Willis Family
contributed by Shirley Willis Noel
The old Willis Bible in the photo album here belonged to John and Ruth Willis. My Dad (Coy Willis) bought it at the auction of Burl Willis in 1925.
The marriage record states, “This is to certify that John Willis of Cumberland Cty in the State of Kentucky and Ruth Willis of Overton Cty in the State of Tennessee were by me united together in
HOLY MATRIMONY
on the Fifteenth day of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-nine in the presence of
William Hogan Washington Windle J.P. in Overton County, Tenn
James Turtle (could be Purtle)