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Online Archive of 
Sylvanus Gerard Miller
~1832 - ??
Born in Newton, Catawba Co., NC around 1832.
Left NC for TX in 1859.
Resided in San Patricio County, TX.
Mustered in with Company I at Houston, TX on September 11, 1861.
Promoted to chief bugler.
Discharged in June 1862 because of "inflammatory rheumatism and neuralgia."
Returned to San Patricio County, TX following the war.
Ranched and operated a ferry on the Nueces River.
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| Sylvanis G. Miller, I. G. Miller, | ||
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| 1870 Census - TX, Live Oak County, Oak Hills PO, Page 257A , Dwelling 1 , Family 1 , (1/1) | |||||||||||
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| [illegible] Miller | 38 | M | W | Stock Raiser | $2500 | $2000 | NC | ||||
| Susan Miller | 18 | F | W | Keeping House | LA | ||||||
| 1880 Census - TX, Live Oak County, Echo, page 467C, Dwelling 141, Family 141, (25/26) | ||||||||||
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| Gearard S. Miller |
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| Vivian G. Miller | Son | S | M | W | 9 | TX | At Home | NC | LA | |
| Ernest E. Miller | Son | S | M | W | 7 | TX | At Home | NC | LA | |
| Rollis L. Miller | Son | S | M | W | 6 | TX | At Home | NC | LA | |
| Allen Fatherer | Other | S | M | B | 24 | TX | Works on Farm | |||
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"Story of San Antonio Express," Frontier
Times Magazine, Vol 8 No. 4, January
1931 |
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—, Obituary, The Beeville Bee, October 30, 1908. —, Obituary, San Antonio Express, November 13, 1908. Claiborne, John M. Muster Roll of Terry's Texas Rangers; With Historical Remarks. Galveston: Self Published, 1882. Jones, Andrew M. Annotated Roster of Terry's Texas Rangers, the 8th Texas Cavalry. Unpublished Research. Miller, Susan Frances East. Sixty Years in the Nueces Valley, San Antonio, Naylor, 1930. Scott, Paul R. Eighth Texas Cavalry, CSA. Arlington: The University of Texas at Arlington, July 1977. Unpublished MA Thesis.
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| (offsite) RootsWeb
Message Boards (surname:
Miller) (offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (surname: Miller) (offsite) TXGenWeb Project (San Patricio County, TX) (offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (San Patricio County, TX) (offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (San Patricio County, TX)
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