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AL Family Group Sheet for the John MILLS Family

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Submitted by: Gina Heffernan
Email address: <gina gale h @ yahoo . com>

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Husband: John MILLS (1, 2)
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        Born: Abt 1825 - Tennessee (3)
        Died: Bef 1880 - Texas (4)
    Marriage: 19 Jan 1854                   Place: Nacogdoches Co, Texas (5)
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Other Spouse: Minerva ALDRIDGE (Abt 1830-Bef 1854) (6, 7)
              Date: 11 Nov 1851 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas (8)
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Events
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   1. Census, 1860 - Linn Flat, Nacogdoches Co, Texas
   2. Census, 1870 - Linn Flat, Nacogdoches Co, Texas
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   Wife: Martha ALDRIDGE (1)
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         AKA: PATSY
        Born: Between 1813 and 1820 - Jackson Co, Alabama (9)
        Died: After 1880 - Texas
      Father: Drury ALDRIDGE III (Abt 1790-Bef 1860) (1, 10)
      Mother: Sarah Ann BRANDLE (Abt 1795-Aft 1860) (6, 11)
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Events
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   1. Census, 1880 - Nacogdoches, Texas
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Children
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1  M  Ira MILLS (12, 13)
        Born: 10 Jan 1865 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas (13)
        Died: 3 Dec 1940 - Laneville, Rusk Co, Texas (13)
      Buried: 4 Dec 1940 - Union Springs Cemetery, Mt. Enterprise, Rusk Co,
               Texas (13)
      Spouse: Emma McKINNON (1865-1930) (1, 12)
  Marr. Date: 1895 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas
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2  M  Solomon L MILLS
        Born: Abt 1854 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas (3)
        Died: Abt 1865 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas
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3  F  Hannah F MILLS
        Born: Abt 1856 - Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co, Texas (6)
        Died: Deceased
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4  M  Alvin MILLS
        Born: 7 Jan 1858 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas
        Died: Feb 1935 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas
      Spouse: Nancy ADAMS (Abt 1861-          )
  Marr. Date: 20 Jan 1881 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas (14)
      Spouse: Rachel Rebecca POWELL (1861-1917)
  Marr. Date: Abt 1886
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5  F  Amanda MILLS (15)
        Born: 7 Jan 1858 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas (6)
        Died: 25 Apr 1930 - Precinct 1, Rusk Co, Texas (15)
      Buried: 25 Apr 1930 - Crim's Chapel, Rusk Co, Texas (15)
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General Notes (Husband)
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1860 NACOGDOCHES CO. CENSUS BEAT 5 LINN FLAT P. 164
HOUSE/FAMILYGIVEN NAME   SURNAME   AGE   SEX OCCUPATION BIRTH PLACE
664/654 JOHN    MILLS   35  M  FARMER           TN
        MARTHA          40  F  HOUSEKEEPER      AL
        MARTHA J.        8  F                   TX
        SOLOMON L.       6  M                   TX
        HANNA F.         4  F                   TX
        AMANDA           2  F                   TX
        ALVY           6/12 M                   TX

665/655 LEVI    ALDRIGE 21  M  FARMER           AL
        ANNA            65  F   HOUSEKEEPER     GA

1870 NACOGDOCHES CO. CENSUS LINN FLAT 5TH DISTRICT P. 533
HOUSE/FAMILYGIVEN NAME SURNAME  RACE SEX     AGE    OCCUPATION   BIRTH PLACE
181/181 JOHN    MILLS   W  M  45  FARMER                TN      b.1825
        MARTHA          W  F  55  KEEPING HOUSE         AL      b.1815
        MARTHA          W  F  18  AT HOME               TX      b.1852
        ANNE            W  F  13                        TX      b.1857
        AMANDA          W  F  11                        TX      b.1859
        ALVIN           W  M  11                        TX      b.1859
        IRA             W  M   7                        TX      b.1863
        THOMAS  DAVIS   W  M  17  FARMER                TX      b.1853
        MOSES           W  M  14                        TX      b.1856
        ANNA?           W  F  12                        TX      b.1858
        LEVI            W  M   9                        TX      b.1861
none can read or write

Either Hannah or Mandy married a CLIFTON?

County: Nacogdoches
Abstract Number: 390
District/Class: Nacogdoches 3rd
File Number: 3919
Original Grantee: John Mills
Certificate: 3341/3442
Acres: 213.00

Marriage Records of Nacogdoches County, Texas,
p. 72 Wm Webber & Anna M Mills 9/18/1868 by JJ Power.
p. 91 Benjamin F Cooper & Mary Mills 7/30/1874 by CL Chandler.
John L Mills was a pastor in Shelby County, Texas.

"I, Ruby Rains Little, married Virgil H. Little, son of George Robert Little
and  Hettie Rainwater Little, lifetime residents of Rusk County, Wood Glen
Community.  It is said that the Rainwaters and Rains were originally of the
same family and part Indian.  My grandfather, John Duncan Rains of Shelby
County, had a sister named “America.”  She married Marcus Mills, grandfather
and grandmother of John Mills of Rusk County."

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General Notes (Wife)
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1850 TX census says she is 30, b. about 1820.
1860 TX census says she is 40, b. about 1820.
1870 TX census says she is 55, b. about 1815.
1880 NACOGDOCHES CO CENSUS
HOUSE/FAMILY    NAME    AGE     SEX     RACE    OCC             BORN
59/67   MARTHA MILLS    67      F       W       FARMER          AL
        ANNA            23      F       W       HOUSEKEEPER     TX
        MANDY           21      F       W       FARM LABORER    TX
        ALVY            20      M       W       FARM LABORER    TX
        IRA             16      M       W                       TX

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Notes (Marriage)
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by Silas H Barber

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Source Citations
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1. Armstrong, Harold P. Jr.
2. 1870 Nacogdoches Co, Texas Census, Linn Flat 5th District, p. 533.
3. 1860 Nacogdoches Co, Texas Census.
4. 1880 Rusk Co, Texas Census.
5. Marriage Records of Nacogdoches County, Texas, 35.
6. 1860 Nacogdoches Co, Texas Census, 164.
7. James Creech Report.
8. Marriage Records of Nacogdoches County, Texas, 30.
9. 1850 Nacogdoches Co, Texas Census, 079b.
10. Ibid, page 79.
11. Wilson, Pam.
12. Armstrong, George A.
13. Rusk Co, Texas Death Register, Book 6, Page 19.
14. Marriage Records of Nacogdoches County, Texas, 119.
15. Rusk Co, Texas Death Register, Book 2A.

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My Notes
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If there is no SOURCE - I have no PROOF. If the source is a person, the
information is HERESAY.