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]
- City Charter: Laws, Ordinances, and Acts, 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 and Discourse, 18 June 1842
- Account of Meeting and Discourse, circa 23 February 1841
- Account of Meeting, 20 February 1844, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Affidavit, 30 November 1840 [ Miller et al. v. B. Holladay and W. Holladay ]
- Agreement with William Law, 26 April 1841
- 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
- Appendix: Wasp, Extra, 27 July 1842
- Attachment, 20 November 1841 [ Holbrook and Slater v. Miller ]
- Authorization for Hyrum Smith and Isaac Galland, 15 February 1841–B
- 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 ]
- Braxton W. Gillock, Deposition, 21 July 1842 [ JS v. Brotherton ]
- Capias ad Respondendum, 30 November 1840 [ Miller et al. v. B. Holladay and W. Holladay ]
- Certificate, 4 May 1846 [ Sweeney v. Miller et al. ]
- 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
- Declaration, circa 18 April 1842 [ Sweeney v. Miller et al. ]
- Declaration, circa 18 April 1842, Copy [ Sweeney v. Miller et al. ]
- Declaration, circa 23 April 1841 [ Miller et al. v. B. Holladay and W. Holladay ]
- Declaration, circa 7 June 1842 [ United States v. Haws et al. ]
- Declaration, circa 7 May 1844 [ JS et al. v. C. B. Street and M. B. Street ]
- Deed from Orson and Marinda Nancy Johnson Hyde, 10 February 1843
- Deed, 5 August 1847 [ Sweeney v. Miller et al. ]
- Demurrer, circa 18 May 1845 [ JS et al. v. C. B. Street and M. B. Street]
- Demurrer, circa 29 May 1844 [ JS et al. v. C. B. Street and M. B. Street ]
- Depositions, 17–18 May 1842 [ JS v. Brotherton ]
- Depositions, 21 July 1842 [ JS v. Brotherton ]
- Depositions, 25 January 1843 [ JS v. Brotherton ]
- Discourse, circa 23 February 1841
- Docket Entry, 27 November–5 December 1840 [ Hibbard for the use of Hungerford & Livingston v. Miller and JS ]
- Docket Entry, Alias Fieri Facias, circa 23 April 1843 [ Sweeney v. Miller et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Dismissal, 22 May 1846 [ JS et al. v. C. B. Street and M. B. Street ]
- Docket Entry, Dismissal, 7 May 1841 [ Miller et al. v. B. Holladay and W. Holladay ]
- Docket Entry, Execution, 5 October 1842 [ Sweeney v. Miller et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Fee Bill, between 17 April and 16 July 1845 [ Sweeney v. Miller et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Fieri Facias, circa 18 July 1842 [ United States v. Haws et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Judgment, 11 June 1842–30 January 1851 [ United States v. Haws et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Judgment, 5 May 1842 [ Sweeney v. Miller et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Judgment, 8 May 1841 [ Hibbard for the use of Hungerford & Livingston v. Miller and JS ]
- Docket Entry, Pleas, 3 October 1842 [ Sweeney v. Miller et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Replication, 4 October 1842 [ Sweeney v. Miller et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Venditioni Exponas, between 16 December 1845 and circa 11 March 1846 [ Sweeney v. Miller et al. ]
- Docket Entry, between 25 June and circa 3 September 1841 [ Hibbard for the use of Hungerford & Livingston v. Miller and JS ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 19 June and circa 22 September 1841 [ Miller et al. v. B. Holladay and W. Holladay ]
- Docket Entry, circa 22 May 1846 [ JS et al. v. C. B. Street and M. B. Street ]
- Docket Entry, circa 5 October 1842 [ Sweeney v. Miller et al. ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Henry G. Sherwood, Deposition, 17 May 1842 [ JS v. Brotherton ]
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History Draft [21 June–8 August 1844]
- 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]
- Hyrum Smith, Deposition, 17 May 1842 [ JS v. Brotherton ]
- Introduction to Hibbard for the use of Hungerford & Livingston v. Miller and JS
- Introduction to JS Guardian of Maria Lawrence et al., Babbitt Guardian of James Lawrence et al. v. William Law et al., and Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS
- Introduction to JS et al. v. C. B. Street and M. B. Street
- Introduction to JS v. Brotherton
- Introduction to Miller et al. v. B. Holladay and W. Holladay
- Introduction to Moffet Administrator of the Estate of JS and Moffet Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Ross
- Introduction to Sweeney v. Miller et al.
- Introduction to United States v. Haws et al.
- Introduction to W. Schwartz et al. v. JS
- Introduction to JS’s Nauvoo Store
- Inventory of Property, circa 14–16 April 1842
- JS’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- John C. Bennett, Deposition, 24–25 January 1843 [ JS v. Brotherton ]
- John S. Fullmer, Deposition, 18 May 1842 [ JS v. Brotherton ]
- John Taylor, Deposition, 17 May 1842 [ JS v. Brotherton ]
- 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 Aldrich & Chittenden, 28 July 1842
- 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 Emma Smith, 16 August 1842
- Letter from George Miller, 4 September 1842
- Letter from George Miller, circa 2 March 1842
- Letter from George W. Henry, 18 July 1841
- Letter from John W. Latson, 7 January 1842
- Letter from Lyman Wight and Others, 15 February 1844–A
- Letter from Lyman Wight and Others, 15 February 1844–B
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 1 July 1842
- Letter from Thomas Rawcliff, 24 May 1843
- Letter from Wilson Law, 15 August 1842
- Letter to Brigham Young, 17 and 20 June 1844
- Letter to Emma Smith, 16 August 1842
- Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 13 May 1842
- Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 25 August 1841, Copy
- 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 to the Church and Others, 23 June 1842
- 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
- Location of the Twelve Apostles, circa 20 June 1844
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Lyman Wight, Deposition, 17 May 1842 [ JS v. Brotherton ]
- Minutes and Discourse, 1–5 October 1841
- Minutes and Discourse, 3 May 1844
- Minutes and Discourses, 6 May 1844
- Minutes and Ordinance, Nauvoo Legion, 3 June 1842
- Minutes, 10 March 1844
- Minutes, 11 March 1844
- Minutes, 14 December 1844
- Minutes, 14 December 1844, Extract, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Minutes, 15–16 March 1842
- Minutes, 16 August 1841
- Minutes, 22 July 1842, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Minutes, 26 May 1842
- Minutes, 3 February 1841, Copy
- Minutes, 5 February 1841
- Minutes, 8 February 1845
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 20 May 1843
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–March 1845
- Nauvoo Marriage Record, February 1842–January 1846
- Notice, 11 May 1842
- Notice, 8 July 1842
- Ordinance, 3 February 1841–B
- Ordinance, 3 February 1841–B, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Ordinance, 9 November 1844–B
- Ordinance, 9 November 1844–B, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Orson Spencer, Deposition, 17 May 1842 [ JS v. Brotherton ]
- 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
- Pleas and Account, circa 23 May 1844 [ JS et al. v. C. B. Street and M. B. Street ]
- Poll Record, Nauvoo Legion, 13 August 1842
- Praecipe, 15 January 1844 [ Sweeney v. Miller et al. ]
- Praecipe, 28 November 1845 [ Sweeney v. Miller et al. ]
- Praecipe, 3 May 1844 [ JS et al. v. C. B. Street and M. B. Street ]
- Praecipe, 7 April 1842 [ Sweeney v. Miller et al. ]
- Praecipe, 7 February 1844 [ JS et al. v. C. B. Street and M. B. Street ]
- Promissory Note from Charles B. Street and Marvin B. Street, 17 February 1841
- Promissory Note from George Miller, 18 March 1843
- Promissory Note to Davidson Hibbard, 11 May 1840
- Promissory Note to Robert E. Lee, 10 September 1840, Unidentified Scribe Copy
- Promissory Note, 16 April 1841 [ Sweeney v. Miller et al. ]
- Promissory Note, 8 April 1841 [ Holbrook and Slater v. Miller ]
- Receipt, 12 November 1845 [ Sweeney v. Miller et al. ]
- Receipt, 16 October 1841 [ JS v. Brotherton ]
- Recognizance, 7 April 1842 [ Sweeney v. Miller et al. ]
- Reflections and Blessings, 16 and 23 August 1842
- Report of United States Attorney for District of Illinois, circa June 1842 [ United States v. Haws et al. ]
- Report of United States Marshal, 23 January 1844 [ United States v. Haws et al. ]
- Report of United States Marshal, 24 January 1843 [ United States v. Haws et al. ]
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revelation, 20 March 1841
- Schedule of Creditors, circa 14–16 April 1842
- Scire Facias, 15 August 1842 [ Sweeney v. Miller et al. ]
- Silas Heaight, Deposition, 21 July 1842 [JS v. Brotherton]
- Statement of Account from C. B. & M. B. Street, 26 February–July 1841
- Summons, 14 February 1844 [ JS et al. v. C. B. Street and M. B. Street ]
- Summons, 21 December 1840 [ Hibbard for the use of Hungerford & Livingston v. Miller and JS ]
- Summons, 25 April 1842 [ United States v. Haws et al. ]
- 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
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 11 June 1842 [ United States v. Haws et al. ]
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
- Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845