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 1755 - 1817 (62 years)
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| Name |
Willis West |
| Suffix |
Sr. |
| Birth |
1755 |
NC  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
23 Nov 1817 |
Fayette Co, GA |
| Burial |
Fayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia |
| Person ID |
I247 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
4 Oct 2015 |
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| Notes |
- Willis West Sr. resided in Bladen Co., NC and served as Pvt. with the N.C. Continental Line during the Revolutionary War. Willis Sr. served under Capt Roundtree documented with NSDAR. Shortly after the creation of Fayette County in 1821, Willis and his second wife Silvey along with a few of Willis' children from his first marriage, and most of the second set moved to Fayette County.
Willis participated in the Land Lottery Grants made to veterans of the Revolutionary War by the state of Georgia in 1827 and in the 1832 Gold Lottery of Georgia. He owned land in Fayette County, and in the southeast corner of Land Lot 223, 13th District he established a family cemetery. When he died in 1837 he was the first person buried there.
- Willis West Sr. had twenty children, ten with his first wife whose maiden name was Gainey (Sarah) and ten with his second wife Silvey Harmon
1. Children of Willis West Sr. and (Sarah) Gainey: Allen (1795), Colin, Edna, (female), Lloyd (1802), Nancy, Noel (1791), Handy (1790), Sarah, Willis Jr. (1787).
2. . Children of Willis West Sr. and Silvey Harmon: Anna Jane, Mary Ann, Britton Sr. (1807), James (1812), Polly, Isham (1810), Windom (1814), Ursula (Arsula), Joseph (1823), Synthia (Spicey). Silvey is believed to be buried in this cemetery alongside Willis Sr..
- Sources:
Listed as A123274 on Ancestor List at NSDAR - Willis West (RS-Pvt-NC) as recorded in the NC Revolutionary Soldiers, Sailors, Patriots and Descendants Volume II pg 197 and NC Revolutionary Army Accounts Sec of State Treasurer's & Comptroller's Papers Vol V, Part IV "Book 11", and pension app by Silvey Harmon West: R18901 pg 190.
- Grave marking by Captain John Collins and Marquis de Lafayette Chapters SAR 13 Jun 2015.
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