Born in Stafford, Stafford, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Lewis Willis
and Mary (Champe) Willis
Sister of
John Whitaker Willis, Mildred (Willis) Carter, Jane Willis, Henry Willis, Mary Champe (Willis) Battaile, William Champe Willis, Charles Lewis Willis [half] and Byrd Charles Willis [half]
Wife of
Peter Greenlee
— married
1770 in Wilkes County, South Carolina
Descendants 
Mother of
Nancy Caroline (Greenlee) Johnson, Elizabeth Greenlee, John Greenlee, Lewis Willis Greenlee, Margaret (Greenlee) Burriss, William Greenlee, James Greenlee, Mary Ann (Greenlee) Oldham, Shadrack Greenlee, Dully Greenlee and Melinda Milly (Greenlee) Brown
Died
at about age 92
in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Aug 2012
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Biography
Web: Netherlands, Genealogies Online Trees Index, 1000-2015 Name: Deborah Willis Gender: f (Female) Birth Date: 1750 Birth Place: Stafford, Stafford, Virginia, United States Death Date: 1 dec 1842 Death Place: Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death Age: 92 Father: Lewis Willis Mother: Mary Jane Champe [1] [2]
Research Notes
- Note Removed Anne Byrd (Carter-1782) Lewis as mother. There is no evidence Anne married Francis Lewis. (see bio of Carter-1782 for sources) amb 09:30, 6 August 2014 (EDT)
Probate
Will and Probate of Peter Greenlee[1]:
- Spouse: Debaora Greenlee
- Children of Peter Greenlee and Deborah Greenlee mention in will.
- Nancy Johnson (Greenlee)
- Milley Greenlee
- Dully Greenlee
- John Greenlee
- Shadrach Greenlee
- James Greenlee
- Mary Oldham (Greenlee)
- William Greenlee
- Margret Greenlee
- Willis Greenlee
- Elizabeth Oldham (Greenlee)
Parents Lewis Willis 1734–1813
Mary Champe Willis 1735 – unknown
Spouse Peter Greenlee 1756–1802
Siblings John Whitaker Willis 1750–1802
Henry William Willis 1755–1815
William Champe Willis 1770–1843
Half Siblings Byrd Charles Lewis Willis 1781–1846
Mildred (Milly) Hoard Willis Bozorth 1802–1856
Children Nancy Caroline Greenlee Johnson 1771–1843
Margaret Greenlee Burriss
1777–1808
Sources
- ↑ Author: South Carolina. Probate Court (Anderson County); Probate Place: Anderson, South Carolina. Source Information Ancestry.com. South Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: South Carolina County, District and Probate Courts.
- ↑ Anderson County ScArchives Will Records.....Greenlee, Peter, June 28, 1798. Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sc/scfiles.htm File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Paul M. Kankula gcgenweb@bellsouth.net March 13, 2005. Abstracted by: Gina Scott.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #89884016
Trees
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Willis-1445 created through the import of Smith Family Tree.ged on Aug 27, 2012 by Martin Smith. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Martin and others.
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~3.12%
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~3.12%
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Gary_P_Bennett
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~0.39%
Jerry Nelson :
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~0.39%
Wendy (Rainey) Watkins :
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~0.39%
~0.78%
Susan Bailey :
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
~3.12%
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~0.39%
~1.56%
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~0.39%
~1.56%
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~0.39%
~1.56%
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~0.39%
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My DNA shows my Daniel Willis to be the son or grandson of Lewis or one of his brothers. I couldn't figure it out until I realized that Deborah is likely a daughter of Lewis Willis. I believe her mother may have been an enslaved person on Mary Washington's Ferry Farm. This is also likely where Peter Greenlee met Deborah. And some people surmise that Lewis Willis lived with his aunt Mary and cousin George after his mother died in 1746. They were known to attend school together. Look at the 1790 census. 1 adult male, 5 boys, 5 females (and Peter has 10 children at that point). I believe Deborah is part Black and listed as a slave. Look at the 1840 census where she's 90 and living with her daughter. The only 90 year old in the house is a slave. Also look at the will that Peter left. Two slaves named Daniel and Stephen. My tree traces back to Daniel b. 1765 in Pendleton SC (which has to be wrong given the date) and my DNA show the closest matches to Lewis or his brother Henry. Only Henry and Deborah were in or had relatives in SC. Daniel married Elizabeth Barbour, a Warner cousin.
edited by Isabel Cr.