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Family: Rev. Joseph Willis, Sr. (half Cherokee Indian) / Sarah Johnson (?), (free colored) (F36159)

• Male Rev. Joseph Willis, Sr. (half Cherokee Indian)

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1758	Bladen Co, North Carolina
  Death	4 Sep 1854
  Burial		Baptist Church Cem, Vernon Parish, Louisiana
  Marriage	Abt 1803	Mississippi or Louisiana
  Other Spouse	Rachel Bradford (or Brasford) | F36153
  Marriage	Abt 1784	Cherawas Co (now Marlboro Co), North Carolina
  Other Spouse	Mrs. Sarah (..) Willis, (Irish woman) | F36155
  Marriage	Aft 1794	Greenville Co, South Carolina
  Other Spouse	Elvy Sweat, (dau of who?) | F36160
  Marriage	Abt 1836	Rapides Parish, Louisiana
  Father	Agerton Willis | F36154 Group Sheet
  Mother	(Cherokee Indian, slave) | F36154 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Sarah Johnson (?), (free colored)

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1785	South Carolina
  Death		St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
  Burial
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Male + William Willis

  
  

  Birth	6 Jan 1804	Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial
  Spouse	Rhoda Strother | F36168
  Marriage

  
  

  Male + Lemuel Willis

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1812	Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
  Death	1862
  Burial
  Spouse	Emeline Perkins | F36167
  Marriage

  
  

  Male John Willis

  
  

  Birth	1814	Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial

  
  

  Female (3 daughters) Willis

  
  

  Birth	Between 1809 and 1825	Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial

  
  

  Female Martha Willis

  
  

  Birth	9 Apr 1825	Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial

  
  

• 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