Joshua Willis (1796 - 1888)

Born 29 Mar 1796 in Culpeper, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Barbara Overton (Winston) Willis — married 24 Apr 1817 in Louisa County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 4 Aug 1888 at age 92 in Arizona, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States

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Joshua Willis served for Virginia in the War of 1812
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Biography

Joshua was born on March 20, 1796 in Culpepper, Virginia to Reuben Willis and Nancy Ann Garnett.

Joshua and Barbara Overton Winston were married on April 22, 1817 in Louisa, Virginia.^[1]

Joshua Willis was a Private in the War of 1812. He served in Bayly's 9th Regiment of the Virginia Militia.^[2]

The family moved to Morgan County, Georgia before 1825 and settled in Greene County Georgia. They owned 16 slaves at that time.^[3]

In the 1840 US Census, they were living in Troup Co, Georgia and owned 14 slaves.^[4]

By 1860 the family had moved to Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.^[5]

Joshua and Barbara had 10 children.

• Mary Johnson Willis (1817 - 1859)
• Barbara Garnett Willis (1820 - 1913)
• John Winston Willis (1822 - 1901)
• Ann Thornton Willis (1825 - 1891)
• Thomas Norseworthey Willis (1828 - 1902)
• James Overton Willis (1830 - 1890)
• Americanus "Babe" Willis (1833 - 1914)
• Sarah Alexander Willis (1839 - 1864)
• Lenorah Mariah Willis (1839 - 1928)
• Joshua Willis, Jr. (1841 - 1852)

Joshua died on August 4, 1888 in Arizona, Louisiana and is buried in Forest Grove Cemetery in Arizona, Louisiana.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Virginia Marriages
2. ↑ US, War of 1812 Service Records
3. ↑ 1830 US Census
4. ↑ 1840 US Census
5. ↑ 1860 US Census
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #101868847

• Virginia Marriages Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

• US, War of 1812 Service Records Direct Data Capture, comp. U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

• United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q292-STBH : 11 March 2016), Joshua Willis, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 228; FHL microfilm 882,746.

• United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q292-ST1L : 11 March 2016), Joshua Willis, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 228; FHL microfilm 882,746.

• United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q292-SY9H : 11 March 2016), Joshua Willis, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 228; FHL microfilm 882,746.

• United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q292-SY3Q : 11 March 2016), Joshua Willis, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 228; FHL microfilm 882,746.

• United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q292-SY7H : 11 March 2016), Joshua Willis, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 228; FHL microfilm 882,746.

• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQV-ZF9 : 5 December 2014), Joshua Willis and Barbara O. Winston, 22 Apr 1817; citing Louisa, Virginia, reference 169; FHL microfilm 32,190.

• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQV-1YW : 5 December 2014), Joshua Willis and Barbara O. Winston, 24 Apr 1817; citing Louisa, Virginia, reference 394; FHL microfilm 32,190.

• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQG-852 : 5 December 2014), Joshua Willis and Barbara O. Winston, 24 Apr 1817; citing Louisa, Virginia, reference 394; FHL microfilm 32,190.

• 1830 US Census Census Place: Greene, Georgia; Series: M19; Roll: 17; Page: 296; Family History Library Film: 0007037

• 1840 US Census Census Place: District 701, Troup, Georgia; Roll: 51; Page: 330; Image: 678; Family History Library Film: 0007047

• 1860 US Census 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QB-3BQ : 17 October 2014), J Willis, Louisiana, United States; citing p. 49, family 380, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,009.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD62-WXC : 13 July 2016), Joshua Willis, 7th Ward, Claiborne, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 15, sheet 386D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0451; FHL microfilm 1,254,451.

• Find A Grave with Headstone Photo

See also:

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJQ-5XB : 12 April 2016), John Millis, Claiborne parish, part of, Claiborne, Louisiana, United States; citing family 646, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPS-LTL : 14 December 2017), Joh Willis in entry for Danniel Burns, 1860.

Acknowledgement

• Nivosum X, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Nivosum and others.