James
Mills
Born in Sussex, New Jersey
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah Reed Mills
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah (Mills) VanSickle, Abigail (Mills) Scott, Annah (Mills) Boatman, Mary Ann (Mills) Furman, Azzur Reed Mills, John Mills, Eliza (Mills) Grosvenor, Mark T. Mills, Julia Ann (Mills) Sutherland and Rebecca (Mills) Vance
Died
at age 77
in Darke, Ohio, United States
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Biography
James served in the War of 1812 as Col. of the First Ohio Militia, Third Detachment. He was an early pioneer of Darke County coming around 1816. Col. James Mills was of Irish descent. He emigrated from Berks Co. Pa & settled in Hamilton Co. OH. When the Col. started from the East he had three horses but found himself with nothing due to Indians or the duplicity of his agent. Col. James Mills family came by boat with James Boatman family and landed at Cincinnati. He then went to Hamilton and had a trading post. He served as the first representative from Darke County to the Ohio General Assembly on Dec. 4,1820, the 19th session and again on Dec.2,1822 the 21th session. He died at Fort Jefferson of Cholera and is buried with his family on land he first settled with several family members.
Sources
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 May 2019), memorial page for Col James Mills (25 May 1756–10 Sep 1833), Find A Grave Memorial no. 111670009, citing Mills Cemetery, New Madison, Darke County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by History Hunter (contributor 47998494) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~1.56%
Gordon Callon
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member GordonCallon
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~0.78%
Brian Boatman :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Terry Fulk :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch t182241 [compare], FTDNA kit #556035
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