Sterling WILLIS & Sarah PAYNE

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Sterling WILLIS
Sarah PAYNE

Husband: Sterling WILLIS
Birth: 1754, Mecklenburg Co., VA
Death: 1839, Todd Co., KY
Father: Mr. WILLIS

Marriage: 3 Apr 1779, Pittsylvania Co., VA

Wife: Sarah PAYNE
Birth: 1760-65, VA
Death: aft. 1830 census
Father: William PAYNE
Mother: Sarah NANCE / NANCY

Children — born in Pittsylvania Co., VA:

1. Nancy WILLIS, b. ca. 1780
2. James WILLIS, b. 1782
3. William WILLIS, b. ca. 1785
4. Jincy WILLIS, b. ca. 1788
5. John B. WILLIS, b. ca. 1789
6. Anderson H. WILLIS, b. 9 Jan 1791
7. Sarah WILLIS, b. ca. 1796
8. Martha Virginia WILLIS, b. 18 Feb 1801
9. Lettice WILLIS, b. ca. 1803
10. Ann WILLIS, b. ca. 1805

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, Kentucky, Virginia

Sources (n.b., Kentucky was formed from Virginia in 1792):

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1790 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): the 1790 VA census was lost (there was no 1790 KY census)

3. 1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): the 1800 VA and KY censuses were lost.

4. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #5 of 12; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1810 KY Madison Co. Roll 7 p. 899 Ln. 18 Sterling Williss 00201-31001-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 16-25 1784-1794 = Anderson (b. 1791)
= John (b. 1789)

1 male 45 or over by 1765 = Sterling (b. 1754)

3 females 9 or under 1800-1810 = Ann (b. ca. 1805)
= Lettice (b. ca. 1803)
= Martha (b. 1801)

1 female 10-15 1794-1800 = Sarah (b. ca. 1796)

1 female 45 or over by 1765 = Sarah (b. 1760-65)

5. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 45 — indexed "Aterline Willis"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1820 KY Logan Co. Roll M33_26 p. 27 Ln. 20 Sterling Willis 000011-01201-0-200 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 26-44 1775-1794 = Anderson? (b. 1791)

1 male 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Sterling (b. 1754)

1 female 10-15 1804-1810 = Ann (b. ca. 1805)

2 females 16-25 1794-1804 = Lettice (b. ca. 1803)
= Martha (b. 1801)

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Sarah (b. 1760-65)

2 persons engaged in agriculture

6. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #54-55 of 63; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 KY Todd Co. Roll 41 p. 385 Ln. 6 Sterling Willis 220 000 000 100 - 110 010 001 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 4 or under 1825-1830 = grandsons

2 males 5-9 1820-1825 = grandsons

1 male 70-79 1750-1760 = Sterling (b. 1754)

1 female 4 or under 1825-1830 = granddaughter

1 female 5-9 1820-1825 = granddaughter

1 female 20-29 1800-1810 = widowed daughter? daughter-in-law?

1 female 60-69 1760-1770 = Sarah (b. 1760-65)

7. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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