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Agerton Willis

Male - Aft 1776


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Agerton Willis died after 18 Sep 1776.

    Family/Spouse: (Cherokee Indian, slave). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Rev. Joseph Willis, Sr. (half Cherokee Indian)  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1758 in Bladen Co, North Carolina; died on 4 Sep 1854; was buried in Baptist Church Cem, Vernon Parish, Louisiana.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Rev. Joseph Willis, Sr. (half Cherokee Indian) Descendancy chart to this point (1.Agerton1) was born about 1758 in Bladen Co, North Carolina; died on 4 Sep 1854; was buried in Baptist Church Cem, Vernon Parish, Louisiana.

    Joseph married Rachel Bradford (or Brasford) about 1784 in Cherawas Co (now Marlboro Co), North Carolina. Rachel was born about 1762; died about 1794 in Cheraws (now Marlboro Co, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Agerton Willis, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1785 in Bladen Co, South Carolina; died on 18 Apr 1811 in Louisiana.
    2. 4. Joseph Willis, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1792 in South Carolina.
    3. 5. Mary Willis  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1787 in North Carolina; and died.
    4. 6. Rachel Willis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1794; and died.

    Joseph married Mrs. Sarah (..) Willis, (Irish woman) after 1794 in Greenville Co, South Carolina. Sarah died between 1799 and 1802 in Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Jemima Willis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1796; and died.
    2. 8. Sarah Willis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1798 in Natchez District, Mississippi; and died.

    Joseph married Sarah Johnson (?), (free colored) about 1803 in Mississippi or Louisiana. Sarah was born about 1785 in South Carolina; died in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. William Willis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Jan 1804 in Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; and died.
    2. 10. Lemuel Willis  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1812 in Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died in 1862.
    3. 11. John Willis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1814 in Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; and died.
    4. 12. (3 daughters) Willis  Descendancy chart to this point was born between 1809 and 1825 in Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; and died.
    5. 13. Martha Willis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Apr 1825 in Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; and died.

    Joseph married Elvy Sweat, (dau of who?) about 1836 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Elvy was buried in Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Samuel Willis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1837 in Spring Hill, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana; and died.
    2. 15. Aimuwell Willis, (youngest son)  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 May 1837 in Spring Hill, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana; died on 9 Sep 1937.
    3. 16. James Willis, (grandson?)  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1841 in Spring Hill, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana; and died.
    4. 17. William Willis, (grandson?)  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1845 in Spring Hill, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana; and died.
    5. 18. Timothy Willis, (grandson?)  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1847 in Spring Hill, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana; and died.
    6. 19. Bernard Willis, (grandson?)  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1848 in Spring Hill, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Agerton Willis, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Agerton1) was born in 1785 in Bladen Co, South Carolina; died on 18 Apr 1811 in Louisiana.

    Agerton married Sophie StorySt. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 4.  Joseph Willis, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Agerton1) was born in 1792 in South Carolina.

    Joseph married Jennie CokerBayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Sarah Willis  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 5.  Mary Willis Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Agerton1) was born about 1787 in North Carolina; and died.

    Mary married Henry Isaac Johnson before 1820. Henry (son of Joseph Johnson and Rachel Harrington (Aranten)) was born before 1765 in of, Carolina; died after 1820 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Thomas Dial, (son of who?). Thomas was born in 1775; was buried in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 6.  Rachel Willis Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Agerton1) was born in 1794; and died.

  5. 7.  Jemima Willis Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Agerton1) was born in 1796; and died.

    Family/Spouse: William Dyer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 8.  Sarah Willis Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Agerton1) was born in 1798 in Natchez District, Mississippi; and died.

    Family/Spouse: Nathaniel West. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 9.  William Willis Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Agerton1) was born on 6 Jan 1804 in Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; and died.

    Family/Spouse: Rhoda Strother. Rhoda was born about 1804; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Lemuel Willis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Feb 1844 in Louisiana; and died.

  8. 10.  Lemuel Willis Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Agerton1) was born about 1812 in Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died in 1862.

    Family/Spouse: Emeline Perkins. Emeline was born in Tenmile Creek, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Sarah Willis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1837 in Louisiana; and died.

  9. 11.  John Willis Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Agerton1) was born in 1814 in Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; and died.

  10. 12.  (3 daughters) Willis Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Agerton1) was born between 1809 and 1825 in Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; and died.

  11. 13.  Martha Willis Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Agerton1) was born on 9 Apr 1825 in Bayou Chicot, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; and died.

  12. 14.  Samuel Willis Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Agerton1) was born in 1837 in Spring Hill, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana; and died.

  13. 15.  Aimuwell Willis, (youngest son) Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Agerton1) was born on 1 May 1837 in Spring Hill, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana; died on 9 Sep 1937.

    Family/Spouse: Marguerite Leuemche, (1st wife). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Lucy Foshee, (2nd wife). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  14. 16.  James Willis, (grandson?) Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Agerton1) was born in 1841 in Spring Hill, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana; and died.

  15. 17.  William Willis, (grandson?) Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Agerton1) was born in 1845 in Spring Hill, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana; and died.

  16. 18.  Timothy Willis, (grandson?) Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Agerton1) was born in 1847 in Spring Hill, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana; and died.

  17. 19.  Bernard Willis, (grandson?) Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Agerton1) was born in 1848 in Spring Hill, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 20.  Sarah Willis Descendancy chart to this point (4.Joseph3, 2.Joseph2, 1.Agerton1)

  2. 21.  Lemuel Willis Descendancy chart to this point (9.William3, 2.Joseph2, 1.Agerton1) was born in Feb 1844 in Louisiana; and died.

    Family/Spouse: Olivia Ray. Olivia was born in Apr 1840 in Louisiana; died in 1903 in Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Rebecca Ann Willis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1869; died in 1951.
    2. 24. William M. Willis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Dec 1870; died on 26 Aug 1940.

  3. 22.  Sarah Willis Descendancy chart to this point (10.Lemuel3, 2.Joseph2, 1.Agerton1) was born in 1837 in Louisiana; and died.

    Family/Spouse: Solomon Strother. Solomon was born on 1 Aug 1846 in Louisiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. David L. Strother  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Nov 1870; died on 3 Sep 1959 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.