John Mills and Minerva 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: 11 Nov 1851 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas 5

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 Other Spouse: Martha ALDRIDGE (1820-After 1880) 1 - 19 Jan 1854 - Nacogdoches Co, Texas 6

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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 Minerva ALDRIDGE ^{7 8}

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         Born: Abt 1830 - Jackson Co, Alabama 9
         Died: Abt 1852 - Texas
       Buried: 

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       Father: Drury ALDRIDGE III (Abt 1790-Bef 1860) 1 10
       Mother: Sarah Ann BRANDLE (Abt 1795-After 1860) 7 11

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Children

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1 F Martha J MILLS ⁷

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         Born: 1852 - Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co, Texas 7
         Died: Deceased - Texas
       Buried: 

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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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Notes (Marriage)

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by John M Watkins

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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, 30.

6 Ibid, 35.

7 1860 Nacogdoches Co, Texas Census, 164.

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

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

10 Ibid, page 79.

11 Wilson, Pam.