NANCY WILLIS born 1812 in Mitchell Co., North Carolina married William Hunsucker Thomas b. 1810 and had the following children in Yancey Co., N.C. Elizabeth b. 1828 married Harden J. Sparks, died 1891 Union County Georgia Martha b. about 1830 married Newton Cearley died in Union County GA. Joseph Monroe b. 1836 married Naomi A. Hayes d. 1918 Cherokee Co., GA. Cyntha b. 1841 married Norman Isaacks and Edward Cox Beaver died 1923 Union Co., GA. Catherine b. 1842 ? John McDaniel b. 1844 married ELIZABETH WILLIS (?) b. 1842 both died Union Co., GA. William Jasper b. 1847 married Arty Davis and died in Fannin Co., GA. Adeline C. b. 1851 married David E. Davenport died about 1914 Union Co., GA. Caroline b. 1851 married Garrett E. Galoway died in Union Co., GA. And born in Union Co., Georgia Willis Washington b. 1853 married Mary A. McEntire and Emma E. Taylor and died 1933 in Union Co., GA. Nancy's granddaughter Huldah Sparks Cearley filed for the Guion Miller Rolls in 1905 from Georgia. Her application number was 17524 and was denied, if you read the file, you see why... mass confusion. Especially when she said her grandfather was William H. Thomas. The family legend is that Nancy was Cherokee indian. Would like to connect with someone working on this family line of the WILLISES... or at least find her parents and further ancestral information. Thank you, Leslie Thomas

Leslie: I have been working for several years on my Willis ancestors from Union Co GA. My long-time brickwall is my ggrandfather, Martin M. Willis, per censuses born 1824 NC, died 1870-80 Union Co GA. My ggrandmother was Sarah Ann Winters Willis, born 1824 SC, died ? Cherokee Co GA. They married 1843 in Union Co GA. Their children (per censuses; the same child sometimes had different names from census to census. In those cases, both names are listed) were: Francis Marion Willis b about 1845 (lost a leg in the Civil War; was lst married to ??, had at least one or two daughters; second married to Frances "Adeline" Hill, no children. Adult life, lived in Cherokee Co GA and Bartow Co GA, was schoolteacher and shopkeeper. Thomas/Leander b about 1848, nothing further known. Louisa/Martha A., born about 1849, nothing further known. John Ashley, b 1849, moved to AK, TX and OK with the Hunt and other families from Union Co GA. Married Sarah Lodema Hunt and farmed until his death at an old age in OK. Nancy J., b about 1851, nothing further known. Marietta/Mary, b about 1852, nothing further known. William, b about 1854, nothing further known. Smith, b about 1856, m. Jane Collier 1879 in Cherokee Co GA, nothing further known. Christopher Columbus, b 1861, m. Ollie Olevia Ragsdale 1882 Cherokee Co, lived there the remainder of his life. Mother, Sarah, lived with him in 1880 census. Daniel Asbury, b 1864, m. Laura Agnes McCollum, 1885 Cherokee Co GA. They were my grandparents. My father was Paul Hiram Willis, born 1910, Cherokee Co GA. My guess is that Martin died between 1870 and 1800. Apparently, Francis Marion, Smith, C.C. (Christopher Columbus) and my grandfather Daniel moved to Cherokee Co GA either a few years before or at Martin's death. Mother, Sarah, apparently sold land and moved to Cherokee Co GA to live with C.C. I believe Martin, and perhaps Sarah, may be buried in the old Willis cemetery (a small lot with rocks to mark gravesites) in Union Co GA. I have traced the land Sarah sold in the 1870's and is was nearby this cemetery. I would be most interested in identifying Martin's parents, and would also be interested to know anything about the children, many of whom I know nothing about. In mid 1800's, only other Willis family in Union Co GA was James & Easter Willis. My Martin,on first observation, would likely belong there. But, alas, that family has been fairly well researched and their oldest known child is younger than my Martin. Interestingly, there is a male the age of Martin recorded in their household in 1840 who is unaccounted for.....a nephew? a mistake? Wish I knew. Leslie, noticing your Elizabeth was born 1814 in NC and her children (maybe she?) later lived in Union Co GA, and one in Cherokee Co GA,....do you think there could be a connection? Could she and my Martin be brother/sister or cousins? Do you know how her children (and maybe Elizabeth?) came to be in Union Co GA? Any help from any source would be most appreciated. Paulette Willis Dunn Douglasville, GA At 12:14 AM 02/23/2002 -0500, Waka or Rod wrote: >NANCY WILLIS born 1812 in Mitchell Co., North Carolina married William Hunsucker Thomas b. 1810 and had the following children in Yancey Co., N.C. > >Elizabeth b. 1828 married Harden J. Sparks, died 1891 Union County Georgia >Martha b. about 1830 married Newton Cearley died in Union County GA. >Joseph Monroe b. 1836 married Naomi A. Hayes d. 1918 Cherokee Co., GA. >Cyntha b. 1841 married Norman Isaacks and Edward Cox Beaver died 1923 Union Co., GA. >Catherine b. 1842 ? >John McDaniel b. 1844 married ELIZABETH WILLIS (?) b. 1842 both died Union Co., GA. >William Jasper b. 1847 married Arty Davis and died in Fannin Co., GA. >Adeline C. b. 1851 married David E. Davenport died about 1914 Union Co., GA. >Caroline b. 1851 married Garrett E. Galoway died in Union Co., GA. >And born in Union Co., Georgia >Willis Washington b. 1853 married Mary A. McEntire and Emma E. Taylor and died 1933 in Union Co., GA. > >Nancy's granddaughter Huldah Sparks Cearley filed for the Guion Miller Rolls in 1905 from Georgia. Her application number was 17524 and was denied, if you read the file, you see why... mass confusion. Especially when she said her grandfather was William H. Thomas. The family legend is that Nancy was Cherokee indian. Would like to connect with someone working on this family line of the WILLISES... or at least find her parents and further ancestral information. Thank you, Leslie Thomas > > > > > >============================== >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 > >