Soldier Information

Name: March Willis
Alias:
Place of Birth: Jefferson KY
Year of Birth: 1830
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 8

Enlistment Information

Enlistment Date: May 15, 1865
Enlistment Place: Henderson County
Enlistment State: KY

Compiled Military Service Record

Document: View
Congressional District: 2nd
Company: G
Regiment(s): 125th Regt USCI, 120th Regt USCI
Mustered Where: Henderson County, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: October 31, 1867
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:

Transfer from 120th USCT.

Soldier Death Information

Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: October 31, 1905
Cause of Death: Cystitis
Death Certificate

Soldier Pension Information

Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: February 23, 1893
Application No.: 1146604 Certificate No.: 930062
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name:

Widow Pension Information

Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: Application No.: 901614
Certificate No.:

Other Family Pension Information

No other family pension card found

Pension File Information

Pension File:
Pensioners:   

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Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information

No Freedman’s Bank information found

No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found

Family Information

Mother First Name:   Mother Maiden Name: 
Father First Name:   Father Last Name:
Siblings:

Wife #1 First Name: Sallie Maiden Name: Willis
Wife #2 First Name: Bettie Maiden Name: Cunningham
Wife #3 First Name:  Maiden Name:
Children: George Willis 1860

Family Notes:

March Willis was reportedly married twice: first to Sallie Willis, and then to Bettie Cunningham.

Family Tree: View

1870 Census

1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Stemmery worker
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1870 Real Estate Value: 500 1870 Personal Estate Value:
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:

In 1870, March Willis was enumerated with his wife Sallie and two children: George Willis (10 y/o) and Sarah Hopkins (14 y/o).

1880 Census

1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession:  Tobacco Factory worker
1880 Live with/near former enslaver?  Unknown
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write?  Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:

In 1880, March Willis was enumerated with his first wife, Sallie Willis. Son George Willis (20 y/o) and Sarah Willis (24 y/o). A grandson, Clark Willis, was also enumerated in the 1880 household with March and Sallie, though it is not clear who his parents are.

1890 Census

1890 Census information not found

1900 Census

1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: None listed
1900 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1900 Own/Rent: Rent 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1900 Farm/House: House
1900 Census Notes:

In 1900, March Willis was enumerated in a Henderson household with his second wife, Bettie Cunningham Willis. A young woman named Fannie Willis (21 y/o) was also enumerated in the household. Because Fannie was likely born in 1879 (when March Willis was still married to his first wife, Sarah), she is most likely Bettie’s child from a previous relationship.

1910 Census

1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: Working out
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Own 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1910 Farm/House: House
1910 Census Notes:

March Willis died of cystitis in 1905 and therefore was not enumerated in 1910. His widow, Bettie Willis, was enumerated with her daughter Fannie Willis.

1920 Census

1920 Census information not found

Enslaver Information

Name: John Barrett
Location:
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:

John Barrett was identified as enslaver in the Lemons database. The enslaver’s location was not included. There was a John H Barrett enumerated in the 1850 and 1860 slave schedules for Henderson County where March enlisted, but no sources were located in the research confirming John was March’s enslaver.

1850 Enslaver Census

1850 Census information not found

1860 Enslaver Census

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1870 Enslaver Census

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1880 Enslaver Census

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Compensation Information

Compensation Application not found