Want to bubble this thread back up "just in case" there are some new
readers or those who may have missed it during the Holiday Season?

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I am going to throw this out there in hopes that someone can either
connect or know where information can be found?

We own the Capt. Charles Wills mansion in Church Hill... the oldest
house in Church Hill proper (built 1812).  Coming this New Years
2011-2012, we will mark its 200th birthday BUT...

We have very little on the builder-owner.  I know his parents were
Josiah Wills and Mary Driver.  He had a brother named Thomas Wills.
Charles was born 1775/76 in the Williamsburg area and died in Richmond
1820 without a will but the estate was probated.  Don't even know his
wife's name but suspect she died between 1815-1820 according to St.
John's Church attendance records.  He was a grocer and slave owner and
had several buildings in Richmond at the time including one where the
current Farmer's Market is.  There doesn't seem to be a newspaper
article about his death (at least not indexed) and suspect he is buried
at St. John's but those sexton records are missing as is his headstone.

I have no early (pre 1936) pictures of the house, not even sure there
was history done in what was then considered Shed Town or even a
portrait of Capt. Wills (who was "not" a ship captain but of the local
militia - probably Camp Holly?).

If anyone has ANYTHING to help the cause to make the 200th year
celebration of the house a success (and hope to get the media involved
too), I would greatly appreciate it!

Eric 
 
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