Willis Worley

1806 - 1860  (54 years)

• 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
  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

  
  

• 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."

  
  

• 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.