Willis, Benjamin G.

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Title: Willis, Benjamin G.
Alias: Willis, Benjamin Garnett
Gender: Male
Biography: Benjamin G. Willis was born in 1792 in Culpeper County, VA. He married Nancy Ann Mosby Grant in Boone County in 1814. Benjamin was a veteran of the War of 1812 and served under Captain Scott.; He was commissioned Sheriff of Boone County in 1822.; Benjamin died in 1829 and is buried in the Willis-Grant Cemetery in Belleview.
Member: Willis family
Birth date: 13 Mar 1792
Place of birth: Virginia
Father: Willis, William, Sr.
Mother: Garnett, Elizabeth
Life event(s): Marriage: 28 Feb 1814; Boone County (Ky.); Boone County (Ky.)
Spouse(s): Grant, Nancy Ann Mosby
Child(ren): Willis, William; Willis, Flournoy; Willis, Benjamin Grant; Willis, Agnes Elizabeth; Willis, James Dickens; Willis, Agnes Flournoy
Death date: 19 Mar 1829
Place of death: Boone County (Ky.)
Death and burial information: Grant-Willis Cemetery (Boone County, Ky.)
Occupation(s): Sheriff
Employed by: Boone County (Ky.). Sheriff's Office
Military service: Captain Scott's Company
Allegiance: United States of America
Participant in: 1823--Boone Co., Jim Captured; 1823--Boone Co., Jim J Captured and Jailed
Relationship: Known enslaved: unknown, Alcey [1]; unknown, Amanda [2]; unknown, Betsey [2]; unknown, Caesar [2]; unknown, Caroline [1]; unknown, Catharine [1]; unknown, Celey [1]; unknown, Charlotte [4]; unknown, Clarissa [3]; unknown, Dick [2] ; unknown, Elcey; unknown, Eliza [5]; unknown, Ellen [2] ; unknown, Elvira [5]; unknown, Emily [12]; unknown, Harriet [39]; unknown, Isaac [2]; unknown, Jack [6]; unknown, Leann; unknown, Lewis [7]; unknown, Louisa [12]; unknown, Lucy [13]; unknown, Lucy [14]; unknown, Mariah [16] ; unknown, Nancy [33]; unknown, Peggy [5]; unknown, Reuben [13]; unknown, Richard [18]; unknown, Sylva [2]; unknown, Thomas [12] ; unknown, William [28]; unknown, Alcey [1]; unknown, Amanda [2]; unknown, Betsey [2]; unknown, Caesar [2]; unknown, Caroline [1]; unknown, Catharine [1]; unknown, Celey [1]; unknown, Charlotte [4]; unknown, Clarissa [3]; unknown, Dick [2]; unknown, Elcey; unknown, Eliza [5]; unknown, Ellen [2]; unknown, Elvira [5]; unknown, Emily [12]; unknown, Harriet [39]; unknown, Isaac [2]; unknown, Jack [6]; unknown, Leann; unknown, Lewis [7]; unknown, Lucy [13]; unknown, Lucy [14]; unknown, Mariah [16]; unknown, Nancy [33]; unknown, Peggy [5]; unknown, Reuben [13]; unknown, Richard [18]; unknown, Sylva [2]; unknown, Thomas [12]; unknown, William [28]; unknown, Louisa [12]
Description: Enslaved held in 1820: Males, under 14, two; Males, 14 thru 25, two; Males, 26 thru 44, one; Females, under 14, seven; Females, 14 thru 25, four; Females, 26 thru 44, one
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #157396559; Boone County Will Book C, page 65
Source(s): Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850; Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Find A Grave.com; Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989; Boone County Will Books

Item sets: AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County; War of 1812--Veterans--Kentucky--Boone County