Avery (Pettiford) Mills (1855 - bef. 1942)

Born Apr 1855 in Nash, North Carolina, United States

Wife of William Mills — married 8 Jan 1880 in Nash County, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Biography

Ava (Pettiford) Mills is a part of US Black heritage.

Ava Pettiford was born free in 1857. She was the daughter of Bessie and Archibald "Bald" Pettiford.^[1]

In 1880, she married William Mills.^[1]

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 #14238478
   Avy Petiford (23) marriage to William Mills on 8 Jan 1880 in Nash, North Carolina, USA.

• 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: Mannings, Nash, North Carolina; Roll: M653_907; Page: 592; Family History Library Film: 803907
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #39012567
  Avery Pitteford (4) in Mannings, Nash, North Carolina. Born in North Carolina.
• 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1870; Census Place: Union, Nash, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1150; Page: 115B
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #41644855
  Arry Peteferd (13) in Union, Nash, 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 #53771839
  Avery Mills (45), wife, in household of William Mills (54) in Manning, Nash, North Carolina. Born in North Carolina, USA.
• 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1920; Census Place: Mannings, Nash, North Carolina; Roll: T625_1312; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 77
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #32696193
  Avry Mills (64), wife, in household of Willmon Mills (65) in Mannings, Nash, North Carolina. Born in North Carolina.

• Death of son Sidney Mills: "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 #750731932
  Avery Pettiford in death record for son Sidney Mills 9 Aug 1971, wife of William Mills, in Louisburg, Franklin, North Carolina, USA.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCX8-4FY : 19 February 2021), Avery Mills in household of Wm M Mills, Nashville, Nash, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 174, sheet 465A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,974.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSB4-Z98 : accessed 5 April 2021), Avery Mills in household of 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-B16 : accessed 5 April 2021), Avery Mills in household of 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 on 20 December 2010 through the import of John-Sallie-Mills.ged.