John Henry Mills Sr. (abt. 1838 - 1913)

Born about 1838 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

Died 14 Aug 1913 at about age 75 in Whitmell, Pittsylvania, Virginia

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Biography

John Mills Sr. served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 24 May 1861
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 38th Virginia Infantry

John Henry Mills, Sr. was born about 1838 in Pittsylvania, Virginia to Joel H. Mills and Susanna Elliot. Parents were wed in Pittsylvania on February 17, 1835.

John's gravestone is shown on the Pittsylvania County History website, but no dates are on the stone.

In 1933 a military headstone was shipped to son James E Mills. The paperwork notes death as August 14, 1913.

John first shown in the 1850 census with parents in Pittsylvania. That record and the 1860 Pittsylvania record show Joel(est 1815) and Susanna(est 1817) with the following children:

1. Mary 1834
2. William 1836
3. JOHN HENRY MILLS 1838
4. George C. 1840
5. Nathaniel 1842
6. Sarah E. 1851
7. Robert B. 1855
8. Hezekiah 1857

John H. Mills would enlist in the CSA when the Civil War began in 1861. He would be in the 38th Virginia Infantry, Company D. A cousin, Caleb W. Mills was in the same unit. Caleb would end up marrying John's next door neighbor, Eliza A. Elliot.

John would survive the war, and marry Emma Ann Davis in Pittsylvania of November 24, 1868, and 1870 would find the couple with their first son John(1869) , north of Dan River in Pittsylvania, Virginia. The 1880 and 1900 Callands, Pittsylvania censuses and death records for 1872 and 1877 would bring known children to:

1. John T. Mills 1869
2. Elizabeth 1872- Aug 16, 1872
3. James H. Mills 1873- Oct. 10, 1877
4. Leila F. 1874
5. Leroy K. 1880
6. James E. 1884

Son James E. Mills would sign for the military headstone for his father.

Sources

Pittsylvania County History website

• FamilySearch profile for JOHN HENRY MILLS, Sr.
• 1860 census Whitmell, Southern District, Pittsylvania, Virginia, page 71, John H. Mills
• United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865, JOHN H. MILLS, Sr., Private, Company D, 38th Regiment, Virginia Infantry, Pittsylvania Regiment, Confederate
• 1880 census Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia, JOHN H. MILLS
• 1900 census Tunstall, Pittsylvania, Virginia, JOHN H MILLS
• United States Headstone Application for Military Veteran