This Robert is documented in the following publication:
Nicklin, Jr., John Bailey, compiler. The Millers of Millersburg and Their Descendants, Press of Brandon Printing Company, Nashville, Tennessee. Copyright 1923 by John Bailey Nicklin, Jr.
p 349 Letter from S. H. Beene, November 3, 1922
"As to my father's father, I have a very faint recollection of seeing him when I was a small boy, about the year 1850, I should say, perhaps. His name was William (Billy). He must have had brothers, for my father had cousins by the name of Beene. His father, my great grandfather, was brother to Captain Billy Beene who is given in the history of the state as having been the first permanent settler in the state. His name was John.
I recollect my father saying that in North Carolina, where they came from, they had three brothers, William, John, and Bob, but that Bob went North, and they never heard of him any more."
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