Father |
Rev. Joseph Willis, Sr. (half Cherokee Indian), b. Abt 1758, Bladen Co, North Carolina d. 4 Sep 1854 (Age ~ 96 years) |
Mother |
Sarah Johnson (?), (free colored), b. Abt 1785, South Carolina d. St. Landry Parish, Louisiana |
Marriage |
Abt 1803 |
Mississippi or Louisiana |
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
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Family ID |
F36159 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |