William H. Miller

Birth Date

1832-04-08

Death Date

1862-11-09

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney. Trigg County, Kentucky, native. Son of J.H. Miller. Married to Pernecia Wadlington Miller. Father of Rosa Miller, Josiah Miller, Hugh Miller, and Lula Miller. Student in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attorney in Caldwell County in 1860. Employed Marina Bowers as a domestic servant in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860. Delegate to the Kentucky Democratic State Convention in 1860. Died in 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 279B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 116.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 218B.
"List of Delegates to the Democratic State Convention," Louisville Daily Courier, (Louisville, KY), January 12, 1860 (accessed via Newspapers.com on February 26, 2021).
Find A Grave, "William Miller (1832-1862)," Memorial #127832731, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127832731 (accessed February 26, 2021)
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7029565, Christian County Deaths, File #11150.

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