From Kentucky Ancestors V30 1994-95 #4

Seek information on the Willis family that settled in Madison, Garrard, Jessamine, and Todd Counties of Kentucky between 1790 and 182. Richard Willis, William and Nancy Hopwood, Sherwood Willis, Thomas and Elizabeth Daniel, John Willis, Sterling Willis, Edward Willis, Drury Willis, Thomas Willis, Anna Willis, John and Sarah Algood, heirs of William Willis, filed suit in chancery court in Mecklenburg County, VA, against Howell Rose in 1794. This family later settled in Pittsylvania County, VA. Sherwood (Alias Sherrod), John, and Thomas Willis resettled in Jessamine County; Drury Willis in Madison County; Edward Willis in Garrard County; and Sterling Willis in Todd County, Kentucky.