Descendants of Rev. Alexander Miller, Pioneer of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia

Miller, Shirley Cullers

Rev. Alexander Miller served the congregation of Peaked Moun tain as their pastor until October 7, 1762, and Cooks Creek until May 1, 1763. He was one of the ten members of the Hanover, Presbytery when it was reorganized in 1758. He was ap pointed to several missionary stations in southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina in 1771, and the latest mention of him in the records of the Presbyterian Church in America is found in a report made to the Synod of Philadelphia by the Hanover Presbytery in 1774. He appears to have been a man of strong opinions and staunch convictions and was possessed of an extreme independence of the wills of other men.