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Persoonlijke gegevens William Willis 

• Hij is geboren op 22 februari 1743 in Locust Grove, Culpeper, Virginia.Bron 2
• Woonachtig na 1779: Received A Revolutionary War Land Grant In Boone Co., Kentucky.
• Hij is overleden op 21 mei 1833 in Bullittsburg Baptist Cemetery, Boone County, Kentucky, hij was toen 90 jaar oud.
• Een kind van John Willis en Elizabeth Plunkett
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 4 december 2022.

Gezin van William Willis

Hij is getrouwd met Elizabeth Garnett.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 25 november 1760 te Culpeper Co., Virginia, hij was toen 17 jaar oud.Bron 2

Kind(eren):

1. John Willis  1763-1829 
2. Sarah Willis  ????-1808
3. Edmund Terrill Willis  1766-1820 
4. Alexander Willis  1775-> 1850 
5. Elizabeth Nancy Willis  1770-1822 
6. Isaac Willis  1774-1867 
7. William Willis  1781-???? 
8. Elizabeth Willis  1788-???? 
9. Robert Willis  1790-????
10. Benjamin Garnett Willis  1792-1828 

Notities over William Willis

1  _MILT 2  DATE BET. 1776 - 1779 2  PLAC Private in Virginia Line

From The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. 164, pg. 225:
William Willis Served as a private in the Virginia Line. He was born and died in Culpeper County, Virginia. (The last part doesn't seem to be true, since he apparently died in Kentucky.)
He served three years in the Continental Army. He is listed as a "Private in Continental Line" in a "Record of 1200 Officers and Men of Virginia who served on land and sea from the State of Virginia during the Revolutionary War" and who are entitled to Land Warrants for service, on file at the Land Office, Richmond, Virginia. Also see Virginia County Records, pages 303-338.
The following record was provided by Crystal Dingler from the LDS Family Library, Microfilm #2024517, Culpeper County, Virginia: Personal Property Tax Lists (1782-1802).
****** From 1782 Personal Property Tax List of Culpeper County, Virginia: William Willis Sr. is listed with 1 white male over 21, 6 slaves (5 of them named Ag, Jude, Nat, Iba, and James), 7 horses, 19 cattle, and he paid taxes of 4 pounds, 8 shillings, and 9 pence.
From 1803 Tax List Culpeper County, District of William Bird, Virginia, Tithables: Willis, Wm: 2 white males, 8 slaves over 16, 1 slaves under 16, 9 horses owned, Tithables 10, Tax: $5.04.
>From "The Kay-Pendleton-Neel Families" by George and Margaret Rose, 1969:
...At a court held for Culpeper County the 18th day of April 1803 this last will and Testament of James Waggener Dec., was exhibited to the Court and proved by the oaths of Robert Garnett and William Willis two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be Recorded and on the motion of Thomas Waggener...
William Willis Sr. missing from 1804 Culpeper Co Personal Property Tax list and all subsequent lists, which with these other records would seem to indicate that he moved to Adair County in that year. This is about a year earlier than the large group of Waggener, Willis, and other families who seem to have made that same move.
List of Children Notes: Listed in court case for Supreme Court by the District of KY Court of Appeals by James Hughes Century Edition Cumberland School of law, Samford University #101515 Nov. ppgs 22-26. Catesby Willis Stewart Lists Alexander and Benjamin as children.  Some researchers list 10 children, so perhaps these names round out the group.

Another Record from Crystal Dingler:
****** From Kentucky Court of Appeals Deed Books H-N, Volume 2 transcribed by Michael L. Cook and Bettie A. Cook, Cook Publications, Evansville, IN: 1985, p. 259: Dated December 8, 1808: William Willis of Adair County, KY, to Nancy Willis, now Nancy Waggoner, and Herbert Waggoner, her husband, of the same county, in consideration of the natural love and affection borne to his daughter Nancy, and for $1.00, a tract of land in Henderson County, Kentucky on the waters of Lost Creek, containing 528 1/2 acres. Said tract bounded by land of Reuben Graves, and by land reserved for Benjamin Willis. Witnessed by J. Blane, John Wolford, Edmund Willis and Benjamin G. Willis. Recorded by the Kentucky Court of Appeals, December 29, 1808.

From Rick Waggener  ((XXXXX@XXXX.XXX))
This record is a bit perplexing, but seems to show a few things. First, it seems to show that William initially moved to Adair County, Kentucky, before he later moved to and ended up in, Boone County. Second, it seems to confirm that Elizabeth Nancy Willis, who married Herbert Green Waggener, was the daughter of William Willis. Henderson County, Kentucky, is in the western portion of the state, and not at all near to either Adair or Boone Counties. My guess is that these tracts of land are part of a grant of land given to William for his service in the Revolutionary War. Reuben Graves is the husband of William's daughter, and Benjamin and Edmund Willis are his sons. In the record from 1813, when Herbert and Nancy Waggener sell off this tract, it is also mentioned as being adjacent to the land of Jeremiah Ingram, who was the husband to William's daughter Sarah. Presumably, all of these tracts were owned by Willam and given to some of his descendants. This seems like a lot of land considering William was just a "Private." It also is not clear why he is dispersing this land at this time. He lived another 25 years after this. The 1813 record, which is listed in full in the notes of William's daughter Elizabeth Nancy Willis, shows that the tract was actually in Union County, Kentucky, which was formed out of Henderson County in 1811.

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