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Note: MISSOURI MARRIAGES TO 1850 Cape Girardeau County
Spouse: Bullinger, Luffey - Miller, Jacob
Marriage Date: 08 Jan 1805
1830 CENSUS, CAPE GIRARDEAU CO., MO
Page 72
JACOB MILLER
2 males under 5
1 male 5-10
1 male 10-15
1 male 15-20
1 male 20-30
1 male 40-50 (1780-1790)
2 females 10-15
1 female 40-50 (1780-1790)
1840 CENSUS, STODDARD CO., MO
Page 3
SOPHIA MILLER
2 males 10-15
1 male 15-20
1 female 40-50 (1790-1800)
NOTE BY CJB: Jacob's probate record in Cape Girardeau Co., MO, was dated 23 Jan 1833.
1850 CENSUS, PIKE TWP., STODDARD CO., MO - 1 Nov 1850
Pages 22 & 23
671-684 (next door to Wiley Ford, 40, TN)
MILLER
George - 21 - M - Farmer - MO
Emily - 18 - F - TN
Sophia - 4/12 - F - MO
MILLER
Sophia - 63 - F - VRE 200 - NC (born ca. 1787)
BAKER
Sarah - 13 - F - MO
1860 CENSUS, PIKE TWP., STODDARD CO., MO - 7 Aug 1860
Page 18
1106-1040
MILLER
Jacob B. - 34 - M - Farmer - VRE 3500 - VPE 3700 - MO
Rose A. - 31 - F - IL
DAVIS
James - 17 - M - Laborer - MO
FIXED
Sophia - 15 - F - MO
MILLER
Sophia - 75 - F - NC (born ca. 1785)
Email dated 11 Sep 2002 from LeAnn Kelley (rkelley@semo.net):
Here is the list of Jacob's children, as evidenced by a property deed in Stoddard Co. Deed Bk C: 412, dated 21 Mar 1848, and Jacob's probate records from Cape Girardeau Co. in 1833:
1. Henry E. Miller (b. 1807, MO; d. 1873 Stoddard Co. MO; m. Belona ____)
2. Joseph Miller
3. Daniel B. Miller, (b. ca 1813, MO; m. Arminta Dunn, d/o John Dunn)
4. Fanny Miller
5. Delila Miller (One of these two girls married Levi Baker, but I can't find which one.)
6. John M. Miller, (b. MO; d. 1848; m. Amy (I hoped for a time this would be John Miller, who was either Robert's father or older brother, but this deed proved that the John Miller who m. Barbara Penturf was not this John Miller. The deed was signed by John M. Miller and his wife, Amy.)
7. Pitman Miller (b. ca 1825, MO)
8. Jacob B. Miller, (b. 1826 MO; m. Rose Anna ___)
9. George Miller (b. 1829, MO; m. Emily ___)
NOTE BY CJB: This is the first time I have seen a list of Jacob and Sophia Bollinger Miller's children.
Email dated 10 Oct 2002 from LeAnn Kelley (rkelley@semo.net):
Inventory bond for Jacob Miller which states that Sophia Miller, Administratrix, and Isaac Miller and Henry Miller of Cape Gir. Co. MO are bound for $250 on 23 Jul 1833 to provide an accurate inventory for the estate of Jacob Miller, deceased. Jacob's legal heirs are named as Henry Miller, Joseph Miller, Daniel Miller, Fanny Miller, Delila Miller, John Miller, Pitman Miller, Jacob Miller, and George Miller. Sophia signed with her mark, while Isaac and Henry signed their names. (Probate file 8-138) Nothing new here, but at least a second source for Jacob's children.
NOTE BY CJB: LeAnn found the above information in the County Records Archive Center in Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, MO.
"HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI," The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1888
Page 308 - The settlement did not extend much beyond Little River until between 1820 and 1830. The first settlement in what is now Stoddard County was made not far from the year 1825. At that time Benjamin Taylor and a married son, Jacob Taylor, came from North Carolina, and located about three miles east of Bloomfield. There were two other sons, Abraham and Issac, who, after marriage, made settlements-Issac, two miles northwest, and Abraham, four miles north of Bloomfield. Peter and Jacob Crites, about the same time, came from Bollinger County, and located a short distance southwest of Bloomfield; John and Jonas Eaker, from North Carolina. Absalom B. Bailey, William Wray, Ephraim Snider, Thomas Neale and JACOB MILLER were also among the pioneers of the county.
NOTE BY CJB: Stoddard County was formed in 1835 from New Madrid County; the county seat is Bloomfield.
Email dated 7 Nov 2002 from LeAnn Kelley (rkelley@semo.net):
Stoddard was part of New Madrid Co. in the 1820's, but by 1830 most of present-day Stoddard Co. and part of Dunklin Co. had been attached to Cape Girardeau Co. The southeast corner of today's county was still attached to New Madrid at that time, but that part comprised less than a fourth of the entire county, and did not include the town of Bloomfield. _The Sixth Edition of the Handy Book for Genealogists_ states that Stoddard was formed from Cape Girardeau Co. in 1835. By 1841 Stoddard included most of today's Dunklin County, a small part of today's Bollinger Co., plus the southeast corner mentioned earlier which changed from New Madrid to Stoddard Co. The county's present boundaries were permanently set in 1853. (That information came from Robert H. Forister's _History of Stoddard County_, published by the Stoddard County Historical Society - the map pages aren't numbered but they are located between pages nine and ten.)
Email dated 11 Sep 2002 from LeAnn Kelley (rkelley@semo.net):
(A minor point) Jacob Miller officially lived in Cape Girardeau Co. at the time of his death, because Stoddard Co. wasn't formed until 1835. However, where he lived when he died would become Pike Twp. of the later Stoddard Co. At the time of the county's formation Pike Twp. included everything in Stoddard Co. which was east of Castor River, and Castor Twp. formed everything west of the river, but I'm not certain if Castor River now follows the same course as it did then. Pike Twp. today ncompasses only the northern part of the county around the Advance area. Castor River crosses Highway 25 at Aquilla, north of Bloomfield.
"MILLERSVILLE AND THE MILLER FAMILY," Helen Miller Penzel Ritgerod and Henry A. Ritgerod, 1939
Page 7 - ...Jacob moved to the vicinity of Bloomfield about 1825, being one of the pioneers in Stoddard County (MO). He settled in Pike township which, at that time, consisted of that part of the county "east of the Castor River."
The first election held in Pike township was held at Jacob Miller's home. According to the "History of S. E. Mo.," some of the children and grandchildren of Jacob Miller became rather prominent in the city of Bloomfield. It is reported that about 1848, "Daniel Miller began business in a building where the post office is (1888) and his brother, Henry Miller, opened a store on the site of the Vindicator office."
Henry Miller is also mentioned as one of the twelve jurors of the first Circuit Court held in Stoddard County on March 21, 1836. He also served as county treasurer for some years beginning in 1846. Henry and Daniel Miller served as trustees on the Bloomfield Educational Society, an organization which established a two-story frame school building and operated a seminary beginning in 1853.
Others who were either sons or grandsons of Jacob Miller were: Pitman Miller, Sheriff of Stoddard County, 1848-1852; Elijah Miller, merchant, who opened a business in Bloomfield about 1858 or 1859 in partnership with John L. Buck; Elijah Miller was also part owner of the Bloomfield "Vindicator" during the years 1878-1880*; George F. Miller, who received a contract from the county court in 1867 to rebuild the Stoddard County Courthouse; and Henry E. Miller, who was County Treasurer, 1868-70.
NOTE BY CJB: *Jacob Miller's SON, Henry Elijah Miller (born 1808), died on 2 May 1872. Jacob Miller's GRANDSON, Henry Elijah Miller (born 1836), died on 29 Mar 1872 (and 1872 would appear to be correct since his widow Mary Ann Cryts Miller married Robert Jackson in 1873). Jacob Miller's GREAT-GRANDSON, Henry Elijah "Louie" Miller was not even born until 13 Mar 1872, so he couldn't be the Elijah Miller to whom the Ritgerods refer in the above paragraph from their book. I know of no other possibilities for this Elijah Miller, so I presume the dates of 1878-1880 are wrong.
"GERMAN SPEAKING PEOPLE WEST OF THE CATAWBA RIVER IN NORTH CAROLINA 1750-1800," 1994, SCK Publications, Lorena S. Eaker, P.O. Box 2125, Church Hill, TN 37642
Page 302 - JACOB MILLER, b. ca 1779 PA or NC, d. prior to 23 Jul. 1833, either in Pike Twp., Stoddard Co., MO, or CGC, MO; m. 8 Jan. 1805 CGC,MO Sophia Bollinger, b. ca 1782, LC, NC d. after 1860 Stoddard Co., MO, dau of John and Catherine Fulbright Bollinger. They had a large family which can be found in estate records.
OTHER MILLERS IN THE 1840 STODDARD CO. CENSUS
1840 CENSUS, STODDARD CO., MO
Page 31 (near John Miller, age 20-30)
__. L. MILLER (very faded--can't read initials; Ancestry.com has indexed as P. L.; I think it's J. L.)
2 males under 5
1 male 10-15
1 male 40-50 (1790-1800)
3 females 5-10
1 female 15-20
1 female 30-40 (1800-1810)
1840 CENSUS, STODDARD CO., MO
Page 31
JOHN MILLER
1 male under 5
1 male 20-30 (1810-1820)
1 female under 5
1 female 20-30 (1810-1820)
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