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Submitted by: Gina Heffernan
Email address: <gina gale h @ yahoo . com>
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Husband: James Buchanan WILLS (1)
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Born: 1798 - Rutherford Co, Tennessee
(1)
Died: Bet 1873-1875 - Texas
Father: James WILLS (1763-1855)
Mother: Lillian BUCHANAN (Abt 1770-
)
Married: 3 Jan 1816
Place: Rutherford Co, Tennessee
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Other Spouse: Elizabeth BROOKS (1813-1885) Date: Bef 1870
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Wife: Anna W SHACKLEFORD
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AKA: AMY
Born: 1800 - Virginia (1)
Died: Bet 1860-1870 - Texas
Father: Daniel SHACKLEFORD (1770-1852)
Mother: Tabitha NANCE (1783-Aft 1860)
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Children
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1 M Reuben WILLS
Born: Abt 1817 - Tennessee
Died: 1860 - Texas (7)
Spouse: Jane BUSTER (Abt 1820-
)
Marr. Date: 27 May 1843 - Washington Co, Texas (8)
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2 F Sarah J. WILLS
Born: 1820 - Missouri (1)
Died: Aft 1893 - Texas
Spouse: R William McCRAY (Abt 1815-Bet 1857)
Marr. Date: 10 Sep 1835 - Clay Co, Missouri
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3 F Loumisa WILLS
Born: 25 Nov 1822 - Independence,
Jackson Co, Missouri (9, 10)
Died: 29 Apr 1899 - Brownwood,
Brown Co, Texas
Buried: 1899 - Connell Cemetery, Brown Co,
Texas
Spouse: William Oliver CONNELL (1816-1882)
(11)
Marr. Date: 31 Jul 1843 - Washington Co, Texas (12)
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4 F Tabitha WILLS
Born: 11 May 1824 - Missouri (13)
Died: 13 Nov 1860 - Bell Co, Texas
(13)
Spouse: Alexander James DALLAS (1820-1889)
Marr. Date: 6 Jan 1842 - Washington Co, Texas (14)
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5 M William Riley WILLS (7)
Born: 3 Aug 1826 - Clay Co, Missouri
(1, 7)
Died: 26 Apr 1903 - Bell Co, Texas
(15)
Buried: 1903 - Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Bell
Co, Texas
Spouse: Saluda Elizabeth CROSS (1837-1932)
Marr. Date: 10 Mar 1853 - Bell Co, Texas (15, 16)
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6 M James Wilson WILLS
Born: 10 Jan 1826 - Missouri (11)
Died: 1870 - Williamson Co, Texas
(7)
Spouse: Mary Ann CONNELL (1829-
) (11)
Marr. Date: 28 Dec 1850 - Washington Co, Texas (17)
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7 M Captain Daniel Shackleford WILLS
Born: Abt 1830 - Missouri
Died: Aft 1893
Spouse: Permelia Elizabeth BLACK (Abt 1835-
)
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8 M David WILLS
Born: Abt 1831 - Missouri
Died: Abt 1848 - Texas
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9 F Almira E WILLS
Born: 1832 - Missouri (18)
Died: Aft 1893 - Texas
Spouse: John C ANDERSON (1832-Aft 1893)
Marr. Date: 21 Aug 1856 - Bell Co, Texas (19)
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10 F Nancy Evaline WILLS
Born: Abt 1834 - Missouri
Died: Aft 1893
Spouse: James L HOGAN (Abt 1830-Aft 1893)
Marr. Date: 10 Feb 1852 - Bell Co, Texas (16)
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11 M Archibald WILLS
Born: Apr 1839 - Missouri (1,
20)
Died: Aft 19 Mar 1901 - Holland,
Bell Co, Texas (20, 21)
Spouse: Rebecca PENNINGTON (1842-Bef 1879)
Marr. Date: 10 Jan 1861 - Bell Co, Texas (22)
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12 M George Alexander "Alex" WILLS (2)
Born: Oct 1841 - Texas (1, 3)
Died: 21 Mar 1922 - Near Davilla,
Milam Co, Texas (3)
Buried: 23 Mar 1922 - Friendship Cemetery,
Davilla, Milam Co,
Texas (3)
Spouse: O E BROOKS (Abt 1845-
)
Marr. Date: 28 Feb 1866 - Bell Co, Texas (4)
Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth COOK (1849-1937) (2,
5)
Marr. Date: 11 Jun 1868 - Bell Co, Texas (6)
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Husband's General Notes
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1850 Washington Co Census
James and Amy moved to Tennessee then to Missouri
in 1824. They
brought their family to Texas from Clay Co., Missouri in 1840.
Was listed as James Wells in Harris Co, Texas
for the 1840
Census.
Was listed as James Mills in the 1850 Washington
Co. Census.
His homestead was later called the Roland
Harrell or Upshaw
place. A 640 acre grant in Milam District about 6 miles south of the
Three Forks issued in 1844 and filed in Belton in 1852. Just west of
Holland. He sold land to three of his sons-in-law: William Connell,
A
J Dallas, and James Hogan.
In 1857 he signed the petition to build a
county courthouse and
jail in Bell County.
James had 2 town lots in Salado, Bell County.
In 1859, he
purchased 5 shares of stock in the school at Salado Springs for $100
per share....
Farmer and slave-owner, and was a merchant
at Holland.
1860 Bell Co, TX Census p. 324 family-dwelling
390-391
Wills Jas. B. 63 M farmer 10,040
4,072
Tennessee
Wills Amy 60 F
Virginia
Wills Archibald 21 M farming
Missouri
Wills Alex 18 M farming
Texas
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Source Citations
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1. 1860 Bell Co, TX Census, 324.
2. Senn, Ima Holder, wife of Alex's grandson.
3. Pension File, 5957.
4. Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, D/174.
5. Estate Records, Calhoun Co, Alabama.
6. Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, D/279.
7. History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, (1893,
Ingmire Publications), 716-717.
8. Washington Co, Texas Marriage Book, book 1 page 7.
9. 1860 Bell Co, TX Census, 321.
10. E A Limmer, Jr., Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 1, (Eakin Press,
Austin, Texas), 1006.
11. Connell, Robert, CONNELL researcher.
12. Washington Co, Texas Marriage Book, book 1 page 8.
13. E A Limmer, Jr., Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 1, (Eakin Press,
Austin, Texas), 444.
14. Washington Co, Texas Marriage Book, book 1 page 6.
15. Pension File, 49469.
16. E A Limmer, Jr., Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 2, (Eakin Press,
Austin, Texas), 1006.
17. Washington Co, Texas Marriage Book, book 1 page 15.
18. 1860 Bell Co, TX Census, 302.
19. Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, A/94.
20. Pension File, 7756.
21. E A Limmer, Jr., Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 2, (Eakin Press,
Austin, Texas), 820.
22. Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, D/50.
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My Notes
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If there is no SOURCE - I have no PROOF.