I have a John Willis who was born in TN, 1826. I don't know who his parents were. He enlisted in the Army (Civil War) in Ceredo, OH. Lived in Lawrence County, OH where he married Rebecca Rust. Other places he lived Coal Grove, OH and Scioto County, OH. Any relatives out there? WILLIS-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 WILLIS-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 61 Today's Topics: #1 John Willis, Immigrant [HOWARDSARGENT214@cs.com] #2 Re: John Willis, Immigrant ["Janet Johnson" #3 Willis tidbits, Meigs Co. OH [HOWARDSARGENT214@cs.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from WILLIS-D, send a message to WILLIS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 16:40:36 EDT From: HOWARDSARGENT214@cs.com To: WILLIS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: John Willis, Immigrant Hello Willis listers. Here's a tidbit I found in Pomeroy, Meigs Co. OH today. It might be of help to someone else until I can tie him in to my Willis family from Meigs Co. PROBATE COURT The State of Ohio Meigs Co. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, Probate Judge and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Probate Court, within and for the County of Meigs aforesaid, John Willis a native of England, aged about 32 years, bearing allegiance to the Queen of Great Britain who emigrated from Liverpool on the 12th day of August, 1851, and arrived at the port of New York on the 17th day of Sept., 1851, and who intends to reside within the jurisdiction and under the GOVERNMENT of the UNITED STATES, to wit: Pomeroy Ohio, and he makes report of himself for NATURALIZATION, and declares, on oath, that it is bona fide his intention to become a CITIZEN of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA, and to forever renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every FOREIGN PRINCE, POTENTATE, STATE and SOVEREIGNTY whatsoever, and particularly VICTORIA. Signature: John Willis Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of October, 1860 A. D. Arthur Merrill Probate Judge and Ex-Officio Clerk The other side of this document says Declaration with an R or a B below it and Oct. 4, 60 Hope someone knows something about this John Willis. Martha Cross Sargent, just up the Ohio River from Pomeroy in HOT Parkersburg, WV ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 19:01:12 -0700 From: "Janet Johnson" To: WILLIS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: John Willis, Immigrant John is a popular name in my Willis family but I don't have any, that I know of, that match. I'll toss them out in the hope that you or someone else may make a connection. John Frederic Willis, born 1879 in East Howell Colliery, Ferryhill, Durham, England. Came to America in 1880 with family. Married Lola (?) and had two sons (Elwin Milo and Ivan). In 1910, he married Nelsia Eiersted (changed to Peterson) and had 12 children (Elmer, Thelma, Dorothy, Miriam, May, Nora, Martha, Charles, Donald, Roger, Robert, Myrna). Died 1950 in Aberdeen, Washington. John Willis (uncle to above John Frederic Willis). Born about 1846 in Easington, Durham, England. Could have came to America with his brother in 1880. John Willis (uncle to above John Willis). Born about 1840 in England. John Willis (father to above John Willis). Born about 1800 in England. Married Margaret Wilde in 1819 in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England. Had 7 children (James, Ann, Sarah, George, Robert, Martha, John). Died before 1851. I have other Johns but none of them were born about 1828. Anyone with connections? Janet (Willis) Johnson English Lines: Willis, Sanderson, Wilde, Stanley, Berry Danish Lines: Eiersted/Peterson, Jensen Swedish Lines: Larsson/Brown, Sjogren Prussian Lines: Paschke, Klawonn, Kunkel ----- Original Message ----- From: HOWARDSARGENT214@cs.com To: WILLIS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 1:40 PM Subject: John Willis, Immigrant Hello Willis listers. Here's a tidbit I found in Pomeroy, Meigs Co. OH today. It might be of help to someone else until I can tie him in to my Willis family from Meigs Co. PROBATE COURT The State of Ohio Meigs Co. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, Probate Judge and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Probate Court, within and for the County of Meigs aforesaid, John Willis a native of England, aged about 32 years, bearing allegiance to the Queen of Great Britain who emigrated from Liverpool on the 12th day of August, 1851, and arrived at the port of New York on the 17th day of Sept., 1851, and who intends to reside within the jurisdiction and under the GOVERNMENT of the UNITED STATES, to wit: Pomeroy Ohio, and he makes report of himself for NATURALIZATION, and declares, on oath, that it is bona fide his intention to become a CITIZEN of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA, and to forever renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every FOREIGN PRINCE, POTENTATE, STATE and SOVEREIGNTY whatsoever, and particularly VICTORIA. Signature: John Willis Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of October, 1860 A. D. Arthur Merrill Probate Judge and Ex-Officio Clerk The other side of this document says Declaration with an R or a B below it and Oct. 4, 60 Hope someone knows something about this John Willis. Martha Cross Sargent, just up the Ohio River from Pomeroy in HOT Parkersburg, WV ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 08:46:36 EDT From: HOWARDSARGENT214@cs.com To: WILLIS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Willis tidbits, Meigs Co. OH Probate records, Meigs Co. OH. Onley C. Willis died March 16, 1903, RR accident, leaving wife Lena (Russell)(this was crossed out) Willis. Brothers Pearl Willis, John Willis, ??? Willis, and sister Edith Willis. Onley Willis lived Jobs, OH, his brothers and sisters lived Rockwood, OH. Also found a guardianship file on William F. Willis and Ella I. Willis, guardian was I. T. Manley Hope someone needs these. Martha --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better