Miller

Standing Stone Road, Pennsylvania Route 26, coming north into the village of Jackson Center in Miller township, looking east-north-east between Wesley Chapel Road and East Branch Road. Photographed in August 2024. The file calls the village Jackson Corner and the description calls it Jackson Center; both are the photographer's, and neither has been corrected here.

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From the county histories, on Miller township. The passage below is printed exactly as it appears in 1913, including the spelling of the day and the errors the scanner made. It has not been rewritten, summarised or added to.

The Woodbums located at the north foot of Dick's hill, where they established the old Woodburn tavern, which was a famous stopping place on the road from Clark's ferry westward. In there were three public schools in Miller township , Pine Grove, Mahanoy and Bailey's. The last named is at the station of Bailey, on the Pennsylvania railroad, which runs along the eastern border of the township. It was named for Joseph Bailey, a prominent citizen and at one time the owner of the Caroline furnace, which was erected by John D. Creigh in 1836. Oliver township, lying along the western side of the Juniata river, extends from Tuscarora on the north to Miller on the south and is bounded on the west by the townships of Juniata and Centre.John W. Jordan, ed., History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1913) · character 519,414 of the scanned text

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From the county histories, on Miller township. The passage below is printed exactly as it appears in 1883, including the spelling of the day and the errors the scanner made. It has not been rewritten, summarised or added to.

The place for holding the election in Miller township was fixed at Smith's school-house, near Cornpropst's Mills, and the township officers elected in were as follows: Constable, William Eckley ; Supervisors of Roads, T. S. Jackson and William Allison; Auditors, R. A. Ramsey, E. L. Cox, and William Couch ; Sehool Directors, J. A. Couch, A. L. Couch, M. L. Green, John Henry, and Thomas Milligen. General Industries., A mill was built on Stone Creek about 1828, by Hezekiah Crownover, which was operated by him until his death, the original mill being displaced by the present one about 1848. It is supplied with two runs of stones, and is operated only on custom-work. The present owner is Hezekiah Crownover, Jr. Above that power small saw-mills have been maintained by the Wilsons, Couches, and others. At where was the Couch saw-mill, a few miles below the Jackson line, a forge was built about by William Couch, which received the name of "Rebecca." This forge was operated upon metal furnished by the Greenwood Furnace, in Jackson, and had a number of owners and lessees. In it was carried on by William McClure, who operated the Couch mills, farther down the stream, at the same time, and was otherwise engaged in the township.J. Simpson Africa, History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1883) · character 2,066,872 of the scanned text

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From the county histories, on Miller township. The passage below is printed exactly as it appears in 1913, including the spelling of the day and the errors the scanner made. It has not been rewritten, summarised or added to.

The present church edifice was built in 1907. In an imposing brick church, of Gothic design, was erected by the Methodist church of Liverpool, which congregation had been organized many years before. The cost of the building was about $5,000. Wesley chapel, in Miller township, Huntingdon county, was dedicated on December 17, 1880, by Rev. E. J. Gray. An old house of worship had been built here about by Joseph Miller, but the congregation ran down for a time and had to be revived before the new thurch was built. In a Methodist church was dedicated at Yeagertown and two years later the Highland Park church was organized. The latter held services in the hose house for some time, but later a building was erected through the generosity of Mrs, Elizabeth L. Rhodes, and the church is known as the "Rhodes Memorial Church." The Bethel African Methodist church of Lewistown was organized in by Rev. Richard Allen and Bishop White, of the Protestant Episcopal church, and the former acted as pastor until 1831. In a lot was purchased on West Juniata street and a church erected at a cost of $1,800. Additions costing about $700 were made a few years later. The Wesley African Methodist Episcopal church was organized in and meets on West Third Street, Huntingdon also has two colored Methodist churches , the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church at the corner of Sixth and Moore streets and Payne chapel.John W. Jordan, ed., History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1913) · character 871,395 of the scanned text

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