Willis Weatherspoon

1791 - 1850  (59 years)

• Name	Willis Weatherspoon  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	1791	Wake County, North Carolina, USA   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FSID	2YR3-7KV
  Death	1850	Hickman County, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  Burial	Old Weatherspoon Cemetery, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I7671	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William Weatherspoon, Jr,   b. 1758, Wake County, North Carolina, USA d. 6 Sep 1833, Wake County, North Carolina, USA (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Kirkham,   b. 1772, Wake County, North Carolina, USA d. 1820, Wake County, North Carolina, USA (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1790	Wake County, North Carolina, USA   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F7911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sallie Beavers,   b. Abt 1793, Wake County, North Carolina, USA d. Jun 1877, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	15 Nov 1813	Wake County, North Carolina, USA   [3, 6]
  Children	1. Private Jesse Ruffen Weatherspoon,   b. 14 Apr 1822, North Carolina, USA d. 14 Aug 1863, Union Prison Hospital, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1791 - Wake County, North Carolina, USA Marriage - 15 Nov 1813 - Wake County, North Carolina, USA Death - 1850 - Hickman County, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• DNA Matches

  At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

• Sources

  [S17] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 4. Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958 Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 4 [S369] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;), Data Source: County Court Records at Raleigh, NC and FHL # 0296867-0296870 and 0418152 item 2. [S5068] Find a Grave: WEATHERSPOON Willis 1791-1850, Willis Weatherspoon Sr. Willis Weatherspoon Sr. BIRTH: 1791 Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina DEATH: 1850 (aged 58–59) Hickman County, Tennessee BURIAL: Old Weatherspoon Cemetery, Hickman County, Tennessee MEMORIAL ID: 230003345 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230003345/willis_weatherspoon [S231] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;). North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [S5681] Smith, Lawrence C, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Mayes): KIRKHAM Mary Witherspoon, (Name: SmithLC.com;), KIRKUM Mary Witherspoon 1759-1818. Mary daughter of James Thomas Kirkham and Anne Watts, married William Weatherspoon, Jr., 1790 Wake County North Carolina. To this union were born: Willis, Nancy, Sealy, Rebecca, Delilah, James K., Frances, Ezelkiel and Bethania https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234318959/mary-witherspoon [S5069] Find a Grave: BEAVERS Sally Weatherspoon 1793-1877, Sallie Beavers Weatherspoon. BIRTH: 1793 Wake County, North Carolina DEATH: Jun 1877 (aged 83–84) Hickman County, Tennessee BURIAL: Old Weatherspoon Cemetery, Hickman County, Tennessee MEMORIAL ID: 230005076 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230005076/sally-weatherspoon