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Willis Weathers
1759 - 1840 (80 years)
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Name Willis Weathers Christened 1 May 1758 Suffex County, Virginia 
Born 29 Mar 1759 Suffex County, Virginia Gender Male Cemetery Wellmon/ Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Cleveland County, NC Military Service Revolutionary War Died 1840 Cleveland County, North Carolina Notes - Prior to his residence in Rutherford County ( now Cleveland), North Carolina, Willis had served in the Revolutionary War. His pension application id GSA File 57862. In this document Willis states that he entered service from Franklin County, North Carolina on 28 September 1780 as a drafted militia man under the command of Captain Jenkins Devaney in Colonel Heart's regiment later commanded by Colonel Brench under General Jones. He also said that he marched to Waxaw in South Carolina and returned and was discharged at Providence, North Carolina and entered service again as a volunteer in the fall of 1781in Franklin County, North Carolina for a term of twelve months under Captain John McKees who was under General Sumner. He later marched into South Carolina under Captain Hall in General Green's army and was discharged at Bacon Bridge in South Carolina. He stated that he had no record of his age. (Willis was born 29 March 1758 and christened 1 May 1758 with Ben Tomlinson, Edward Smith and Sarah Bradley as Godparents. This record is from Albemarle Parish Register kept by Reverend William Willie of Surry and Suxxex Counties in Virginia.) He adds that he was living in Franklin County when he entered the military; that he lived 11 years in York District, South Carolina and 3 years in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and has lived in Rutherford County since that time which has been upwards of thirty years. He states that he was acquainted with Colonel Little (probably Lytle), Major Dunahoo, General Green and major Armstrong. He claimed that he had a discharge from Captain Hall but has since lost it. He named Drury Dobbins and John Bennett who could testify as to his character and veracity and their beliefs as to his services in the Revolutionary War. Drury Dobbins and John Bennett did sign a statement saying that they believed Willis to be a soldier in the Revolutionary War. William McKinney swore that he was acquainted with Willis Weathers and knows of his entering the service for twelve months. (William McKinney's mother was Sarah Weathers, sister of Willis Weathers) William McKinney served as a soldier in the Revolution with Willis during Willis' second term and stated that he has good reason to believe that Willis had served the other term as claimed since he had been acquainted with him throughout his life and that he had always been an esteemed and upright and a truthful individual. "Certificate 16795 issued 25 September 1833, Rate Fifty Dollars per annum Commenced 4 March 1831, Act of 7 June 1832 North Carolina Agency". This appears on the GSA records in Washington D.C. His death date is not included, but his grave marker in the Wellmon cemetery, Cleveland County, North Carolina gives the date of 1840. In "The History of Zion Church" by Lyda Poston, the author states that the first plot of land for the church was three acres purchased from Willis Weathers 5 April 1814. This land was located near the old Weathers Mill, later known as the old Lutz Mill. The land was bought for twenty dollars by the Anabaptist Church or Society at Zion. J.D. Weathers (Devaney) and A.G. Weathers (Albert), sons of William and grandsons of Willis, are listed as deacons serving the early period of church history.
of Original Deed To Zion Baptist Church Number Six Township, Cleveland County, North Carolina
Willis Weathers to Samuel Bailey, William Covington, and Mark Dedmon, Commissioners or the Ana Baptist Church or Society at Zion.
Dated April 5, 1814
Consideration $2O.00
"a part of tract whereon said Willis Weathers now resides" .... "containing three acres" .... "for the use and benefit of the said Society at Zion or Meeting house as above mentioned forever"--
Willis Weathers (seal)
Witnesses:
John Martin William Dedmon
The above deed was proven in open court by the oath of John Martin Nov. 18, 1844 and ordered to be registered. Registered November 23, 1844 in Book 3rd, No 23rd, by William H. Green, Register._______________________________________
The attached Original deed was discovered in courthouse of Cleveland County, N.C., by P. Cleveland Gardner, County Historian on the 8th day of July 1938 and by him delivered to Mr. Lee B. Weathers on the 9th day of July 1938, to be preserved by him etc.
Person ID I1845 myfamilytree Last Modified 13 Mar 2024
Father William Weathers, b. 16 Apr 1726, Albemarle Parish, Surry Co., VA , d. 1768, Surry Co., VA. (Age 41 years) Mother Mary Ann Rives, b. 1728, Surry Co., VA. , d. 1764 (Age 36 years) _MARRIED N Family ID F578 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Polly Mary Lynn, d. Yes, date unknown _MARRIED N Children + 1. Squire William Weathers, b. 1796, d. 1867, Cleveland County, North Carolina (Age 71 years)+ 2. Rebecca R. Weathers, b. 9 Aug 1797, d. 26 Jul 1879, Cleveland County, North Carolina (Age 81 years)+ 3. Isham Weathers, b. 2 May 1780, Gilkey, Rutherford Co., NC , d. 10 Jun 1863, High Shoals Baptist Church, Cliffside, Rutherford Co., NC (Age 83 years)4. Weathers, d. Yes, date unknown 5. Weathers, d. Yes, date unknown 6. WEATHERS, d. Yes, date unknown Last Modified 20 May 2022 Family ID F577 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Prior to his residence in Rutherford County ( now Cleveland), North Carolina, Willis had served in the Revolutionary War. His pension application id GSA File 57862. In this document Willis states that he entered service from Franklin County, North Carolina on 28 September 1780 as a drafted militia man under the command of Captain Jenkins Devaney in Colonel Heart's regiment later commanded by Colonel Brench under General Jones. He also said that he marched to Waxaw in South Carolina and returned and was discharged at Providence, North Carolina and entered service again as a volunteer in the fall of 1781in Franklin County, North Carolina for a term of twelve months under Captain John McKees who was under General Sumner. He later marched into South Carolina under Captain Hall in General Green's army and was discharged at Bacon Bridge in South Carolina. He stated that he had no record of his age. (Willis was born 29 March 1758 and christened 1 May 1758 with Ben Tomlinson, Edward Smith and Sarah Bradley as Godparents. This record is from Albemarle Parish Register kept by Reverend William Willie of Surry and Suxxex Counties in Virginia.) He adds that he was living in Franklin County when he entered the military; that he lived 11 years in York District, South Carolina and 3 years in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and has lived in Rutherford County since that time which has been upwards of thirty years. He states that he was acquainted with Colonel Little (probably Lytle), Major Dunahoo, General Green and major Armstrong. He claimed that he had a discharge from Captain Hall but has since lost it. He named Drury Dobbins and John Bennett who could testify as to his character and veracity and their beliefs as to his services in the Revolutionary War. Drury Dobbins and John Bennett did sign a statement saying that they believed Willis to be a soldier in the Revolutionary War. William McKinney swore that he was acquainted with Willis Weathers and knows of his entering the service for twelve months. (William McKinney's mother was Sarah Weathers, sister of Willis Weathers) William McKinney served as a soldier in the Revolution with Willis during Willis' second term and stated that he has good reason to believe that Willis had served the other term as claimed since he had been acquainted with him throughout his life and that he had always been an esteemed and upright and a truthful individual. "Certificate 16795 issued 25 September 1833, Rate Fifty Dollars per annum Commenced 4 March 1831, Act of 7 June 1832 North Carolina Agency". This appears on the GSA records in Washington D.C. His death date is not included, but his grave marker in the Wellmon cemetery, Cleveland County, North Carolina gives the date of 1840. In "The History of Zion Church" by Lyda Poston, the author states that the first plot of land for the church was three acres purchased from Willis Weathers 5 April 1814. This land was located near the old Weathers Mill, later known as the old Lutz Mill. The land was bought for twenty dollars by the Anabaptist Church or Society at Zion. J.D. Weathers (Devaney) and A.G. Weathers (Albert), sons of William and grandsons of Willis, are listed as deacons serving the early period of church history.
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Cemetery - - Wellmon/ Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Cleveland County, NC 
Died - 1840 - Cleveland County, North Carolina = Link to Google Earth
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