In which I search for the Pettey, Welch, Jeffrey, Willis and Crane families.
Related Name List: All of the above plus Nance, Graybill, Franks, Williams, Thompson, Bernardi, Bishop, Berry Brewster, Bronaugh, Brumbalow, Coon, Crossland, Fabretto, Fleming, Gossage, Hellums, Hoooper, Horn,Meals, Monroe, Moore, Murdoch, Myers, Power, Reed, Rigs, Sardini, Sims, Stanley,Washington, Wright

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

The Willis-Welch-Pettey Story Part 2



In 1854, in Lawrence County, Alabama, Martha J. Willis married James Welch from Dublin Ireland. I don't have the original copy but it appears on the Index for the county. That is the last record we have for Martha.
  
In 1860, the whole Willis and Welch families moved west. William and Ann and their younger children are living in Panola co. TX. The transcription says Bethany, but the original census says McMillan, southeast of Carthage.

Census_Year  1860 Panola County, Texas
Willis,       William    51 m Shingle maker  GA
Willis,        Ann        47   f housekeeper      SC
Willis         Eliza       19   F   Housekeeper  GA
 Willis         Sarah     17   F                        GA
 Willis         Mary      14   F                        GA
Willis         Robert     8    M                        AL
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 Willis         Wesly A.     28   M         Teamster             GA
Willis         Agnes          24   F             Housekeeper     GA
Willis         Robert         6    M                                      AL
Willis         William        5    M                                      LA
Willis         Sarah          3     F                                       TX
Willis         John           6/12 M            
The son, Washington Franklin married to Emily Horn in Logansport, LA. Her parents and a sister are buried in the Old Horn cemetery there. A later census lists three of Washington and Emily’s children as being born in Louisiana. The dates would have been 1861 through 1867.
The eldest son, Wesley, is shown above in Panola County with his wife Agnes and their children.

James Welch appears on the 1860 census for Shelby County with Nancy and several children.What happened to Martha? Where did she go? Did they divorce? I don't think she died just yet.




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