Willis Rawls Munnerlyn
(abt 1812 - abt 1868)

Born about 1812 in what is now Marion County, SC.  He married Sarah Martha Phillips, the daughter of Isaac Phillips and his wife, Alice “Alsey” Eagerton. The marriage took place between November 1832 and March 1833. He died in Caddo Parish Louisiana about 1868.  His burial site is unknown.  Family reports say he was a physician, however, on census records he is listed as a farmer.  He was the son of Benjamin and Cyrene Garrell Munnerlyn.  About 1835 he and his growing family left SC and moved to Baldwin County , AL   with his father, mother and all his brothers and sisters, with the exception of Rachel, who had married James Altman and remained in SC.

Willis Rawls remained in AL , until after his father and perhaps his mother died.  In the late 1850’s he moved to Caddo Parish, LA where he and his brother, Thomas C. and John B. all obtained original Land Grants from the Federal Government.  The three of them had about 1000 acres that bordered the Arkansas-Louisiana line.  Children of Willis Rawls and Sarah Martha were:

William Calhoun; Sarah Elizabeth; David A.; Susan F; Audria “Adrie”; Alice Margaret; Mary E.; Julia Ann; Isaac; and Samuel Pierce

Descendant Relation:
James Sr.>Loftis Redlee>Benjamin>Willis Rawls MUNNERLYN