Richard Willis (1745 - 1837)

Born 25 Feb 1745 in Virginia

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Descendants

Died 25 Dec 1837 at age 92 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

Richard was born in 1745. He passed away in 1837.

Revolutionary War

Soldier Richard Willis served with Roebuck's Regiment, South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

Richard Willis is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A127020.

Drusilla Pearson, born 12 July 1755, died 04 May 1855, married in 1774, and her husband Richard Willis, born 25 February 1746 in South Carolina, died 25 December 1837 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, are honored by the Daughters of the American Revolution; Richard was a soldier: 1) ROEBUCK'S REGT, MIL.^[1]

Family

Children born to Drusilla and Richard Willis in Spartanburg Co SC include:

1. Edward N. Willis, born Spartanburg Co SC on April 8, 1794, died there on 20 September 1848. Edward married Catherine Roebuck, born 21 January 1797 at Spartanburg, SC., in 1818.^[2]
2. Mary (Willis) Roebuck, born 21 May 1785, married Benjamin Roebuck, born Spartanburg Co SC on October 8, 1782, died Calhoun Co, Mississippi on 13 August 1785; she married Benjamin Roebuck born on 8 - Oct - 1782 at Spartanburg Co SC, died at Calhoun Co MS on 13 - Aug - 1874.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 4, 2020), "Record of Richard Willis", Ancestor # A127020.
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 4, 2020), "Record of Richard Willis", Ancestor # A127020.
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 4, 2020), "Record of Richard Willis", Ancestor # A127020.

• Revolutionary War Soldiers for NC and SC, Data provided by the website Carolana. (accessed 25 May 2022)'

' Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; National Archives, Washington. D.C. Name: Richd Willis Gender: Male Military Place: Virginia, USA State or Army Served: Virginia Regiment: 7th Regiment

RICHARD WILLIS, SR., served in the Revolutionary War as a soldier in Roebuck's Regiment. Stub entries to indents issued in payment of claims against South Carolina, growing out of the Revolution show: "X, Part 2; No. 2779; Lib. X Issued 22 Sept. '86; to RICHARD WILLIS for L16..5..8 1/2 D Sterling; duty in Roebuck's Regiment."

U.S. Revolutionary War Bounty Land Warrants Used in the U.S. Military District of Ohio and Relating Papers (Acts of 1788, 1803, and 1806), 1788-1806; Microfilm Publication M829, 16 rolls; ARC ID: 635444. Records of the Bureau of Land Management, Record Group 49; National Archives at Washington, D.C. War of 1812 Military Bounty Land Warrants, 1815-1858; Microfilm Publication M848, 14 rolls; ARC ID: 4923870. Records of the Bureau of Land Management, Record Group 49; National Archives at Washington, D.C. Name: Richard Willis Warrant Number: 23275