Eric,
Sorry about that, my typo. Charles WILLS is not in the book, though we have MANY veterans in the book who are known to be buried there. The 19th (Ambler) was a local Richmond regiment that was at times attached to the larger 2nd VMR under Ballowe. My guess is that you will find in both cases he is serving under the same Captain.
Here are the two WILLS people we do have in the book buried in Richmond:
George Wills, b 1776, Dublin,Ireland. d 1826. Buried at Shockoe Hill. Private, 4th VMR
Willis C Wills, 1791-1847, Sergeant, 12th VMR, Fluvanna Co, buried at Shockoe Hill
There is also a Miles C Wills, also of Fluvanna and buried in the Wills Graveyard in Fluvanna County
When did your Charles Wills die? He could quite possibly be buried at Shockoe Hill, and even re-interred from there to Hollywood. Or all three.
Craig
On Aug 6, 2012, at 11:02 AM, Huffstutler, Eric S. wrote:
> His last name is spelled WILLS
>
> Capt. Charles Wills
>
> He should be at the historic St. John's Church here in Richmond, VA.
> The church he and his family attended, some of his children married
> there, and it is within eyeshot of the house (4 blocks away). It was
> also the most used and some note the only public cemetery at the time
> when he died in 1820. But the records for that era of the cemetery were
> destroyed many years ago along with headstones. His is now unmarked.
>
> As far as I can tell he served as private in the 19th (Ambler's)
> Regiment and the 2nd (Ballowe's) Regiment VA Militia. And probably made
> a Captain after the war in the local Camp Holly Militia in Richmond, VA.
>
> One person had his as a ship's captain but I haven't run across anything
> to prove that. His family came from the Norfolk (Isle of Wight County)
> area and later settled in Warwick County at Mulberry Island which is now
> the location of Ft. Eustis in Newport News, VA. Wills was in Richmond
> by the 1801 tax records.
>
>
> Eric S. Huffstutler
> Richmond, VA
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Captain Rank... Militia?
>
> Eric,
>
> He probably attained that rank after the war. The War of 1812 Society in
> the Commonwealth of Virginia is publishing a book on veterans of the war
> buried in Virginia. It is currently at the publishers but we are already
> working on a revised addition. Charles Willis is not in the current
> edition.
>
> If you know where he is buried, we will be happy to include him in the
> next edition. (Revisions are in an errata appendix, which is still being
> updated.)
>
> Yours,
> Craig M. Kilby
> Assistant Editor
>
> P.S. You may email this information to me off-list if you prefer
>
> On Aug 6, 2012, at 9:59 AM, Huffstutler, Eric S. wrote:
>
>> I am studying a certain family which is connected to our house built
>> in 1812.
>>
>> The person is named Capt. Charles Wills (1775-1820).
>>
>> Problem is that I find him serving in two different regiments during
>> the War of 1812 but only as "private". Yet, he is known as "Captain".
>
>> I haven't found any ship link but possibly he was made that rank in
>> the local Camp Holly Militia after the war?
>>
>> How can I find out?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Eric
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