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Samuel Miller was described as having had black hair and blue eyes, and came with his parents to Rockbridge when he was ten years old. Like his father Henry, Samuel served in the Revolutionary War, and him and his wife Margaret lived on his father's homestead in Rockbridge. In their later years the old home passed into the hands of their son Samuel II, and wife, Janetta Wilson, who cared for his parents until their death. Their house was always open to the numerous relatives who came from Timber Ridge, Kerr's Creek, Collierstown, and other parts of the county, to visit "Uncle Sam" and "Aunt Peggy."
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1760
Nov 1
| July 31, 1760 • Seven Years' War – Battle of Warburg: The Anglo-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick storms Warburg, with a heroic role being played by the English commander Lord Granby. |
1770
Age: 9y
| June 3, 1770 • Gaspar de Portolà and Father Junípero Serra establish Monterey, the presidio of Alta California territory for Spain from 1777–1822, United Mexican States 1824–1846, until the California Republic. |
1787
Dec 19
Age: 27y
marriageMargaret Lackey Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| May 22, 1787 • In Britain, Thomas Clarkson and Granville Sharp found the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade with support from John Wesley, Josiah Wedgwood and others. |
1805
Apr 6
Age: 44y
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birth of childSamuel Miller Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Born on the old homestead of Henry Miller Sr, his grandfather 3 Sources ⇓ |
| December 26, 1805 • The Peace of Pressburg is signed between France and Austria. |
1846
Apr 26
Age: 85y
| October 1, 1846 • Christ College, Tasmania, opens with the hope that it would develop along the lines of an Oxbridge college and provide the basis for university education in Tasmania. By the 21st century it will be the oldest tertiary institution in Australia. |