DADE COUNTY, GA - BIOS William Davis Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Cynthia Forde Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Early Dade County residents: William Davis b. 1787 North Carolina, (married 1852 - Jackson County, AL) and Margaret Cox b. 1803 North Carolina, moved to Dade County, GA in 1840. Mr. Davis, a farmer by occupation, died thirteen years later in 1852. Two of their daughters married brothers who were sons of John and Nancy Miller of Dade County. DADE CO. MARRIAGES 1853: Martha J. Davis b. February 3, 1840 Tennessee - George Russell Miller b. August 7, 1834 TN Cherokee County, GA: 1852-1853: Sarah 'Sallie' Davis b. March 31, 1836 Alabama - Joseph Wilson Miller b. May 11, 1829, Monroe County, Tennessee The source for information about the Davis' is found in Goodspeed's Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas, 1891 Family Tree Maker Library Database: Western Arkansas Biographies and Historical Memoirs, page 487 George R. Miller is the capable assessor of Montgomery County, Arkansas, but by calling is a tiller of the soil, being the owner of 220 acres of valuable land. He was born in Monroe County, East Tennessee, in 1834, the fourth of nine children born to the union of John Miller and Nancy Wilson, their marriage taking place in Monroe County, Tennessee, their births having occurred in South Carolina and Tennessee in 1803 and 1805, respectively. When the subject of this sketch was two years of age they went to Georgia, and there made their home until 1859, when they came to Polk County, Arkansas, where Mrs. Miller passed from life in 1866, and Mr. Miller in 1878, both having been Methodists for some years, though formerly Presbyterians. Mr. Miller was a substantial farmer and served as county and probate judge in Dade County, Ga., for some time while residing there. His father, James Miller, died in South Carolina, an Irishman by descent. The mother's father, Joseph Wilson, died in Macon, Ga., a trader and farmer. George R. Miller was given the education and rearing that is usually given the farmer's boy, and in 1853 was married to Martha J., daughter of William and Margaret Davis, who were born in North Carolina in 1787 and 1803, respectively, their marriage taking place in Jackson County, Ala. From there they moved to Dade County, Ga., in 1840, where Mr. Davis died in 1852, a farmer by occupation, his widow passing from life in Polk County, Arkansas, in 1872. Mrs. Miller first saw the light of day in Tennessee in 1840, and by Mr. Miller became the mother of nine children, two sons and three daughters now living. In 1858 Mr. Miller removed to Texas, but in 1860 came to Polk County, Arkansas, and in 1878 returned to Texas, where he spent seven more years. At the end of this time he returned to Polk County, Arkansas, and the following year came to Montgomery County. He followed merchandising [p.487] in Dallas for some five years, and for some time operated a steam mill in Polk County. In 1861 he joined Company H, Fourth Arkansas Infantry, and for about two years operated in Arkansas, afterward joining the Seventeenth Tennessee, with which he served for about one year, taking part in the engagement at Hoover's Gap. In 1872 he was elected sheriff of Polk County, Arkansas, having previously served as deputy six years, and made one of the most zealous and faithful officers the county has ever had. He was justice of the peace in Texas, and in 1890 was elected assessor of Montgomery County, Arkansas, a position he is still filling. He is a member of Cherry Hill Lodge No. 228 of the A. F. & A. M., and for a long time was junior deacon of Dallas Lodge. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church from boyhood, and is a staunch Democrat in his political views. More About GEORGE RUSSELL MILLER: Burial: Cherry Hill, Mena, Arkansas Children of GEORGE MILLER and MARTHA DAVIS are: i. MARGARET J.5 MILLER, b. September 28, 1856; d. February 09, 1877. ii. JOHN D. MILLER, b. August 21, 1859; d. May 05, 1929; m. LOU TAYLOR. iii. GEORGANN MILLER, b. March 08, 1863; d. August 19, 1871. iv. MATTIE MILLER, b. May 18, 1866; d. August 12, 1877. v. JULIA REVELLIE MILLER, b. August 21, 1869; d. January 13, 1949; m. DR. WILL PHILPOT. vi. RAVILIA BELL MILLER, b. October 04, 1872; d. September 14, 1875. vii. JURUTI BELLE MILLER, b. October 19, 1875; d. September 1901; m. COBB MILLS. viii. JACK PAGE MILLER, b. March 06, 1876; d. July 11, 1900. ix. LULA MILLER, b. June 30, 1880; d. August 08, 1962; m. ROBERT DURHAM, 1907. x. MOLLIE JOE MILLER, b. December 07, 1884; d. April 19, 1934; m. CART HARRISON. Source: George Russell Miller Family Bible