Mary Jane (Dougherty) Willis (1808 - 1894)

Ancestors

Wife of Vachel Barnhill — married 1835 in Hall, Georgia

Descendants

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Biography

Mary was Cherokee.

Mary Dougherty was born on April 27, 1808 in the Cherokee Nation (East) . Her parents were James Dougherty, a Cherokee, and Mary Dean. She married William Willis in November, 1823. ^[1] They were the parents of Priestly or Presley, Susan, Catherine, Sarah, ^[2] Pickens, and William. ^[3]

She married Vachel Barnhill about 1835. They remained in Georgia at Removal. ^[4] Mary appears on the 1851 Siler Roll, the 1852 Chapman Roll, and the 1883 Hester Roll of Cherokee East of the Mississippi. ^[5] She died on March 16, 1894 in Georgia. ^[6]

Research Notes

Mother-in-law of William Greenberry Russell who started the Colorado Gold Rush. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWHC-KH7 : 12 January 2020), Mary Daughterty in entry for William Willis, 1823.
2. ↑ Chapman Roll, nos. 2005-2008. Records Relating to Enrollment of Eastern Cherokee by Guion Miller, 1908-1910. M685, microfilm, 12 rolls. Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793-1999, Record Group 75. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. Digitized at Ancestry.com
3. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee applications of the Court of Claims. Application #2813, Pickens Willis. Digitized at Fold3, images begin at Pickens
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBN-XHK : 10 June 2022), Mary Barnhill, Lumpkin, Georgia, United States; citing p. 279, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
5. ↑ Siler Roll, #1868, Chapman Roll, #2009, Hester Roll, #2447. Records Relating to Enrollment of Eastern Cherokee by Guion Miller, 1908-1910. M685, microfilm, 12 rolls. Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793-1999, Record Group 75. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. Digitized at Ancestry.com
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186920119/mary-jane-barnhill : accessed 23 June 2022), memorial page for Mary Jane Dougherty Barnhill (17 Apr 1808–16 Mar 1894), Find a Grave Memorial ID 186920119, ; Maintained by Stacia King (contributor 47604993) Burial Details Unknown.
7. ↑ Elma Dill Russell Spencer, Green Russell and Gold, University of Texas Press, Austin, UT 1966

• See also:
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZM5-M1H : 18 February 2021), Mary Barnhill, 1860.
• Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Census Place: Savannah, Dawson, Georgia; Roll: 142; Page: 90D; Enumeration District: 043