 1826 - 1869 (43 years)
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| Name |
James Wilson WILLS [1] |
| Born |
10 Jan 1826 |
, , Missouri, USA  [2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military |
2 Jun 1855 |
, Milam, Texas, USA |
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 Property |
3 Jul 1856 |
, Bell, Texas, USA |
| 320 acres on Darrs Creek |
| Census |
1860 |
, Milam, Texas, USA |
| pg 36-37 |
- Western District
Wells James W 34 m TN Farmer 1500 3070
Wells Mary Ann 33 f AL
Wells Eliz 23 f MS
Wells Laura 8 f TX
Wells David 5 m TX
Wells Buckhanan 4 m TX
Wells Loumisa 2 f TX
Meicherson Eliz 16 f TX Michener?
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| Died |
6 Sep 1869 |
, Williamson, Texas, USA [4] |
| Buried |
7 Sep 1869 |
, Milam, Texas, USA |
Address:
Connell Cemetery
Milam County
Milam County, Texas |
| Person ID |
I3680 |
An Armstrong & A Heffernan |
| Last Modified |
20 Nov 2014 |
| Father |
James B WILLS, b. 1798, , Rutherford, Tennessee, USA , d. 1872, , , Texas, USA (Age 74 years) |
| Mother |
Amy W SHACKELFORD, b. 1800, , , Virginia, USA , d. Bef 1871, , , Texas, USA (Age 70 years) |
| Married |
3 Jan 1816 |
, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA [5, 6] |
- married by Benjamin W. Lane.
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| Family ID |
F1339 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mary Ann CONNELL, b. 28 Jun 1827, , , Alabama, USA , d. 29 Oct 1900, , , Texas, USA (Age 73 years) |
| Married |
28 Dec 1850 |
, Washington, Texas, USA [7] |
| Children |
| | 1. Laura A WILLS, b. 17 Feb 1852, , , Texas, USA , d. 29 Feb 1924, , , Texas, USA (Age 72 years) |
| | 2. David C WILLS, b. 1854, , , Texas, USA , d. Aft 1879 (Age 26 years) |
| | 3. James Buchanan WILLS, b. 21 Jul 1856, , Milam, Texas, USA , d. 1 Jul 1935, , Williamson, Texas, USA (Age 78 years) |
| | 4. Loumisa WILLS, b. 1858, , , Texas, USA , d. 12 Jan 1861, , , Texas, USA (Age 3 years) |
| | 5. Sarah J WILLS, b. 30 Aug 1860, Thorndale, Milam, Texas, USA , d. 16 Sep 1935, Taylor, Williamson, Texas, USA (Age 75 years) |
| | 6. John W WILLS, b. 1862, , , Texas, USA , d. 1881 (Age 19 years) |
| | 7. Lucretia A WILLS, b. 20 Mar 1864, , , Texas, USA , d. 1 Sep 1936, Taylor, Williamson, Texas, USA (Age 72 years) |
| | 8. Ida WILLS, b. 1868, , , Texas, USA , d. Bef 1881 (Age 12 years) |
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| Last Modified |
16 Nov 2014 |
| Family ID |
F1741 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- County: Bell
Abstract Number: 881
District/Class: Milam 3rd
File Number: 1015
Original Grantee: James W. Wills
Patentee: James W. Wills
Title Date:
Patent Date: 03 Jul 1856
Patent No: 1499
Patent Vol: 12
Certificate: 13
Part Section:
Survey/Blk/Tsp:
Adj County:
Acres: 320.00
Adj Acres:
Remarks:
Probably died before June 1, 1869 since he is not on the mortality schedule.
Served in the Mexican War under Capt. S. P. Ross and Col. Bell of the Texas Volunteers.
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| Sources |
- [S31] 1850 Washington, TX, ppg 288B-289A.
Wilson Mills
- [S260] Connell, Robert.
10 Jan 1826, Missouri
- [S31] 1850 Washington, TX, ppg 288B-289A.
age 24, Tennessee
- [S352] History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company; 1893), ppg 716-717.
"Mr and Mrs James Wills had twelve children: ... Wilson, who died in Williamson county in 1870, leaving a family"
- [S795] Rutherford Co, TN, Marriage Book, (TNGenWeb.org).
James B Wills to Amy W Shackleford
[She has 1810 but it may be 1816.]
- [S1328] Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002, (FamilySearch.org), Wills, James B.
to Amy W Shackleford, 3 Jan 1810, Rutherford County
- [S582] Washington Co, Texas Marriage Book, book 1 page 15.
James W Wills to Mary Ann Connell, 31 Dec 1850
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