First Baptist Preacher of the Word West of the Mississippi River
Born part-Indian slave to his English father, Agerton Willis. Later, he would state in a Louisiana affidavit that his mother had been Cherokee Indian. First freed in his father's 1776 Will that was blocked by other members of family. Finally emancipated by Act of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1787. Volume 24, pp. 885-951.
Fought during the Revolutionary War under General Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" operating out of the Pedee region in South Carolina.
Married 4 times: Rachael Bradford (1762-1794);Sarah from Ireland (b-unknown); Sarah Johnson (b-1780); and Elvy Sweat (b-1820)with record of 19 children total.
Born part-Indian slave to his English father, Agerton Willis. Later, he would state in a Louisiana affidavit that his mother had been Cherokee Indian. First freed in his father's 1776 Will that was blocked by other members of family. Finally emancipated by Act of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1787. Volume 24, pp. 885-951.
Fought during the Revolutionary War under General Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" operating out of the Pedee region in South Carolina.
Married 4 times: Rachael Bradford (1762-1794);Sarah from Ireland (b-unknown); Sarah Johnson (b-1780); and Elvy Sweat (b-1820)with record of 19 children total.
First Baptist Preacher of the Word West of the Mississippi River
Born part-Indian slave to his English father, Agerton Willis. Later, he would state in a Louisiana affidavit that his mother had been Cherokee Indian. First freed in his father's 1776 Will that was blocked by other members of family. Finally emancipated by Act of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1787. Volume 24, pp. 885-951.
Fought during the Revolutionary War under General Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" operating out of the Pedee region in South Carolina.
Married 4 times: Rachael Bradford (1762-1794);Sarah from Ireland (b-unknown); Sarah Johnson (b-1780); and Elvy Sweat (b-1820)with record of 19 children total.
Born part-Indian slave to his English father, Agerton Willis. Later, he would state in a Louisiana affidavit that his mother had been Cherokee Indian. First freed in his father's 1776 Will that was blocked by other members of family. Finally emancipated by Act of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1787. Volume 24, pp. 885-951.
Fought during the Revolutionary War under General Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" operating out of the Pedee region in South Carolina.
Married 4 times: Rachael Bradford (1762-1794);Sarah from Ireland (b-unknown); Sarah Johnson (b-1780); and Elvy Sweat (b-1820)with record of 19 children total.
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