When Willis William Booker was born on June 28, 1793, in Chatham, North Carolina, his father, John, was 30 and his mother, Temperance, was 23. He married Sarah R. Melton and they had eight children together. He also had three sons and four daughters with Lucinda Booker. He died in July 1870 in Midway, Alabama, having lived a long life of 77 years, and was buried in Monroe, Alabama.

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12 Children

William Barnett Booker, Sr. 1815 - 1891

Nolen Garrett Booker 1832 - 1904

Sarah Amanda Eliza Booker 1834 - 1904

Melton Greenberry Booker 1837 - 1863

Narcissa C Booker 1827 - 1882

John Miller Booker 1825 - 1889

Sabrina Ann Booker 1819 - 1896

Elizabeth Jane "Betsey" Booker 1821 - 1904

Caroline Booker 1836 - 1915

Julia Booker 1846 - Unknown

Calvin Booker 1844 - Unknown

Jennett Booker 1851 - Unknown

Willis Booker was hung by Union soldiers, as they were returning to the North. He either did not have gold or wouldn't tell them, therefore they hung him to try tto make him tell. After they left he was cut down, and he lived a few years longer, but his death was attribited to his injuries sustained during the hanging.

When Willis William Booker was born on June 28, 1793, in Chatham, North Carolina, his father, John, was 30 and his mother, Temperance, was 23. He married Sarah R. Melton and they had eight children together. He also had three sons and four daughters with Lucinda Booker. He died in July 1870 in Midway, Alabama, having lived a long life of 77 years, and was buried in Monroe, Alabama.

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