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    1. [TNMONROE-L] Re: Miller, Herd, Harris, Welch, Tellico Iron Works
    2. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RgB.2ACE/251.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Deborah, I think yours is a different family. I don't know who the parents were, but there were three brothers, Andrew L, William, and Drury. According to the 1850 Wilkinson Co Ga census, Andrew was born in Va. His birthdate was 3-9-1809. He married Priscilla Harris, daughter of George C Harris and Sarah McCray of Madisonville. William was born 1811 Tn, and Drury 1822 Tn. Family history says they were from Sweetwater in Monroe County. One puzzling aspect is that the brothers were geographically separated as adults. Drury lived in Pickens Co Al, and died there in 1888, buried in the Bethany Cemetery. His wife was Julia Long b 1832 Al. They are found there in the 1860-1880 censuses. The other two brothers, Andrew and William, were in Screven Co Ga before 1865, the year Andrew died. William died in 1873, leaving his estate to Andrew's children and to his brother Drury. The executor of the estate was a George Heard, b Maine, who also lived in Screven County in the 1870's. He was a businessman, involved in timber and possibly railroad enterprises. The Millers were probably related to a Parker family. Other names probably related were Burke, Wells, Brinson. I wonder if the father of these brothers died in Tn and his widow remarried and moved to Alabama, perhaps why Drury, who was much younger than his brothers, moved there but not them. This is only a theory. Any information on these Millers, on William T Harris or George Herd would be greatly appreciated.

    08/20/2003 09:33:38