Mary (nee Good) Miller

In 1793 Mary Good married Hugh Miller in Knox County,Tennessee. There is much debate if the Hugh Miller that Mary Good married is the same person as the Hugh Miller who died in Carroll County, Arkansas.

Hugh and Mary married on 27 Aug 1793 in Knox County, Tennessee. Their surety was Davis Stockton. Agnes "Nancy" Miller, probably a sister of Hugh Miller, married Davis Stockton on the same day, and Hugh Miller was their surety.

When Hugh Miller married Mary Good in 1793 he was probably living in the south west part of Knox County that became Roane County in 1801.

"1799 Petition to form Roane County ... We the subscribers living in Knox County ... Davis Stockton ... Hugh Miller"

"1801 Petition for the creation of Roane County ... Inhabitants of Knox County ... Hugh Miller ... Davis Stockton"

Roane County, Tennessee
2 Jan 1802 "to lay out and mark a publc road" Jacob Pruit, Robert Miller, James & Davis Stockton, Joseph Hankins, Hugh Miller

It appears that Alexander Miller, born about 1802, was born in Roane County, Tennessee, where his father Hugh Miller is found in an 1802 court record.

Hugh Miller is not found in either the 1802 or the 1805 Roane County tax lists. Davis Stockton is shown in the 1802 tax list, but by 1805 he was probably already living in Illinois.

It appears that in about 1802 Hugh Miller and his wife Mary (nee Good) Miller moved from Roane County to Overton County, Tennessee.

1814 Oct 6 Registered in Overton County, State of Tennessee, #5685. By Virtue of Warrant #28 dated Sept 14 1807 issued by the Register of East Tennessee to John Br own, Surveyor of the 5th District, and entered on May 4 1809 as an occupant claim under t he Act of 1807 by #28. There is granted unto Hugh Miller, assignee of John Brown, a parcel of 101.25 acres in the 3rd District of Overton County on the waters of the west fork of the Obeds River, running south to a stake in Moor Mattock's north boundary line of an entry including where he lives. Surveyed June 10 1808 by James Chisum. Signed by Governor Willie Blount in Nashville on June 6 1814.

Hugh Miller is also shown in the 1820 and 1830 census living in Overton County, Tennessee.

Mary (nee Good) Miller, wife of Hugh Miller, is shown at Find A Grave as having died 1806 in Carroll County, Arkansas, and buried at the Huff / Ramsey Cemetery, however, the Hugh Miller family had probably just moved from Roane County, Tennessee, to Overton County, Tennessee, in 1806. That Mary (nee Good) Miller died in 1806 and is buried in Carroll County, Arkansas, appears to be WRONG.

Although Hugh Miller of Carroll County, Arkansas, is commonly shown as married 2nd to Mary Long, the maiden name of Long seems to be based on a 1936 letter by Chloe (nee Hubbard) Cantrell. It appears that her information (without any evidence it was correct) was used in the 1986 / 1989 monument.