Lawrence MILLS

Other Events:

• Census: 1940, , Rusk, Texas, USA; ED 201-25 pg 8A
• Occupation: Aug 1941; loaded pulpwood at Teneha
• Military: 5 May 1942, Tyler, Smith, Texas, USA; US Army
• Obituary: 16 Nov 1987, Henderson, Rusk, Texas, USA; Henderson Daily News

Notes:

In a letter from Lawrence to Robert L. Armstrong dated 8/3/41
Lawrence is in Mt. Enterprise, Robert is in CC Camp in Colorado.
Mostly silly stuff but he says he is loading pulpwood down at Teneha (south of Carthage on hwy 59). He went to Kilgore (the same as saying he went drinking) three weeks ago and saw his Shorty working at the Circle Y.

Another letter dated 9/14/41
Lawrence bought a new car - a Whippet 6, and it runs good. Now he can go see his Shorty. Tooter and Leon (Kelly) were here since Saturday. They borrowed Uncle Walter's (Kelly) car and tried to make a curve going to fast.Tthey wrecked the car, rolled it over, but didn't get hurt.

In a letter to Neeley Armstrong dated 11/9/43
APO New York to Mt. Enterprise
He has a cold. He can't tell her where he is (national security), but he likes it better than where he was before.

Johnnie Mills b. 2/25/1908 d. 12/12/1990 Laneville, 449-09-6320


Census:

Lawrence and Ira

Military:
he was single.

Obituary:
Lawrence Mills
Services for Lawrence Mills, 79, of Henderson will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Bryan Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. R.C. Coppedge officiating.
Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery under the direction of Bryan Funeral Home.
Mr. Mills died at 5:10 p.m. Sunday in Henderson Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.
He was born May 16, 1908, in Rusk County, where he lived most of his life. He was a member od a Pentecostal church and was retired from the Marine Manufacturing Co. He was a member of DOF Lodge 28, Rebecca Lodge 159, and American Legion Post 95 and VFW Post 8535.
The family will meet friends at the funeral home from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today.
Survivors include his wife, Edna Mills of Henderson; and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Robert Armstrong, E.D. Armstrong, George A. Armstrong, Glenn Armstrong, Rickey Armstrong, and Ear (Pete) Armstrong.
[should be Ira, not Ear]

Lawrence married Edna F ARRINGTON on 5 Jun 1976 in , Rusk, Texas, USA. Edna was born on 15 Mar 1910; died on 25 Apr 1993 in , Rusk, Texas, USA; was buried on 27 Apr 1993 in , Rusk, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 13 Jun 1900, , Rusk, Texas, USA; ED 86, pg 11A
• Census: 1910, Mount Enterprise, Rusk, Texas, USA; ED 55, pg 2A
• Census: 8 Jan 1920, Laneville, Rusk, Texas, USA; ED 68, pg 12A
• Census: 11 Apr 1930, , Rusk, Texas, USA; ED 28, pg 6B
• Census: 1940, , Rusk, Texas, USA; ED 201-25 pg 8A
• death certificate: 4 Dec 1940; Lawrence Mills

Notes:

Birth:
1870 census says he was 7 which makes him born in 1863.

Census:
Justice Precinct 4, voting precincts 12 & 14
Mills Ira Head W M Jan 1864 36 M 5 Farmer TX TN TN
Mills Emma Wife W F Mar 1865 35 M 5 2 1 TX TN NC
Mills Neana Daughter W F Apr 1896 3 S TX TX TX

Census:

Mills, Ira head 44 M 13 TX TN AL farmer
Emma wife 43 TX TN TN
Neanah dau 12
Lawrence son 1

Census:
Head Ira Mills M 59 Texas
Wife Emma Mills F 58 Texas
Son Lawrence Mills M 11 Texas

Census:
Precinct 8
MILLS, Ira head M 67 TX TN AL
Emma wife F 66 TX TN TN
Manda sister F 75 TX KY KY
Lawrence son M 22 TX TX TX

Census:
Precinct 4
Head Larnce Mills M 32 Texas
Father Ira Mills M 76 Texas

Ira married Emma MCKINNON on 6 Sep 1895 in , Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. Emma (daughter of John MCKINNON and Frances WHITE) was born in Mar 1865 in , , Texas, USA; died on 19 Mar 1936 in Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA; was buried on 23 Mar 1936 in Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Emma McKinnon is the daughter of John McKinnon and Frances White. She was born in Texas, probably in northern Nacogdoches County. She started having seizures in middle age and, in about 1931, Emma boarded a train in East Texas that carried her to Abilene where she walked to the State Hospital and admitted herself. She and daughter, Neeley wrote many letters until her epilepsy-related death.

(Medical):Emma was epileptic and had 4 children who did not live.

Died:
She was an epileptic and went to live at the hopital. Dad never knew either of his grandmothers.

Other Events:

• Property: , Nacogdoches, Texas, USA; 213 acres
• Census: 1860, Linn Flat, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA; pg 164
• Census: 1870, Linn Flat, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA; pg 533

Notes:

(Research):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."

Either Hannah or Mandy married a CLIFTON?

There are 1850 census records in Tennesse in Smith, Hardeman, Davidson and White counties.

Property:
Abstract Number: 390
District/Class: Nacogdoches 3rd
File Number: 3919
Original Grantee: John Mills
Certificate: 3341/3442
Acres: 213.00

Census:
Beat 5, 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

Census:
Dst 5, 181/181
John Mills M 45 Tennessee
Martha Mills F 55 Alabama
Martha Mills F 18 Texas
Anna Mills F 13 Texas
Amanda Mills F 11 Texas
Alvin Mills M 11 Texas
Ira Mills M 7 Texas
Samuel F Davis M 17 Texas
Mosses Davis M 14 Texas
Cintha Davis F 12 Texas
Levi W Davis M 9 Texas
none can read or write

John married Martha ALDRIDGE on 19 Jan 1854 in , Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. Martha (daughter of Drury ALDRIDGE, III and Anna ???) was born in 1820 in , Jackson, Alabama, USA; died after 1879 in , , Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Patsy Aldridge
• Census: 1880, , Nacogdoches, Texas, USA; ED 51, pg 7 (253C)

Notes:

Census:
Precinct 5 (Linn Flat) hh# 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

Other Events:

• Residence: Between 1854 and 1861, , , Tennessee, USA
• Residence: Mar 1865, , , Texas, USA
• Census: 25 Aug 1870, Douglass, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA; pg 19 (471A), d/f #144/244
• Census: 24 Jun 1880, , Rusk, Texas, USA; ED 77, pg 171

Notes:

Clan MacKinnon or Clan Fingon is a Highland Scottish clan associated with the islands of Mull and Skye, in the Inner Hebrides. [Wikipedia]

(Research):Rusk Co, TX Marriages
McKinnon D.D. 09-25-1882 Derritt Beby

John may be the son of Daniel, born abt. 1785 in Scotland, died 1844 in Stewart Co, KY.

There are McKinnons in McNairy Co, TN in 1850. There is a Norman McKinnon in Knoxville in 1876-77. Many McKinnons in Richmond/Scotland Co, NC in 1840.

Marks Creek Presb Ch, Richmond Co, NC.
The first church was built on land donated by a Mr. John McKinnon. Not much is known of this church. Except for the foregoing data, no known records exist. It is known that at about the time the church should have been growing, some of its members left this area and settled in Georgia, Alabama and Florida.

There is a family in Haywood, TN, in 1860.

I don't know if he's ours:
Rusk County News October 25, 1933
Funeral is Held for McKinnon Baby
The three-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer McKinnon was buried Saturday afternoon in Lakewood Memorial Park, with Rev. J. N. Phillips, pastor of the First Baptist Church officiating.
The baby, the only child, died Friday in Dallas, where he had been taken about a week ago for treatment. He had been ill only a short time.

John A McKinnon was a registered voter in Nacogdoches Co in 1867.

Confederate Indigent Families of Texas 1863-1865, Mckinnon, J A - Nacogdoches

Census:
Douglas PO,
John McKinnon W M 45 Farmer Nc
Frances W F 37 Keep House Tn
Sarah W F 16 At Home Tn
Norman W M 14 Farmer Tn
Hiram W M 12 Tn
Charles W M 10 Tn
Emma W F 4 Tx
Lewis W. W M 2 Tx
John is a farmer with personal value of $150.

Census:
Precinct 5, 313/321
John McKinnon W M 55 M Farm Laborer Nc Nc Nc
Fannie W F 50 Wife M Keeping House Tn Scot Scotland
Sarah W F 27 Dau S At Home Tn Nc Tn
Norman W M 25 Son S At Home Tn Nc Tn
Hyram A. W M 23 Son S Farm Laborer Tn Nc Tn
Charles W M 19 Son S Farm Laborer Tn Nc Tn
Emma W F 14 Dau S At Home Tx Nc Tn
None can read or write, Norman is disabled (white swelling), Lewis is missing.

John married Frances WHITE about 1853 in , , Tennessee, USA. Frances (daughter of WHITE) was born in 1832 in , , Tennessee, USA; died after 1879 in , , Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Fannie White

Notes:

Parents born in Scotland (Scotland Co, NC?). One census gives her age as 37 and the next, 50.

Other Events:

• Residence: Between 1810 and 1818, , Greene, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: Abt 1819, , Baldwin, Georgia, USA
• Census: 1820, , Surry, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1830, , Jackson, Alabama, USA; pg 140
• Residence: 1830, , Surry, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1840, , Marshall, Alabama, USA; pg 104
• Census: 12 Nov 1850, , Nacogdoches, Texas, USA; pg 161-162 (79A-B), d/f#369/369

Notes:

Drewry Jr. ALDRIDGE was married to Edith HARDY about 1786 in Dobbs County, North Carolina. Edith HARDY was born in 1768 in Dobbs County, North Carolina. She died before 1810 in Greene County, North Carolina. Drewry, Jr. ALDRIDGE and Edith HARDY had the following children:
i. Drewry, III. ALDRIDGE was born about 1787 in Dobbs County, North Carolina. He died in Texas. Moved to Texas via Ga with brothers Lemuel and Jesse
Seems that Drewry III sold his property on Bear Creek, Greene County, NC and moved to Baldwin County, GA. Where his cousin Thomas B Aldridge, Jr. lived. This was around 1818. He found a wife there, then moved to Jackson County, Alabama. His children were born in Alabama but then he moved to Nacogdoches, Texas.
It is said that Drewry Jr rode his horse twice to Texas to see his children and grandchildren.
ii. Lemuel Hardy ALDRIDGE was born about 1789 in Dobbs County, North Carolina. He died in Texas.
Shade Aldridge shadea@eartklink.net

ALRIDGE, Drewry marr. BRANDLE, Sarah 14-DEC-1819, Surry, NC
Aldridge, Drury - Unknown Townships, Jackson, AL 1830 (male HOH 30-40; this is probably Drewry Aldridge of Dobbs/Greene Co, NC m. Sarah Brandle; son of Drewry and Edith Hardy; migrating to Texas].
Aldridge, Drury Unknown Townships, Marshall, AL 1840

It's possible that there are more children in this family. These are what remained for the 1850 Census in Texas.

There is more than one Drury Aldridge and I am not so sure that our Anna is Sarah Brandle or that our Drury married Sarah Brandle.

(Research):Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950
Eliza Ann Aldredge 14 November 1846 Thomas Jones Marshall, Alabama

Census:

D. Aldridge 59 M farmer NC
Anna 54 F GA
Martha 30 F AL
Meahania 24 F AL
Minerva 20 F AL
Sarah 17 F AL
Levi 12 M AL
Drury is a farmer.

Drury married Anna ??? about 1818 in , , Georgia, USA. Anna was born about 1795 in , , Georgia, USA; died after 1859 in , , Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Linn Flat, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA; pg 164, hh# 664/654

Notes:

Census:
Beat 5
Levi Aldrige 21 M Farmer Al
Anna 65 F Housekeeper Ga