William Mills (1854 - 1942)

Born 6 Jun 1854 in Warren, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Avery (Pettiford) Mills — married 8 Jan 1880 in Nash County, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Sep 1942 at age 88 in Mannings Township, Nash, North Carolina, United States

Biography

William Mills is a part of US Black heritage.

William has Native American ancestors.

Descendant of Elijah Bass (1743-1781) and Mary (Bass) Richardson (1751-1844), of North Carolina.

William Mills was born free in 1854. He was the son of John Mills and Sally Richardson.^[1][2]

In 1880, he married Ava Pettiford.^[1]

He died in 1943^[2] and is buried in Saint Hope Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in Spring Hope, North Carolina.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Marriage: "North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011"
   Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60548 #6238478
   William Mills (23) marriage to Avy Petiford on 8 Jan 1880 in Nash, North Carolina, USA.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Death: "North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976"
   North Carolina State Archives; Raleigh, North Carolina; North Carolina Death Certificates
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1121 #1580674
   William Mills death 29 Sep 1943 (born 6 Jun 1854), son of John Mills & Sallie Richardson, in Narmings, Nash, North Carolina, USA.
3. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #178320885
   Memorial page for William Mills (6 Jun 1854-29 Sep 1942), citing Saint Hope Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Spring Hope, Nash County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by greensboro24 (contributor 47844350).

• 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
  The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Franklin, North Carolina; Roll: M653_897; Page: 507; Family History Library Film: 803897
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #41233779
  Wm Mills (2) in Franklin, North Carolina. Born in North Carolina.
• 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 8, Warren, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1164; Page: 472A
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #34505070
  William Mills (12), Farm Laborer, in Township 8, Warren, North Carolina. Born in North Carolina.
• 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1900; Census Place: Manning, Nash, North Carolina; Roll: 1208; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0061
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #53771838
  William Mills (54), married, Day Laborer, head of household in Manning, Nash, North Carolina. Born in North Carolina, USA.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSB4-Z9Z : accessed 5 April 2021), William Mills, Manning Township, North Manning Precinct, Nash, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61, sheet 2B, family 37, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,208.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML9P-B1D : accessed 5 April 2021), William Mills, Mannings, Nash, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 70, sheet 14A, family 254, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1123; FHL microfilm 1,375,136.

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of John-Sallie-Mills.ged on 20 December 2010.