Jacob Miller received a 400-acre Lord Fairfax Grant located at what is now Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia on 2 Apr 1752. He was the founder of Woodstock where he died in 1766.
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On 24 Feb 1742/43, Jacob Miller was naturalized in Orange County, Virginia
(Order Book 3).
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October, 1753: Twelve Moravian single brethren on their way from Pennsylvania to North Carolina, passed up through the Shenandoah Valley with horses and a wagon. The following from a diary written on the trip probably written by Brother Bernhard GRUBE, the minister of the colony.
Page 95-96
"On October 20 some of our brethren brought our horses early from the pasture. Bro. GRUBE woke up the rest of the brethren and after eating our soup we started at five o'clock. We at once had a considerable mountain before us. We had to help faithfully by pushing our wagon. Before daybreak we reach the top. We heard that we would find no house for twenty miles, but water every three or four miles. Several brethren went off hunting, but returned empty handed. Six mile to our left we saw high mountains, extending south west. Our course was south by west. The country was pretty barren, overgrown with pine trees. This forenoon we traveled twelve miles, and took dinner at a creek. it is said that in this neighborhood, one mile from the road to the left, lives a man named Jacob MUELLER, from whom oats can be bought at all times.
Then we went part of the way up hill and came to the Narrow Passage, where no wagon can turn out for another, and where deep valleys are on botth sides. In the valley on the left the Stone Creek runs, and in the one on the right another creek. The road continues almost south, along the heights. During the afternoon we traveled eight miles farther and pitched out tent close to the Sanidore Creek, which is about again as broad as the Manaki (Monocacy). It is very dangerous to pass at high water. We had a nice camping place."
The "considerable mountain" that the brethren at once had before them after leaving Strasburg must have been Fisher's Hill. The lack of houses along the "great road" is surprising. The waters "every three or four miles" were Tumbling Run, Toms Brook, Pugh's Run, Narrow Passage Creek, Stony Creek, etc. The high mountains on the left were the Massanutten ridges, but they were only two or three miles away, The creek where the brethren took dinner was evidently Narrow passage Creek, fifteen miles above Strasburg.
The description of Narrow Passage is perfect, only the stream on the left (going southwest) is the north branch of the Shenandoah River, not Stony Creek. However, Stony Creek enters the river a short sistance above Narrow Passage, and at Edinburg the brethren crossed Stony Creek. The stream on the right of the pass was Narrow Passage Creek, which the brethren crossed at the foot of the hill.
Jacob MILLER had settled near Narrow Passage a few years before 1753, and in time became the owner of about 2000 acres of land.
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On 24 Feb 1742/43, Jacob Miller was naturalized in Orange County, Virginia
(Order Book 3).
___________________________________________________________
October, 1753: Twelve Moravian single brethren on their way from Pennsylvania to North Carolina, passed up through the Shenandoah Valley with horses and a wagon. The following from a diary written on the trip probably written by Brother Bernhard GRUBE, the minister of the colony.
Page 95-96
"On October 20 some of our brethren brought our horses early from the pasture. Bro. GRUBE woke up the rest of the brethren and after eating our soup we started at five o'clock. We at once had a considerable mountain before us. We had to help faithfully by pushing our wagon. Before daybreak we reach the top. We heard that we would find no house for twenty miles, but water every three or four miles. Several brethren went off hunting, but returned empty handed. Six mile to our left we saw high mountains, extending south west. Our course was south by west. The country was pretty barren, overgrown with pine trees. This forenoon we traveled twelve miles, and took dinner at a creek. it is said that in this neighborhood, one mile from the road to the left, lives a man named Jacob MUELLER, from whom oats can be bought at all times.
Then we went part of the way up hill and came to the Narrow Passage, where no wagon can turn out for another, and where deep valleys are on botth sides. In the valley on the left the Stone Creek runs, and in the one on the right another creek. The road continues almost south, along the heights. During the afternoon we traveled eight miles farther and pitched out tent close to the Sanidore Creek, which is about again as broad as the Manaki (Monocacy). It is very dangerous to pass at high water. We had a nice camping place."
The "considerable mountain" that the brethren at once had before them after leaving Strasburg must have been Fisher's Hill. The lack of houses along the "great road" is surprising. The waters "every three or four miles" were Tumbling Run, Toms Brook, Pugh's Run, Narrow Passage Creek, Stony Creek, etc. The high mountains on the left were the Massanutten ridges, but they were only two or three miles away, The creek where the brethren took dinner was evidently Narrow passage Creek, fifteen miles above Strasburg.
The description of Narrow Passage is perfect, only the stream on the left (going southwest) is the north branch of the Shenandoah River, not Stony Creek. However, Stony Creek enters the river a short sistance above Narrow Passage, and at Edinburg the brethren crossed Stony Creek. The stream on the right of the pass was Narrow Passage Creek, which the brethren crossed at the foot of the hill.
Jacob MILLER had settled near Narrow Passage a few years before 1753, and in time became the owner of about 2000 acres of land.
Jacob Miller received a 400-acre Lord Fairfax Grant located at what is now Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia on 2 Apr 1752. He was the founder of Woodstock where he died in 1766.
______________________________________________________________
On 24 Feb 1742/43, Jacob Miller was naturalized in Orange County, Virginia
(Order Book 3).
___________________________________________________________
October, 1753: Twelve Moravian single brethren on their way from Pennsylvania to North Carolina, passed up through the Shenandoah Valley with horses and a wagon. The following from a diary written on the trip probably written by Brother Bernhard GRUBE, the minister of the colony.
Page 95-96
"On October 20 some of our brethren brought our horses early from the pasture. Bro. GRUBE woke up the rest of the brethren and after eating our soup we started at five o'clock. We at once had a considerable mountain before us. We had to help faithfully by pushing our wagon. Before daybreak we reach the top. We heard that we would find no house for twenty miles, but water every three or four miles. Several brethren went off hunting, but returned empty handed. Six mile to our left we saw high mountains, extending south west. Our course was south by west. The country was pretty barren, overgrown with pine trees. This forenoon we traveled twelve miles, and took dinner at a creek. it is said that in this neighborhood, one mile from the road to the left, lives a man named Jacob MUELLER, from whom oats can be bought at all times.
Then we went part of the way up hill and came to the Narrow Passage, where no wagon can turn out for another, and where deep valleys are on botth sides. In the valley on the left the Stone Creek runs, and in the one on the right another creek. The road continues almost south, along the heights. During the afternoon we traveled eight miles farther and pitched out tent close to the Sanidore Creek, which is about again as broad as the Manaki (Monocacy). It is very dangerous to pass at high water. We had a nice camping place."
The "considerable mountain" that the brethren at once had before them after leaving Strasburg must have been Fisher's Hill. The lack of houses along the "great road" is surprising. The waters "every three or four miles" were Tumbling Run, Toms Brook, Pugh's Run, Narrow Passage Creek, Stony Creek, etc. The high mountains on the left were the Massanutten ridges, but they were only two or three miles away, The creek where the brethren took dinner was evidently Narrow passage Creek, fifteen miles above Strasburg.
The description of Narrow Passage is perfect, only the stream on the left (going southwest) is the north branch of the Shenandoah River, not Stony Creek. However, Stony Creek enters the river a short sistance above Narrow Passage, and at Edinburg the brethren crossed Stony Creek. The stream on the right of the pass was Narrow Passage Creek, which the brethren crossed at the foot of the hill.
Jacob MILLER had settled near Narrow Passage a few years before 1753, and in time became the owner of about 2000 acres of land.
______________________________________________________________
On 24 Feb 1742/43, Jacob Miller was naturalized in Orange County, Virginia
(Order Book 3).
___________________________________________________________
October, 1753: Twelve Moravian single brethren on their way from Pennsylvania to North Carolina, passed up through the Shenandoah Valley with horses and a wagon. The following from a diary written on the trip probably written by Brother Bernhard GRUBE, the minister of the colony.
Page 95-96
"On October 20 some of our brethren brought our horses early from the pasture. Bro. GRUBE woke up the rest of the brethren and after eating our soup we started at five o'clock. We at once had a considerable mountain before us. We had to help faithfully by pushing our wagon. Before daybreak we reach the top. We heard that we would find no house for twenty miles, but water every three or four miles. Several brethren went off hunting, but returned empty handed. Six mile to our left we saw high mountains, extending south west. Our course was south by west. The country was pretty barren, overgrown with pine trees. This forenoon we traveled twelve miles, and took dinner at a creek. it is said that in this neighborhood, one mile from the road to the left, lives a man named Jacob MUELLER, from whom oats can be bought at all times.
Then we went part of the way up hill and came to the Narrow Passage, where no wagon can turn out for another, and where deep valleys are on botth sides. In the valley on the left the Stone Creek runs, and in the one on the right another creek. The road continues almost south, along the heights. During the afternoon we traveled eight miles farther and pitched out tent close to the Sanidore Creek, which is about again as broad as the Manaki (Monocacy). It is very dangerous to pass at high water. We had a nice camping place."
The "considerable mountain" that the brethren at once had before them after leaving Strasburg must have been Fisher's Hill. The lack of houses along the "great road" is surprising. The waters "every three or four miles" were Tumbling Run, Toms Brook, Pugh's Run, Narrow Passage Creek, Stony Creek, etc. The high mountains on the left were the Massanutten ridges, but they were only two or three miles away, The creek where the brethren took dinner was evidently Narrow passage Creek, fifteen miles above Strasburg.
The description of Narrow Passage is perfect, only the stream on the left (going southwest) is the north branch of the Shenandoah River, not Stony Creek. However, Stony Creek enters the river a short sistance above Narrow Passage, and at Edinburg the brethren crossed Stony Creek. The stream on the right of the pass was Narrow Passage Creek, which the brethren crossed at the foot of the hill.
Jacob MILLER had settled near Narrow Passage a few years before 1753, and in time became the owner of about 2000 acres of land.
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