Richard Willis

Son of Richard Willis and Ann (Crowder) Willis

Served as PVT under Col. Benjamin Roebuck's Regiment from Spartanburg Co., SC in the Revolutionary War. DAR Ancestor #: A127020

RICHARD2 WILLIS, SR. was born February 25, 1745/46 in Virginia, and died December 25, 1837 in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

He married DRUSILLA PEARSON BARNETT 1774 in South Carolina, daughter of JOSEPH BARNETT and LUCY WADE. She was born July 12, 1755 in Virginia, and died May 04, 1845 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. 

Children of RICHARD WILLIS and DRUSILLA BARNETT are:

1. JOHN3 WILLIS, b. September 18, 1775, Spartanburg, South Carolina; m. MARTHA "PATSY" SMITH, November 21, 1799.
2. MARTHA WILLIS, b. March 30, 1777, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. July 30, 1856; m. THOMAS.
3. WILLIAM WILLIS, b. September 23, 1779, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
4. RICHARD WILLIS, JR., b. March 20, 1783, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. 1809, Charleston, South Carolina.
5. MARY G. WILLIS, b. May 21, 1785, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. October 12, 1851, Calhoun, Gordon, Georgia. 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]
6. ELIZABETH WILLIS, b. August 21, 1787, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
7. JOSEPH WILLIS, b. March 29, 1792, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
8. STARLING WILLIS, b. October 19, 1796, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. July 20, 1879; m. CYNTHIA BRUTON.
9. EDWARD WILLIS, b. April 06, 1794, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. September 29, 1849; m. CATHERINE ROEBUCK, 1818; b. January 21, 1797, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. January 29, 1861.

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Notes

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/L89Q-M7C

... now so it is may your worships that the said William Willis hath departed this life intestate, without ever making a deed to your orator for said land, leaving a widow named Mary Willis, without any children, also leaving seven brothers, viz Richard Willis, Jno Willis, Edward Willis, Sterling Willis, Drury Willis, Thomas Willis, Sherwood Willis, also two sisters, viz Anne who hath intermarried with a certain William Hopwood, & Sarah intermarried with John Allgood, that another sister of the said William Willis who intermarried with a certain Thomas Daniel is deceased, leaving an infant daughter named Elizabeth Daniel, which said seven brothers & the said two sisters, together with the said infant Eliza Daniel, are by law entitled to the real estate whereof the s. Wm. Willis died seized in fee...

From http://www.blankensteingenealogy.net/RichardWillis.htm

        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."

         RICHARD  WILLIS,  SR.,  and his wife  DRUSILLA  PEARSON BARNETT (daughter of Joseph Barnett and Lucy Wade) and family withdrew their membership in Cedar Spring Baptist Church, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, in September of 1798.  In the early 1800's  the  family belonged  to  the  Friendship  Baptist Church, Pauline, South Carolina.  RICHARD WILLIS, SR., and  wife, are on the record as constitutional members of the Unity  Baptist Church  of  Roebuck,  South Carolina.  Slaves  belonging  to  the Willises, Edy, Philip, and Prescilla, were also listed as members of the Unity Baptist Church, Roebuck, South Carolina.

        Although the DAR lists his marriage in 1774 in  Spartanburg, S.C., the Virginia Tithe Tables show he paid taxes 1774 & 1775 in Kingston Parish, Glouchester County, Va.

References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Willis-2603