Archibald WILLS b. Apr 1839 , , Missouri, USA d. 1 Feb 1925 Austin, Travis, Texas, USA: An Armstrong & A Heffernan

1839 - 1925 (~ 85 years)

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Name	Archibald WILLS [1]
Born	Apr 1839	, , Missouri, USA [2, 3, 4]
Gender	Male
Residence	1847	, Bell, Texas, USA [5]
Military	1861	, , Texas, USA
	Capt Milton W Damron's Co, Co D, 18th Texas Calvary, CSA
	Archibald served under Edward Jeremiah Gurley in the Civil War. Capt. Milton W. DAMRON'S Company. Company D. 18th Texas Calvary. Enlisted in Fall of 1861. At the fall of Arkansas Post a part of this Company escaped and was thrown in with Company E. 17th Texas Consolidated Dismounted Cavalry, with Captain DAMRON commanding. A part of the original Company was captured and carried to Camp Douglass (Chicago) but, after several months, were exchanged and returned to the Confederate lines East of the Mississippi River and the Company was there reorganized. The following roll includes the names of men in all three of these organizations (but probably not all of them) and were furnished by Sam W. BISHOP, Wm. J. WHEAT, George FISHER, Sam H. COX, Henry C EDRINGTON, Jesse SUTTON, C.B. ROBERTS and others, some by each and each one acting separately. Arch is listed in the Rogers line.
Military	Between Mar 1862 and 1865	, , Texas, USA
	Co C, Gurley's 30th Texas Cavalry, C.S.A., Texas
Census	31 Aug 1870	, Bell, Texas, USA
pg 46 (83B), d/f #341/341
Beat 4, Belton PO WILLS, Ach 31 M W Mo Farmer 800 250 Rebecca 29 F W Mo Keeping house James 8 M W Tex Dora 4 F W Tex Julia 1 F W Tex Indexed as Art Wills.
Census	16 Jun 1880	, Bell, Texas, USA
ED 3, pg 42 (343B)
Beat 3 Self Archie Mills M 41 Missouri Son Jim Mills M 17 Texas Dau Dora Mills F 13 Texas Son Frank Mills M 11 Texas Son Willie Mills M 9 Texas It probably says Wills but the writing is very faded and looks like an M.
Census	5 Jun 1900	Holland, Bell, Texas, USA
ED 20, pg 4B
Precinct 3 Arch Wills Head M 61 Apr 1839 Missouri Jim B Wills Son M 37 Oct 1862 Texas Dora Wills Dau F 33 Oct 1866 Texas Arch is widowed and is a butcher. Jim is a butcher and single.
Name	Arch Wills
Pension	19 Mar 1901	Holland, Bell, Texas, USA
Died	1 Feb 1925	Austin, Travis, Texas, USA [6, 7]
	Cause: cancer of the face and eye
	Address: Confederate Home Travis County Travis County, Texas
death certificate	2 Feb 1925
	T C Hairston of Austin
Buried	2 Feb 1925	Austin, Travis, Texas, USA [7]
	Address: Texas State Cemetery Travis County Travis County, Texas
	Section: Confederate Field, Section 1 Row: Q Number: 32 Headstone Text: A Wills 1839-1925 Co. H. 34. N. Ga Inf Reg. Scafe's Brig Gano's Div. Trans Miss Army
Person ID	I3689	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
Last Modified	10 Dec 2017

Father	James B WILLS, b. 1798, , Rutherford, Tennessee, USA , d. 1872, , , Texas, USA (Age 74 years)
Mother	Amy W SHACKELFORD, b. 1800, , , Virginia, USA , d. Bef 1871, , , Texas, USA (Age 70 years)
Married	3 Jan 1816	, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA [8, 9]
	married by Benjamin W. Lane.
Family ID	F1339	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Rebecca PENNINGTON, b. 1842, , , Missouri, USA , d. Bef 1881, , Bell, Texas, USA (Age 38 years)

Married 10 Jan 1861 , Bell, Texas, USA [10]

Children

	1. James B WILLS, b. Oct 1862, , , Texas, USA , d. 21 Mar 1941, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA (Age ~ 78 years)
	2. Dora WILLS, b. 16 Oct 1866, , , Texas, USA , d. 5 Nov 1957, Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, USA (Age 91 years)
	3. Julia WILLS, b. 1869, , , Texas, USA , d. Deceased
	4. Frank WILLS, b. 1869, , , Texas, USA , d. Deceased
	5. William WILLS, b. 1871, , , Texas, USA , d. Deceased

Last Modified 10 Dec 2017

Family ID F1749 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

This family is difficult to track compared to W R and others. We know Jim and Dora lived with Arch on the 1900 Census so they're easy but there is the confusion as to whether child number three is a daughter named Julia or a son named Frank. The 1870 Census plainly shows Julia, age 1, but the very faded 1880 seems to show a son named Frank, age 11. I can't find a trace of either one of them. Willie is only present for the 1880 Census, age 9, and then he, too, disappears; there are simply too many Williams, Willies and Willises to track.
(Medical):said he had lumbago and bladder trouble when he filed for his pension on 7/23/1899.

Sources

[S31] 1850 Washington, TX, ppg 288B-289A.
Archibald Mills
[S34] 1860 Bell, TX, pg 58 (324B), d/f #390/391.
age 21, Missouri
[S483] Pension File, Wills, A #7756.
"Age sixty" date 7/23/1899
[S84] 1900 Bell, TX, ED 20, pg 4B.
age 61, Apr 1839, Missouri
[S483] Pension File, Wills, A #7756.
"How long have you resided in said County and what is your post office address? since 1847. Holland"
[S236] Cemetery, Texas State, Travis Co, TX, Wills, A.
Section:Confederate Field, Section 1 Row:Q Number:32
[S275] Death Certificate, Wills, A #8244.
[S795] Rutherford Co, TN, Marriage Book, (TNGenWeb.org).
James B Wills to Amy W Shackleford
[She has 1810 but it may be 1816.]
[S1328] Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002, (FamilySearch.org), Wills, James B.
to Amy W Shackleford, 3 Jan 1810, Rutherford County
[S142] Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, bk D pg 50.
Archibald Wills to Rebecca Pennington, 10 Jan 1861, by M G Rainey, MG