I noticed some discussion of early MILLERs in the Charleston area, so I
thought I would post my Miller's again in case anyone recognizes them or
connects to this family. I'm keeping my fingers crossed as I would love to
find the ancestry and more details of my Miller family.

First Generation 

1. John C MILLER, M. Born ca 1790 in Charleston , Charleston Co, SC. John C
died in Charleston , Charleston Co, SC - Funeral from Trinity Church on 6
Jul 1869; he was 79. Buried in Magnolia Cemetery.

Obit of John C Miller, Southern Christian Advocate, July 30, 1869
   John C Miller died in Charleston, SC, July 6th 1869, having attained 79
years. He was married in 1817. His devoted wife still lingers. Of ten
children, two daughters survive, but among the happy dead is the Rev J W
Miller, late of the SC Conference. The funeral sermon was performed at
Trinity and his remains were laid in the family cemetery at Magnolia, near
the city of his birth.

In 1817 when John C was 27, he married , F.  died aft 16 Jul 1869.
They had 10 children, 2 were alive in July of 1869
They had one child:
 2 i. John Wesley, M (1829-1866)

Second Generation 


2. Rev John Wesley MILLER, M. Born on 27 Oct 1829 in Charleston , Charleston
Co, SC. John Wesley died in Dorchester, Dorchester Co, SC on 20 Jun 1866; he
was 36. Buried in Magnolia Cemetery.

MINISTRY
John Wesley Miller was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on October 27,
1829; converted in childhood; admitted on trial in the Conference in
December, 1850, and appointed for
1851 Laurens Circuit
1852 Wadesboro
1853 Charlotte
1854 Cheraw
1855 Shelby
1856 Supernumerary at Georgetown
1857-58 Black River and Pedee (sic) Mission
1859 Santee Mission
1860 Charlotte
1861 Spring Street and City Mission, Charleston
1863 Chaplain in the Army
1864-65 Chaplain in the hospital at Summerville
1866 Darlington Circuit, where his labors terminated
He died in the village of Darlington on the 20th of June, 1866. He was
blemeless and harmless -- a son of God without rebuke from childhood until
the hour of his dismission from the trials and cares of earth. As a
preacher, he was kind, earnest, practical, simple, and loving.

Early Methodism in the Carolinas, Appendix: Stationed Preachers in
Charleston, p 357
Spring Street and City Mission, J W Miller

On 26 Feb 1856 when John Wesley was 26, he first married Charlotte WILSON,
F, daughter of William WILSON Esq, M & J T, F, in Georgetown, Georgetown Co,
SC by the Rev Wm T Capers.

They had one child:
 3 i. Charlton Wilson, M (1860-1933)
John Wesley second married Ellen Margaret EVANS, F, daughter of Charles
EVANS, M & Susanna KIELS, F. Born on 28 Nov 1841. Ellen Margaret died in
Charleston , Charleston Co, SC.

They had the following children:
 4 i. Stephen H. "TeeBee", M
 5 ii. John Wesley, M
 6 iii. Harold "Harry", M
 7 iv. James "Jimmy", M
 8 v. Rebecca Virginia "Ginny", F (1866-1922)
 9 vi. Ellen Margaret "Nellie", F (1866-1938)

Third Generation 


3. Charlton Wilson MILLER, M. Born on 10 Jul 1860. Charlton Wilson died on
29 Apr 1933; he was 72.

On 29 Jun 1917 when Charlton Wilson was 56, he married Nathalie HEYWARD, F,
daughter of Albert Rhett HEYWARD, M & Sally Coles GREEN, F. Born on 5 Sep
1879.

They had no children.

4. Stephen H. "TeeBee" MILLER, M. Buried in Magnolia Cemetery.
Charleston, SC

5. John Wesley MILLER Jr., M.
6. Harold "Harry" MILLER, M.
7. James "Jimmy" MILLER, M.

8. Rebecca Virginia "Ginny" MILLER, F. Born in 1866. Rebecca Virginia
"Ginny" died in Charleston , Charleston Co, SC on 23 Aug 1922; she was 56.
Buried in Magnolia Cemetery, 3 Belvidere, Charleston, SC. Resided in 11
Carolina St. Charleston, SC in 1922. Occupation: Homemaker, also raised
canaries and violets in a special room added on to the house. Religion:
Methodist.

Rebecca Virginia "Ginny" married Milton Small STOPPELBEIN, M, son of Lorenze
Echord STOPPELBEIN Jr, M & Harriett Elizabeth Louise VILLENEUVE, F. Born on
30 Jan 1854 in Charleston , Charleston Co, SC. Milton Small died in
Charleston , Charleston Co, SC on 3 Mar 1921; he was 67. Occupation:
Contractor, Police Commissioner.


9. Ellen Margaret "Nellie" MILLER, F. Born in 1866. Ellen Margaret "Nellie"
died in Charleston , Charleston Co, SC in 1938; she was 72.
Nellie was always called "Auntie." She and TeeBee rana general store on Line
Street. That store burned, so they moved to North Charleston.