826 in Montgomery Co., In Burial: Britton Cemetery, Montgomery Co., In ........ *3rd Wife of George Miller: ............ +Mary Ann Stockton b: 13 Jun 1810 m: 04 Nov 1827 in Montgomery Co., In, USA d: 23 Dec 1857 in Linn Co., Or Burial: Millersburg Cemetery, Linn Co., Or ........ 2 Elizabeth Miller b: 09 Oct 1787 in Carter Co., Tn d: 04 Sep 1871 in Crawfordsville, Montgomery Co., In Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Crawfordsville, In ............ +Samuel Stover b: 17 Dec 1782 in Dauphin Co., Pa m: 03 Aug 1804 in Carter Co., Tn d: 23 Sep 1850 in Crawfordsville, Montgomery Co., In Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Crawfordsville, In ........ 2 Isaac Newton Miller I b: 06 Apr 1789 in Doe River, Shelving Rock, Carter County (Washington District) [Now] Tennessee. d: 06 Mar 1870 in Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, USA Burial: Gingles Cemetery, Benton Co., Or ............ +Martha Beard b: 05 Nov 1797 in Center, Guilford Co., Nc m: 25 Nov 1815 in Wayne Co., In d: 03 Mar 1886 in Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, USA Burial: Gingles Cemetery, Benton Co., Or ........ 2 John Miller II b: 15 Nov 1792 in Crab Orchard, Carter Co., Tn d: 27 Jul 1858 in Albany, Linn Co., Or Burial: Miller/Coon Cemetery, Linn Co., Or ............ +Sarah Smith b: 09 Jul 1790 in Tn m: 19 Sep 1812 in Carter County, Tenn. d: 27 Jul 1853 in Or Burial: Miller/Coon Cemetery, Linn Co., Or ........ 2 Abraham Miller, Sr. b: Jul 1795 in Little Doe River, Shelving Rock, [Washington District] Carter Co., Tn d: 29 Dec 1875 in Linn Co., Or Burial: 01 Jan 1876 Millersburg Cemetery, Linn Co., Or ............ +Martha Blevins b: Abt. 1775 m: in Lincoln, Kentucky ........ *2nd Wife of Abraham Miller, Sr.: ............ +Mary 'Polly' Little b: 01 Jan 1807 in Wayne Co., In m: 04 Jan 1822 in Wayne Co., In d: 13 Jan 1880 in Linn Co., Or Burial: Millersburg Cemetery, Linn Co., Or ........ 2 Samuel Miller b: Abt. 1796