George Miller Image from H. W. Mills, “De Tal Palo Tal Astilla,” Annual Publication, Historical Society of Southern California 10, no. 3 (1917), between pp. 112 and 113 (Church History Library, Salt Lake City).
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Miller, George
Biography
25 Nov. 1794–after July 1856. Carpenter, mill operator, lumber dealer, steamboat owner. Born near Stanardsville, Orange Co., Virginia. Son of John Miller and Margaret Pfeiffer. Moved to Augusta Co., Virginia, 1798; to Madison Co., Kentucky, 1806; to Boone Co., Kentucky, 1808; back to Madison Co., ca. May 1813; to Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky, Apr. 1814; to Cincinnati, spring 1815; to Baltimore, 1816; and to Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., Virginia, 1817. Married Mary C. Fry, 25 June 1822, in Madison Co., Virginia. Moved to Illinois, 1831. Mason. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by John Taylor, 10/12 Aug. 1839. Moved to Lee Co., Iowa Territory, 1839. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, 1840. Ordained a high priest by JS, Hyrum Smith, and Newel Knight, before Sept. 1840, in Nauvoo. Served mission to Iowa Territory and Illinois, 1840–1841. Trustee and president of Nauvoo House Association. Appointed bishop in Nauvoo, 19 Jan. 1841. Member of Nauvoo Legion, 1841; appointed brigadier general, Sept. 1842. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge; served as Worshipful Master, Dec. 1841–Nov. 1842. Served mission to Kentucky, 1842. President of high priests, 1842, in Nauvoo. When JS was accused of ordering assassination of former Missouri governor Lilburn W. Boggs, Miller wrote letter to Missouri governor Thomas Reynolds, 4 Sept. 1842, in defense of JS’s character. Served mission to Wisconsin pineries on Black River, Wisconsin Territory, 1842–1843, to procure lumber for Nauvoo temple and Nauvoo House. Commissioned brigadier general in Nauvoo Legion, 27 Apr. 1843. Served as bishop of Black River Falls branch in Wisconsin Territory, 1843–1844. Part of committee that petitioned JS to move Black River Falls branch to Texas, Feb. 1844. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 11 Mar. 1844. Served mission to Kentucky to campaign for JS as president, 1844. One of three trustees-in-trust for church following JS’s death, 1844. Appointed “second bishop” under Newel K. Whitney, 7 Oct. 1844. Elected as member of Nauvoo City Council, 1845, but never served because of repeal of city charter. Moved to what became Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa Territory, 1846; to Tahlequah, Cherokee Co., Indian Territory (later in Oklahoma), 1847; and to Pedernales (near Fredericksburg), Gillespie Co., Texas, 1848. Briefly associated with Lyman Wight’s movement. Moved to Austin, Travis Co., Texas, 1848. Excommunicated, 3 Dec. 1848. Moved to Voree, Racine Co., Wisconsin, 1850, to join followers of James J. Strang’s Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Moved with Strangites to Beaver Island, Michilimackinac Co., Michigan, 1850. Moved to Marengo, McHenry Co., Illinois. Died in Marengo.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 October 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 June 1842
- Account of Meeting, 20 February 1844, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Appendix 2: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 27 February 1845
- Appendix 4: Council of Fifty, Roll, 22 April 1845–27 December 1846
- Appendix 6: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 18 January 1846
- Bill, 8 February 1845–A
- Bond to Jane Miller, 6 March 1840
- Bond, 21 December 1840 [ Hibbard for the use of Hungerford & Livingston v. Miller and JS ]
- Bond, 27 November 1840 [ Hibbard for the use of Hungerford & Livingston v. Miller and JS ]
- Committee Appointments, 8 February 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
- Docket Entry, 27 November–5 December 1840 [ Hibbard for the use of Hungerford & Livingston v. Miller and JS ]
- Docket Entry, Judgment, 8 May 1841 [ Hibbard for the use of Hungerford & Livingston v. Miller and JS ]
- Docket Entry, between 25 June and circa 3 September 1841 [ Hibbard for the use of Hungerford & Livingston v. Miller and JS ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Introduction to Hibbard for the use of Hungerford & Livingston v. Miller and JS
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Judgment, 14 December 1840 [ Hibbard for the use of Hungerford & Livingston v. Miller and JS ]
- Letter from Brigham Young, 23 October 1843
- Letter from Calvin A. Warren, 13 July 1842
- Letter from Edwin Guthrie, between 1 February and 4 November 1841
- Letter from George Miller, 4 September 1842
- Letter from George W. Henry, 18 July 1841
- Letter from Lyman Wight and Others, 15 February 1844–A
- Letter from Lyman Wight and Others, 15 February 1844–B
- Letter from Thomas Rawcliff, 24 May 1843
- Letter to Brigham Young, 17–20 June 1844
- Letter to Emma Smith, 16 August 1842
- Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 25 August 1841
- Letter to John and Sarah Kingsley Cleveland, 24 May 1839
- Letter to Richard M. Young, 9 February 1843
- Letter, Richard Barret to Moses Nickerson and George Miller, 19 June 1841
- Letterbook 2
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, May 1844
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, probably between 25 April and 3 May 1844
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Minutes and Discourse, 1–5 October 1841
- Minutes and Ordinance, Nauvoo Legion, 3 June 1842
- Minutes, 10 March 1844
- Minutes, 11 March 1844
- Minutes, 14 December 1844
- Minutes, 16 August 1841
- Minutes, 3 May 1844
- Minutes, 5 February 1841
- Minutes, 6 May 1844
- Minutes, 8 February 1845
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 20 May 1843
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 February 1841–8 February 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–March 1845
- Notice, 11 May 1842
- Pay Order from George Miller for H. McNeal, 24 July 1843
- Pay Order to Newel K. Whitney for George Miller, 18 September 1840
- Petition from Albert P. Rockwood and Others, 11 August 1841
- Petition from Charles C. Rich and Others, 5 November 1844
- Petition from Whitford G. Wilson and Others, April 1844
- Poll Record, Nauvoo Legion, 13 August 1842
- Promissory Note from George Miller, 18 March 1843
- Promissory Note to Davidson Hibbard, 11 May 1840
- Reflections and Blessings, 16 and 23 August 1842
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revelation, 20 March 1841
- Summons, 21 December 1840 [ Hibbard for the use of Hungerford & Livingston v. Miller and JS ]
- Summons, 27 November 1840 [ Hibbard for the use of Hungerford & Livingston v. Miller and JS ]
- Supersedeas, 21 December 1840 [ Hibbard for the use of Hungerford & Livingston v. Miller and JS ]
- The Book of the Law of the Lord