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Rev. J. Wesley Webb to J.H. McCue, August  9, 1883
Draper Manuscripts, 20C20

Transcribed from microfilm copy of the original document from the 
Draper Manuscripts Collection of the State Historical Society of 
Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

Spelling and punctuation are as they appear in the original text.
Transcriber’s notes in {}

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Triadelphia W Va
Aug 9th 1883

J.H. Mccue Esq
Staunton
Va

My dear sir - I now transmit to you all the information I have 
concerning the Boone and Miller family.  My father's name was Jeremiah 
Webb - Daniel Boone was a cousin of my father's.  Anna Boone, a sister* 
of Daniel Boone, also a cousin of my father, married William Winter, 
and had by him seven children.  Henry Miller married the oldest 
daughter Hannah - a niece of Daniel Boone and a second cousin of my 
father.  Nancy Winter (a sister of Henry Miller's wife) married in 
Augusta George Crawford - one of her daughters by Crawford married 
Harry Miller, one Jack Miller, one James Bell, one James Bourland, the 
fifth Franklin McCue 
{note added above line} (My Uncle-J.H.M.) {text resumes}
sixth James Miller, seventh Peter Hangar, ninth Samuel McClung in 
Greenbrier, and one died single.  William Winter was the 3rd, Elizabeth 
was the 4th, and great grandmother of Abraham Lincoln ** (I wish to ___ 
here that I did not vote for Lincoln)  Your great grandfather Henry 
Miller died in camp*** in North River Gap, right hand fork, in 1796 - 
After one or two hunting visits to Virginia, a few miles from my home, 
they were all ___ in PA, with Daniel Boone, Henry Miller discovered 
iron ore in augusta and keeps the fact concealed until he secured the 
land and then established the furnace.  This was the first and only 
place he lived in Augusta.

Henry Miller's children:  
Rachel Miller married Col. Cameron.  Elizabeth Capt John Lewis - Hannah 
James McDowell Moffett - Martha Capt John Estell - Samuel -Margaret 
Grattan, James married Elizabeth Moffett, Harry died unmarried - who Wm 
married I don't know - Samuel Miller's daughter Margaret married Andrew 
Warrick Cameron.  Elizabeth married Harvey McDowell – the rest you 
know.  

James Miller (son of Henry) had 4 sons - George, Ozbert, Harry and 
Samuel.  George married Margaret McCue, sister of J.H. McCue. , Jno 
McCue.  Ozbert married Eveline Custer - Harry and Samuel never married.  
His daughter Sarah married David M. Kyle of Rockingham.  James Addison 
Cochran and Gen Sam H Lewis married daughters of Capt John Lewis, who 
lived on the Cow Pasture - the rest of the relatives in Augusta I 
presume you are familiar with.

Now in regard to the Boones - Daniel Boone left North Carolina in 1769 
and returned in 1771, and took his family with him to Kentucky.  He ran 
a salt furnace on Sandy River on Kentucky**** for a while; and being of 
a restless adventurous disposition, would not remain long in one place, 
but kept moving toward the frontier continually.  I have __ed a book 
containing the information you want and will send it soon.  Trusting to 
memory alone, I have given you some facts which may be of interest. 

Wishing you great temporal and spiritual prosperity, I am

yours truly and paternally, 

J. Wesley Webb


{Draper’s notes}

*  not a sister, a cousin I think

**  This proves to be an error:  see John B. Linn's letters

***  maple sugar camp

****  This is an error, it was his son,  J___ B. Boone - LCD