Dickinson Miller
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This white person has 3 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-04122
- Given Name
- Dickinson
- Family Name
- Miller
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Government
- Biographical Description
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Dickinson Miller was an enslaver and a Judge of Common Pleas for Somerset County, New Jersey. He was the husband of Jennet Kirkpatrick and received a man named Dick from Jennet's father David Kirkpatrick in 1812 as an advance on Jennet's inheritance.
In his capacity as Judge of Common Pleas, in 1818, he signed numerous removal certificates authorizing the transportation of enslaved Black people from Somerset County to the Deep South. - Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- government official
- Places
- Somerset County
- Enslaver of
- Dick
- Spouse of
- Jennet Kirkpatrick Miller (1769-1836)
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1812-10-12 Transfer: Dick (Role: Enslaver, Heir or Beneficiary)
- 1818-02-14 Removal Registration: Mark (Role: Judge)
- 1818-04-07 Removal Registration: Sarah Ann (Role: Judge)
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- Agent