Ed Miller’s genealogy calls him James Patton Wills. (SV-1315.21)
1870 Johnson co., TN: Living with parents and 5 siblings (SV-243)
It records his name as James
1880 Johnson Co., TN Census: Aged 16 living with father, step-mother, 3 siblings and half-sister. (SV-1356)
1882-1890 He lived at Kent and Mitchell, Oregon. (SV-1322.9)
1891 He bought 1/2 interest in his father’s corn & lumber mills located on Corn Creek, 2 miles north of Mountain City, TN. (SV-1322.9)
1898 He bought 500 ac. on the Laurel from his Uncle, Albert B. Wills. (SV-1322.9)
1900 Johnson Co., TN Census: Aged 36, living with wife, Etta C. (32), and children: Bessie M. (7) and Annie (5). (SV-1357)
1900 He contracted to build the “Turnpike Road” across Iron Mtn connecting Mountain City with Shady Valley. (SV-1322.9)
1909 He sold his interest in the corn & lumber mills and bought the “Phillippi Farm” on Corn Creek on what is now Hwy 421. (SV-1322.9)