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John K. Miller (Carter County, Tennessee, soldier and businessman)

b. 1828-04-05 d. 1903-06-10

Carter County, Tennessee, soldier and sheriff. Married to Mary R. Miller. Father of Sarah Alice Miller, Priscilla Miller, Kossuth D. Miller, and Rachel E. Miller. Sheriff of Carter County in 1860. Colonel of the 13th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from October 1863 to November 1865. Commanded the 3rd Brigade Cavalry Division of the Tennessee Governor’s Guard from April 1864 to November 1865. Court martialed in September 1865, which was disapproved by the President of the United States in January 1866. Ordered reinstated and mustered out November 20, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Carter County, Elizabethtown, p. 7.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Tennessee, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M395, Roll 0106.

_Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Tennessee, of the Military Forces of the State, from 1861 to 1866 (Nashville: S. C. Mercer, Printer to the States, 1866), 606-638.

Find A Grave, "Col. John K. Miller (April 5, 1828-June 10, 1903)," Memorial #23325582, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23325582 (accessed February 15, 2017).

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Miller, John K.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212903 (November 12, 2026).

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