All,
I am researching the following family who were residents of Pike County, IN.
i would love to exchange information.
Gary
George "Duck" WILLIS b. 1783, Rowan County, North Carolina, m.
(1) 26 Oct 1803, in Rowan County, North Carolina, Mary (Polly)
PATTERSON, b. North Carolina, d. BEF 1818, Rowan County, North
Carolina, m. (2) 7 Nov 1818, in Rowan County, North Carolina,
Elizabeth (Betsy) HAYES, b. 1787, North Carolina, d. AFT 1870,
Pike County, Indiana. George died 21 Jan 1869, Pike County,
Indiana, buried: Poplar Grove Cemetery, Pike County, IN.
I. Hannah WILLIS b. 1804, Rowan County, North Carolina, m. 3 Jan
1822, in Rowan County, North Carolina, Alexander WEST.
II. Vincent WILLIS b. 15 Apr 1805, Rowan County, North Carolina, m.
(1) 3 Sep 1826, in Rowan County, North Carolina, Martha
(Patsey) SIMPSON, d. BEF 1846, Pike County, Indiana, m. (2)
24 Jan 1846, in Pike County, Indiana, Mary (Polly) MILLER,
b. 15 Apr 1825, North Carolina, (daughter of Thomas MILLER
and Nancy CRISWELL) d. 23 Jul 1916, Pike County, Indiana,
buried: Willis Cem., Jeff. Twp., Pike Co., IN. Vincent died
27 Mar 1882, Pike County, Indiana, buried: Willis Cem.,
Jeff. Twp., Pike Co., IN.
III. George WILLIS b. 27 Oct 1807, Rowan County, North Carolina, m. 10
Dec 1833, in Rowan County, North Carolina, Elizabeth
JOHNSON, b. 1813, Kentucky. George died 15 Feb 1894, Pike
County, Indiana, buried: Poplar Grove Cemetery, Pike County,
IN.
IV. Phillip WILLIS b. 1809, Rowan County, North Carolina, m. Mary
Jane BATTLES, b. 1827, Virginia. Phillip died BEF 1860,
Pike County, Indiana.
V. Bazel M. WILLIS b. 1822, Rowan County, North Carolina, m. (1) 21
Sep 1841, in Pike County, Indiana, Sarah Ann FOWLER, m. (2)
16 Feb 1851, in Pike County, Indiana, Sarah SAPPINGFIELD.
Bazel died 9 Jun 1873, Pike County, Indiana.
VI. Alfred WILLIS b. 1826, Rowan County, North Carolina, m. 11 Mar
1845, in Pike County, Indiana, Dorothy ROBLING. Alfred died
BEF 1870, Pike County, Indiana.
VII. Margaret WILLIS b. 7 Oct 1830, Rowan County, North Carolina, d.
10 Sep 1904, Pike County, Indiana.
VIII Robert S. WILLIS b. 1837, Rowan County, North Carolina, m. 20 Jan
1858, in Pike County, Indiana, Emily Caroline MILLER.
Robert died 1869, Pike County, Indiana.