Author: Mr. Joshua Shawn Wilberger
Biography used with permission from http://www4.ncsu.edu/~lbpage/page-frick/ps01/ps01_120.html. In German the name is Mueller, but Wendel’s handwritten will, dated 17 Nov 1804, uses and is signed Wendle Miller. Wendel arrived in Philadelphia from Rotterdam in 1754 on the ship Brothers. [The BROTHERS landed in Philadelphia on September 30, 1754] The name of his first wife and the date of his first marriage are unknown. His oldest child, Frederick, states on his application for a Revolutionary War pension in Kentucky that he was born in Rowan County, North Carolina, in 1756. Wendel was registered on the earliest existing tax list for Rowan County in 1759. Wendel helped build a road from the Granville line (Cabarrus County line) to Buffalo Creek Road. In 1774 he was appointed an overseer of the road from a ridge between Buffalo and Second Dutch Creeks to the Pee Dee River. He was nominated lieutenant by the Rowan County Safety Commission on 11 Nov 1775, was a constable in 1777, and was a tax assessor for his district. A list of officers nominated by the Safety Commission to the Provincial Congress includes Lieutenant Windell Miller. When Jacob Frick appeared before the Circuit Court of Union County, Illinois, to apply for a Revolutionary War pension, he swore that at the time of entering service he resided in Rowan County, North Carolina, and "that at the commencement of the Revolutionary War, he does not know the month or year, he volunteered under one Captain Wendle Miller and was then marched immediately to join what was then called the South Army then laying at a place named Ninety-Six." [Sworn to and subscribed before W. David, Clerk of Court, 15 Oct 1832] Frederick Miller also served in his father's regiment. Wendel provided supplies for the Militia of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina, was wounded at Eutaw Springs, and was allowed £6824 for brandy and corn. The Millers first worshiped in the Old Hickory Church near the present St. Peter’s Lutheran Church 2.5 miles east of Rockwell. A monument in the St. Peter’s cemetery marks the location. Wendel was on the building committee for Organ Lutheran Church, was on the church council, and was one of the 44 men who signed the church constitution adopted in 1789. It was reaffirmed in 1826 and signed by 157 men of whom 10 were his sons and grandsons. Wendel took communion in Nov, 1804, and died early in 1805. Some descendants of Wendel Miller 1724-1805 v. 2 : born in Germany died in Rowan County, NC : Revolutionary War patriot is another resource interested parties should consult for further information. Father's name appears to be Johann Michael Miller.