From the December 10, 2020, Elizabeth City (NC) Daily Advance "Week in NC History: William Miller, Governor during the War of 1812."
On December 10, 1825, former Governor William Miller died in Key West, Florida.
Born around 1783 in Warren County., Miller worked as a private lawyer, the state's attorney general and a member of the General Assembly before first being elected as governor in 1814. He went on to serve three terms in that post, and was the first to occupy the newly completed Governors' Palace at the south end of Raleigh's Fayetteville Street.
Active on the national political stage, Miller supported the military policies of President James Madison during the concluding weeks of the War of 1812 by ordering out additional militia units for potential service on the southern frontier.
--Brock-Perry
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