My own line in TN is from a John Willis Hooker b Jul 10, 1857 Roane/now Loudon CO, TN, who married Lettice Elizabeth Duncan/dunkin b 1848 Monroe (Citico) CO, TN, daughter of Adeline Whitaker of Buncombe CO, NC, roots, and Adeline's husband Robert Paul Duncan/Dunkin b 1815 VA. Adeline was daughter of Sen. James Whitaker, a Quaker. John Willis Hooker was son of John C. Hooker b 1810 MD and wife Rachel Green or wife Matte McPherson. Like you, I've hunted lost Willis names to help in my search to find ancestors. I'd love to hear from anyone with Hooker, McPherson, or Duncan/Dunkin ties. At any rate, here are a few early Willis names in early ETN: This one looks like a candidate for trouble. :) Descendants of Anthony Duncan 1 Anthony DUNCAN Abt. 1743 possible brother/unproven;PArt of VA line in REv. WAr d: Aft. 1833 Green CO, TN, rev. War pension appl . 2 Jane DUNCAN ..... +Mordecai YARNELL November 25, 1792 Greene CO, TN/sec: Anthony Duncan . 2 [1] Joseph DUNCAN d: Aft. 1802 ..... +Elizabeth DODD Not a wife . *2nd Wife of [1] Joseph DUNCAN: ..... +Mary Polly DOTY 1784 TN did not exist bondsman John H. Hughes December 2, 1802 Greene CO, TN d: 1881 Greene CO, Tn, will . 2 Sarah DUNCAN David Tate and George Parsons security ..... +John SMITH May 15, 1798 Greene CO, TN . 2 mary DUNCAN Bond: Joseph Duncan ..... +Jacob WHITE April 2, 1802 Greene CO, TN d: Aft. 1802 . 2 Margaret DUNCAN Bef. 1792 Bond: Joseph Duncan ..... +Joseph WHITE May 29, 1805 . 2 Elizabeth DUNCAN possible dau by his 2nd marriage d: also marry Aaron Newman in 1802?Wm Houston bond ..... +Evan MCNEESE February 13, 1813 Greene CO, TN 1. Anthony Duncan, born 1743-44 Lancaster Co. PA; married, wife unknown; served in the Revolutionary War from Augusta Co. VA on the VA Line, applied for a pension on 25 Oct. 1832, age 88, in Greene Co. TN. He had served a year at Fort Dinwiddie; later was drafted and served 3 months under Col. Trigg and marched from Montgomery Co. VA. He had lived in Augusta Co. VA, then Montgomery Co. VA, then after the revolution had moved to Washington Co. TN, then to Greene Co. TN for 30 years; his file included testimony by Azariah Doty (see 2.10.). (Rev. Pen. S-1808) No record has yet been found of Anthony Duncan in Augusta Co. VA. However, see Andrew Duncan of Augusta Co. VA, after 1.7. Anthony was in Montgomery Co. VA 1777-1782; he and Andrew (2.) gave their Oaths of Allegiance to John Montgomery on 6 Sept. 1777 (1776) in Montgomery Co. VA ("VA Military Records" Montgomery Co.'s Revolutionary Heritage, by Ruby Altizer Roberts, pg. 208); and Anthony was in Jeremiah Pearce's Company, over 18, on the list of 5 April 1781 ("Militia of Montgomery Co. VA 1777-1790" by Kegley). He was on the tax list of 1782 with 1 white pole, 4 horses, and 10 cattle, and land ("Montgomery Co. VA Tax List 1782" by Kegley; "1782-1787 VA Taxpayers" by Fothergill), as were Andrew (2.), James (5.), and John (3.?). In Montgomery Co. VA in 1782, Anthony Dunkin, assignee of Joseph Dunkin (4.), had a commissioner's certificate for a land entry of 200 acres on a branch of Reed Creek, settled 1770 ("Early Adventures on the Western Waters" by Kegley, Vol. II, pg. 30, 103). Anthony Duncan bought 50 acres in Washington Co. TN in 1791 on the ridge between Limestone and Sinking Creeks (Washington Co. TN Deed Book 4, pg. 231) and sold it to George Jackson in 1794 when he lived in Greene Co. TN (Washington Co. TN Deed Book E, pg. 68). He owned another 152 acres at the head of Sinking Creek which he sold the same date to William Jackson (Washington Co. TN Deed Book E, pg. 88). He was taxed on 200 acres about 1790 (undated tax list). His land was very close to land owned by Joseph Duncan from 1790 to 1795 (Washington Co. TN Deed Book 3, pg. 172; Book 7, pg. 199, grant to and deed of William Carson). This is probably Joseph (4.) since it is unlikely his son, Joseph (1.2.) who married in 1802 would have owned land by 1790. -- One Joseph Duncan fathered two children by Elizabeth Dodd, and posted bond on 27 April 1803, with Aaron Newman and John Smith his securities, for the maintenance of Robert Duncan age 1 year 10 months and Kinas Duncan age 3 weeks ("Greene Co. TN Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas 1797-1807" by Houston, pg. 134, minutes book pg. 37; from Evelyn Sigler). On 30 July 1807, John Dodd posted bond to maintain a child he fathered by Elizabeth Dodd, and on the same date John Dodd filed a complaint against Elizabeth Dodd for breach of the peace; Elizabeth was to pay $300 unless she was of good behavior for a year ("Greene Co. TN Minutes" pg. 335, minutes book pg. 250-252). There is no marriage recorded in Greene Co. TN for an Elizabeth Dodd. Aaron Newman, Joseph Duncan's security, married Elizabeth Duncan (1.7.) in 1802 in Greene Co. TN. One John Smith, perhaps Joseph Duncan's security, married Sarah Duncan (Sec. III, 1.3.) in 1798 in Greene Co. TN. One John Dodd was bondsman for the marriage of Joseph Duncan's sister Mary (1.4.) to Jacob White in 1802. Joseph Duncan was in Greene Co. TN from 1805 to 1816 (tax lists); "Joshua" was in Greene Co. TN in 1830 (pg. 213), when his father lived with him. Joseph's will dated 18 Feb. 1833 named his wife Polly Dunken if living or his sisters (unnamed) or their legal heirs; Elizabeth McNeese, (1.6.) wife of Evan McNeese, was to be taken in with his sisters and considered the same; "my father, Anthony Dunken having contracted and agreed with me for a certain tract of land, which I now possess and live on, which my father by agreement made a will leaving me the land for his support; my wife Polly to take care of him; if she dies or remarries, the land to go to Joseph Smith, (1.3.1.) my sister's son and grandson of my father." Executors were his friends Samuel McNeese and Gravender McNeese; witnesses were Michael Bright Sr. and Jacob White (1.4.). The will was proved 22 April 1833 (Greene Co. TN Will Book 1828-1854, new pg. 393, copied from old pg. 111). Polly Duncan was in Greene Co. TN 1840 (pg. 54), and Mary Duncan in 1850 (pg. 572). Polly Duncan had a grant of 25-1/2 acres of land in 1839 (TN Land Grant Index). Polly wrote her will 21 Oct. 1869, probated 4 April 1881 (Greene Co. TN) and left her plantation called Boo place and all her personal property to Alfred Duncan, a man of color, for supporting her; her will mentioned Joseph Duncan, deceased ("Greene Co. TN Wills and Administrations" from Evelyn Sigler). An Abel Wilis is on Madison CO, TN (W TN) census of 1830 and apparently was at Overton CO, TN, Academy as a trustee in 1813, and called "Captain." Following is from Madison CO (VA) Homes, page 224: Descendants of Joshua Willis 1 Joshua WILLIS in Louisa CO, VA, in 1816/wife Sally d: Abt. 1820 Madison Homes, page 224 . 2 Lewis WILLIS ..... +Rhoda CLARK 1801 . 2 owen WILLIS ..... +Lurany WATTS 1799 . 2 James WILLIS in Knox/Blount CO, by 1795? d: Bef. 1842 ..... +SARAH . 2 Robert WILLIS . 2 Reuben WILLIS ..... +Sarah R. WATTS . 2 Frances WILLIS ..... +William TINSLEY . 2 Milley WILLIS ..... +Reuben MEDLEY http://www.geocities.com/jganis2/newspapers1800-1829.html August 22, 1805 d: October 1822 Anson CO, NC . 2 [1] Elizabeth WILLIS ..... +Benjamin SCOTT 2nd husband . *2nd Husband of [1] Elizabeth WILLIS: ..... +James WOOD December 22, 1808 . 2 Polly WILLIS ..... +Thomas HUTCHERSON December 17, 1810 d: 1832 . 2 Agnes WILLIS ..... +Mordicue HUTCHERSON December 10, 1808 . 2 Sally WILLIS . 2 Suvaney WILLIS . 2 mariah WILLIS ..... +Charles l. STERN September 20, 1821 http://trevilians.com/deeds/deed31.htm#1340 Louisa CO, VA Book: Q, Page: 600, Grantor: Ellis and Susanna his wife, Grantee: John Hunter, Date: Ellis and Susanna his wife to John Hunter $1,000 Both sides of Main road Louisa land where Ellis now resides cont. 255 acres bounded as described by deed Benjamin Willis to Daniel Ellis 17 Jul 1816 except land sold by Ellis to John Chiles by deed Jun 1823 containing 32 acres . Book: M, Page: 631, Grantor: Benjamin Willis, Grantee: Henry Lawrence, Date: 28-Feb-1816 Benjamin Willis to Henry Lawrence of Louisa tract adj. public square on which courthouse of Louisa now stands containing 2 acres as per deed. Lawrence and wife to said Benjamin Willis 20th instant and whereas Willis had agreed not to sell anything to interfere with Lawrences Tavern kept at said Courthouse no lodging, stables, selling of wines, liquors etc. Willis sells the courthouse 2 acres back to Lawrence. Book: Q, Page: 600, Grantor: Ellis and Susanna his wife, Grantee: John Hunter, Date: Ellis and Susanna his wife to John Hunter $1,000 Both sides of Main road Louisa land where Ellis now resides cont. 255 acres bounded as described by deed Benjamin Willis to Daniel Ellis 17 Jul 1816 except land sold by Ellis to John Chiles by deed Jun 1823 containing 32 acres . Book: M, Page: 630, Grantor: Henry Lawrence and Mary his wife, Grantee: Benjamin Willis, Date: 20-Feb-1816 Henry Lawrence and Mary his wife of Louisa to Benjamin Willis $550 for 2 acres being part of courthouse tract on which sd. Willis now resides in the occupancy of a merchant adj. old tavern wit. Joshua Willis, Jon. O. Cowherd, John Chiles. And here is a VA to GA connection: The Virginia Herald and Fredericksburg Advertiser January 29, 1789 2:5 For sale, Two well known tracts of land, to wit: Popcastle & Lambs Creek, in the county of King George, lying on the river, 15 miles below Fredericksburg. Popcastle was occupied by the late Col. William Champ; it contains 1288 acres of productive land, well adapted to grain and abound in cedar. The buildings consist of a two story brick dwelling house, kitchen, dairy, smoke house, stable, barn, and negro houses; also, a good mill seat whereon there is a mill house, and a pair of stones, that may be had with the premises. Lambs Creek is now in the possession of Col. Lewis Willis; it contains 657 acres, adjoining the other land; the buildings are greatly out of repair and of but little value. This tract has also a valuable mill seat, with the whole of the dam remaining, there having been a mill formerly. Each of those tracts, bounds on the river, and the description of the above may be applied fully to this, each having the greatest advantages of wild fowl, fish, and a range for cattle, sheep and hogs, and each a good landing. A great proportion of both tracts is flat land, very durable, and a considerable quantity of meadow ground. Any person inclinable to purchase, may known the terms by application to Col. Lewis Willis, as I shall be a few weeks absent from this place. A good bargain may be had for cash or negroes, if the purchaser would take both tracts, and in that case credit would be given for one third the purchase money. Francis Willis, Of Georgia. Fredericksburg, Jan. 14, 1789 http://departments.umw.edu/hipr/www/Fredericksburg/buildads.htm and: http://www.tngenweb.org/records/tn_wide/obits/nca/nca1-10.htm Rev. LEWIS WILLS, native of Va., moved in youth to Johnson Co., Tenn.; died July 29, 1855 aged 71 years, 3 months, 28 days; MECS preacher. And: Descendants of Francis Willis 1 Francis WILLIS wit: Wm. Snoddy/Charles Elliott d: Aft. January 1799 Sumner CO, TN, will/wife Mary in his will . 2 Jacob WILLIS . 2 Elizabeth WILLIS . 2 Mary WILLIS d: Aft. 1799 ex of father's will w/William Phillips

Doris - I was very surprised in reading your Jane Duncan info to find a relative - Mordecai Yarnell. Mordecai's parents are Daniel and (?) Yarnall. According to our records Daniel left PA after the Rev. War and moved to NC, then to TN, and about 1809 settled in Knox County, about 10 miles east of Knoxville. The census spelled his name Yarnell. Daniel is buried on the Yarnell Homestead, east of Knoxville. Mordecai and Jane Duncan (b. 1772, d. 11.20.1846) had Jinny who inherited from her grandfather a negro man Huey. Jinny had married Alfred Standifer. Wouldn't this inheritance be outside the Quaker rules? They also had Rebecca md John Tillery; Henry John md Susan Standifer and Ellen Murray; Martha md Wm. Dunlap; Isaac md. Rebecca Bonham; Frances md James Thompson and Stephen Marshall; Rachel md. Wm Parks; Isabelle unmarried; and Minerva md. Jess Parks. I can go down further on Mordecai and Jane's descendants if anyone is interested. They can contact me at threemares@gmail.com. I would like to put in my records the names of Jane's parents if you have them. Thanks Merry Christmas Bev Rampey On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Doris F <df99md@verizon.net> wrote: > My own line in TN is from a John Willis Hooker b Jul 10, 1857 Roane/now > Loudon CO, TN, who married Lettice Elizabeth Duncan/dunkin b 1848 Monroe > (Citico) CO, TN, daughter of Adeline Whitaker of Buncombe CO, NC, roots, > and > Adeline's husband Robert Paul Duncan/Dunkin b 1815 VA. > Adeline was daughter of Sen. James Whitaker, a Quaker. > > John Willis Hooker was son of John C. Hooker b 1810 MD and wife Rachel > Green > or wife Matte McPherson. > > Like you, I've hunted lost Willis names to help in my search to find > ancestors. I'd love to hear from anyone with Hooker, McPherson, or > Duncan/Dunkin ties. > > At any rate, here are a few early Willis names in early ETN: > > This one looks like a candidate for trouble. :) > > Descendants of Anthony Duncan > > 1 Anthony DUNCAN Abt. 1743 possible brother/unproven;PArt of > VA line in REv. WAr d: Aft. 1833 Green CO, TN, rev. War pension > appl > . 2 Jane DUNCAN > ..... +Mordecai YARNELL November 25, 1792 Greene > CO, > TN/sec: Anthony Duncan > . 2 [1] Joseph DUNCAN d: Aft. 1802 > ..... +Elizabeth DODD Not a wife > . *2nd Wife of [1] Joseph DUNCAN: > ..... +Mary Polly DOTY 1784 TN did not exist bondsman John > H. Hughes December 2, 1802 Greene CO, TN d: 1881 Greene CO, Tn, will > . 2 Sarah DUNCAN David Tate and George Parsons security > > ..... +John SMITH May 15, 1798 Greene CO, TN > . 2 mary DUNCAN Bond: Joseph Duncan > ..... +Jacob WHITE April 2, 1802 Greene CO, TN d: > Aft. 1802 > . 2 Margaret DUNCAN Bef. 1792 Bond: Joseph Duncan > ..... +Joseph WHITE May 29, 1805 > . 2 Elizabeth DUNCAN possible dau by his 2nd marriage > d: also marry Aaron Newman in 1802?Wm Houston bond > ..... +Evan MCNEESE February 13, 1813 Greene CO, TN > > 1. Anthony Duncan, born 1743-44 Lancaster Co. PA; married, wife unknown; > served in the Revolutionary War from Augusta Co. VA on the VA Line, applied > for a pension on 25 Oct. 1832, age 88, in Greene Co. TN. He had served a > year at Fort Dinwiddie; later was drafted and served 3 months under Col. > Trigg and marched from Montgomery Co. VA. He had lived in Augusta Co. VA, > then Montgomery Co. VA, then after the revolution had moved to Washington > Co. TN, then to Greene Co. TN for 30 years; his file included testimony by > Azariah Doty (see 2.10.). (Rev. Pen. S-1808) No record has yet been found > of > Anthony Duncan in Augusta Co. VA. However, see Andrew Duncan of Augusta Co. > VA, after 1.7. > > Anthony was in Montgomery Co. VA 1777-1782; he and Andrew (2.) gave > their Oaths of Allegiance to John Montgomery on 6 Sept. 1777 (1776) in > Montgomery Co. VA ("VA Military Records" Montgomery Co.'s Revolutionary > Heritage, by Ruby Altizer Roberts, pg. 208); and Anthony was in Jeremiah > Pearce's Company, over 18, on the list of 5 April 1781 ("Militia of > Montgomery Co. VA 1777-1790" by Kegley). He was on the tax list of 1782 > with > 1 white pole, 4 horses, and 10 cattle, and land ("Montgomery Co. VA Tax > List > 1782" by Kegley; "1782-1787 VA Taxpayers" by Fothergill), as were Andrew > (2.), James (5.), and John (3.?). In Montgomery Co. VA in 1782, Anthony > Dunkin, assignee of Joseph Dunkin (4.), had a commissioner's certificate > for > a land entry of 200 acres on a branch of Reed Creek, settled 1770 ("Early > Adventures on the Western Waters" by Kegley, Vol. II, pg. 30, 103). > > Anthony Duncan bought 50 acres in Washington Co. TN in 1791 on the > ridge between Limestone and Sinking Creeks (Washington Co. TN Deed Book 4, > pg. 231) and sold it to George Jackson in 1794 when he lived in Greene Co. > TN (Washington Co. TN Deed Book E, pg. 68). He owned another 152 acres at > the head of Sinking Creek which he sold the same date to William Jackson > (Washington Co. TN Deed Book E, pg. 88). He was taxed on 200 acres about > 1790 (undated tax list). His land was very close to land owned by Joseph > Duncan from 1790 to 1795 (Washington Co. TN Deed Book 3, pg. 172; Book 7, > pg. 199, grant to and deed of William Carson). This is probably Joseph (4.) > since it is unlikely his son, Joseph (1.2.) who married in 1802 would have > owned land by 1790. > > -- One Joseph Duncan fathered two children by Elizabeth > Dodd, and posted bond on 27 April 1803, with Aaron Newman and John Smith > his > securities, for the maintenance of Robert Duncan age 1 year 10 months and > Kinas Duncan age 3 weeks ("Greene Co. TN Minutes of the Court of Common > Pleas 1797-1807" by Houston, pg. 134, minutes book pg. 37; from Evelyn > Sigler). On 30 July 1807, John Dodd posted bond to maintain a child he > fathered by Elizabeth Dodd, and on the same date John Dodd filed a > complaint > against Elizabeth Dodd for breach of the peace; Elizabeth was to pay $300 > unless she was of good behavior for a year ("Greene Co. TN Minutes" pg. > 335, > minutes book pg. 250-252). There is no marriage recorded in Greene Co. TN > for an Elizabeth Dodd. Aaron Newman, Joseph Duncan's security, married > Elizabeth Duncan (1.7.) in 1802 in Greene Co. TN. One John Smith, perhaps > Joseph Duncan's security, married Sarah Duncan (Sec. III, 1.3.) in 1798 in > Greene Co. TN. One John Dodd was bondsman for the marriage of Joseph > Duncan's sister Mary (1.4.) to Jacob White in 1802. > > Joseph Duncan was in Greene Co. TN from 1805 to 1816 (tax > lists); "Joshua" was in Greene Co. TN in 1830 (pg. 213), when his father > lived with him. Joseph's will dated 18 Feb. 1833 named his wife Polly > Dunken > if living or his sisters (unnamed) or their legal heirs; Elizabeth McNeese, > (1.6.) wife of Evan McNeese, was to be taken in with his sisters and > considered the same; "my father, Anthony Dunken having contracted and > agreed > with me for a certain tract of land, which I now possess and live on, which > my father by agreement made a will leaving me the land for his support; my > wife Polly to take care of him; if she dies or remarries, the land to go to > Joseph Smith, (1.3.1.) my sister's son and grandson of my father." > Executors > were his friends Samuel McNeese and Gravender McNeese; witnesses were > Michael Bright Sr. and Jacob White (1.4.). The will was proved 22 April > 1833 > (Greene Co. TN Will Book 1828-1854, new pg. 393, copied from old pg. 111). > > Polly Duncan was in Greene Co. TN 1840 (pg. 54), and Mary > Duncan in 1850 (pg. 572). Polly Duncan had a grant of 25-1/2 acres of land > in 1839 (TN Land Grant Index). Polly wrote her will 21 Oct. 1869, probated > 4 > April 1881 (Greene Co. TN) and left her plantation called Boo place and all > her personal property to Alfred Duncan, a man of color, for supporting her; > her will mentioned Joseph Duncan, deceased ("Greene Co. TN Wills and > Administrations" from Evelyn Sigler). > > > An Abel Wilis is on Madison CO, TN (W TN) census of 1830 and apparently was > at Overton CO, TN, Academy as a trustee in 1813, and called "Captain." > > Following is from Madison CO (VA) Homes, page 224: > > Descendants of Joshua Willis > > 1 Joshua WILLIS in Louisa CO, VA, in 1816/wife Sally > d: Abt. 1820 Madison Homes, page 224 > . 2 Lewis WILLIS > ..... +Rhoda CLARK 1801 > . 2 owen WILLIS > ..... +Lurany WATTS 1799 > . 2 James WILLIS in Knox/Blount CO, by 1795? d: > Bef. 1842 > ..... +SARAH > . 2 Robert WILLIS > . 2 Reuben WILLIS > ..... +Sarah R. WATTS > . 2 Frances WILLIS > ..... +William TINSLEY > . 2 Milley WILLIS > ..... +Reuben MEDLEY > http://www.geocities.com/jganis2/newspapers1800-1829.html August 22, > 1805 d: October 1822 Anson CO, NC > . 2 [1] Elizabeth WILLIS > ..... +Benjamin SCOTT 2nd husband > . *2nd Husband of [1] Elizabeth WILLIS: > ..... +James WOOD December 22, 1808 > . 2 Polly WILLIS > ..... +Thomas HUTCHERSON December 17, 1810 d: > 1832 > . 2 Agnes WILLIS > ..... +Mordicue HUTCHERSON December 10, 1808 > . 2 Sally WILLIS > . 2 Suvaney WILLIS > . 2 mariah WILLIS > ..... +Charles l. STERN September 20, 1821 > > http://trevilians.com/deeds/deed31.htm#1340 > Louisa CO, VA > Book: Q, Page: 600, Grantor: Ellis and Susanna his wife, Grantee: John > Hunter, Date: > Ellis and Susanna his wife to John Hunter $1,000 Both sides of Main road > Louisa land where Ellis now resides cont. 255 acres bounded as described by > deed Benjamin Willis to Daniel Ellis 17 Jul 1816 except land sold by Ellis > to John Chiles by deed Jun 1823 containing 32 acres . > > Book: M, Page: 631, Grantor: Benjamin Willis, Grantee: Henry Lawrence, > Date: > 28-Feb-1816 > Benjamin Willis to Henry Lawrence of Louisa tract adj. public square on > which courthouse of Louisa now stands containing 2 acres as per deed. > Lawrence and wife to said Benjamin Willis 20th instant and whereas Willis > had agreed not to sell anything to interfere with Lawrences Tavern kept at > said Courthouse no lodging, stables, selling of wines, liquors etc. Willis > sells the courthouse 2 acres back to Lawrence. > > Book: Q, Page: 600, Grantor: Ellis and Susanna his wife, Grantee: John > Hunter, Date: > Ellis and Susanna his wife to John Hunter $1,000 Both sides of Main road > Louisa land where Ellis now resides cont. 255 acres bounded as described by > deed Benjamin Willis to Daniel Ellis 17 Jul 1816 except land sold by Ellis > to John Chiles by deed Jun 1823 containing 32 acres . > > Book: M, Page: 630, Grantor: Henry Lawrence and Mary his wife, Grantee: > Benjamin Willis, Date: 20-Feb-1816 > Henry Lawrence and Mary his wife of Louisa to Benjamin Willis $550 for 2 > acres being part of courthouse tract on which sd. Willis now resides in the > occupancy of a merchant adj. old tavern wit. Joshua Willis, Jon. O. > Cowherd, > John Chiles. > > And here is a VA to GA connection: > > The Virginia Herald and Fredericksburg Advertiser > January 29, 1789 2:5 > For sale, Two well known tracts of land, to wit: Popcastle & Lambs Creek, > in > the county of King George, lying on the river, 15 miles below > Fredericksburg. Popcastle was occupied by the late Col. William Champ; it > contains 1288 acres of productive land, well adapted to grain and abound in > cedar. The buildings consist of a two story brick dwelling house, kitchen, > dairy, smoke house, stable, barn, and negro houses; also, a good mill seat > whereon there is a mill house, and a pair of stones, that may be had with > the premises. Lambs Creek is now in the possession of Col. Lewis Willis; it > contains 657 acres, adjoining the other land; the buildings are greatly out > of repair and of but little value. This tract has also a valuable mill > seat, > with the whole of the dam remaining, there having been a mill formerly. > Each > of those tracts, bounds on the river, and the description of the above may > be applied fully to this, each having the greatest advantages of wild fowl, > fish, and a range for cattle, sheep and hogs, and each a good landing. A > great proportion of both tracts is flat land, very durable, and a > considerable quantity of meadow ground. Any person inclinable to purchase, > may known the terms by application to Col. Lewis Willis, as I shall be a > few > weeks absent from this place. A good bargain may be had for cash or > negroes, > if the purchaser would take both tracts, and in that case credit would be > given for one third the purchase money. > Francis Willis, Of Georgia. > Fredericksburg, Jan. 14, 1789 > http://departments.umw.edu/hipr/www/Fredericksburg/buildads.htm > > and: > http://www.tngenweb.org/records/tn_wide/obits/nca/nca1-10.htm > > Rev. LEWIS WILLS, native of Va., moved in youth to Johnson Co., Tenn.; died > July 29, 1855 aged 71 years, 3 months, 28 days; MECS preacher. > > And: > Descendants of Francis Willis > > 1 Francis WILLIS wit: Wm. Snoddy/Charles Elliott d: > Aft. January 1799 Sumner CO, TN, will/wife Mary in his will > . 2 Jacob WILLIS > . 2 Elizabeth WILLIS > . 2 Mary WILLIS d: Aft. 1799 ex of father's > will w/William Phillips > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >