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Willis Worley

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Name Willis Worley Birth 17 Jan 1806 North Carolina [1, 2, 3]
Gender Male Death 14 Sep 1860 Whitley County, Kentucky [1, 2, 3]
Burial Ballou-Worley Cemetery, Parkers Lake, McCreary, Kentucky Siblings
1 sibling Person ID I10633 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 14 Apr 2019
Father Isaac Worley Family ID F14382 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jane Prewitt, b. 4 Feb 1808, Knox County, Kentucky d. 10 Apr 1886, Whitley County, Kentucky
(Age 78 years)
Marriage 2 Aug 1824 Whitley County, Kentucky [2]
Children + 1. Elijah Worley, b. 13 Jul 1825, Whitley City, McCreary, Kentucky d. 30 Nov 1897, Whitley City, McCreary, Kentucky
(Age 72 years)
+ 2. Anna Worley, b. 13 Sep 1830, Whitley County, Kentucky d. 26 Aug 1913, Whitley County, Kentucky
(Age 82 years)
+ 3. Sarah "Salley" Worley, b. 10 Oct 1832, Whitley County, Kentucky d. 16 Nov 1889, Whitley County, Kentucky
(Age 57 years)
Family ID F6515 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Jun 2015
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Notes - From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=1715836&id=I00667, about Willis Worley and the cemetery he's buried in:
"The cemetery is located within the sound of the roaring falls of the Cumberland River. Pioneer, Willis Worley, rests here under a rock canopy covered grave. His wife was Jane Prewitt. Jane had planned to buried here next to her husband, however, when she she died 6 years after him, the river was in flood stage and could not be crossed so she was buried at the Prewitt-Bryant Cemetery in Whitley County. This section was located in Whitley County in Willis Worley's time. He was a Whitley County Justice of the Peace for the district west of the river. He operated the boarding house at Cumberland Falls, before the Renfros came to the area, and performed marriage ceremonies for the people who came to the boarding hours."
- From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=1715836&id=I00667, about Willis Worley and the cemetery he's buried in:
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Sources - [S274] Find a Grave page for Willis Worley, Sr.
- [S275] The Descendants of Willis Worley and Jane Prewitt.
- [S276] "Burial Traditions in the Region of the Upper Cumberland Plateau," by Tom DesJean., year only.
- [S274] Find a Grave page for Willis Worley, Sr.