Dade County GaArchives Deed.....Morgan, Rud A. - MIller, Joseph W. May 3 1857 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cynthia Forde rebjar@direcway.com May 20, 2004, 7:57 am Lot #246, Dist. #10, Section 4, 160 Acres Written: May 3 1857 Recorded: May 15 1857 Submitter: The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Vold Forde 25487 Old Howth Road Hempstead, Texas 77445 Copied by Sue Parham Forrester HC-65 Box 715 Cloudland, GA 30731 17 May 1990 LOT # 246 (160 acres) Sale by Joseph W. Miller to Rud A. Morgan 3 May 1857 Dade County, Georgia – Clerk of Superior Court Office p. 380. State of Georgia Dade County This indenture made and entered into the third (3rd) day of May, 1857, eighteen hundred and fifty seven between Rud A. Morgan of the county Dade and State of Georgia of the one part and James Miller of the same county and state aforesaid of the other part. – witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of one thousand dollars in hand paid by the said Rud A. Morgan the receipt thereof is full acknowledged before the sealing the sealing and delivery of these presents hath bargained and sold and does by these presents grant bargain and sell unto Rud A. Morgan all that tract of land known and distinguished as Lot No. 246, lying and being in the tenth district and fourth section of Dade County one hundred and sixty acres be the same more or less and James Miller do for myself and my heirs and assigns warrant and forever defend the right, and title of the above described land against my self and all other persons (?) claiming the same unto Rud A. Morgan his heirs and assigns for even in fee simple signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Thomas T. Morgan James Miller (seal) Registered May 15th, 1857 E. S. Rogers Clerk, Superior Court Additional Comments: Joseph Wilson Miller b. May 12, 1829 TN to John and Nancy Wilson Miller; the family moved to Rising Fawn, Dade County ca. 1835. Joseph married abt. 1852- 1853,Sarah 'Sallie' Davis b. act 1836 of Dade County. The family moved to Arkansas abt 1859. Obituary of Joseph Miller: DEATH IF CAPT. J.W. MILLER 1-29-1903 Captain J. W. Miller, after a long illness, died on Monday night, at 11:00, at the residence of his son-in-law, S.R. Mc Nutt, aged 75 years. Capt. Miller was a consistent member of the M.E. Church, South, and was a licensed local preacher of that denomination. For many years he was a prominent member of the Arkansas Bar. He repesented Clark County in the legislature, and he was a fearless champion of temperance and in 1894, was the prohibition candidate for governor, receiving 1,551 votes in the state. He had been married three times, his last wife having died twenty years ago. Three children survive him: Mrs. S.T. Mc Nutt and Miss Ella Miller, this city; Miss Nannie Miller, of Malvern, and a son, deputy State Superintendent, Ward Miller, of Little Rock. His death was not unexpected, as he had been feel health for several years. All of his children were present at his bedside when he died. In the death of Capt. Joe Miller, this community has lost one of her truest and best citizens. His remains were carried to Malvern for internment. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.5 Kb