Harris County  Georgia Military - Civil War  James Q. Wills

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JAMES Q. WILLS, CO. H, 17TH GEORGIA INFANTRY, CSA
(From Muster Rolls in National Archives)

James Q. Wills, Co. H, 17th Ga. Inf., Pvt.

Name appears on a Register of Claims of Deceased
Officers and Soldiers from Georgia, which were filed
for settlement in the Office of the Confederate States
Auditor for the War Department.
By whom presented:  Eliza A. Wills, Widow
When filed:  May 12, 1862
Where died:  Hos. Richmond
Comptroller:
When reported to   Oct. 6, 1862
When returned:  Oct. 9, 1862
Number of settlements:
Certificates    1449
Amount found due     57.63 (?)
---------- Arch., Chap. 10, File No. 25, page 130
--------------- G.C. West (?) Copyist

Another card:
Amount found due:  50.00
--------Arch.,Chap.  10, File 31, page 09
----------------W. Fernul (?) Copyist

State of Georgia ) 
County of Harris)

Personally came before me JOHN M. NELSON, an acting
Justice of the Peace  in and for said county, ELIZA
ANN WILLS, who being duly sworn  deposeth and saith on
oath that she is the Widow and Relict of JAMES Q.
WILLS who was a private in Company “H” commanded by
Captain RICHARD E. KENNON and attached to the 17th
Regiment Georgia Volunteers commanded by Col. HENRY
J.(?) BENNING, That her said husband JAMES Q.WILLS
departed this life at the   ?    Georgia Hospital,
Richmond, Va. on the 17th day of November A.D. 1861
while in the service of the Confederate States.  That
she the said ELIZA ANN WILLS widow and relict of the
said JAMES Q.WILLS dec’d is entitled to demand and
receive from the government of the Confederate States
all         ?       due and  owing to the said JAMES
Q. WILLS dec’d for his service aforesaid.
ELIZA A.WILLS

Sworn to and Subscribed                         
before me this 8th day of
February A.D. 1862
       ?

State of Georgia ) 
County of Harris)

Personally came before me JOHN M NELSON an acting
Justice of   the Peace in and for this county, JOHN
S.(?) GOODMAN & SAMUEL C.(?) GOODMAN, citizens of said
county, and being duly sworn depose and say on oath
that ELIZA ANN WILLS whose name appears to the above
and foregoing affadavit, is well known to them and
that she is the widow of JAMES Q. WILLS dec’d, late a
private in Company “H” commanded by Captain RICHARD E.
KENNON attached to the 17th Regiment Georgia
Volunteers commanded by Col. HENRY L. BENNING.  
Sworn to and Subscribed
before me this 8th day of February A.D. 1862			
JOHN GOODMAN	 
				
SAMUEL GOODMAN


State of Georgia) 
County of Harris) 

JOHN M. NELSON an acting Justice of the Peace in and
for said    county do hereby Certify that JOHN S. (?)
GOODMAN & SAMUEL C. GOODMAN whose names appear to the
foregoing affadavit as witnesses are well known to me
as men of credibility and good standing.  Given under
my hand & official signature this 8th day of February
A.D. 1862.

State of Georgia ) 
County of Harris)

I ,NATHANIEL H. BARDEN, Clerk of the Inferior Court in
and      for said county do hereby certify that JOHN
M. NELSON, whose name appears to the foregoing
affidavits and certificate is, and was at the signing
of the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for
said county, duly qualified and commissioned, and that
full faith and credit should be had and given to his
attestation as such. Given under my hand and seal of
office this        day of February A.D. 1862
	NATHL. H. BARDEN  Clerk


Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, Richmond,
Va., Sept. 19, 1862

It appears from the Muster Roll of Company H of the
17th Regiment Geo. Volunteers, on file in this office,
that Private J.Q. WILLS of his Company was enlisted
Aug. 20 (?) 1861 and died Nov. 17, 1861.   			
EV. A. PALFREY (?)
						
Major  Ga. Vols (?)

State of Georgia )
County of Harris)

I do hereby certify that JOHN M. NELSON is a lawful
acting 	Justice of the Peace in and for said State and
County and his actings and doings are to be accredited
as were sworn under my hand and seal and official
signature.  Seal of the County this January 7th 1862.
			WM. T.      ?      
Clerk of the Inferior Court aforesaid county

Capt. Richard E. KENNON     ?      January     1862       JAMES Q. WILLS     ?
Mr. Clark (?)


State of Georgia )	
County of Harris)

Know all men by these presents that  I             of
the county and 	state aforesaid for divers good causes
and consideration and hereunto have made ordained and
appoint test etc by these do make ordain and appoint
of said state  and R.E. KENNON of said county   my
true and lawful attorney  for me and in my name etc
for my own purposes use and benefit to ask demand sue
for recover and receive from the lawful officers of
the Confederate Government amount that said government
is indebted to my husband JAMES Q. WILLS for his
services as a soldier he having died on the 17th of
November 1861 and use and take to lawful ways and
means in my name or otherwise and to conformed and
agree for the sum and sequillenaces (?) sufficient
receipt and discharge for the same for me and in my
name to make seal and deliver and to do all other
lawful things and accounts whatsoever concerning
promises as fully and in every respect as I myself,
might or could do were I personally present at the
doing thereof in witness ---------------.    January
1862

ELIZA ANN WILLS (LS)

JOHN M. NELSON				


State of Georgia, Harris County.  
This       day of October 1863, before the subscriber,
a Justice of the Peace in and for said county,
personally appeared ELIZA ANN WILLS, and made oath in
due form of law, that she is the widow of JAMES Q.
WILLS, deceased, late a private of Captain
BARDENS’s(?) Company H, 17th Regiment Georgia
Volunteers, and that the said deceased died leaving
her his widow and that she the said ELIZA ANN WILLS is
therefore entitled to all arrears of pay, etc., that
may be found due to said deceased from the Confederate
States.  And at the same time also appeared JOHN T.(?)
GOODMAN , who is well known to me, and whom I hereby
certify to be a person of credibility and veracity,
and made oath as aforesaid, that he knew the said
deceased and knows the said ELIZA ANN WILLS his widow
and that the facts as sworn to by her the said ELIZA
ANN WILLS are true and that he is disinterested
therein.

ELIZA A. WILLS    (LS)

Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written. 

 JOHN M. NELSON. , J.P.          
 
JOHN S. (or T. or L. ?) GOODMAN
I, NATHL. H. BARDEN, Clerk of the Inferior Court of
Harris County, do hereby certify that JOHN M. NELSON
before whom the above affidavit was made, is now and
was at the date thereof, an acting Justice of the
Peace for said county, and that full faith and credit
are due to all his official acts.  In witness whereof
I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my
said office this 8th day of October 1863. NATHL. H.
BARDEN  Clerk C.C.

I hereby subscribe and empower JOHN G. HEDGMAN to
receive and receipt for such sum or sums of money as
may be due and coming to me by virtue of the above
claim; hereby revoking all powers of attorney
heretofore given by me for the above purpose.	

	ELIZA A. WILLS

(Could not read witnesses except         GOODMAN)

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