The WILLIS Family Genealogy
The WILLIS Family Genealogy

Author: Lanette Hill Brightwell

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2004-08-28

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 1435736834

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The WILLIS Families early beginnings are found in England dating back to 1500's Records. John WILLIS was the first immigrant of this line to come to America. Descendants include the Benjamin Willis I, II, III, IV & V {to those that settled in Georgia}. Many descendants are still living in the same areas today. Turner Co., Telfair Co. Colquitt Co., Worth Co., and others in Georgia. Using Census, Wills, Property Records, Church Records, History Books, Marriage and Birth/Death Records. Family bibles; other researchers sharing information on their family lines. This book is a very treasured item for any member of the WILLIS family and will find this resource very useful in continuing to trace their own lineages.

Family History Memory
Family History Memory

Author: Deborah Willis

Publisher: Hylas Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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Deborah Willis has produced a work that is a celebration of African-American life, identity and history. Insightful and profound essays and photographs reveal the strength and cohesion of African-Americans and their dauntless struggles for self-expression and survival.

100 Years of Change on the Eastern Shore
100 Years of Change on the Eastern Shore

Author: CONSULTANT ANAESTHETIST JAMES. WILLIS DAWSON (NICK.)

Publisher:

Published: 2015-02-16

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13: 9781483426099

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A rare chronicle of daily life on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, 1847-1951 "So rare, so historically valuable - - -The only daily account of its kind in the state." -Brice Stump, Salisbury (Maryland) Daily Times "Unique among farm journals....a wide range of observations" -Edward C. Papenfuse, State Archivist, Maryland State Archives "Documentation of an uninterrupted single-family-owned farm located in Talbot County for over 100 years......Slave holdings, conflicts, introduction of mechanized farm equipment, local & state political/economic material" -Allan J. Stypeck, Accredited Senior Appraiser, American Society of Appraisers.

Die Free
Die Free

Author: Cheryl Wills

Publisher: Hillcrest Publishing Group

Published: 2011-01-03

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1935098403

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When award-winning television news anchor Cheryl Wills discovers that her great-great-great grandfather, Sandy Wills, was a runaway slave who joined the historic fight for freedom in the American Civil War, she embarks on a gut-wrenching search to learn more. Cheryl¿s journey leads her to a courageous ancestor who demonstrated the same courage that she knew in her beloved father, an intrepid New York City firefighter, who died when she was thirteen. Her father never knew his family¿s notable legacy. Told with deep love and brow-raising honesty, "Die Free" stretches from Haywood County, Tennessee, in the 1860s to New York City in the twentieth century. Cheryl shares the unvarnished truth about the Wills¿ family roots, ever entwined in passion, music, and faith. Cheryl also exhumes the spirit of her great-great- great grandmother Emma Wills, an illiterate lionhearted widow, who was discriminated against as she fought to obtain her husband¿s Civil War pension and unwittingly dictated her historic life, from slavery to freedom, in sworn depositions to a lawyer. The century-old pension papers become the Holy Grail for the newscaster who nails a scoop that has forever changed her life and that of future generations. A lesson in the pruning of one¿s imagination, "Die Free" takes readers on a haunting yet exhilarating ride through the side door of American history.

The Family of Robert Willis of Barnwell County, South Carolina
The Family of Robert Willis of Barnwell County, South Carolina

Author: Elizabeth Willis 1892- de Huff

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781019358856

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This genealogy documents the lineage of Robert Willis, a wealthy South Carolina planter of the early 19th century. With extensive information on the family's economic and social status, as well as their connections to other prominent southern families, this book will appeal to genealogists and historians alike. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.