The History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Interstate Publishing, 1885)--Liberty Township, pages 651-652
Amos Stewart Wills, one of the pioneers of Hendricks County, was born in Montgomery County, Ky., Jan. 1, 1809, the eldest of four children of Michael and Elizabeth Wills. His parents were natives of Maryland. They moved to Kentucky in a very early day where the father died, leaving our subject to the care of a widowed mother when a mere child. His youth was passed on a farm and in attending school. When he grew to manhood he worked at the carpenter's trade in connection with farming. He was married May 12, 1831, to Miss Lucinda D. Tatman, of Montgomery Co., Ky. Sept 1, 1831, they started for Hendricks County, Ind., in a wagon drawn by oxen, arriving at their destination on the 15th of the same month. He had previously sent $100 to his uncle, John Darnell, who entered eighty acres of land for him. He then purchased another tract of eighty acres in Liberty Township and proceeded to clear his farm, on which he resided about forty years, his farm at that time containing 240 acres. He then disposed of this land, and bought his present little farm of seventeen and a half acres, with good brick residence, just beyond the town limits of Clayton. Mr. Wills was first elected Justice of the Peace in 1840 and served five years when he was appointed Assessor of Hendricks County. In 1852 he was again elected Justice of the Peace, which office he has held to the present time, serving as such in all thirty-eight years. To Mr. and Mrs. Wills have been born thirteen children, of whom five sons and three daughters are living. This old couple have lived contentedly together for over fifty years and together they experienced all phases of pioneer life. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Wills has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1847. In politics he was a Whig, and on the organization of the Republicans he affiliated with that party. He is a strong temperance advocate.