John Mills and Martha Aldridge

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Husband John MILLS ^{1 2}

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         Born: Abt 1825 - Tennessee 3
         Died: Bef 1880 - Texas 4
       Buried: 

     Marriage: 19 Jan 1854 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas 5

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 Other Spouse: Minerva ALDRIDGE (Abt 1830-Abt 1852) 6 7 - 11 Nov 1851 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas 8

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Events in his life were:

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• Census, Linn Flat, Nacogdoches Co, Texas, 1860

• Census, Linn Flat, Nacogdoches Co, Texas, 1870

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Wife Martha ALDRIDGE ¹

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          AKA: Patsy
         Born: 1820 - Jackson Co, Alabama 9
         Died: After 1880 - Texas
       Buried: 

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       Father: Drury ALDRIDGE III (Abt 1790-Bef 1860) 1 10
       Mother: Sarah Ann BRANDLE (Abt 1795-After 1860) 6 11

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Events in her life were:

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• Census, Nacogdoches, Texas, 1880

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Children

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1 M Ira MILLS ^{12 13}

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         Born: 10 Jan 1865 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas 13
         Died: 3 Dec 1940 - MT Enterprise, Rusk Co, Texas 13
       Buried: 4 Dec 1940 - Union Springs Cemetery, Nacogdoches Co, Texas 13

       Spouse: Emma McKINNON (1865-1936) 1 12 14
         Marr: 1895 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas

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2 M Solomon L MILLS ⁶

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         Born: 1854 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas 6
         Died: Abt 1865 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas
       Buried: 

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3 F Hannah F MILLS ¹⁵

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         Born: 1856 - Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co, Texas 6
         Died: Deceased
       Buried: 

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4 M Alvin MILLS ⁶

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          AKA: Alvy
         Born: 7 Jan 1858 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas 6 16
         Died: 29 Aug 1934 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas 16
       Buried: 30 Aug 1934 - Redlands Cemetery, Nacogdoches Co, Texas

       Spouse: Nancy ADAMS (Abt 1861-Bef 1900)
         Marr: 20 Jan 1881 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas 17

       Spouse: Rachel Rebecca POWELL (1861-1917)
         Marr: 1896 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas 18

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5 F Amanda MILLS ^{6 19}

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          AKA: Mandy
         Born: 7 Jan 1858 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas 6
         Died: 25 Apr 1930 - Precinct 1, Rusk Co, Texas 19 20
       Buried: 25 Apr 1930 - Crim's Chapel, Rusk Co, Texas 19

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General Notes (Husband)

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1860 Nacogdoches Co, Tx Census, Beat 5, Linn Flat, Pg 164, 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, Tx Census, Dst 5, Linn Flat, Pg 533, 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

Only one census record shows it, but Alvy and Mandy are supposed to be twins.

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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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 (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp).

5 Marriage Records of Nacogdoches County, Texas, 35.

6 1860 Nacogdoches Co, Texas Census, 164.

7 Creech, James, Wooten Family Genealogy and other papers.

8 Marriage Records of Nacogdoches County, Texas, 30.

9 1850 Nacogdoches Co, Texas Census (http://www.usgwcensus.org/cenfiles/tx/nacogdoches/1850), 079b.

10 Ibid, page 79.

11 Wilson, Pam.

12 Armstrong, George A.

13 Rusk Co, Texas Death Register, Book 6, Page 19.

14 1870 Nacogdoches Co, Texas Census, 47.

15 1880 Nacogdoches Co, Census (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp), 253c.

16 Death Certificate, 71280.

17 Marriage Records of Nacogdoches County, Texas, 119.

18 1900 Nacogdoches Co, TX Census (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/), ED 46 Sh 2.

19 Rusk Co, Texas Death Register, Book 2A.

20 Death Certificate, 20251.