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Sources consulted for the biography of:John B. Miller (fl. 1859 –1875 )
Biographical Information
- Henrico County Registers of Free Negroes and Mulattoes (1852–1863), with age about thirteen and birth place of Powhatan County in 1855, and age eighteen and birth place of Henrico County in 1860.
- United States Census Schedules, Henrico County, 1860 (age twenty), Goochland County, 1870 (age twenty-nine), and Richmond City, 1880 (age forty), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Henrico County Deed Books 72:514–515, 105A:65–67.
- Richmond City Hustings Court Part 1, Order Book 6: 274–275, 334–335, 339, 345–346.
- Richmond city directories, 1877–1886.
Political Career
- General Orders and Circulars, Headquarters First Military District, 1869 (1870), "Summary of the Results of the election for members of the House of Delegates of Virginia, held on the 6th day of July 1869," 14.
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia (1869–1870 sess.), 36, 37, 54, 101, 146, 249, 313, 606–607, 615.
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia (1870–1871 sess.), 86 (first quotation), 387.
Newspapers
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, May 10, 1867; June 16, 1869; July 10, 1869, March 2, 1870, March 8, 1870, March 19, 1875; October 13, 1875; November 2, 1875.
- Richmond Daily State Journal, January 7, 1871; April 16, 1873.
- Alexandria Gazette, December 10, 1875.
- Richmond Times, February 23, 1896 (with engraving of jury and second quotation).
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