Mary Frances [dna] Carter^[1]

Abt 1755 - Bef 1820  (~ 64 years)

• Name	Mary Frances [dna] Carter
  	Ancestor of Connie Spring, her son, Phil Carter & Stephanie Pletcher
  Born	Abt 1755	Halifax Co., Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	Bef 1820	Halifax, Virginia or Maury, Tennessee
  	I suspect she died before he went to Tennessee. His Will in Tennessee names wife, Esther.
  Person ID	I67775	My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico, Descendants of Richard 'Gunsmith' Carter, Descendants of William Walters
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Richard 'Gunsmith' dna Carter,   b. Abt 1730, Henrico Co., Colonial Virginia ,   d. Bef Jul 1787, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia  (Age ~ 57 years)
  Mother	Frances Walters,   b. Abt 1736, Brunswick Co., Virginia ,   d. Aft 1803, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age ~ 68 years)
  Married	NOTE: The name Ewell is passed down this line for several generations. It is even misspelled as Yewel in one case. This is further evidence of Frances Walters identity. Marriages of Pittsylvania County: Lucy Carter + Oliver Hall [Bondsman Spencer Carter] 9 Dec 1818
  Family ID	F518494803	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Frederick to Tennessee Miller,   b. 1751, Halifax County, Virginia ,   d. Bef 1829, Maury Co., Tennessee  (Age 77 years)
  Married	12 Apr 1787	Halifax County, Virginia   [4]
  	Children of John Frederick Miller and Mary Frances Carter: Anderson, Vincent, Richard, Frances, Patsey, Gin[c]ey 'Jane', John F., Elizabeth, Ewell and Charlotte Miller. 25 Jun 1790 Halifax Co., VA (DB14/636) for 200 acres of land on Birch Creek which Frederick Miller purchased from James Fears. 22 Apr 1805 (DB21/25) Frederick MIller & c. sold 100 acres of land to Spencer Carter. [His wife's brother].
  Notes	Halifax County, which extends to the North Carolina border, was a tobacco growing region, as it still is today. It is in the middle of Southside Virginia, in the Piedmont Pleateau of rolling hills leading to the Blue Ridge Mountains, and today it appears that this land, in the southwest corner of the county, is in the area that forms something of a triangle between secondary state Highways #691 and #659 (the River Road), very near the present community of Paces and possibly nine or so miles southwest of the county seat, also called Halifax. On a larger scale this area is south of U. S. #360 and north of U. S. #58. The tiny town of Turbeville, once called Bloomsburg, is about four miles southeast from where Tobys Creek flows into the Dan River. Danville, in adjacent Pittsylvania County is about 25 miles southwest from this point.
  Children	+ 1. Frances 'Fanny' Miller,   b. 24 Jul 1789, Halifax County, Virginia ,   d. 1857, Caswell Co., N. Carolina  (Age 67 years) + 2. John Frederick Miller,   b. Abt 1808, Halifax County, Virginia ,   d. Aft 1860, maybe Tennessee  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2019
  Family ID	F518495238	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Zimmerman Research on the Walters Family Descendants of William Walters Walters_Zimmerman.pdf

  
  

• Notes

  Connie Springs texasmemom@gmail.com My own Carter line is thru Mary Frances Carter who married Frederick Miller (Muller or Mueller, depends on who you talk to). Their daughter, Frances (Fannie) married Thomas Hodges and they moved to Caswell County. NC. Mary and Frederick married in Halifax ca. 1785. Frederick Miller of Maury County, Tn. By Clovis E. Miller Frederick, son of John Frederick and Anna Maria (Arnd) Miller, was probably born about 1751 near the line separating Patrick and Henry Counties in Virginia. His name appeared on a list of tithables (taxable individuals) for Halifax County, Virginia during the period 1782-1809. On April 12, 1787, Frederick married Mary Frances Carter of Halifax County. They were the parents of at least ten children, who were: Anderson, Vincent, Richard, Frances, Patsey, Giney 'Jane', John F., Elizabeth, Ewell and Charlotte Miller. On June 26, 1790, a deed was recorded in Halifax County (DB14/636) for 200 acres of land on Birch Creek which Frederick Miller purchased from James Fears. On April 22, 1805, another deed was recorded (DB21/25) whereby Frederick Miller & c. sold 100 acres of land to Spencer Carter. [His wife's brother] The Halifax County list of tithables for the period 1805-1809 show Frederick Miller's household with two tithables, indicating a son born prior to 1789. Available census records show the oldest son, listed above, to have been Anderson Miller, born about 1792, so there may have been one additional son in Frederick Miller's household. The 200 acres on Birch Creek appear to have been sold to a William James on September 27, 1813 (DB24/374, 467) just prior to the family's departure for Maury County, Tennessee where Frederick's elder brother, Harman Miller, had already taken up residence. In a letter to Don Brown of Toledo, Ohio, Jane A. Miller, a descendant of Frederick, stated that she had found reference to him in Maury County, Tennessee Court Records, as early as August 1814. We also know from court records that Frederick Miller was a buyer at the estate sale of one O.P. Nicholson on October 28, 1815 in Maury County. Frederick Miller first appeared on the Maury County tax rolls in 1816, and died intestate, on his farm there in the Fall of 1827. Anderson Miller, the oldest known son of Frederick and Mary Frances (Carter) Miller, was born about 1792 in Virginia (per, the 1850 Maury County, Tennessee Census). Though we do not presently have a marriage record for him, we know from that same census that his wife's name was Holley (b. ca. 1784 in Virginia). Selina J. Miller, born about 1826, is listed in the Anderson Miller household during the 1850 census and was probably a daughter. If so, then Anderson and Holley were married by 1824. There was a Bill of Sale recorded in Halifax County, Virginia on January 22, 1820, whereby an Anderson P. Miller bought slaves from a George A. Wyllie (DB29/118). It is not known if this was Frederick Miller's son or not since Anderson Miller also appeared on the 1820 Maury County Census with two males and two females under 10 years of age. Vincent Miller was married to his cousin Mildred, daughter of John Miller, and granddaughter of Harman Miller, Sr. of Maury County, Tennessee on July 14, 1828. They were the parents of at least three children, including: Alfred C. (b. ca. 1829), Nancy Jane (b. ca. 1835) and William Rufus Miller (b.ca. 1836). Vincent (Vinson) Miller appeared as a single individual in the 1820 Maury County Census at age 26-45 years. He apparently died about 1848 as his Last Will and Testament is recorded in W.B. B, p. 25 (1848). From this document we have learned the names of the previously named children. The Will of John Miller (1848), also names his daughter, Mildred Miller, as the wife of Vincent Miller. In that document her father left Mildred .... eighty acres of land off of my Campbell tract ... also the following negores Henry, Beck, and her child Harvey and fifty dollars ... (See Wills of Vincent and John Miller in Documents File). Richard Miller was born on March 7, 1799 in Halifax County, Virginia and accompanied his parents to Maury County Tennessee about 1814. He was married in Maury County to Mary Polly Alexander (b. ca. 1802) on January 17, 1823. According to Jane A. Miller of Memphis, Tennessee, they were the parents of seven children. Of these, Thomas Miller (1833-1913) is the only one who is known. He was born in Calloway County, Kentucky. John F. Miller was born about 1808, probably in Halifax County, Virginia. He was married to Hannah Williams in Maury County, Tennessee (Bond date: Oct. 9, 1826). They were the parents of 11 children who were: J.H., Jeremiah T., Martha E., Mary C., Susan, Amanda, N.E., John A., RebeccaT., Sarah A. and Frances G. Miller. Ewell Miller was the youngest son of Frederick and Mary Frances (Carter) Miller. Born about 1811, probably in Halifax County, Virginia. Married in Maury County, Tennessee on Oct. 17, 1834, to Mary W. Sladen (b. ca. 1820). They were the parents of Joseph T., William B. and Coleman Miller. Frances Miller, was obviously an elder daughter of Frederick and Mary (Carter)Miller, for she was married to Thomas Hodges in Halifax County, Virginia and apparently lived in Caswell County, NC later, not accompany her parents to Maury County, Tennessee. On Sept. 22, 1829, Frances and Thomas Hodges gave William Miller (her brother?) of Maury County, Tennessee, Power of Attorney to secure their part of the estate of Frederick Miller (Halifax County DB37/354). Of the other daughters of Frederick and Mary Frances (Carter) Miller, even less information is known. Patsey ( Martha) was married to James Higgs and possibly lived in Alabama. Gincey(Jane) was married to Evan S. Polk. Elizabeth was the wife of Joseph Leymaster and Charlotte was married to William Sherrod on Oct. 14, 1816, in Maury County, Tennessee.

  
  

• Sources

  [S52] Halifax Co., VA Marriages Index, http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/halifax/vitals/marriages/marr-grms-1753-1800.txt. April 12 1787 Miller, Fred + Mary Carter [S107] Family Histories, http://millerworld.x10host.com/JFMTEMP/intro1_E.pdf. Heads of Families-Virginia, 1785, reveals that the John F. Miller household consisted of four white people and two dwellings. Harman Miller's house included ten whites and one dwelling. On the 1787 Tax List for Halifax County, Virginia, we find John Federick Mller being charged with a tax and a John Miller, next to him, whose tax was also charged to John Federick Milner.. This was obviously a father and son. Harman Miller, son of John Frederick, was also nearby, and listed as Harman Milner. For some unknown reason, the Miller name was occasionally confused with that of several Milner families who also lived in Halifax and Pittsylvania Counties. In probating John Frederick's Will, his widow was referred to as Mary Milner. The 1820 Federal Census for Laurens County, South Carolina, also shows Martin Miller listed as Martin Milner. It's possible that a German accent, in the family, may have been a contributing factor to the confusion of the names. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101228022. John Frederick Miller Son of John Frederick and Anna Maria (Arnd) Miller. Believed to have been born about 1751 in the Patrick - Henry County, Virginia area (then Halifax County). Married on 12 Apr. 1787 to Mary Frances Carter. They were the parents of Anderson, Vincent (Vinson), Richard, Frances 'Fanny', Patsey, Jane 'Giney'(Polk), John F., Elizabeth 'Beth', Charlotte (Sherrod), Joseph and Ewell Miller. Frederick and family moved from Halifax County, Virginia to Maury County, Tennessee about 1813-14. He died on his farm, near Columbia, in Maury County in the Fall of 1827. Parents John Frederick Miller, 1711-1787 Siblings Haman Miller, unknown-1814 Harman Miller, unknown-1826 Jacob Miller, unknown-1828 Children Charlotte Miller Sherrod, 1791-1883 Vinson Miller, 1796-1848 Jane Miller Polk, 1804-1872 Son of John Frederick and Anna Maria (Arnd) Miller. Believed to have been born about 1751 in the Patrick - Henry County, Virginia area (then Halifax County). Married on 12 Apr. 1787 to Mary Frances Carter. They were the parents of Anderson, Vincent (Vinson), Richard, Frances 'Fanny', Patsey, Jane 'Giney'(Polk), John F., Elizabeth 'Beth', Charlotte (Sherrod), Joseph and Ewell Miller. Frederick and family moved from Halifax County, Virginia to Maury County, Tennessee about 1813-14. He died on his farm, near Columbia, in Maury County in the Fall of 1827. [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate, 9 Apr 1787 Frederick Miller and Mary Frances Carter. Sur. Presley Carter. Frances signs her own consent. Married 12 Apr by Rev. James Watkins who says Mary. p. 23. Sur. Presley Carter.