Re: Rachel Paul born abt 1858 married Willie Tillis
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Rachel Paul born abt 1858 married Willie Tillis
Patsy Jackson 2/13/04
Hello Patsy, I am not sure how we are related but Mary Etta Tillis was my great great grandmother. Here is all of the information I have on her:
Mary Etta Tillis
Born March 11th 1886 in Texas
Died April 5 1963 in Dallas, TX
She married Jefferson Jack Cleveland and had 12 children: Earnest, Allice, Bessie Lee (my great grandmother), Ann L, Johnie Oren, Nora, Jessie F, Callie (sometimes called Dallie), Irene, Bill, Cecil, and Erman. I have most of their years of birth and a few of their years of death. I have a picture of Mary Etta (she was called Big Mama by her grand kids) and who I assume is her children and grand children.
Family lore has it that "Big Mamma" was half Cherokee presumably on Rachel Paul's side because I was able to trace her father, John Willoughby Tillis back to 1641 in Virgina. Please let me know if you find out anything else about Rachel Paul, my mother is reaching out to her surviving great aunts to learn as much as she can. Please feel free to email me for the picture or any other information we can share.