TX Family Group Sheet for the James Buchanan WILLS Family *********************************************** Copyright © Gina Heffernan. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Gina Heffernan Email address: ================================================================================ Husband: James Buchanan WILLS - (1) ================================================================================ Birthdate: 1798 - Rutherford Co, Tennessee (1) Death date: 1872 - Texas (2) Father: James WILLS (1763-1855) Mother: Lillian BUCHANAN (Abt 1770-Aft 1820) Marriage: 3 Jan 1816 Place: Rutherford Co, Tennessee (3) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Spouse: Elizabeth ??? (1813-1885) Date: Bef 1870 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Events -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Occupation, Owner of Meat Market 2. Residence (4) , Missouri, 1825 3. Residence (5) , Clay Co, Missouri, 1832 4. Census, Harris Co, Texas, 1840 5. Property, Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - patent, 5 Jul 1849 6. Census, Washington Co, Texas, 9 Oct 1850 7. Property, Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - bought from James G Connell, 6 Aug 1851 8. Property, Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - sold to James C Armstrong, 5 Feb 1852 9. Property, Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - sold to William Connell, 4 Jun 1852 10. Property, 160 acres on Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - sold to A J Dallas, 16 Aug 1854 11. Property, 160 acres on Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - sold to James L Hogan, 9 Feb 1856 12. Property, 160 acres on Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - sold to Daniel S Wills, 28 Apr 1856 13. Census, Holland, Bell Co, Texas, 1860 14. Occupation (1) , Farmer, 1860 15. Census, San Andres, Milam Co, Texas, 20 Aug 1870 16. Will, Milam Co, Texas, 2 Mar 1875 ================================================================================ Wife: Anna W SHACKLEFORD ================================================================================ AKA: AMY Birthdate: 1800 - Virginia (1) Death date: Between 1860 and 1869 - Texas Father: Daniel SHACKLEFORD (1770-1852) Mother: Tabitha NANCE (1783-Aft 1860) ================================================================================ Children ================================================================================ 1 M George Alexander WILLS (6, 7, 8) Birthdate: Oct 1841 - Texas (1, 9, 10) Death date: 21 Mar 1922 - Near Davilla, Milam Co, Texas (9) Buried: 23 Mar 1922 - Friendship Cemetery, Davilla, Milam Co, Texas (9) Spouse: O E BROOKS (Abt 1845- ) Marr. Date: 28 Feb 1866 - Bell Co, Texas (11) Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth COOK (1850-1937) (6, 12) Marr. Date: 11 Jun 1868 - Rogers, Bell Co, Texas (13) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 M Reuben WILLS Birthdate: Abt 1817 - Tennessee Death date: 1860 - Texas (4) Spouse: Jane BUSTER (Abt 1820- ) Marr. Date: 27 May 1843 - Washington Co, Texas (14) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 F Sarah J WILLS Birthdate: 1820 - Missouri (1, 15) Death date: After 1893 - Texas Spouse: R William McCRAY (Abt 1815-Bet 1857) Marr. Date: 10 Sep 1835 - Clay Co, Missouri -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 F Loumisa WILLS Birthdate: 25 Nov 1822 - Independence, Jackson Co, Missouri (16, 17) Death date: 29 Apr 1899 - Brownwood, Brown Co, Texas Buried: 1899 - Connell Cemetery, Brown Co, Texas Spouse: William Oliver CONNELL (1816-1882) (18) Marr. Date: 31 Jul 1843 - Washington Co, Texas (19) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 F Tabitha L WILLS (20) Birthdate: 11 May 1824 - Missouri (20, 21) Death date: 18 Nov 1860 - Bell Co, Texas (20, 21) Buried: Nov 1860 - Dallas Cemetery, Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas Spouse: Alexander James DALLAS (1820-1889) Marr. Date: 6 Jan 1842 - Washington Co, Texas (22) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 M James Wilson WILLS (7) Birthdate: 10 Jan 1826 - Missouri (7, 18) Death date: 1870 - Williamson Co, Texas (4) Spouse: Mary Ann CONNELL (1827-Bef 1920) (18) Marr. Date: 28 Dec 1850 - Washington Co, Texas (23) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 M William Riley WILLS (4) Birthdate: 3 Aug 1826 - Clay Co, Missouri (1, 4) Death date: 26 Apr 1903 - Bell Co, Texas (24) Buried: After 26 Apr 1903 - Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Bell Co, Texas Spouse: Saluda Elizabeth CROSS (1837-1932) (25) Marr. Date: 10 Mar 1853 - Bell Co, Texas (24, 26) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 M Capt Daniel Shackleford WILLS (27) Birthdate: Oct 1829 - Missouri (27) Death date: After 1900 - Arizona Spouse: Permelia Elizabeth BLACK (1840-Aft 1900) (27) Marr. Date: 1855 - Texas (27) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 M David WILLS Birthdate: Abt 1831 - Missouri Death date: Abt 1848 - Texas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 F Almira E WILLS (28) Birthdate: 1832 - Missouri (29, 30) Death date: Between 1893 and 1900 - Texas Spouse: John C ANDERSON (1834-Aft 1910) (31, 32) Marr. Date: 21 Aug 1856 - Bell Co, Texas (33) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 F Nancy Evaline WILLS Birthdate: Abt 1815 - Missouri Death date: After 1893 Spouse: James L HOGAN (Abt 1810-Aft 1893) Marr. Date: 10 Feb 1852 - Bell Co, Texas (26) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 M Archibald WILLS (7) Birthdate: Apr 1839 - Missouri (1, 34) Death date: 1 Feb 1925 - Holland, Bell Co, Texas (35) Buried: Feb 1925 - Texas State Cemetery, Travis Co, Texas Spouse: Rebecca PENNINGTON (1842-Bef 1879) Marr. Date: 10 Jan 1861 - Bell Co, Texas (36) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ General Notes (Husband) ================================================================================ Census Yr: 1850 State Or Territory: Tx County: Washington Reel No: M432-918 Page No: 288b And 289a Reference: Enumerated By E. D. Little The 9th Of Oct., 1850. 78/78 42 Mills J. B. 55 M Farmer 5,000 Tenn 1 Mills Anna 48 F Tenn 2 Mills Wilson 24 M Farmer Tenn 3 Mills Archibald 11 M Mo X 4 Mills Alexander 7 M Texas X 5 Mills C H 15 M Germany X 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 1870 Milam County Census, page 306a, San Andres, 08/20/1870 Wills, James 72 M W Farmer Tennessee Elizabeth 48 F W House keeper Georgia Brooks, Emma 17 F W Texas Stowham, Henry 24 M W Farming Texas Shappet, Geo 50 M W Work on farm Alabama 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, pg 288b & 289a. 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. The Darrs Creek tract bordered on the Dallas property. Milam Co, TX, Probate Index Wills, J.B. deceased 3/2/1875 #41 1870 Milam Co, TX Census page 209a - Franklin Wills age 16 and Charley Wills age 15 living with Gustav? and Christiana Hendricks. STATE OF TEXAS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: COUNTY OF MILAM That I, James B Wills, of the County and State aforesaid, being of sound mind and aware of the uncertainty of life and my approaching desolution, have this day willed, bequeathed, and demised and by these presents do will, bequeath, and demise unto my son, G. A. Wills, for the love and affection I bear him, one tract or parcel of land lying and being situated in Llano County on the waters of the Llano River about 90 miles S.E. of the old San Sabe Fort, known as Survey No. 39 in District No. 10, by virtue of Fisher's and Miller's Colony Certificate No. 23, issued by Joseph T. Portis, Commissioner of said Colony on the 9th day of May 1850 to Henrick Herring and transferred by said Herring to me on the 4th day of November 1853; more particularly described in letters patent No. 355, issued to me from the land office on the 16th of June 1859. Also one tract of land lying and being situated as above mentioned tract and issued on the same certificate and the same time and described in letters pattent No. 356 issued from the land office on the 17th day of June A.D. 1859. Also one other tract lying and being situated as above mentioned tracts and issued on the same certificate and at the same time and described in letters pattent issued to me from the land office June 17th, 1859 and numbered 357. Also one other tract lying and being situated as above mentioned tracts and issued on the same certificate and on the same day and described fully in letters pattent No. 358 issued to me from the land office on the 17th day of June A.D. 1859. Also two town lots lying in the town of Salado, Bell, County, Texas, and known and described on the town plat as lots No. [page 2] 2 and No. 12 in Bock No. 15 deeded to me by E.S.C. Robertson the 6th day of February A.D. 1862. Said G. A. Wills to have and to hold said described, to his heirs and assigns forever in fee simple. In testimony thereunto set my hand a seal useing scroll for seal this 25th day of January A.D. 1873. his James B. Wills mark STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF MILAM Before me, the undersigned, authority, this day personally appeared R. P. Henderson, one of the subscribing witnesses to the above will and on oath says that he signed the wll as a witness of James B. Wills, the testator, and that he saw him sign the same which he declared in the presence of witnesses to be his last will and testament. Affiant further states that the testator was at the time he signed the said will over the age of twenty-one years and of sound mind. He further states that J. K. P. Shelton signed the same at the request of the said testator and that boath of the witnesses were avove fourteen years. his R. P. Henderson mark Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22 day of March A.D. 1875. J. Nabours, D.C. M.C. Filed for record March 22, 1875 at 5 o'clock P.M. and was duly recorded the same day at 5 o'clock P.M. J. Nabours, D.C.M. C. ================================================================================ Notes (Marriage) ================================================================================ married by Benjamin W. Lane. Last Modified: 30 Jun 2008 ================================================================================ Source Citations ================================================================================ 1. 1860 Bell Co, TX Census, 324. 2. History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties (1893, Ingmire Publications), 716. 3. Rutherford Co, TN, Marriage Book, http://www.tngenweb.org/rutherford/marr2.htm. 4. History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties (1893, Ingmire Publications), 716-717. 5. Pension File, S17198, James Wills. 6. Senn, Ima Holder. 7. 1850 Washington Co, Texas Census, 288b-289a. 8. 1900 Bell Co, Texas Census (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/), 111a. 9. Pension File, 5957. 10. 1850 Washington Co, Texas Census, 289A. 11. Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, D/174. 12. Estate Records, Calhoun Co, AL. 13. Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, D/279. 14. Washington Co, Texas Marriage Book, book 1 page 7. 15. 1880 Bell Co, Texas Census (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/bell/census/1880/), 323b. 16. 1860 Bell Co, TX Census, 321. 17. E A Limmer, Jr., Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 1 (Eakin Press, Austin, Texas), 1006. 18. Connell, Robert. 19. Washington Co, Texas Marriage Book, book 1 page 8. 20. Cemetery, Dallas, Bell Co, TX. 21. E A Limmer, Jr., Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 1 (Eakin Press, Austin, Texas), 444. 22. Washington Co, Texas Marriage Book, book 1 page 6. 23. Ibid, book 1 page 15. 24. Pension File, 49469. 25. Ibid. 26. E A Limmer, Jr., Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 2 (Eakin Press, Austin, Texas), 1006. 27. 1900 Graham Co, AZ Census, ED 22 Sh 4. 28. 1860 Milam Co, TX Census. 29. 1860 Bell Co, TX Census, 302. 30. 1880 Milam Co, TX Census (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/searc h_census.asp), 339b. 31. 1850 Milam Co, Texas Census (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/milam/census/1850/), 14a. 32. 1900 Milam Co, TX Census (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/), ED 79 Sh 6. 33. Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, A/94. 34. Pension File, 7756. 35. Cemetery, Texas State, Travis Co, TX, Section:Confederate Field, Section 1 Row:Q Number:32. 36. Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, D/50. ================================================================================ My Notes ================================================================================ If there is no SOURCE, I have no PROOF! If the source is an INDIVIDUAL, the information is HEARSAY!