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Edward Willis

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States
Death: May 20, 1818 (48-57)
Garrard, Kentucky, United States
Place of Burial: Kentucky, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Richard Willis and Ann Willis
Husband of Ellender Willis
Father of William T Willis; David Willis; Sterling Willis; Mourning Willis; Catherine Willis and 1 other
Brother of Reverend Richard Willis; Nancy Anne Hopwood; William Willis, of Mecklenburg County; Sherwood Willis; Sterling Willis and 9 others

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About Edward Willis

Per Suzy Willis-Horner:

Will of Edward Willis 1818 was found in will book D, page 537, Garrard County, Kentucky.


Notes

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... 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...

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Edward Willis's Timeline

1765
1765
Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States
1803
1803
KY, United States
1818
May 20, 1818
Age 53
Garrard, Kentucky, United States
1818
Age 53
Kentucky, United States
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