James Buchanan Wills and Elizabeth ???

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Husband James Buchanan WILLS ¹

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         Born: 1798 - Rutherford Co, Tennessee 1
         Died: 1872 - Texas 2
       Buried: 

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       Father: James WILLS (1763-1855)
       Mother: Lillian BUCHANAN (Abt 1770-After 1820)

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     Marriage: Bef 1870

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 Other Spouse: Anna W SHACKLEFORD (1800-Between 1860) - 3 Jan 1816 - Rutherford Co, Tennessee 3

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Events in his life were:

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• Occupation, Owner of Meat Market

• Residence ⁴, Missouri, 1825

• Residence ⁵, Clay Co, Missouri, 1832

• Census, Harris Co, Texas, 1840

• Property, Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - patent, 5 Jul 1849

• Census, Washington Co, Texas, 9 Oct 1850

• Property, Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - bought from James G Connell, 6 Aug 1851

• Property, Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - sold to James C Armstrong, 5 Feb 1852

• Property, Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - sold to William Connell, 4 Jun 1852

• Property, 160 acres on Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - sold to A J Dallas, 16 Aug 1854

• Property, 160 acres on Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - sold to James L Hogan, 9 Feb 1856

• Property, 160 acres on Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - sold to Daniel S Wills, 28 Apr 1856

• Census, Holland, Bell Co, Texas, 1860

• Occupation ¹, Farmer, 1860

• Census, San Andres, Milam Co, Texas, 20 Aug 1870

• Will, Milam Co, Texas, 2 Mar 1875

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Wife Elizabeth ???

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         Born: 14 Sep 1813 - Georgia 6
         Died: 5 Oct 1885
       Buried: Oct 1885 - Old Cameron City Cemetery, Cameron, Milam Co, Texas

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 Other Spouse: Unknown BROOKS (Abt 1808-      )

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Events in her life were:

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• Census, Dist 103, Milam Co, Texas, 1880

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General Notes (Husband)

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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.
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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.

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General Notes (Wife)

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1880 Milam Co, TX Census, Dst 103, pg 261a
Elizabeth WILLS Self W Female W 66 GA House Keeper GA GA
Emma STREWHERN GDau W Female W 25 TX House Keeper AL TN
Alice STREWHERN GGDau S Female W 5 TX TX TX

I'm not sure if Emma is her daughter or granddaughter but the age is pretty close for a granddaughter. Emma married the hired hand, Henry Stowham or Strewhern who lived with them on the 1870 census.
Alice H. Strewherm, dau of Henry and Emma J. Strewherm, b. 6/27/1875 d. 9/24/1890.

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1 1860 Bell Co, TX Census (http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/bell/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 1870 Milam Co, TX Census (http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/milam/census/1870/), 306a.