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1845 Washington County Report of Unconditional Certificates - Willis Johnson

Certificate:#300 - Acres:640 - Date of Unconditional Certificate: 29 September 1845

J. B. Mills appointed of Willis Johnson - Witnessed by John R. Wise (Certificate #312) & James H. Calvert (Certificate #304)
These three men witnessed each others certificates

J. B. Mills/Willis - neighbor to Willis per 1850 slave census for Washington County, pg. 10, in Bell County, Texas in 1856 per tax assessment ,1867 voter registration list for Milam lists J. B Wills as born in Tennessee, 1850 US Census has J. B. Mills in Washington County, Texas and born in Tennessee and married to Anna Mills from Tennessee. A James B. Wills and Anny W. Shackleford were married in Rutherford, Tennessee 3 January 1810. By 1860 Jas B and Amy Wills are living in Bell County, Texas. According to FindAGrave James Buchanan Wills died 2 March 1875 in Milam County, Texas.