Sarah Johnson (?), (free colored)

Sarah married Rev. Joseph Willis, Sr. (half Cherokee Indian) about 1803 in Mississippi or Louisiana. Joseph (son of Agerton Willis and (Cherokee Indian, slave)) was born about 1758 in Bladen Co, North Carolina; died on 4 Sep 1854; was buried in Baptist Church Cem, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It was to this third wife that many of Joseph's children were born. Along with William Willis, other children born to this union were Lemuel Willis, born circa 1812 (died 1862); John Willis, born circa 1814, Martha Willis, born April 9, 1825 (four females were listed in the 1830 census between the ages of five and twenty). There is also a Sally Willis listed in the 1850 Rapides Parish census as age forty-eight and living near William Willis. Joseph Jr., William and Lemuel all had daughters named Sarah.
http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/evangeline/bios/willis.txt

1. William Willis was born on 6 Jan 1804 in Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; and died.
2. Lemuel Willis was born about 1812 in Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died in 1862.
3. John Willis was born in 1814 in Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; and died.
4. (3 daughters) Willis was born between 1809 and 1825 in Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; and died.
5. Martha Willis was born on 9 Apr 1825 in Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; and died.