Display Patriot - P-249252

Henry MILLER

SAR Patriot #: P-249252

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State of Service: PA Qualifying Service: Lieutenant Colonel

DAR #: A078881

Birth: 13 Feb 1751 / Lancaster / PA
Death: 05 Apr 1824 Carlisle / Cumberland / PA

Qualifying Service Description:

Battles of; Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine
He served in the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment; 1st Lieutenant, in the Company of Michael Doudle; Captain in Colonel William Thompson's Regt; and Major, 1st Pennsylvania Regiment

Additional References:

NSSAR # 128135
NSDAR # 28995
Rev War Pension # S41879
PA Archives, Series 5, Vol 2, pg 22, 24, 627, 628, 781
DAR Lineage Book, Vol # 29, pg 341; Vol 80, pg 359-360, Pension Roll 1819
William H. Engles notes and inquiries on PA History and Biography, Series 1, Vol 2, pg 146

Spouse: Sarah Ann Ursula Rose
Children: Henry; Nancy; Juliana;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1986-08-18	AZ	226975	Donald Ralph Kerr (128135)	Henry
1987-01-22	AZ	225731	Donald Ralph Kerr Jr (128802)	Henry
1995-02-13	MO	206695	Jacob Merle Miller (144010)	Henry
1995-04-14	AZ	205951	Michael Wayne Lawrence (144401)	Henry

Burial:

Old (aka Carlisle Public) Graveyard_(C-0372200)

Location:

Carlisle / Cumberland / PA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

1688208

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

63029054

Marker Type:

Monument, upright, legible

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Image provided with permission from Larry Tuell, Find-a-Grave member # 4739675
Large obelisk

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Located right in the town of Carlisle on E. South St at Cemetery Avenue

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Mark Andrew Davis

Henry Miller was born on 13 February 1751 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was married to Sarah Ann Ursula Rose before 1771. They had the following children:

Henry was born in 1771 and married Barbara Kremer.
Juliana was born on 7 September 1779 and married David Watts.
Nancy was born on 14 April 1787 and married David Finley.

On 15 October 1775, he entered into service as a First Lieutenant in the Company of Captain Michael Dowell. In that same year, he was commissioned as a Captain of a Company of Foot in Colonel William Thompson’s Regiment. He was promoted on 12 November 1777 as Major of the 1^st Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Army. When he resigned at the beginning of 1779, he did so as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 2^nd Pennsylvania Regiment. During the years he served, he participated in the Battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth.

After leaving the military and returning to civilian life, he was appointed the High Sheriff of York County from 1780 until 1783. In 1783, he became a member of the State Legislature, where he served until 1785. In 1786, he became the Principal Clerk of a Court and served in other civil roles until about 1794. He was called again into the service of his country during the War of 1812 when he was commissioned as a Brigadier-General.

The Patriot died on 5 April 1824 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania and there is an obelisk monument at the Old Cemetery in Carlisle.

Sources:

Revolutionary War Pension file S41879.
Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, Pennsylvania Archives Fifth Series, Vol. II, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1906, pages 22, 24, 627, 628, 781.
Engles, William H., Notes and Queries: Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania, Series 1, Vol II, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1901, page 146.

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