Willis Myers

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Marion Co, Alabama
• Census: 1860, Marion Co, Alabama
• Military: 16 May 1862, Company K, Columbus, Mississippi; muster roll
• Census: 1870, Monroe Co, Mississippi

Notes:

Census:
1850 Marion Co, Alabama
residence 374
James Myers 37 SC
Elizabeth Myers 44 SC
Rachel Myers 78 [sic 1832 so 18] AL
Ambrose Myers 75 1775 [sic 1835 so age 15] AL
Willis Myers 9 MS (later married Rachel Cannon)
Thomas Myers 7 AL

residence 375
William Aldridge 72 NC (living with Sallie Canon (dau?)in 1870)
Permelia 65

residence 376
Celia Cannon 28 Alabama
(entered as Celia Campbell but Campbell scratched out and Cannon written over it)
Rachel Cannon 15 1835 Alabama
Betsey Cannon 13 1837 Alabama

residence 377
Abram Aldridge 30 Alabama
Elvira 26 Tennessee
Thomas 6 Alabama
James 4 Alabama
Celia 1 Alabama


Census:
1860 Marion Co, Alabama
James Myers 48 1812 Tennessee
Elizabeth Myers 50 1810 Tennessee
Rachel Myers 26 1834 Alabama
Ambrose Myers 25 1835 Alabama
Willis Myers 21 1839 Alabama
Thomas Myers 18 1842 Alabama

Military:
The Muster Roll of May 16, 1862, from which these names were taken, says Company K's station was Columbus, Mississippi. The report says the men had little clothing, no accoutrements, and had no arms. Their military appearance says "good physique" and that they were " raw recruits and undisciplined but had capacity for learning."
among others:
Ambrose Myers, Willis Myers, T.L. Riggs, W.L. Young

Census:
1870 Monroe Co, Mississippi
residence 295
James Myers 56 1814 white South Carolina farmer
Elizabeth 66 1804 white South Carolina
Rachel 38 1832 Alabama

residence 296
Willis Myers 34 white Mississippi farm laborer
Rachel Myers 34 white Alabama
Mary Myers (Riggs, step) 13 Mississippi
Josephine Myers (Riggs, step) 11 Mississippi
Sarah Myers 9 (Riggs, step) Mississippi
Haley Myers (m) 4 (Riggs, step) Mississippi
Rachel Myers 1 Mississippi

residence 297
Aldridge, William 104 South Carolina
Salie Canon 50 white South Carolina
John Canon 15 whi1870 Monroe Co, Mississippi
residence 295
James Myers 56 1814 white South Carolina farmer
Elizabeth 66 1804 white South Carolina
Rachel 38 1832 Alabama

residence 296
Willis Myers 34 white Mississippi farm laborer
Rachel Myers 34 white Alabama
Mary Myers 13 Mississippi
Josephine Myers 11 Mississippi
Sarah Myers 9 Mississippi
Haley Myers (m) 4 Mississippi
Rachel Myers 1 Mississippi

residence 297
Aldridge, William 104 South Carolina
Salie Canon 50 white South Carolina
John Canon 15 white farm laborer Mississippi farm laborer

Willis married Rachel Cannon between 1866 and 1868 in Marion Co, Alabama. Rachel (daughter of Cannon) was born in 1834 in Alabama; died on 27 Nov 1906 in Itawamba Co, MIssissippi; was buried in Union Grove Baptist Church Cem, Tilden, Itawamba Co, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]