1850 North Carolina Census Index
Willis Surname
1. English: patronymic from the personal name Will.
Scottish and northern English: from the medieval
personal name Will , a short form of William, or
from some other medieval personal names with this first
element, for example Wilbert or Willard. 2. English:
topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or
stream, Middle English wille (from wiell(a) ,
West Saxon form of Old English well(a) ‘spring’).
The surname is found predominantly in the south and
southwestern parts of the country. 3. German: from a
short form of any of the various Germanic personal names
beginning with wil ‘will’, ‘desire’ Source
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county
locale
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ANN M WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
126
ANNA WILLIS
Bladen
Cape Fear NE Side
621
86
ANNA WILLIS
Craven
New Berne
626
297
ANNA WILLIS
Rutherford
Whiteside Settlement
644
345
ANSON WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
110
ANSON WILLIS
Carteret
White Oak
623
162
ANTHONY WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
119
ANTHONY WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
128
ANTONETTE WILLIS
Brunswick
Town Creek
621
153
ARCHIBALD WILLIS
Robeson
Southern Division
642
359
ARCHIBALD WILLIS
Robeson
Southern Division
642
360
ARMECY WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
130
ARMEDA WILLIS
Onslow
Swansboro
639
129
ASA WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
125
ASA WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
339
ASA WILLIS, JR
Carteret
Davis Shore
623
123
AUGUSTA WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
347
AUGUSTINE WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
121
AUSON WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
130
AUSTIN WILLIS
Alamance
North District
619
83
AZA WILLIS
Chatham
Lower Regiment
624
495
BANERTER WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
174
BANISTER WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
125
BARBARA WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
182
BARTLET WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
119
BARTLET WILLIS
Carteret
Shackelfords Bank
and Harkers Island
623
171
BARTLETT WILLIS
Carteret
Shackelfords Bank
and Harkers Island
623
171
BARZILLAN WILLIS
Caswell
Not Stated
623
214
BAXTON WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
124
BENJ WILLIS
Craven
New Berne
626
297
BENJAMAN D WILLIS
Carteret
Shackelfords Bank
and Harkers Island
623
171
BENJAMAN F WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
159
BENJAMAN S WILLIS
Caswell
Not Stated
623
215
BENJAMAN T WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
124
BENJAMAN WILLIS
Brunswick
Town Creek
621
153
BENJAMAN WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
113
BENJAMAN WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
113
BENJAMAN WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
159
BENJAMAN WILLIS
Caswell
Not Stated
623
211
BENJAMAN WILLIS
Caswell
Not Stated
623
217
BENJAMAN WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
346
BENJAMAN WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
366
BENJAMAN WILLIS
Rowan
Gold Hill
643
116
BENJAMAN WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
430
BENJAMAN WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
431
BERNICE WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
113
BETHALIA WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
124
BETSEY E WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
174
BETSEY WILLIS
Alamance
North District
619
61
BETSY W WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
130
BLANDANA WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
160
BRITIAN WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
122
BRITIAN WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
122
BRYAN WILLIS
Onslow
Half Moon
639
91
CALADONIA WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
122
CALEB WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
127
CALVIN WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
125
CAREY E WILLIS
Lincoln
Not Stated
636
187
CAROLINE WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
122
CAROLINE WILLIS
Carteret
Davis Shore
623
123
CAROLINE WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
127
CAROLINE WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
130
CAROLINE WILLIS
Carteret
Beaufort
623
142
CAROLINE WILLIS
Carteret
Shackelfords Bank
and Harkers Island
623
171
CAROLINE WILLIS
Alamance
North District
619
94
CASS WILLIS
Bladen
Cape Fear SW Side
621
117
CASSANDRA WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
127
CATHARINE WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
136
CATHARINE WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
411
CATHERINE E WILLIS
Caswell
Not Stated
623
186
CATHRINE WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
347
CHARITY WILLIS
Brunswick
Town Creek
621
153
CHARLES WILLIS
Beaufort
Washington
620
341
CHARLES WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
112
CHARLES WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
115
CHARLES WILLIS
Carteret
Beaufort
623
144
CHARLES WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
313
CHARLOTTE A WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
130
CHARLOTTE WILLIS
Caswell
Not Stated
623
215
CHARLOTTE WILLIS
Carteret
Davis Shore
623
123
CHRISSY WILLIS
Davidson
Northern Division
628
277
CHRISTIANA WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
119
CHRISTIANA WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
124
CICERO WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
127
CICON WILLIS
Carteret
Shackelfords Bank
and Harkers Island
623
171
CIVILIZE WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
125
CLARISSA WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
344
CLASSIA WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
112
CLIFFORD S WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
132
CLIFFORD WILLIS
Craven
New Berne
626
297
COLUMBIANA F WILLIS
Robeson
Southern Division
642
377
CORDELIA WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
127
CORNELIA A WILLIS
Davidson
Northern Division
628
276
CROSSEY WILLIS
Orange
District 1
639
241
CYNTHIA D WILLIS
redell
Not Stated
634
490
CYNTHIA WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
431
CYNTHIA WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
432
DAMOND WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
127
DANIEL WILLIS
Bladen
Cape Fear SW Side
621
113
DANIEL WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
128
DANIEL WILLIS
Rockingham
Western District
643
102
DAVID W WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
125
DAVID W WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
129
DAVID WILLIS, JR
Craven
New Berne
626
298
DAVID WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
122
DAVID WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
127
DAVID WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
128
DAVID WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
158
DAVID WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
159
DAVID WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
205
DAVID WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
431
DAVID WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
431
DAVID WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
432
DEBY A WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
120
DELANEY WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
157
DELARNORE WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
129
DELILAH WILLIS
Brunswick
Town Creek
621
153
DELLAR WILLIS
Rutherford
Whiteside Settlement
644
345
DEMY WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
155
DORCAS WILLIS
Carteret
Beaufort
623
148
DOVY F WILLIS
Iredell
Not Stated
634
490
E A WILLIS
New Hanover
Wilmington
638
433
E H WILLIS
Washington
Plymouth
648
104
E WILLIS
Beaufort
Washington
620
341
EASTON WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
121
EASTON WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
129
EDEN WILLIS
Carteret
Beaufort
623
144
EDGAR WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
131
EDGERTON WILLIS
Robeson
Southern Division
642
377
EDMUND WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
127
EDNEY WILLIS
Alamance
North District
619
83
EDWARD WILLIS
Carteret
Shackelfords Bank
and Harkers Island
623
170
EDWARD WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
315
ELEANOR WILLIS
Moore
Not Stated
638
189
ELENDOR WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
391
ELENOR WILLIS
Carteret
Shackelfords Bank
and Harkers Island
623
170
ELI WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
429
ELIAS WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
117
ELIJAH WILLIS
Carteret
Davis Shore
623
122
ELIJAH WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
124
ELIJAH WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
136
ELIJAH WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
159
ELIJAH WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
159
ELISHA WILLIS
Alamance
North District
619
61
ELIZA A WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
159
ELIZA ANN WILLIS
Guilford
Southern Division
632
295
ELIZA WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
119
ELIZA WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
122
ELIZA WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
125
ELIZA WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
201
ELIZA WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
339
ELIZA WILLIS, JR
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
204
ELIZA WILLIS, JR
Davidson
Southern Division
628
344
ELIZABETH A WILLIS
Carteret
Davis Shore
623
123
ELIZABETH C WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
204
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Bladen
Cape Fear SW Side
621
117
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
112
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
112
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
115
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
119
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
121
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
121
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
121
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
121
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
122
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Carteret
Davis Shore
623
122
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Carteret
Davis Shore
623
123
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Carteret
Davis Shore
623
123
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
125
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
125
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
127
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
128
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
130
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
159
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
159
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Carteret
Shackelfords Bank
and Harkers Island
623
171
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Carteret
Shackelfords Bank
and Harkers Island
623
172
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Chatham
Lower Regiment
624
495
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Chatham
Lower Regiment
624
495
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
199
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
201
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
201
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
204
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
214
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Craven
New Berne
626
298
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
332
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
346
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Cumberland
Eastern Division
627
64
ELIZABETH WILLIS
New Hanover
Wilmington
638
429
ELIZABETH WILLIS
New Hanover
Wilmington
638
433
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
429
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
432
ELIZABETH WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
432
ELIZAH WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
121
ELLEN F WILLIS
Davidson
Northern Division
628
277
ELLEN WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
112
ELMINA C WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
392
EMELINE WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
119
EMILINE WILLIS
Robeson
Upper Division
642
341
EMMA WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
111
EPHRAIM F WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
130
EPHRAIM WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
119
EPHRAIM WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
129
ESTHER WILLIS
Carteret
Beaufort
623
144
ESTHER WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
159
ESTHER WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
159
EUTHA WILLIS
Alamance
North District
619
61
EZRA WILLIS
Guilford
Southern Division
632
295
FANNY WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
112
FANY WILLIS
Alamance
North District
619
61
FEREBY W WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
117
FEREBY WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
129
FLORA WILLIS
Bladen
Cape Fear SW Side
621
114
FRANCES A WILLIS
Davidson
Northern Division
628
277
FRANCES WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
121
FRANCIS B WILLIS
Craven
New Berne
626
298
FRANCIS E WILLIS
Carteret
Shackelfords Bank &
Harkers Island
623
171
FRANCIS M WILLIS
Bladen
Cape Fear SW Side
621
114
FRANCIS WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
126
FRANCIS WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
159
FRANCIS WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
313
FRANKLIN WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
157
FREDERICK WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
174
FREEMAN WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
174
FREEMAN WILLIS
Currituck
Powells Point
627
204
FULFORD WILLIS
Carteret
Davis Shore
623
123
FULLER WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
119
GABRIEL WILLIS
Carteret
Beaufort
623
149
GARNION WILLIS
Carteret
Shackelfords Bank
and Harkers Island
623
170
GARRISON M WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
159
GEORGE A WILLIS
Caswell
Not Stated
623
215
GEORGE L WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
130
GEORGE T WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
126
GEORGE W WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
115
GEORGE W WILLIS
Caswell
Not Stated
623
211
GEORGE W WILLIS
Caswell
Not Stated
623
215
GEORGE WILLIS
Brunswick
Town Creek
621
153
GEORGE WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
313
GEORGE WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
346
GORDON WILLIS
Carteret
Davis Shore
623
122
GRACE WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
112
GWCREASE WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
126
HANNAH WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
112
HANNAH WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
117
HANNAH WILLIS
Carteret
Beaufort
623
144
HANNAH WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
157
HANNAH WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
383
HANNAH WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
429
HANNAH WILLIS, JR
Carteret
Smyrna
623
124
HARDY WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
346
HARLEY WILLIS
Craven
New Berne
626
285
HARRIET WILLIS
Bladen
Cape Fear SW Side
621
113
HARRIET WILLIS
Bladen
Cape Fear SW Side
621
114
HARRIET WILLIS
Brunswick
Town Creek
621
153
HARRIET WILLIS
Caswell
Not Stated
623
179
HAYWOOD WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
121
HENRIETTA WILLIS
Bladen
Cape Fear SW Side
621
114
HENRIETTA WILLIS
Moore
Not Stated
638
189
HENRY C WILLIS
Guilford
Southern Division
632
295
HENRY F WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
122
HENRY H WILLIS
Davidson
Northern Division
628
276
HENRY L WILLIS
McDowell
Not Stated
636
282
HENRY WILLIS
Bladen
Cape Fear SW Side
621
114
HENRY WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
119
HENRY WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
128
HENRY WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
201
HENRY WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
346
HENRY WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
366
HENRY WILLIS
Lincoln
Not Stated
636
236
HENRY WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
411
HENRY WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
429
HENRY WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
431
HETTY WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
117
HETTY WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
117
HETTY WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
126
HETTY WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
129
HETTY WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
130
HETTY WILLIS
Carteret
Shackelfords Bank &
Harkers Island
623
170
HETTY WILLIS D
Carteret
Straits
623
130
HEZIKIAH WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
122
HIRAM WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
362
HOLANA WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
126
HOLLAND WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
116
HOLLAND WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
117
HORATIO WILLIS
Carteret
Beaufort
623
144
HUGH WILLIS
Rockingham
Western District
643
102
HULDAH WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
127
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