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The Millers have had a long tradition of religious leadership and Charles was no exception. He became a minister but the church or churches he ministered to have not been identified. The particular faith of Charles is also under debate. Most members of our family believed he was a Methodist. However, in 1996 Parke Bogle said that she believed he was Presbyterian. In The History of Bland County , p. 314 it is written that a Reverend Charles “A.” Miller was minister of the Kimberling Presbyterian Church in 1853. This church was located where Kimberling Creek enters Walkers Creek and halfway between White Gate on Walkers Creek and Mount Pleasant that is now known as the Slide and what is now the Bland Correctional Center. This church was certainly in Charles T. Miller ’s neighborhood. Could the “A.” in this Charles middle initial been a misprint? The still existing church at Crandon was Presbyterian at that time. Byrnes Chapel is the oldest Methodist church in Bland County having been established on April 19, 1843 and is located south of Mechanicsburg. Church records have been received from all of the Methodist churches on the Mechanicsburg Charge and no record of Charles T. Miller was found. Emory & Henry College, a Methodist supported school, houses old church records of the Methodist faith and none could be found of Charles’ ministry. Charles most likely was not ordained.

Charles and Ann Miller’s home (Photo probably taken about 1920s -30s) Note the coupe style auto and the dress of the men The identity of the men is unknown at this time

Anna McNeil Miller ’s family history has been well documented. S he was a daughter of Jacob McNeil and Annie Stevens McNeil. Parke Coleman Bogle, genealogist in Pulaski, Virginia, provided the following information to me in 1998.

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