Judge George Knox Miller (CSA)

GEORGE KNOX MILLER, Judge of Probate, Talladega County, was born at the town of Talladega, December 30, 1836, and is a son of George and Cynthia (Hamilton) Miller. His parents moved to Memphis, Tenn., when he was quite young, and there he learned the painter"s trade. In 1857, he returned to Talladega, where he attended the Male High School one year, and from there entered the University of Virginia. From this institution he was graduated in the Classical Course in 1860, and he was in the Law Department of the University at the outbreak of the late war. Returning immediately to Alabama, he enlisted, June, 1861, as a private in the Eighth Confederate Cavalry, and remained in the service until the close of the war. From a private he was promoted in regular order to the captaincy of his company, and from first to last he participated in most of the battles of the Army of Tennessee. Near Shelbyville, Tenn., in January, 1863, he fell into the hands of the enemy, and was a prisoner about three months. This period constitutes the sum of his absence from actual duty during the whole time of his connection with the army.

After the final surrender, (‘aptain Miller remained in South Carolina until 1866, in May of which year he came to Talladega, and entered regularly upon the study of law. IIe was appointed Register in Chancery in September, 1868, and held that ofiice until January 30, 1884. He was Mayor of Talladega, continuously, with the exception of one year, from April, 1874, to January, 1884. In the latter year he was appointed Probate Judge to fill out an unexpired term, and in 1886, he was elected to that oflice without opposition.

Judge Miller is secretary of the Talladega Real Estate and Loan Association, and is more or less interested in various popular enterprises of this city. He was married, December 31, 1863, to Miss Celestine McCann, and has had born to him five children: Rosa, Jessie, Hampton K., Celestine and Zemma.

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