VA 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: Between 1873 and 1875 - Texas Father: James WILLS (1763-1855) Mother: Lillian BUCHANAN (Abt 1770-Aft 1820) Marriage: 3 Jan 1816 Place: Rutherford Co, Tennessee (2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Spouse: Elizabeth BROOKS (1813-1885) Date: Bef 1870 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Events -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Occupation - Owner Of Meat Market 2. Residence (3) , 1825 - Missouri 3. Census, 1840 - Harris Co, Texas 4. Property, 5 Jul 1849 - Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - Patent 5. Census, 9 Oct 1850 - Washington Co, Texas 6. Property, 6 Aug 1851 - Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - Bought From James G Connell 7. Property, 5 Feb 1852 - Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - Sold To James C Armstrong 8. Property, 4 Jun 1852 - Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - Sold To William Connell 9. Property, 16 Aug 1854 - 160 Acres On Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - Sold To A J Dallas 10. Property, 9 Feb 1856 - 160 Acres On Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - Sold To James L Hogan 11. Property, 28 Apr 1856 - 160 Acres On Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - Sold To Daniel S Wills 12. Census, 1860 - Holland, Bell Co, Texas 13. Occupation (1) , 1860 - Farmer 14. Census, 1870 - San Andres, Milam Co, Texas 15. Will, 2 Mar 1875 - Milam Co, Texas ================================================================================ Wife: Anna W SHACKLEFORD ================================================================================ AKA: AMY Birthdate: 1800 - Virginia (1) Death date: Between 1860 and 1870 - Texas Father: Daniel SHACKLEFORD (1770-1852) Mother: Tabitha NANCE (1783-Aft 1860) ================================================================================ Children ================================================================================ 1 M George Alexander WILLS (4) Birthdate: Oct 1841 - Texas (1, 5, 6) Death date: 21 Mar 1922 - Near Davilla, Milam Co, Texas (5) Buried: 23 Mar 1922 - Friendship Cemetery, Davilla, Milam Co, Texas (5) Spouse: O E BROOKS (Abt 1845- ) Marr. Date: 28 Feb 1866 - Bell Co, Texas (7) Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth COOK (1850-1937) (4, 8) Marr. Date: 11 Jun 1868 - Rogers, Bell Co, Texas (9) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 M Reuben WILLS Birthdate: Abt 1817 - Tennessee Death date: 1860 - Texas (3) Spouse: Jane BUSTER (Abt 1820- ) Marr. Date: 27 May 1843 - Washington Co, Texas (10) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 F Sarah J WILLS Birthdate: 1820 - Missouri (1) 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 (11, 12) Death date: 29 Apr 1899 - Brownwood, Brown Co, Texas Buried: 1899 - Connell Cemetery, Brown Co, Texas Spouse: William Oliver CONNELL (1816-1882) (13) Marr. Date: 31 Jul 1843 - Washington Co, Texas (14) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 F Tabitha WILLS Birthdate: 11 May 1824 - Missouri (15) Death date: 13 Nov 1860 - Bell Co, Texas (15) Spouse: Alexander James DALLAS (1820-1889) Marr. Date: 6 Jan 1842 - Washington Co, Texas (16) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 M James Wilson WILLS Birthdate: 10 Jan 1826 - Missouri (13) Death date: 1870 - Williamson Co, Texas (3) Spouse: Mary Ann CONNELL (1829- ) (13) Marr. Date: 28 Dec 1850 - Washington Co, Texas (17) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 M William Riley WILLS (3) Birthdate: 3 Aug 1826 - Clay Co, Missouri (1, 3) Death date: 26 Apr 1903 - Bell Co, Texas (18) Buried: 1903 - Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Bell Co, Texas Spouse: Saluda Elizabeth CROSS (1837-1932) Marr. Date: 10 Mar 1853 - Bell Co, Texas (18, 19) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 M Capt Daniel Shackleford WILLS Birthdate: Abt 1830 - Missouri Death date: After 1893 Spouse: Permelia Elizabeth BLACK (Abt 1835- ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 M David WILLS Birthdate: Abt 1831 - Missouri Death date: Abt 1848 - Texas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 F Almira E WILLS Birthdate: 1832 - Missouri (20) Death date: After 1893 - Texas Spouse: John C ANDERSON (1834-Aft 1910) (21) Marr. Date: 21 Aug 1856 - Bell Co, Texas (22) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 F Nancy Evaline WILLS Birthdate: Abt 1834 - Missouri Death date: After 1893 Spouse: James L HOGAN (Abt 1830-Aft 1893) Marr. Date: 10 Feb 1852 - Bell Co, Texas (19) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 M Archibald WILLS Birthdate: Apr 1839 - Missouri (1, 23) Death date: 1 Feb 1925 - Holland, Bell Co, Texas (24) Buried: Feb 1925 - Texas State Cemetery, Travis Co, Texas Spouse: Rebecca PENNINGTON (1842-Bef 1879) Marr. Date: 10 Jan 1861 - Bell Co, Texas (25) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ General Notes (Husband) ================================================================================ 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. 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 8 M . farming . . Texas The Darrs Creek tract bordered on the Dallas property. Milam Co, TX, Probate Index Wills, J.B. deceased 3/2/1875 #41 ================================================================================ Notes (Marriage) ================================================================================ married by Benjamin W. Lane. ================================================================================ Source Citations ================================================================================ 1. 1860 Bell Co, TX Census, 324. 2. Rutherford Co, TN, Marriage Book, http://www.tngenweb.org/rutherford/marr2.htm. 3. History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties (1893, Ingmire Publications), 716-717. 4. Senn, Ima Holder. 5. Pension File, 5957. 6. 1850 Washington Co, Texas Census, 289A. 7. Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, D/174. 8. Estate Records, Calhoun Co, Alabama. 9. Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, D/279. 10. Washington Co, Texas Marriage Book, book 1 page 7. 11. 1860 Bell Co, TX Census, 321. 12. E A Limmer, Jr., Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 1 (Eakin Press, Austin, Texas), 1006. 13. Connell, Robert. 14. Washington Co, Texas Marriage Book, book 1 page 8. 15. E A Limmer, Jr., Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 1 (Eakin Press, Austin, Texas), 444. 16. Washington Co, Texas Marriage Book, book 1 page 6. 17. Ibid, book 1 page 15. 18. Pension File, 49469. 19. E A Limmer, Jr., Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 2 (Eakin Press, Austin, Texas), 1006. 20. 1860 Bell Co, TX Census, 302. 21. 1850 Milam Co, Texas Census, 14a. 22. Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, A/94. 23. Pension File, 7756. 24. Cemetery, Texas State, Travis Co, TX, Section: Confederate Field, Section 1 Row: Q Number: 32. 25. Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, D/50. ================================================================================ My Notes ================================================================================ If there is no SOURCE, I have no PROOF! If the source is a person, the information is HEARSAY.