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101 Mrs Dixon Owen
Mrs Dixon Langford Owen, 75, of Calhoun died Sunday, March 28, 1993, in a Macon hospital, following an extended illness.
She was born in Gordon County on October 31, 1917, daughter of the late Dr V. Langford and Florence Dixon Langford. She was preceded in death by her husband, H.B. Owen Jr. She was a lifetime resident of Calhoun, a graduate of Calhoun High School, and a retired employee of the City of Calhoun with 37 years service. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Calhoun.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Ken and Ann Owen of Macon; two grandchildren, Ken Owen Jr and Margaret O. Kitchens, both of Macon; two great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
Funeral was Wednesday, March 31, at 11 am at the First United Methodist Church, with the Revs. Scobie Branson and Ed Padgett officiating. Jimmie Hall was in charge of music, and burial was in Fain Cemetery. Pallbearers were Dan Strain, Lamar Harrison, Hoyt Edwards, Jim Hobgood, Hank Tweedell, Phillip Langford, and Jim Langford. Honorary escorts were active and retired employees of the City of Calhoun. The family requests that, in addition to flowers, memorial contributions may be given to First United Methodist Church.
Thomas Funeral Home of Calhoun was in charge of arrangements. 		Dixon Langford
 
102 He lived in Albemarle County, Virginia, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and Spartanburg County, South Carolina. David Lewis, Jr
 
103 He arrived on the Francis Bonaventure, which sailed from England on 11 May 1620. Nicolas Martiau
 
104 At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living
 
105 Elma and Wilma Martin were twins. Wilma Martin
 
106

A Memorial
Mrs Jacob Hoss, being wearied with her journey, lay upon her bed in the 78th year of age, exclaiming, "I am in no pain, but weary." The presence of God was with her and He was ready to give her rest, for her life had been one of trust and patient endurance. "Mother," exclaimed the faithful nurse, "will you take the medicine prescribed by your physician?" "Yes my daughter." The medicine was given, but before man's practice could relieve her weariness, the Great Physician interposed and gave rest to her weary soul. She was dead without one pang.
"She found favor before God and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob." She received the law with the disposition of an angel and kept it, and built a temple for the Most High, and prepared for the Lord a place of rest. And in return she received rest that cometh from God only, and testified in the longing of her wearied [heart?] of a place where the weary rest [and] abide forever with Christ. "The [spirit?] is life because of righteousness," [which?] neither death, life, angels, nor principalities shall be able to separate from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Blessed are they who keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of God's book, and accepteth the efficacy of divine grace.
-A Friend. March 20th, 1883.

 		Sarah Vance Mitchell
 
107 He was the youngest son. William Monk, II
 
108
From

She came to America with her father (John Morrison) and mother (Flora Campbell) from Scotland when she was only about 15 years old. They were married before 1801 in North Carolina. She never learned to speak English distinctly.
About 1835, Blansett Morrison Willis, a young daughter and an infant granddaughter were scalped by the Indians when the Indians raided the Willis home located near the village of Dakota, Georgia. The murdered family are all buried in the cemetery at Dakota, Georgia, where their graves may be seen today.
Benjamin and Blansett were married prior to March 28, 1801. In John Morrison's will of that date, he gave "to my son-in-law Benjamin Willis my plantation afer my wife's decease and he should obligate himself to pay to my grandsons......"[email from Julian Anderson dated 8/8/2/2000 11:59am]
 		Blansett Morrison
 
109
From Covington's History of Colquitt County (pp. 55-56):
In the list of heads of families of Thomas County in 1840 will be noticed the name of Artaxerxes B. Norman, a full brother of James M. Norman, both having sprung from North Carolina stock and migrated to Georgia about 1820. It is thought that when the parents of this baby named him after the Persian king, he became the only person in the world [p. 55/p. 56] called "Artaxerxes." This man had a son named David, whose tombstone is in the Sardis Primitive Baptist Cemetery, who had sons as follows, all of whom have lived in Colquitt: Philip, Moses Xerxes and Virgil, the last two of whom are still alive. A copy of "Plutarch's Lives" must have been lying around two or three generations of this branch of the Norman tribe. 		Artaxerxes B. Norman
 
110
From W. A. Covington's History of Colquitt County, p. 274:

Jeremiah Bryant Norman, Sr.
 J. B. Norman, Sr., was the oldest child of James Mitchell Norman and Ruth Tillman Norman, a pioneer couple. He was born in Liberty County, Georgia, in 1821, came to Irwin County, Ga., with his parents, when he was an infant in arms. He spent the first few years of his life with his parents, near Nashville, Georgia; and later removed with them to the territory that was later incorporated with Colquitt County. He was looked upon as a leader of the pioneers of the section that is now Colquitt, during the most of his life; and he lost that leadership only when the torch dropped from his aging hands, to be lifted and borne along by his son, Jeremiah Bryant Norman, Jr.
This writer [Covington] called on this good man, in his ripe old age. He lived with his youngest son, V. F. Norman, and his wife. His wife had been dead for some time. He was uncultured in a way; but he presented a dignified appearance. Like a Roman Senator of the era of the Republic. Surrounded, he was by his numerous descendants who continued so long as he lived to be “ordered around” by “Pappy.” Not a one of them ever even thought of crossing him. Not even “Wheeler.”
“Pappy,” or “Bryant,” as his contemporary relatives called him was on the whole a conservative in his ways and thoughts. Kept his membership at Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church, as long as he lived; and, when he died, his children laid him to “sleep thegither at the foot” with his wife, “Aunt Sally Ann,” in the graveyard, at that church.
Said he to Wheeler, when he was talking up his “Institute,” at Norman Park,
“Yes; and when all the children are going to your dern school, who's going to do the work, in this county?”
 		Jeremiah Bryant Norman, Sr
 
111
From W. A. Covington's History of Colquitt County, pp. 276-280:

Jeremiah Bryant Norman, Jr.
 The subject of the sketch was born in 1853, being the fifth child and the second son of Jeremiah Bryant Norman, Sr., and his wife Sarah Ann Norman. J. B. Norman, Sr., was the oldest child of James Mitchell Norman and Ruth Tillman Norman, pioneer settlers in the Colquitt territory, before the county was created. As will appear from a review of the biographical sketch of J. B. Norman, Sr., appearing in this history, J. B. Norman, Sr., was a family and a county leader during nearly the whole of his life; and it is a fact that when the mantle of leadership gradually passed from his aging hand, it was taken up by his son and namesake, J. B. Norman, Jr., who possessed all the pushing qualities of leadership of his father, and had the advantage of exercising these talents in a far larger field.
By the time J. B. Norman, Jr., was forty years old he had extensive naval stores manufacturing interests, which rapidly became prolific sources of income. A little later, he was successful in interesting outside capitalists in Colquitt's resources, and induced them to join him in developing the lumber business on the eastern side of the county, among them D. C. Bacon, of Savannah, Ga., and Martin F. Amorous, a young industrialist of Atlanta. These two men and Mr. Norman organized the “Pinopolis Saw Mill Company,” at Bayboro, in the eastern part of the county, buying up extensive timber, and constructing a tramroad from Sparks on the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad to their mills at Bayboro, and westward to Moultrie, which was reached a little after the Georgia Northern Railway line reached it, as it was pressing on towards Albany. About 1900, this concern was merged with the Union Lumber Co., a big concern organized to cut the extensive holdings of W. W. Ashburn, lying generally to the south of Moultrie. The merger was [p. 276/p. 277] incorporated under the name and style of “Union Pinopolis Saw Mill Company.” What had happened was that Messrs. Bacon, Amorous and Norman had bought the holdings of the Union Lumber Company. What matters in this writing is that Mr. Norman was increasing his holdings, which he held until the timber of the Union Pinopolis Corporation's holdings were entirely cut over.
When there was an end of the timber of the Union Pinopolis Company, Mr. Norman's associates turned over several thousand acres of cut-over pine lands to Mr. Norman, on very easy terms; and he proceeded to offer them for settlement at very low prices. He sold nothing with the idea that he might get it returned to him, plus the improvements; but fixed such prices on these lands that the purchaser could manage to make his payments and retain possession and title to them.
During the last fifteen years of Mr. Norman's life, he was constantly in the market for rent-yielding property in Moultrie-especially brick buildings located centrally. Such was his desire to purchase such property that he simply bought it when ever offered, and without any haggling over prices. Of course, the event has justified Mr. Norman's judgment, since there has been a steady increase in the demand for such property, and its rental value, at all times during the past thirty-five years; and the prospects seem good for a further enhancement in such values.
Mr. Norman was a man of tireless energy-so much so that his father called him “Wheeler”-a nickname that came to be applied to him by his relatives and friends throughout the county, and far beyond. He was first a “wheel-horse;” and this was shortened into “Wheeler.” Martin F. Amorous, personal friend and intimate business associate of Mr. Norman for a quarter of a century, once said, “Wheeler Norman was the greatest executive I have ever known.” [p. 277/p. 278]
Like John Tucker, Wheeler Norman came into the world with his hands wide open. He “stood for” more men, and indorsed more paper of Colquitt citizens than any five men that ever lived here. Hundreds of his neighbors took advantage of his perpetual desire to be of help; and, as was once said of a French Prince, “When a favor was asked of him it was he that appeared obliged.” But he dismissed this trait with a laugh, claiming that he got pleasure out of it, since a man who asked him for a favor was paying tribute to him. And, to a remarkable degree the persons whose obligations he indorsed paid up. He lost practically nothing.
Mr. Norman was catholic in his ministrations. He would help a youth pay his expenses at Emory as quickly as one who wanted to go to Mercer. When he was a youth of 17 years, he subscribed fifty dollars towards a fund for the erection of the first Methodist Church building in Moultrie. It was perhaps the heaviest contribution of all. This he told this writer. “And I paid it, too. I killed deer, and sold the hides and the smoked venison, and got the money, and paid every cent of it.”
He was deeply sentimental and deeply emotional. Miles Monk, Sr., who married his sister, “Sookey,” once told this writer that, when his mother died, he would wake up of nights, and sob and cry till dawn; and this for a long time. They were afraid he would lose his mind, Mr. Monk said.


He passed under another and heavier dispensation of an afflictive providence, when he was an old man comparatively. His oldest son was killed in Florida. For this he never ceased to grieve, so long as he lived.
He was deeply religious; and often resorted to prayer. He gave more than half of the cost of the fine Baptist Church building at Norman Park. For some years he maintained a missionary school in China. [p. 278/p. 279]
While he was a sentimental mystic, as we have said; at all that he was eminently practical. He believed that the best way to help people-especially young folks was to put them in the way of earning their own keep. He early reached the conclusion that education cost too much. Also, he easily saw that the idea of sending a boy or girl away from their parents was not only expensive; but that it was a very dangerous thing to do. So he decided that he would bring the education so close to the young of Colquitt that they could spend their week-ends, at least, at home. The result was “Norman Institute,” which is now “Norman Junior College.”
Of course, Mr. Norman was too canny and resourceful a canvasser to let any of his business acquaintances off from making a helping contribution; even at that, his contribution explained more than half the total, amounting to more than $80,000.00 originally; and he continued to work at this charity till the end of his life. This contribution to human welfare entitles Mr. Norman to high rank among the philanthropists of all time; and constitutes his claim for immortality. He geared his resources and his life into forces that range into eternity.
In early life, Mr. Norman was married to Miss Lovedian Permelia Livingston. From this union there were children as follows:
Missouri Elizabeth (Mrs. K. W. Horne), deceased.
Lovedian Permelia (Mrs. J. H. Hall).
Georgia (Mrs. Sam Harrell).
John Hansell (died unmarried).
Matthew Bryant.
Nancy Annie (Mrs. Charley Beall).
James Franklin.
Turner Davis (died in infancy).
Joseph Kiser (died in young manhood). [p. 279/p. 280]
All these live in Colquitt, except, of course, the deceased ones. The wife and children of J. Kiser Norman live at Norman Park, in Colquitt County.
J. B. Norman, Jr., held the office of sheriff of Colquitt County two terms; he represented Colquitt County four years as a member of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of Georgia and he represented this county four years as a member of the Georgia State Senate.
 		Jeremiah Bryant Norman, Jr
 
112 http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/colquittcounty/jbnormanmonument.htm Jeremiah Bryant Norman, Jr
 
113 http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/colquittcounty/jbnormanmonument.htm Jeremiah Bryant Norman, Jr
 
114 At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living
 
115 Heart Attack Is Fatal to H.B. Owen Sr
Henry Bascom Owen Sr, city clerk of Calhoun for 33 years, died Thursday morning at the Hillcrest Convalescent Home at Dalton. Mr Owen was 76 years of age.
In declining health since suffering a stroke on April 29, 1954, Mr Owen had a heart attack early Thursday morning and died later at 10 am.
Born on January 31, 1883, Mr Owen was reared in Gordon County. He attended schools here and went to work as city clerk in October 1924. He faithfully served in the capacity until suffering the stroke in 1954. A member of the First Methodist Church, he was very active in church affairs, holding various offices.
Mr Owen was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs Carrie Ellis Owen, on January 10, 1955.
He is survived by two sons, Ellis Owen of Dalton and H.B. Owen Jr of Calhoun; one daughter, Mrs Pierce Tweedell of Athens; five grandchildren; three brothers, R.R. Owen, J.C. Owen and W.V. Owen, all of Calhoun; and one sister, Miss Beulah Owen of Calhoun.
Funeral services are to be held at Combs Funeral Home chapel at 3 pm Friday, conducted by the Rev. A.B. Elizer and the Rev. Delmar Haygood of Dalton. Burial is to be in Fain Cemetery.
Pallbearers are to be Lum Lewis, Alton McDaniel Jr, Harry Lawrence, James Keene, Ronald Chance and Sid Davies.
The body will be at the funeral home after 4 pm Thursday.

Final Rites Friday For H.B. Owen Sr
Henry Bascom Owen Sr, city clerk of Calhoun for 33 years, died Thursday morning at the Hillcrest Convalescent Home at Dalton. Mr Owen was 76 years of age.
In declining health since suffering a stroke on April 29, 1954, Mr Owen had a heart attack early Thursday morning and died later at 10 am.
Born on January 31, 1883, Mr Owen was reared in Gordon County. He attended schools here and went to work as city clerk in October 1924. He faithfully served in the capacity until suffering the stroke in 1954. A member of the First Methodist Church, he was very active in church affairs, holding various offices.
Mr Owen was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs Carrie Ellis Owen, on January 10, 1955.
He is survived by two sons, Ellis Owen of Dalton and H.B. Owen Jr of Calhoun; one daughter, Mrs Pierce Tweedell of Athens; five grandchildren; three brothers, R.R. Owen, J.C. Owen and W.V. Owen, all of Calhoun; and one sister, Miss Beulah Owen of Calhoun.
Funeral services were held at Combs Funeral Home chapel at 3 pm Friday, conducted by the Rev. A.B. Elizer and the Rev. Delmar Haygood of Dalton. Burial was in Fain Cemetery.
Pallbearers are to be Lum Lewis, Alton McDaniel Jr, Harry Lawrence, James Keene, Ronald Chance and Sid Davies.

Henry Bascom Owen Sr
Mr Henry Bascom Owen Sr, city clerk of Calhoun for 33 years, died Thursday morning at the Hillcrest Convalescent Home in Dalton. Mr Owen had been in declining health for five years. Born on January 31, 1883, son of the late H.P. and Belle Mitchell Owen, he spent the greater part of his life in Calhoun and was associated in the mercantile business with his brother, R.R. Owen, and his father for a number of years. He was a member of the Methodist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs Pierce Tweedell, Athens; two sons, Ellis Owen, Dalton, and H.B. Owen Jr, Calhoun; five grandchildren; one sister, Miss Beulah Owen, Calhoun; three brothers, R.R., J.C. and W.V. Owen, all of Calhoun. Funeral services were held Friday at 3 pm from the chapel of Combs Funeral Home with the Rev. W.H. Gardner, the Rev. Delmar Haygood of Dalton and the Rev. Solon C. Couch officiating. Pallbearers were A.R. McDaniel Jr, Harry Lawrence, James Keene, Lum Lewis, Ronald Chance and Sid Davies. An honorary escort was past and present mayors of Calhoun, Bill Bond, Bob McEntire, J. Roy McGinty, Jim Reeve and Hoyt Edwards and members of the Men's Bible Class of the First Methodist Church. Burial was in Fain Cemetery. Combs Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Additional note: Among those attending the funeral of H.B. Owen Sr from out-of-town last Friday were Jimmy Hogan, Mrs Charme Moody, Mr and Mrs Frank Smith, Atlanta; Mr and Mrs J.E. Ellis, Ashburn; Kenneth Owen, Macon; Reeve Owen, Signal Mountain, Tennessee; Mrs Bill Blaylock and Mrs Woffie Langfod, LaFayette; Mr and Mrs Melvin Langford, Mr and Mrs Pierce Tweedell and sons, Athens; Dr and Mrs Truman Whitfield, Mr and Mrs Howard Roberts, Mr and Mrs Sid Davies, Mrs Donald McArthur, Murray Whiteside, the Rev. and Mrs Delma Haygood, the Rev. W.H. Gardner, Frank Jolly, T.W. Price, Mrs Rex Elkin, Miss Betty Parriott, Miss Phillis Rausseau, Mrs Fred Williamson, Mr and Mrs George Rice, Mr and Mrs Ellis Owen, all of Dalton.

Death of Bascom Owen Brings Sadness to Many
In the death last week of H.B. Owen Sr, Calhoun and Gordon County lost one of their finest and best citizens and a public servant with a spotless record of 33 years of loyal, faithful and efficient service to the people of this city.
Mr Owen's passing has brought sadness to hosts of warm personal friends, and leaves a sense of bereavement to hundreds and thousands of people who came in contact with him and were drawn to him by his gentle and friendly personality, over the third of a century he served as Calhoun city clerk.
It was the good fortune of this writer to be one of the long line of Calhoun mayors privileged to serve with Mr Owen as their city clerk. That experience drew us close together, and gave me the best possible opportunity to judge the character of this man who literally nursed the Calhoun city government from its swaddling-clothes days to its maturity. And that judgment was that of all other men who ever had the privilege of serving with him, as so well summed up by the ministers who officiated at his funeral: Here indeed was a good man.

 		Henry Bascom Owen, Sr
 
116 Mr H.B. Owen
Mr H.B. Owen, 69, of 618 Boulevard Heights, Calhoun, died Wednesday (January 26, 1983) at Gordon Hospital.
Mr Owen was born in Gordon County, May 1, 1913, a son of the late Henry Bascom Owen Sr, and Carrie Ellis Owen.
Mr Owen was retired from the textile industry and was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Navy. He was a graduate of Calhoun High School and attended the University of Florida.
He was a member of the Calhoun First United Methodist Church and the Men's Bible Class.
Survivors include his widow, the former Miss Dixon Langford, to whom he was married April 17, 1938; a son, Kenneth Owen, of Macon; a brother, Ellis Owen of Dalton; a sister, Mrs Virginia Owen Tweedell of Athens; two grandchildren, Miss Margaret Owen and Master Ken Owen, both of Macon; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral was Thursday (January 27) at 3 pm from the chapel of Combs and Free Funeral Home with Rev. Edgar Padgett conducting the service. Interment was in Fain Cemetery.
Pallbearers included Lamar Harrison, Lynn Walter, Danny Strain, Lehman Tankersly, Merrill Dobbs, Tommy Brown, Tom Watkins, John Slagel, L.P. Owens and Dick Inman. Honorary pallbearers included the members of the Men's Bible Class of the First United Methodist Church.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Calhoun First United Methodist Church Memorial Fund or the Gordon County Heart Association.

 		Henry Bascom Owen, Jr
 
117 Killed in a car accident. Sherman Franklin Pinner
 
118
page 24: WILL of LEONARD POWDER, Wife Margaret & Jacob Will, Exors., Frederick, Maryland. Liber G.M. #3, folio 186. Made Dec. 3, 1776. Filed Sept. 11, 1797.
In the Name of God Amen I Leonard Powder of Frederick County and Province of Maryland being very sick and weak in body but of a perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God calling unto mind the mortality of my body do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner following I recommend my soul into the hand of Almighty God that gave it and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors and as Touching such worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
First I give and bequeath to Margaret my Dearly beloved wife all my household goods, debts and movable estate and I also give her full power to live on my Plantation this (until) the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety.
Secondly it is my will and desire that my Dear and well beloved wife Margaret to pay the sum of Eighty five Pounds to my Eight following children in the following manner, fifteen pounds to my son Jacob, Ten pounds to my daughter Mary, ten pounds to my son Leonard, ten pounds to my daughter Rachel, ten pounds to my daughter Caty, ten pounds to my son John, ten pounds to my son Andrew, ten pounds to my son Abraham, my sons to be paid when they arrive to the age of twenty-one years and my daughters to be paid when they arrive at the age of sixteen years.
Thirdly it is my will and desire that my executors sell my plantation with all the land thereunto belonging to the best advantage in the year one thousand seven hundred ninety and the money therefrom arising to be divided in the following manner, my Dear and beloved wife Margaret to have one third part and the remainder to be equally divided amongst my Eight above mentioned children and I also empower my Executors or the Survivor of them to make a good Deed of Sale.
Fourthly it is my will and desire if any of my above mentioned children should die before they arrive to the age above mentioned and without lawful heirs then their Shear to be equally divided amongst the living.
Fifthly it is my will and desire if my wife should marry again to give good and sufficient security for the payment of the above mentioned eighty five pounds.
Sixthly it is my will and desire that my wife send my above mentioned children to school to have them Teached to read the Scripture and my sons to write.
Seventhly it is my will and desire that my Executors bind my Sons out to such Trades as they shall think proper when they arrive to proper age as guardians for all my said eight children.
Eightly I appoint my Dear wife Margaret and Jacob Will the sole Executors of this my last will and Testament and I do hereby utterly disallow and revoke all former testaments, wills, legacies and executors ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this third day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six.
(Signed in German) LEONARD POWDER (SEAL)










Witnesses-John Everly, David Shriver, Jacob Cassill (Cassell)

page 24: WILL of LEONARD POWDER, Wife Margaret & Jacob Will, Exors., Frederick, Maryland. Liber G.M. #3, folio 186. Made Dec. 3, 1776. Filed Sept. 11, 1797.
In the Name of God Amen I Leonard Powder of Frederick County and Province of Maryland being very sick and weak in body but of a perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God calling unto mind the mortality of my body do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner following I recommend my soul into the hand of Almighty God that gave it and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors and as Touching such worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
First I give and bequeath to Margaret my Dearly beloved wife all my household goods, debts and movable estate and I also give her full power to live on my Plantation this (until) the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety.
Secondly it is my will and desire that my Dear and well beloved wife Margaret to pay the sum of Eighty five Pounds to my Eight following children in the following manner, fifteen pounds to my son Jacob, Ten pounds to my daughter Mary, ten pounds to my son Leonard, ten pounds to my daughter Rachel, ten pounds to my daughter Caty, ten pounds to my son John, ten pounds to my son Andrew, ten pounds to my son Abraham, my sons to be paid when they arrive to the age of twenty-one years and my daughters to be paid when they arrive at the age of sixteen years.
Thirdly it is my will and desire that my executors sell my plantation with all the land thereunto belonging to the best advantage in the year one thousand seven hundred ninety and the money therefrom arising to be divided in the following manner, my Dear and beloved wife Margaret to have one third part and the remainder to be equally divided amongst my Eight above mentioned children and I also empower my Executors or the Survivor of them to make a good Deed of Sale.
Fourthly it is my will and desire if any of my above mentioned children should die before they arrive to the age above mentioned and without lawful heirs then their Shear to be equally divided amongst the living.
Fifthly it is my will and desire if my wife should marry again to give good and sufficient security for the payment of the above mentioned eighty five pounds.
Sixthly it is my will and desire that my wife send my above mentioned children to school to have them Teached to read the Scripture and my sons to write.
Seventhly it is my will and desire that my Executors bind my Sons out to such Trades as they shall think proper when they arrive to proper age as guardians for all my said eight children.
Eightly I appoint my Dear wife Margaret and Jacob Will the sole Executors of this my last will and Testament and I do hereby utterly disallow and revoke all former testaments, wills, legacies and executors ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this third day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six.
(Signed in German) LEONARD POWDER (SEAL)










Witnesses-John Everly, David Shriver, Jacob Cassill (Cassell) 		Leonard Pouder
 
119 PUCKETT--The friends and relatives of Mr and Mrs Robert M. (Bob) Puckett Sr, Alpharetta; Mr and Mrs Fain M. Mitchell, Austell; Mrs Ruth O'Hara, Marietta; Mr and Mrs John B. Thomas Jr, Mrs Sue Loehr, Mr Robert M. Puckett Jr, Atlanta; Mr and Mrs Harry N. Puckett, Ellijay; Mrs J.N. Self, Sandy Springs; Mrs Ada Majors, Mrs Lou Puckett, Cumming; grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews are invited to attend the funeral of Mr Robert M. (Bob) Puckett Sr, Friday afternoon at 3:30 at Midway Methodist Church, Rev. Hugh S. Page, Elder W.S. Kelley officiating. Interment, church cemetery. Louie E. Jones Funeral Home.

 		Robert Mathew Puckett, Sr
 
120 Polly was the granddaughter of Revolutionary War veteran James Riley. Mary Ann Riley
 
121 ROBERTS-Mr William Bullard Roberts, age 81, of 168 Dunn Road, Mableton, died December 17, 1964. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 pm in the Mayes Ward Funeral Home, Mableton. Rev. William Bailey and Rev. J.E. Wix will officiate. Interment, Mt Pisgah Cemetery, Austell. Survived by sisters, Mrs Betty Denson, Austell; Mrs Julia Queen, Mableton; brother, Mr John Roberts, Mableton; nieces, nephews and stepchildren. Pallbearers selected will please meet at 1:45 pm at Mayes Ward Funeral Home, Mableton.

 		William Bullard Roberts
 
122 Charles D. Ross. Services for Charles D. Ross, 34, of 4335 SW 98th Avenue, who died Sunday [sic; Charles died Monday, 18 December-not Sunday the 17th], will be at 2 pm Friday in the Tracy Funeral Home. He came here six years ago from Santa Fe, New Mexico, and was a cable repairman. He was a member of the Olympia Heights Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mary Jo; his daughter, Mary Elizabeth; a son, John William; his parents, Mr and Mrs John W. Ross; two sisters, including Mrs C.R. Fowler of Miami; and his maternal grandparents.

 		Charles Daniel Ross, Sr
 
123 Charley's obituary says he died on Friday, which was the 3rd. His headstone gives a date of 3 September 1937. But the transcript of his death certificate says 2 September. Charley Boyd Ross
 
124 At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living
 
125 A letter in 2002 from Johnny's stepmother, Mary Jo, to Merilyn Fowler said that Johnny suffered a massive heart-attack at work. (Johnny was living in Tennessee, near his sister Mary.) Despite CPR efforts of co-workers, Johnny died at the age of 50.
       His body was cremated and the ashes scattered in a memorial garden at his stepmother's church in Florida. 		John William Ross
 
126

STOKES-Mrs Henry F. (Leila) Stokes of Austell, formerly of Daytona Beach, Fla., passed away Saturday. She is survived by husband, children, Mr and Mrs Robert M. Stokes, Austell; Mrs Evelyn Stokes Dodd, Daytona Beach, Florida; Mr and Mrs Henry F. Stokes Jr, Mableton; Mr and Mrs Claude B. Stokes, Atlanta, Mr and Mrs Lewis O. Stokes, Daytona Beach, Florida; Mr and Mrs Harold W. Stokes, Douglasville; 15 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, sister, Mrs Wilbur A. Jackson of Atlanta; brother, Mr Virgil C. Simmons, Mableton. Funeral services will be held Monday, at 11 am from St Anthony Catholic Church, Rev. Donald Kiernan officiating. Interment, Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers please meet at 10:30 am at the chapel. The Rosary will be said Sunday at 8 pm from our chapel. Roy Davis Funeral Home, Austell. 		Leila Simmons
 
127 (At the 1880 census, Mary Willis Smith is listed as a "widow" living with her son, Allen.) David Smith
 
128 From Wayne Blue's Gedcom # 672835:
-----Note, there is in the Raleigh Register newspaper of 4-29-1814 an obituary for a Mrs Blue that died in 4-1814 of Scotland. ??? Is there a possiblity that this could be same person??? She is named both Marian (Mary) and Sarah. In the later part of her life she went to Richmond County, North Carolina, and lived with her children. She is buried in her son John's cemetery along with sons Dugald, Neill and Malcolm. 		Marian Sarah Smith
 
129

Mrs Will Ellis Dies in Orlando, Florida
Mrs Will Ellis, formerly Miss Annie Smith, and widow of the late Mr Ellis, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs Morris Kendrick, in Orlando, Florida, Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock.
Mrs Ellis has been on an extended visit to her daughter in Florida since May, having, since the death of her husband about five years ago, made her home with her daughter, Mrs H.B. Owen Sr.
Survivors, other than Mrs Owen and Mrs Kendrick, are Mrs Will Taylor, of Resaca, a daughter [sister?]; Mr Sam Smith, of Gordon county, a son [brother?]; and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Mrs Ellis was a sister-in-law of the late L.P. Ellis, who died on May 16th.
The body will be brought to Ashburn, Georgia, her old home, for burial beside her husband this afternoon.

Additional note: Friends are sympathizing with Mrs H.B. Owen Sr on account of the death of her mother, Mrs Wm Ellis, which occurred in Orlando, Florida. The body will be brought to Ashburn, Georgia, for interment, which will be held Thursday.



 		Virginia Ann Smith
 
130 An Indian Skirmish on Swift Creek
 		Richard Story
 
131 Strickland, Thomas S.-1880 Census, Gordon County, Georgia:
Thomas S. Strickland, head of household, male, married, white, age 45, born in Georgia, farmer, parents born in Georgia.
Lucinda C. Strickland, wife, female, married, white, age 37, born in Georgia, keeping house, parents born in South Carolina.
John E. Strickland, son, male, single, white, age 14, born in Georgia, works on farm, parents born in Georgia.
Julia F.C. Strickland, daughter, female, single, white, age 12, born in Georgia, works in house, parents born in Georgia.
Laura A. Strickland, daughter, female, single, white, age 9, born in Georgia, parents born in Georgia.
William F. Strickland, son, male, single, white, age 6, born in Georgia, parents born in Georgia. 		Thomas Sanford Strickland
 
132

Pages 35-36: WILL of CORNELIUS SULLIVAN. Wife-Catherine. Frederick, Maryland. Liber H.S. #1, folio 202. Made March 1, 1816. Filed March 18, 1816.
In the name of God Amen, I Cornelius Sulivan of Frederick County in the State of Maryland, being weak in body but of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof and being desirous to settle my worldly affairs and thereby be the better prepared to go hence when it shall please God to call me from this world do therefore make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following:
First and principally I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors hereinafter named and after my debts and funeral charges are paid I give and bequeath as follows:
I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Catherine Sulivan all my personal estate of whatsoever kind I may die possessed of to dispose of as seemeth her good and also I devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife Catherine Sulivan all my real estate during her widowhood or during her natural life provided she remains a widow and after the death of my widow or marriage with any other person I then direct that my real estate be disposed of in the following Manner:-
First it is my will and wish that my estate may be settled without a public sale and in the following manner I authorize and direct that all my real estate be valued and divided into two lots as near equal as can be by two disinterested persons of credit and after such division partition and valuation is made it is my wish that my sons, Daniel Sulivan, William Sulivan receive my real estate at the division and valuation aforesaid or either of them and pay to their brothers and sisters their respective shares in twelve months from the death of my widow provided Daniel & William or either of them should receive my real estate on the valuation aforesaid. I then grant the same privilege to my son Michael Sulivan of receiving my real estate and paying the several shares due to his brothers and sisters that may be adjudged by the persons valuing the same, provided my sons Daniel, William and Michael or neither of them should receive my real estate as may be valued I then direct that my executors or the survivor of them or acting one expose to public sale all my real estate on a credit of twelve months and sell the same to the highest bidder and further I authorize and empower my executors or either of them to execute and convey by deed of conveyance all my real estate to any person buying the same or receiving it as may be valued as aforesaid directed.
The amount of my real estate as received on its valuation or sale which ever may take place I devise in the following manner
I give and bequeath unto my son Daniel Sulivan the sum of seventy dollars current money
I give and bequeath unto my son Abraham Sulivan the sum of ten dollars
I give and bequeath unto my daughter Margaret Beare the sum of fifteen dollars all the remaining part of my real estate I give and bequeath unto my four children namely Daniel Sulivan William Sulivan Michael Sulivan and Mary Sulivan to be equally divided share and share alike.
And lastly I hereby constitute and appoint my son William Sulivan and my friend William Durbin Jr., sole Executors of this my last will and testament, revoking and annulling all former wills by me heretofore made ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will and testament.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this first day of March in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Sixteen.
CORNELIUS SULIVAN (SEAL)
Signed, sealed published and declared by Cornelius Sulivan the above named testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto this 1st day of March 1816.
George Cassell, Jacob Cassell, Nicholas Durbin, William Durbin Jr.










Probated March 18th, 1816 by Henry Steiner, Register of Wills.

Pages 35-36: WILL of CORNELIUS SULLIVAN. Wife-Catherine. Frederick, Maryland. Liber H.S. #1, folio 202. Made March 1, 1816. Filed March 18, 1816.
In the name of God Amen, I Cornelius Sulivan of Frederick County in the State of Maryland, being weak in body but of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof and being desirous to settle my worldly affairs and thereby be the better prepared to go hence when it shall please God to call me from this world do therefore make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following:
First and principally I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors hereinafter named and after my debts and funeral charges are paid I give and bequeath as follows:
I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Catherine Sulivan all my personal estate of whatsoever kind I may die possessed of to dispose of as seemeth her good and also I devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife Catherine Sulivan all my real estate during her widowhood or during her natural life provided she remains a widow and after the death of my widow or marriage with any other person I then direct that my real estate be disposed of in the following Manner:-
First it is my will and wish that my estate may be settled without a public sale and in the following manner I authorize and direct that all my real estate be valued and divided into two lots as near equal as can be by two disinterested persons of credit and after such division partition and valuation is made it is my wish that my sons, Daniel Sulivan, William Sulivan receive my real estate at the division and valuation aforesaid or either of them and pay to their brothers and sisters their respective shares in twelve months from the death of my widow provided Daniel & William or either of them should receive my real estate on the valuation aforesaid. I then grant the same privilege to my son Michael Sulivan of receiving my real estate and paying the several shares due to his brothers and sisters that may be adjudged by the persons valuing the same, provided my sons Daniel, William and Michael or neither of them should receive my real estate as may be valued I then direct that my executors or the survivor of them or acting one expose to public sale all my real estate on a credit of twelve months and sell the same to the highest bidder and further I authorize and empower my executors or either of them to execute and convey by deed of conveyance all my real estate to any person buying the same or receiving it as may be valued as aforesaid directed.
The amount of my real estate as received on its valuation or sale which ever may take place I devise in the following manner
I give and bequeath unto my son Daniel Sulivan the sum of seventy dollars current money
I give and bequeath unto my son Abraham Sulivan the sum of ten dollars
I give and bequeath unto my daughter Margaret Beare the sum of fifteen dollars all the remaining part of my real estate I give and bequeath unto my four children namely Daniel Sulivan William Sulivan Michael Sulivan and Mary Sulivan to be equally divided share and share alike.
And lastly I hereby constitute and appoint my son William Sulivan and my friend William Durbin Jr., sole Executors of this my last will and testament, revoking and annulling all former wills by me heretofore made ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will and testament.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this first day of March in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Sixteen.
CORNELIUS SULIVAN (SEAL)
Signed, sealed published and declared by Cornelius Sulivan the above named testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto this 1st day of March 1816.
George Cassell, Jacob Cassell, Nicholas Durbin, William Durbin Jr.










Probated March 18th, 1816 by Henry Steiner, Register of Wills. 		Cornelius Sullivan
 
133

Page 37: ABSTRACT OF WILL of MARY SULLIVAN, daughter of Cornelius & Catherine. Westminster, Maryland. Liber W.B. #1, folio 592. Made November 28, 1832. Filed January 6, 1851.
To William and Elizabeth Durbin, house, and after her death
To Hannah Durbin, in case of her death
To Ruth Durbin.
To Mary Catharine Sullivan, daughter of brother William, silver teaspoons.
To Cornelius Sullivan, son of brother Abraham, silver watch.
To Margaret Bear, sister, wearing apparel.
To Polly Bear, daughter of Margaret, quilt.
To Catharine Durbin, quilt.
To Elizabeth Durbin, china cups and saucers.
To William Sullivan, brother, balance of estate.
William Sullivan Sole Executor, Witnesses-William Durbin, Joshua Smith, Nicholas Durbin


Page 37: ABSTRACT OF WILL of MARY SULLIVAN, daughter of Cornelius & Catherine. Westminster, Maryland. Liber W.B. #1, folio 592. Made November 28, 1832. Filed January 6, 1851.
To William and Elizabeth Durbin, house, and after her death
To Hannah Durbin, in case of her death
To Ruth Durbin.
To Mary Catharine Sullivan, daughter of brother William, silver teaspoons.
To Cornelius Sullivan, son of brother Abraham, silver watch.
To Margaret Bear, sister, wearing apparel.
To Polly Bear, daughter of Margaret, quilt.
To Catharine Durbin, quilt.
To Elizabeth Durbin, china cups and saucers.
To William Sullivan, brother, balance of estate.
William Sullivan Sole Executor, Witnesses-William Durbin, Joshua Smith, Nicholas Durbin
 		Mary Sullivan
 
134 Died in the war. Thomas Jefferson Sumner
 
135
From Julian Franklin Anderson's Descendants of Benjamin Willis I:
Luke Sapp Thompson was a farmer of Worth County, Georgia, and lived about 2 miles from the town of Sumner on the land later divided among his children, William J. Thompson, Lester M. Thompson, Sallie Jane Thompson Page, L. S. Thompson Jr, Chesley C. Thompson and Mattie Lou Thompson Whidden (the remainder of his children having apparently preceded him in death). Also sharing in his estate were Luke Sapp Thompson Jr and Benjamin Arthur Thompson, sons of deceased B. A. Thompson Sr.
He was the president of the Bank of Poulan (Worth Co., GA), which was organized in 1902 and failed, along with many other banks, in 1930.
When he died in a single-car accident approximately 1 mile from his home near Sumner, Georgia, on 1 June 1920, his estate was valued at about $50,000 and included approximately 1600 acres of land, 19 mules, 3 two-horse wagons, a Studebaker touring car, stock in the Bank of Ty Ty, stock in the Bank of Poulan, Liberty Bonds, and various pieces of farm equipment.
A marble monument, approximately 5 feet tall, shaped to appear as a tree trunk, adorns the Thompson gravesite. It is inscribed: "The Hearts keen Anguish / only those can tell / who've bid the dearest / and best farewell."
 		Luke Sapp Thompson
 
136

WARDLAW--Friends and relatives of Mr and Mrs Alfred D. Wardlaw, Mr Kenneth H. Wardlaw, Decatur; Mr and Mrs C.T. Wardlaw, Conyers; Mrs Nettie Wardlaw, Miss Sue Wardlaw, Atlanta, are invited to attend the funeral of Mr Alfred D. Wardlaw. Saturday, February 27, 1965, at 2 pm from Ward's Glenwood Chapel, Rev. Tim Holbrook and Rev. Louie Huckabee officiating. Interment, Westview Cemetery with Kirkwood Lodge No. 548 F&AM in charge. Pallbearers will assemble at the chapel at 1:45. Horis A. Ward Inc. 		Alfred D. Wardlaw
 
137 Sweet little Annibell--she was a bright little girl of two summers. She was an ornament to her father's mansion. Her little pratling tongue could be heard at all times of the day. She was as merry as the nightingail and as bright as the morning star. When her father & mother would come in she would meet them saying with her sweet little voice, My Papa or My Mama, as the case might be. Truly she was their joy. She was idolized by the family. It is very hard to part with such a flower. But, alas, on Sept. 27, 1880, the angel of God visited her with death and took her little spirit home to heaven, there to sing endless praises while her lifeless little body was left to return to the dust from which it came and there to wait the sound of the trumpet in that morning. And now her father, seeing that his joy is gone to return no more, he has caused this silent tomb to be placed over her earthly remains for a memorial of his sweet little daughter in token of his never dying love for her. So lie here my sweet little daughter until Jesus calls you from the grave. Annibel Whiddon
 
138 WHITE. Mr William Wesley (Bill) White Jr, age 51, of Chamblee died February 20, 1995. Surviving are his wife, Mrs Dorothy White, Chamblee; sons, William W. White III, Paul C. White, Chamblee; mother, Mrs Nancy R. White, Cumming, Georgia; sisters, Nancy LaValle, Acworth, Gwin Gray, Red Bank, Tennessee, Pat Cox, Sydney, Florida, Helen Lee, Valrico, Florida. Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 23, at 2:30 o'clock at Oglethorpe Hill. Rev. Michael Murphy officiating. Interment, Prospect Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6 until 8 at Oglethorpe Hill. H.M. Patterson and Son, 4550 Peachtree Road.













 		William Wesley White, Jr
 
139 William and his brother Thomas, and perhaps his parents, emigrated to the area of Chester and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, about 1735. William, and later his brother Thomas, migrated to the South Fork of Mechum's Creek, Goochland County (later became Albemarle County), Virginia, in 1740, and then, about 1767 to Amherst and Augusta Counties, Virginia, and by 1772 to Tryon County (later became Rutherford County), NC. In 1758, William was called up by the Albemarle County militia. He became an active participant in the French and Indian War as a member of Captain James Neville's company.

William and his brother Thomas, and perhaps his parents, emigrated to the
area of Chester and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, about 1735. William,
and later his brother Thomas, migrated to the South Fork of Mechum's
Creek, Goochland County (later became Albemarle County), Virginia, in
1740, and then, about 1767 to Amherst and Augusta Counties, Virginia, and
by 1772 to Tryon County (later became Rutherford County), NC. In 1758,
William was called up by the Albemarle County militia. He became an
active participant in the French and Indian War as a member of Captain
James Neville's company. 		William Whiteside
 
140 Williams, William Jefferson.-1910 Census, Worth County, Georgia:
Will J. Williams, head of household, male, white, age 35, born in Georgia, parents born in Georgia, salesman, dry goods store.
Kate Williams, wife, female, white, age 26, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina.
Harry J Williams, son, male, white, age 2, born in Georgia, father born in Georgia, mother born in North Carolina.
Clela Fowler, sister-in-law, female, white, age 17, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina



Williams, William Jefferson.-1910 Census, Worth County, Georgia:
Will J. Williams, head of household, male, white, age 35, born in Georgia, parents born in Georgia, salesman, dry goods store.
Kate Williams, wife, female, white, age 26, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina.
Harry J Williams, son, male, white, age 2, born in Georgia, father born in Georgia, mother born in North Carolina.
Clela Fowler, sister-in-law, female, white, age 17, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina

 		William Jefferson Williams
 
141 (Between this infant and Nora Lee Moth Willis are the graves of two more Willis babies, no names or dates.) Willis
 
142
From Jonathan Butcher to Donald Willis:
According to your notes Benjamin V was born in Cumberland County in 1774, probably on the land his father owned just over the line of Bladen County. Benjamin V must have married just before the 1800 Census, which lists him in Bladen, aged 16-26, with a wife but no children. His wife, Blansett, was a daughter of John Morrison of Bladen County. John Morison made his will in Bladen on 28 March 1801, naming as heirs his wife Flora, daughter Marion, son Kenneth, son-in-law Benjamin Willis and grandsons Daniel Campbell and Neill Morrison. Executors were John Campbell and Duncan Campbell; witnesses A. H. Bride, Jeremiah Willis and Benjamin Willis. The will is recorded in the Bladen will books, but the original does not survive.
Benjamin V apparently obtained land from his father-in-law via a now-lost deed. As "Benj. Willis Junr of Bladen" he sold to Neill McMillan for 75 pounds on 16 May 1805 50 acres on the east side of the Great Swamp, conveyed to him "from Morrison" (Bladen 27:289, witnessed by James Moore, Neill McMillan). This deed probably dates the family's move to Georgia.

From :
From "History of Turner County" Georgia: "In relating the importance of "old Pindertown" (in Turner County) stated ...."It was here that old man Willis had a blacksmith shop, long before the Indians killed his family near Dakota in 1837." Reference here is to Benjamin Willis, husband of Blansett Morrison.

From History of Worth County, Georgia: "Sam Story Whips Indian. The Indian Kills Willis Family"
"The following story has been told to me by many others but I'll tell it as Uncle Jack Collins told it to me in 1900. Uncle Jack was but a youth when it occurred, but was 87 years old when he told it to me. A man by the name of Willis lived a few miles west of Dakota, Ga., but was away from home working on a water wheel for a grist mill near the Ocmulgee River. One night he had horrible dreams and seemed to hear the cries of his family nearly forty miles away. He immediately arose and walked all the way home to find that his family had been murdered. One of the younger women grabbed a small child and fled and was more than a half mile away from home when her pursuers over-took her and slew her. Rev. J. J. Davis said that Mr. Nas Hendserson, who had been for about forty years, said that they stamped the child to death in the mud with their moccasin shod feet.
Uncle Billie Whiddon was but a small boy and was away from home and knew nothing of what had happened and on coming home at night, and finding no one there, for the pioneers had congregated for protection, knew something was wrong and slept in the staple loft over his horse.
The murdered family were all buried in the cemetery at Dakota, where their graves can be seen today.
Uncle Billie Whiddon said that Mr. Willis was not sure that the Indians did the crime, but suspected his son-in-law, but afterwards while among the Seminoles in Florida, he found his wife's kettle ands some bed clothing that he knew.
The cause of this trouble was that Uncle Sam Story found an Indian stealing his hogs. He caught the Indian, tied him to a pine tree and gave him a good "flogging" with his cow whip and they retaliated by killing the Willis Family."
This story is also related in the History of Lee County, Georgia. 		Benjamin Willis, V
 
143
From R. Willis, A Willis Family History: There is also speculation from Virginia Madden that the Willises may have come from the Delaware area, but there is no real proof. But, stranger things have happened. Immigrants to this country could have landed anywhere during the formative years and then moved on to other locations and lands as they opened up for us. What is known or believed with reasonable accuracy is that around the 1720’s, 30’s, or 40’s at least four brothers and one sister were living in the Isle of Wight County region of Virginia. These were Agerton Willis, Benjamin Willis, George Willis, Daniel Willis and Joanna Willis.

From a typewritten sheet by Jonathan D. Butcher sent to Donald Willis:
 One account of their (Benjamin, Agerton, George, Daniel, Joanna) origin is derived from Judson Council’s “Hodges Council of Virginia and Descendants.” The information therein on James Council is not entirely consistent, but generally shows that James was born in 1716 in Virginia, son of John Council and grandson of Hodges Council of Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Hodges came from Devonshire, England and it is of interest to note that the given name Willis was already found in the Council family while still in England, so perhaps the two families had been long associated.
The second or third wife of James Council was Joannah Willis (1730-1791), whom he must have married about 1751 or 1752. It is further stated that James’s father, John Council, married Josie, daughter of Benjamin Willis, both of Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
I personally feel that this tradition should be approached with some skepticism, for it looks possible that the name of the wife of the father, John, has been confused with the wife of the son, James, by family tradition as often occurs.
I have not been able to document an elder Benjamin Willis in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, or indeed any trace of the Bladen County Willises there. John Council seems to have lived along the border between Hertford County, North Carolina, and Nansemond County, Virginia. These are both burned-record counties, and I have not been able to locate a probate record for him, likely because he died in Nansemond County (now the City of Suffolk).
It may thus be that the ancestor of the Bladen County Willises is likewise lost with early records of Nansemond County—but if so it seems likely that the family was only briefly resident there, as they do not appear in the Virginia Land Patents.
I suspect that the lineage leads quickly back to England one way or another. Quite possibly the tradition regarding Josie Willis is incorrect, and the Willis brothers may actually have been born in England, as was apparently the tradition among the descendants of Daniel’s son, General John Willis.
 		Benjamin Willis, II
 
144 From
From "Roster of North Carolina Soldiers of North Carolina in the American revolution DAR, 1932." See Vol. 17 - page 258, vol. 5 - page 995, vol. 6 - page 80
Benjamin Willis of Cumberland County was a Revolutionary War veteran, Private, Warrenton, North Carolina Continental Line. For his services of 84 months, he was awarded 640 acres "within the limits of the lands allotted the officers and soldiers of the Continental Line by Law, (Military Land Warrants) 1783, October 14." North Carolina Legislature paid him 185.14 pounds on Feb 1, 1785, settled at Halifax, North Carolina, September 1, 1784 after meeting commencing April 9, 1784 lasting until June 4, 1784, reconvening January 1785. Pay #1478, Land Grant #3249. 		Benjamin Willis, IV
 
145 From
Benjamin (III) lived near the Cape Fear River alongside his brother Daniel and ran two mills, a saw and grist mill, and a lodge, Willis Landing and Lodge, with his wife Sarah. The Willis Creek ran into the Cape Fear River at the landing where supplies were shipped upriver from Wilmington.
 		Benjamin Willis, III
 
146 [A date of 14 October 1832 is given on his headstone (as cited in the Worth County cemetery book). However, younger brother David was born in March of 1832, so the 1832 date cannot be correct for both men. The 1880 Census reports Green as age 50, Green's wife as age 49, and brother David as age 48, so it seems reasonable that Green was born in 1830.] Benjamin Green Willis
 
147 From

Back in the 1900's the Army was much more strict than it is now. Going to town was a privilege and not considered a right. As a Buck private Grady had no stripes on his uniform. His rank was E-1. On his adventures to town he would impress the ladies by wearing 2nd Lt. bars. It wasn't very long before he got caught. It only cost him a night in the brig. I imagine he got in a little more trouble than he remembered. He always told this story with a smile so I guess whatever happened it was worth it! I know Granddad was in the engineer corp and I believe he built bridges.
Submitted by Brian Willis via email dated 1/24/2002.

My dad was quite the rounder in his young days and he did get caught wearing the Lt's bars, but it was not in WW1. It was discovered that he was underage prior to arrival in Europe and he was immediately returned to the States on that trip. The Kaiser agreed to an Armistice at the same time, so my dad took credit for the victory. Said the Kaiser heard he was coming. The incident involving the Lt's bars occurred near Ft Benning and was a contributing factor for numbers of demotions from PFC. A lot of his misadventures occurred as a result of prohibition. On one occasion he was transporting a number of bottles under a heavy overcoat when an MP approached him and tapped him down with his baton. No physical damage but he got pretty wet and donated his PFC stripe, again. I don't know how many times he made PFC, but he was one when I was born and must have really settled down, retiring less than 10 years later as a bonafide Captain. Not bad for a 4th grade education, even during a War.
[From Grady's son.]
 		Charles Grady Willis
 
148 At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living
 
149 The cemetery book gives a death date of December 1932, which seems unlikely since his daughter was born in December 1933 (per Willis website).

 		Cleo Easton Willis
 
150 The Worth County cemetery book gives this date for his headstone, but it is unlikely that he really was born when his parents were twelve. The Willis Family website gives a birthdate of 1909. Cleo Easton Willis
 

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