Drake Miller

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Drake Miller who was taxable in Dagsboro Hundred, Sussex County, in 1796, in a non-alphabetized list with Deberix and Isaac Miller in 1796 [RG 2535, 1780-96]. familysearch record says Little Creek Hundred, Sussex.

In the 1796 tax list for Little Creek Hundred, Sussex County, DE, Isaac Miller, Drake Miller, and Debrix Miller are seen next to each other. Isaac Miller appears first and has a significant amount of property: 81 acres of Land, 15 acres cultivated , 2 horses, 2 cows, 7 sheep, 1 sow, 2 shoats, and a personal tax, amounting to 168. Drake Miller has a personal tax of 100 (no property). Debrix Miller has 2 horses, 2 cows, 1 heifer, amounting to 145. Perhaps Issac is the oldest, perhaps the fathe r, while Debrix is the second oldest, followed by Drake.


He was counted as white in Dagsboro Hundred in 1800 (age 26-45), head of a Dagsboro, Sussex County household of 7 "free colored" in 1820 (over 45) [DE:374]. On 11 December 1814 Drake and his wife Polly sold 27 acres of their land in Dagsb orough Hundred near Folly Road which led from Salisbury to Indian River [DB 32:98].