Henry Miller was born thirty-seven years after the terrible siege, in which were his father and kindred; and in which it is said, the Montgomerys, and Millers, distinguished themselves. In 1770 he bought, from the Greenlee Grant, made by the English Crown, about 400 acres of land, two and one half miles east of the Natural Bridge, and three miles north of James river; and built thereon a substantial dwelling, of hewn oak logs. He was largely instrumental in having built, on his place, the twelve cornered church, of which the first pastor was the Rev. William Baldridge. Henry Miller was a man of deep religious convictions. He sometimes walked ten miles, to attend religious worship, and hear the Gospel preached.
1726
| 1726 • Pirate Nicholas Brown captured near Xtabi, Jamaica |
1757
Age: 31y
| 1757 • Robert Wood publishes The ruins of Balbec, otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria in English and French, making the ancient city of Baalbek in Syria known to the West. |
1760
Nov 1
Age: 34y
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birth of childSamuel Boggs Miller Sr. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1760 • The town (later city) of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, is founded. |
1778
Age: 52y
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residenceRockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Photo in 1916. |
| 1778 • American Revolutionary War: French invasion of Dominica captures the British fort there before the latter is aware that France has entered the war in the Franco-American alliance. |
1798
Age: 72y
| 1798 • French troops enter Bern. |
1798
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burialRockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Buried at the Miller-Irwin Cemetery, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1798 • The first (anonymous) publication occurs of An Essay on the Principle of Population by Thomas Malthus. |