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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IRWIN A WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
131
ISAAC WILLIS
Bladen
Cape Fear NE Side
621
86
ISAAC WILLIS
Bladen
Cape Fear SW Side
621
114
ISAAC WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
127
ISAAC WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
129
ISAAC WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
431
ISABEL WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
346
ISABEL WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
430
ISABELLA M WILLIS
Davidson
Northern Division
628
277
ISAC WILLIS
Beaufort
Washington
620
347
ISAIAH F WILLIS
Carteret
Davis Shore
623
123
ISAIAH WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
127
JACOB WILLIS
Brunswick
Town Creek
621
153
JACOB WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
125
JACOB WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
199
JAMES F WILLIS
Lincoln
Not Stated
636
236
JAMES H WILLIS
Caswell
Not Stated
623
179
JAMES H WILLIS
Rowan
Gold Hill
643
116
JAMES R WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
112
JAMES W WILLIS
Carteret
Shackelfords Bank
and Harkers Island
623
171
JAMES W WILLIS
Davidson
Northern Division
628
276
JAMES WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
120
JAMES WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
121
JAMES WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
122
JAMES WILLIS
Carteret
Beaufort
623
144
JAMES WILLIS
Carteret
Shackelfords Bank
and Harkers Island
623
171
JAMES WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
127
JAMES WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
199
JAMES WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
205
JAMES WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
214
JAMES WILLIS
Craven
New Berne
626
291
JAMES WILLIS
Davidson
Northern Division
628
277
JAMES WILLIS
Robeson
Upper Division
642
341
JAMES WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
383
JAMES WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
430
JAMES WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
432
JAMES WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
432
JANE R WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
130
JANE WILLIS
Camden
Not Stated
623
71
JANE WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
110
JANE WILLIS
Carteret
Davis Shore
623
123
JANE WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
127
JANE WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
131
JANE WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
131
JANE WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
157
JANE WILLIS
Carteret
Shackelfords Bank &
Harkers Island
623
170
JANE WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
205
JANETTE A WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
115
JANEY WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
115
JASPER P WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
129
JECHOMIAS WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
117
JECHONIAS WILLIS
Carteret
Beaufort
623
144
JEMIMA WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
120
JEROME WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
111
JESSE R WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
174
JESSE WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
199
JESSE WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
203
JETHRO WILLIS
Alamance
North District
619
61
JETSON WILLIS
Alamance
North District
619
94
JOHN D WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
115
JOHN E WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
130
JOHN F B WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
128
JOHN F B WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
129
JOHN F WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
127
JOHN F WILLIS
McDowell
Not Stated
636
282
JOHN H WILLIS
Brunswick
Town Creek
621
153
JOHN K WILLIS
Caswell
Not Stated
623
179
JOHN M WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
124
JOHN M WILLIS
Davidson
Northern Division
628
277
JOHN O WILLIS
Bladen
Cape Fear South West
Side
621
114
JOHN P WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
127
JOHN R WILLIS
Orange
Hillsborough
639
176
JOHN S WILLIS
Bladen
Cape Fear SW Side
621
117
JOHN S WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
120
JOHN W WILLIS
Bladen
Cape Fear SW Side
621
114
JOHN W WILLIS
Carteret
Shackelfords Bank &
Harkers Island
623
171
JOHN W WILLIS
Moore
Not Stated
638
189
JOHN WILLIS
Alamance
North District
619
61
JOHN WILLIS
Alamance
North District
619
61
JOHN WILLIS
Alamance
North District
619
83
JOHN WILLIS
Beaufort
Washington
620
347
JOHN WILLIS
Brunswick
Town Creek
621
153
JOHN WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
112
JOHN WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
112
JOHN WILLIS
Carteret
Beaufort
623
144
JOHN WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
157
JOHN WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
160
JOHN WILLIS
Carteret
Shackelfords Bank &
Harkers Island
623
170
JOHN WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
201
JOHN WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
201
JOHN WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
205
JOHN WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
214
JOHN WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
347
JOHN WILLIS
Davidson
Northern Division
628
277
JOHN WILLIS
Guilford
Northern Division
632
439
JOHN WILLIS
Haywood
Not Stated
633
153
JOHN WILLIS
New Hanover
Wilmington
638
433
JOHN WILLIS
Robeson
Southern Division
642
374
JOHN WILLIS
Rockingham
Western District
643
102
JOHN WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
411
JOHN WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
431
JOHN WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
431
JOHN WILLIS, JR
Bladen
Cape Fear SW Side
621
117
JOHNSON WILLIS, JR
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
120
JOSEPH A WILLIS
Carteret
Shackelfords Bank &
Harkers Island
623
171
JOSEPH F WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
129
JOSEPH M WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
431
JOSEPH T WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
122
JOSEPH T WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
200
JOSEPH US WILLIS
Carteret
Shackelfords Bank &
Harkers Island
623
171
JOSEPH W WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
431
JOSEPH WILLIS
Bladen
Cape Fear South West
Side
621
113
JOSEPH WILLIS
Camden
Not Stated
623
71
JOSEPH WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
111
JOSEPH WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
119
JOSEPH WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
119
JOSEPH WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
119
JOSEPH WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
120
JOSEPH WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
121
JOSEPH WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
121
JOSEPH WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
121
JOSEPH WILLIS
Carteret
Davis Shore
623
123
JOSEPH WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
126
JOSEPH WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
130
JOSEPH WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
131
JOSEPH WILLIS
Caswell
Not Stated
623
186
JOSEPH WILLIS
Caswell
Not Stated
623
211
JOSEPH WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
120
JOSEPH WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
201
JOSEPH WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
201
JOSEPH WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
203
JOSEPH WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
346
JOSEPH WILLIS
Cumberland
Western Division
627
55
JOSEPH WILLIS
Lincoln
Not Stated
636
236
JOSEPH WILLIS
Lincoln
Not Stated
636
236
JOSEPH WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
430
JOSEPHINS WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
112
JOSEPHUS K WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
128
JOSEPHUS WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
112
JOSEPHUS WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
128
JOSEPHUS WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
129
JOSEPHUS WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
159
JOSIAH WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
128
JOSIAH WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
131
JOSIAH WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
157
JOSIAH WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
157
JOSIAH WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
174
JRS WILLIS
New Hanover
Wilmington
638
433
JULIA WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
366
K P WILLIS
McDowell
Not Stated
636
259
KESSIAH WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
432
KEZAKIAH WILLIS
Carteret
Beaufort
623
144
KEZIAH WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
125
KEZIAH WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
127
KILBY WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
130
KILBY WILLIS
Carteret
Straits
623
130
KISSIAH WILLIS
Yancey
Not Stated
649
431
L C WILLIS
Lincoln
Not Stated
636
236
LAURA G WILLIS
Caswell
Not Stated
623
214
LAVINIA WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
205
LEMAN WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
111
LEURANSA WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
127
LEVY WILLIS
Carteret
Bogue Sound
623
159
LEWIS WILLIS
Carteret
Beaufort
623
144
LEWIS WILLIS
Jones
Pollocksville
635
115
LIDIA WILLIS
Caswell
Not Stated
623
186
LORY WILLIS
Carteret
Portsmouth
623
110
LORY WILLIS
Carteret
Shackelfords Bank&
Harkers Island
623
171
LOUISA E WILLIS
Caswell
Not Stated
623
186
LOUISA WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
346
LOVY WILLIS
Carteret
Hunting Quarters
623
119
LUCINDA WILLIS
Caswell
Not Stated
623
217
LUCRETIA WILLIS
Craven
Not Stated
626
346
LUCY A WILLIS
Bladen
Cape Fear SW Side
621
108
LUCY E WILLIS
Lincoln
Not Stated
636
236
LUCY WILLIS
Cleveland
Not Stated
625
127
LUIESA WILLIS
Brunswick
Town Creek
621
153
LYDIA A WILLIS
Carteret
Smyrna
623
128
LYDIA WILLIS
Lincoln
Not Stated
636
187
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