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My wife never had a sister, and but two brothers, Samuel and Daingerfield; they have large families. The first inarried, Miss Attoway Miller of Port Royal and upon her death a Miss Maria Boyles of Kentucky, to which State he had gone after the British had burnt his home and taken away his negroes, 1812-14.
Daingerfield married Miss Lucy Pratt of King George Co., Va., and resides at Marmion.
I will now leave the manuscript of Col. Byrd C. Willis, and add a few notes of himself and immediate family :
Byrd C. Willis8, was b. August 27, 1781, d. October 1, 1846. Married, November, 1800, Mary Willis Lewis. Issue :
I. Lewis Willis", b. September 1801. Married, 1st, Lucie Hackley, daughter of Richard S. Hackley; 2nd, Harriet Randolph, daughter of Thomas Eston Randolph, and she d. without issue; 3rd, Hester Savage, of the Eastern Shore, Md., she was drowned at Pensacola, Florida, October 3, 1835, leaving two children, Byrd Willis, and Haywood Willis10.
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II. Catherine Daingerfield Willis®, b. August 17, 1803. Mar- ried (1821) Atchinson Gray, of Travelers Rest, who d. in less than a year; married, 2nd, Achilles Murat, ex-Prinee of Naples.
III. Anne Carter Willis", b. Feb. 5, 1805. Married Thomas H. Botts, of Fredericksburg, Va., who d. 1827, leaving issue :
I. Lawson Botts.
IV. John Willisº, b. April 26, 1807; entered U. S. Navy, and resigned after six years' service. Was afterwards ap- pointed Inspector of Charlotte Harbour, and d. of bil- ious fever, at Key West, 1833.
V. George Willis", b. 1809. Cadet at West Point; afterwards surveyor of public lands in Florida, then deputy col- leetor at Charlotte Harbour. Married (1833) Martha P. W. Fauntleroy, of Middlesex Co., Va .; she d. in 1839, leaving three children. Mr. Willis married, 2nd (1841), Sally Smith, of Fredericksburg, Va. He d. at Pensaeola, Florida, April 10, 1861, leaving eight children, two by his first wife, six by the last.
VI. Mary Byrd Willisº, b. November 23, 1813. Married Com- modore Alexander J. Dallas, U. S. Navy. He d. leav- ing three children.
VII. Ellen Attoway Willisº, b. March 23, 18-, married, 1st, Samuel Duval, 183-, d. -; married, 2nd, W. H. Broekenbrough, formerly of University, Va., - then in Tallahassee, Florida.
VIII. Name unknown.
IX. The last and ninth ehild of Col. Byrd C. Willis, b. October 15, 1827, Achilles Murat Willis, married Edwina Am- bler. They resided in Rappahannock Co., Va., but are now (July, 1905) living at Beaver, Oklahoma.
I will copy a newspaper article sent to me by Mrs. Achilles Murat Willis :
OUR FIRST PRINCESS.
The day upon which Miss Anna Gould become the Comtesse de Castel- lane was the seventy-fourth anniversary of the day when the American Republic first yielded a daughter to a titled foreigner and hailed her as its first princess.
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That distinction fell to the lot of Mrs. Catherine Grey, a niece of George Washington, and a native of Virginia, who married the eldest son of the King of Naples, Joachim Murat, greatest of cavalry leaders, as Napoleon always called him.
Murat's wife, Queen Caroline, Napoleon's youngest sister, had fled from Naples in the early part of May, 1815, after her husband's defeat in the battle of Tolentino, which placed his kingdom in Austrian hands. For some months previous to this misfortune Caroline had been regent, and, therefore, in a position to line her pockets well. She took 3,000,000 francs with her to Trieste, and her four children, the eldest one, Achilles, then being in his 14th year.
Queen Caroline received the news of her husband's execution when living quietly at the Villa Campo Marzo, on the Adriatic. Shortly afterwards she assumed the title of Countess di Lipona, and moved to Frohsdorf, not far from Vienna, having placed herself entirely under Austrian protection -very strange, when her husband, as well as her brother Napoleon, had been victims of Hapsburg perfidy; and at Frohsdorf Murat's children grew up, healthy in body and mind, receiving an education that was very liberal. Achilles having attained his majority, decided to follow the example of his uncle, Joseph Bonaparte, and emigrate to America. He landed in New York in the summer of 1821, and as plain Achille Murat applied imme- diately for his first papers. Then he set about looking for an "opening" and, recognizing that his commercial instinct was not well developed, de- cided to seek his fortune as a pioneer of the New South, in wonderful Florida, that had just been acquired by the United States.
Ile had about 50,000 francs and employed part of this sum to buy 300 acres of land in Jefferson County, between Warcissa and Tallahassee, naming the farm Lipona, in his mother's honour. The log cabin, which he erected with the aid of kind neighbors, he styled "Econhattie." It differed in no wise from those of the "Crackers," as the Florida farmers were called, containing only a grass mattress, stove, and primitive cooking utensils. As a pillow Achille used a leather valise, stuffed with fine linen, and an extra suit or two, which he never put on his back. The only luxuries he indulged in were whiskey, and a good deal of that, and tobacco. A noble gun, powder and lead served as his chief royal provisioners and purveyors. Soon he acquired a number of slaves, and began to develop his domain, utilizing part for raising sugar and part as a cattle ranch. When, in 1824, the capital city, Tallahassee, was laid out, the young farmer gave all the time he could spare to the undertaking. No wonder his name was first mentioned as Alderman of the New City; in 1825 he was elected Mayor; a year later the President named him Postmaster.
Settlers arrived from all parts of the United States. Among the new- comers was Col. Byrd C. Willis, of Willis Hill, near Fredericksburg, Va., and his family, consisting of a wife, Mary Lewis, niece of the great George Washington, and a pretty daughter.
The Willises and a large number of friends, including Achille, had gone to Fort Louis, near Tallahassee, on a picnic. As there were no car-
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riages in those days, the ladies wore their stoutest shoes, the better to overeome the hardships of travel over primitive roads. Pretty Kate had donned a pair of gaiters that were nmeh too large for her tiny feet, and either by accident, or as the result of deft eoquetry, managed to lose one. of them. This was Achille's opportunity. Picking up the elumsy shoe, he filled it brimful of whiskey and quaffed the eau-de-vie, as he was wont to eall our national "tipple," "to the health of Virginia's fairest daughter. dear Kate." Little Mrs. Gray eould not withstand such gallant pleading, and when the party reached the fort, her betrothal to Achille Murat, onee Prince of the two Sieilies, was announced. The Mayor of Washington made them man and wife on July 20, 1826, and John Quiney Adams, President of the United States, was the first to kiss the bride.
Princess Kate proved to be an expert in her needle-work, and with pardonable pride decorated all her table and bed linen with the great erest of the royal house of Naples. Aside from that, the furnishing and embel- lishments of Eeonhattie were severely plain and unostentatious.
Achille Murat was an ideal husband. He improved his property, added to his modest fortune and began to study law. He was admitted to the bar and joined Counselor Garmier in New Orleans in practice. The firm flourished and Murat was enabled to buy with his earnings a sugar planta- tion at Baton Rouge, La., where he spent part of the winter with his wife, entertaining largely in his own peculiar, not to say eeeentrie, style.
Business reverses foreed Murat to abandon the plantation after several years, and the couple returned to Florida. At the outbreak of the Sem- inole War, he took to the field as General Call's Adjutant, accompanied by the ever-faithful Kate. Still later, he visited Europe with his better half and assumed the Colonelship of the Belgian "Foreigners Legion," remaining two years. Then, after a visit to his cousin, Louis, afterward Napoleon III, in London.
Achille and Kate returned to America, making their home in St. Aug- ustine.
His mother's death, in 1839, ealled Murat again to Europe, whenee he returned loaded with family heirlooms. ( Many of these heirlooms are in the possession of Mrs. Achille Murat Willis, Beaver, Oklahoma.) His fortune was, however, not materially inereased by the inheritance. Murat devoted the rest of his life, which he spent on the estate of Eeonhattie, to literary pursuits, using his faeile pen to the best interest of his adopted country. His "Exposition of the Principles of the Republican Government in America" achieved, among others of his works, wonderful popularity, and was translated into half a dozen foreign languages.
Murat died in his forty-seventh year. The Ameriean Princess, his widow, had made such a brilliant impression while abroad, that Napoleon III sent for "his dear eousin Kate" (the same spoken of by Miss L. R. Lee, in a letter to Mrs. Peequet du Bellet), shortly after aseending the throne. He offered her one of the imperial eastles of France as a residence and treated her in all respeets like a Princess of the blood. But though George Wash- ington's grand nieee was not opposed to courtly state, she would rather
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have established it in her own country than among strangers, and after a year's residence in Paris she returned to Bellevue, her farm near Talla- hassee, which is still known as the "Murat Place," and set up a fine establishment. All her slaves henceforth wore the livery of the Tuileries, while her parlors glistened with reminiscences of the first Empire. Some of the royal bric-a-brac may still be seen in the neighborhood of Bellevue, Econhattie, and Tallahassee.
The Princess Murat, a thorough Southern woman, during the Civil War did everything in her power to interest her cousin, Napoleon, in the lost cause, but failed. When she felt that her end was near, she had herself carried to her old estate in Jefferson County, where she spent her honey- moon with the son of Naples' King. There she died August 6, 1867.
Mrs. Catherine D. Murat,* the second child of Col. Byrd C. Willis, was born in 1803, and at the early age of thirteen married Atchison Gray, son of John Gray, of "Traveler's Rest." Atchison Gray died in less than 12 months after his marriage, and his child, born after his death, died also. The young widow went with her father and mother to Florida, and soon after her arrival there, married Achilles Murat, ex-prince of Naples, nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, and settled about sixteen miles from Tallahassee.
I will now return to Col. Byrd C. Willis's manuscript :
After the Revolution in Paris, 1830, and the election of Louis Philippe, Murat, he having large elaims upon France, in right of his father Joachim Murat, went over to London with a view to prose- eute these elaims, believing the change of government would be propitious. He found Louis Philippe more hostile to the Bonaparte family than his predecessor Charles X had been. He took with him his wife. She saw a great deal of high life in London, was introduced by Lady Dudley Stuart, a daughter of Lucien Bona- parte, as the niece of Washington. This relationship was consider- ed highly ereditable to her there, so, as she says, she was not in- debted for the notice she attracted to her husband alone. She
"NOTE .- Col. Byrd C. Willis would not consent to the marriage of his daughter with Achille Murat, without the consent of the Murat and Bona- parte families, who were at first opposed to the marriage of one of their family to an American widow, but when they were apprised of the fact that the prospective bride was the grand-niece of General Washington, all opposition vanished. Col. Byrd C. Willis' wife and several of his children spent several weeks with Joseph Bonaparte, ex-King of Spain, at his mag- nificent villa near Bordentown, New Jersey.
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returned (under the protection of Mrs. Pringle, of South Carolina, a good American). I have good testimony* that whilst in London, slie stood up for her country, and fought its battle in all companies.
Her husband, if matters are adjusted between Belgium and Hol- land, will come over in May next. In the meantime, she is pre- paring "Lipona," the name of his seat in this country, for his reception.
She was at the coronation of William IV, King of England. A seat in Westminster Abbey was obtained for her by no less a person- age than the Duke of Sussex, the King's brother.
These attentions might have turned the head of some young women, but I am proud to say my daughter returned to America with increased affection for its institutions and a contempt for the licartless society of London's fashionable life. Col. Murat reached New York, on his return to Florida on July 22, 1833. In gratitudc for her kindness to him, when in exile, and in recognition of her husband's claims, Napoleon III, when Emperor of France, placed the Princess Murat at the head of the nobility of France and honoured her with a seat on his right. On one occasion, while visiting an art gallery in London, in company with John Randolph and other distinguished personages, the party paused before the pictures of Napoleon and Washington, which hung side by side. Randolph pointed to the pictures, remarking, "Before us, we have Napoleon and Washington, one the founder of a mighty Empire, and the other of a great Republic"; then, turning to the company said: "Behold, in the Princess Murat the niece of both, a distinction which she alone can claim."
In the above I (L. Pecquet du Bellct) have given Col. Byrd's manuscript, in the main, word for word.
After the war between the States Louis Napoleon settled an annuity of 50,000 francs upon the Princess Murat, which was regu- larly paid up to the time of her death. After her death the annuity was paid to his sister, Mrs. Brokenborough, until the overthrow of the empire and dethronement of Louis Napolcon.
Prince Murat while a very learned man was also a very eccentric one, and although possessed of a large landed estate and many
"The testimony alluded to is that of Mr. McLane, our Minister at St. James; Washington Irving, and John Randolph, of Roanoke. With all these she was a great favorite.
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slaves, he was a poor manager, and very improvident, indced, and but for the good advice of his wife, which she sometimes prevailed upon him to follow, Prince Murat would have bankrupted himself. At one time after his marriage he resided in New Orleans, and prac- ticed law; for a time he and his wife resided in London; at another time Belgium, where King Leopold gave him command of the "Foreign Legion," but the soldiers of his uncle, the first Napoleon (whom he is said to have resembled), commenced flock- ing to his standard in such number, that Louis Philippe, the then King of France, became alarmed and requested (which amounted to a command) that the King of Belgium disband his "Foreign Legion," which Leopold reluctantly did. It has been said, that in bidding farewell to his troops, Prince Murat addressed them in seven languages. Many anecdotes have been told of Prince Murat, some of which are quite ludicrous. IIis peculiaritics and eccentricities frequently tested the sweetness and amiability of his wife's character, by whom he was greatly loved. Murat and his wife spent much of their time in Europe, where they, at times, entertained the first cousin of Murat, Louis Napoleon, then not so well off as Murat, and while he never lived to sce it, nobly did Napoleon III and his charming empress requite this hospitality.
The Princess Murat was always cordially invited and received at the Tuileries. On one occasion a court dinner was given in her honour, and the empress, with the most delicate and incomparable courtesy, under the cover of being indisposed, abstained from the table, in order that the Princess Murat might fill that scat of honour which, had Eugenie bcen present, etiquette would have compelled her to occupy. As soon, however, as the formal repast was ended, the empress sent for Princess Murat to come to her private apartments and welcomed her as a sister. At her dcatlı were found in her possession many valuable relics of the first empire, which had been presented to her as gifts by Napolcon III, most of which are now (1905) in the possession of her brother, Achille Murat Willis. Amongst other marks of personal esteem by which the emperor showed his full appreciation of the relation- ship, and his desire to publicly establish it, was the bestowal upon her of the right of using the livery of France.
In a little quiet graveyard near Tallahassee arc to be found two simply marble shafts, which bear the following inscriptions :
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1 Departed this life April 18th, 1847 CHARLES LOUIS NAPOLEON ACHILLE MURAT Son of the King of Naples and Caroline Bonaparte Murat Aged 47
This monument is dedicated by his wife, Catherine, in perpetual memory of her love.
The companion shaft reads :
Sacred to the memory of Princess C. D. Murat, Widow of Col. Charles Louis Napoleon Achille Murat and daughter of the late Col. Byrd C. Willis, of Virginia, who departed this life on the 6th of August, 1867, in the 64th year of her age. A kind and affectionate wife and sister. A sincere and devoted friend.
The second child of George Willis and Sallie Innis Willis was Catherine Murat, born in Pensacola, Fla., May 27, 1845, and named after her aunt, the Princess Murat, who at her death left as a legacy to her namesake a magnificent diamond brooch, a gift from the Emperor Napoleon to the Princess Murat.
The last and ninth child of Col. Byrd C. Willis was b. October 15, 1827. Col. Byrd Willis, says: "Eleven and a half years after the birth of our daughter, Mrs. Duval, little 'Mu' was born at Blen- heim, in Albemarle Co., Va., whilst on a visit to my step-sister, Mary Ross. This was our first visit to Virginia, after our removal to Florida. Born to us in our old age, we wished to name him Byrd, after myself, but my daughter Murat, having no child, begged that he might be called after her husband, and we gratified her. Coming so unexpectedly to us, I fear we dote on him too much, for he is allowed by every one to be a most beautiful child. He will be six, in October next. He goes to school to Mr. Hatten Achille Murat Willis." At the age of twenty, married Miss Florence Edwina Ambler, in 1846, and resided in Rappahannock Co., Va. They moved to Lipscomb, Texas, but arc residing at present (August, 1905) at Beaver, Oklahoma. They had issue :
I. Edward Ambler Willis, b. October 2, 1848.
II. Byrd Willis, b. August 7, 1850.
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III. Achille Murat Willis, b. September 3, 1858.
IV. May Willis, b. May 13, 1862.
V. Lewis Willis, b. September 12, 1864.
Achille Murat Willis served as a Captain of the Rappahannock Company of Cavalry, in the Confederate service; was a member of Ashby's regiment. Capt. A. Murat Willis acted as aide to General Early at the first battle of Manassas, and received special mention at that officer's report of the battle, August 1, 1861.
(Rebellion Records, Vol. II, p. 558.)
JOHN WILLIS.
VII. John Willis7 (Francis", Francis5, Henry4, John3, -2, Francis1), second son of Col. Francis Willis and Anne Rich, his wife, b. 1719; d. 1766. Married (1743) Mildred Smith, b. at Shooter's Hill, 1719, a daughter of Augustine Smith and Sarah Carver, his wife. This Augustine Smith was named for his grandfather, Col. Augustine Warner, who married Mildred Reade, and was the grandfather of Augustine Washington, father of Gen. Washington. (Volumes III and IV.)
I. Francis Willis8, b. 1745; d. 1828.
II. Rich Willis8.
III. John Willis8.
IV. Augustine Willis8.
V. Lewis Willis8.
VI. A daughter Willis8.
VII. A daughter Willis8.
VIII. Francis Willis8, b. January 25, 1745. Married (1769) Elizabeth Edwards, b. December 29, 1740; d. August 27, 1807, of St. Andrew's Parish, Brunswick Co., Va. They lived a short time in that county and then moved to Berkeley (afterwards Jeffer- son) County, which was laid off in 1772 by his kinsman, Robert Carter Willis, and they lived at "Shannon Hall" on the Shenan- doah River. In 1784 they moved to Georgia and in 1792 we find him in the second Congress as a representative from Georgia. He appears to have continued his roving habits, for he afterwards left Georgia and went to Maury County, Tennessee, where he died April 3, 1829, in Montgomery, aged 84 years, 2 months and 16 days. Issue :
I. Nathaniel Willis9, b. 1772.
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II. Henry Williso.
III. Carver Williso, b. 1774.
IV. George Willisº, b. 1776.
V. Mildred Smith Willis9, b. 1778; d. unmarried.
VI. Thomas Willisº, b. 1781.
VII. Elizabeth Willisº, b. 1783.
IX. Carver Willisº, b. 1774, returned to Jefferson Co., Va. He represented his eounty in the Virginia Legislature about 1825. Married (December 11, 1798) Frances Madison Hite, daughter of Major Thomas Hite and Frances Madison, née Beale. The young couple settled on an estate on Opequon Creek, in Jeffer- son Co., W. Va., and called it "Medley Springs." Mrs. Willis remained at "Medley" till 1846, when she moved to Charles Town and spent the last six years of her life; d. July 27, 1857. Only five of their ten children attained maturity. They lived at "Medley Springs" till his deatlı, December 11, 1798. Issue :
I. Thomas Hite Willis1º, b. September 28, 1800; d. January 18, 1884.
II. Elizabeth Edwards Willis1º, b. Dee. 20, 1802.
III. Fanny Beale Willis10, b. June 16, 1805; d. April 20, 1889.
IV. Eleanor Ann Willis1º, b. Feb. 15, 1808.
V. Mildred Carver Willis10, b. May 28, 1810; d. 1882.
(See Volumes III and IV, Hite and Madison Families.)
X. Thomas Hite Willis1º, b. at "Medley Springs," Jefferson Co., Va., September 28, 1800; d. Jan. 18, 1884, son of Carver Willis and Franees Madison, née Hite. Married (October 25, 1827) Elizabeth F. Ryland, daughter of Josiah and Catherine Peachy Ryland. Mrs. Willis was b. June 11, 1807. They resided on their estate "Rock Hall" until April 1869, when they removed to Millville on the Shenandoah River and in 1877 to Charles Town, where he d. January.18, 1884, aged 83 years and 4 months. Mrs. Willis d. at Millville April 1871, aged 63 years and 2 months. Issue :
I. Martha Ellen Willis11.
II. Fanny E. Willis11, unmarried; lives in Charles Town.
III. Catherine Peachy Willis11. Married John Shanks. They left issue :
I. David Shanks12. Married, and has one child, who lives in Texas.
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II. Martha Ellen Shanks12, living with her parents in Mem- phis, Tenn.
IV. Annie Madison Willis11. . Married Jaquelin Ambler.
V. Nathaniel Hite Willis11. Married Jane C. Washington.
VI. Robert Willis11, unmarried; lives with Mrs. Washington. VII. Emma Edwards Willis11. Married Bushrod Washington. Martha Ellen Willis, daughter of Thomas Hite Willis and Eliza- beth Ryland, married Thomas Lackland, and left five children : I. Fanny Lackland. Married Lawrence Washington, son of John Augustine Washington, last owner of Mt. Vernon. They reside in Alexandria. Mr. Washington has held a responsible position in the new Congressional Library, Washington, D. C., ever since its opening. Issue :
I. John Augustine Washington. Married in 1905 and lives in Petersburg, Va.
II. Lawrence Washington, Jr.
III. Patty Willis Washington.
IV. Annie Madison Washington.
V. Louise Fontaine Washington.
VI. Richard Blackburn Washington.
VII. Willis Lackland Washington.
VIII. Wilson Selden Washington.
IX. Fanny Jaquelin Washington.
X. Preston Chew Washington.
XI. Julian Howard Washington.
XII. Francis Ryland Washington.
Nathaniel Hite Willis11, son of Col. Thomas Hite Willis and Elizabeth F. Ryland, his wife, was b. March 25, 1843, at "Rock Hall," Jefferson Co., W. Va., January 16, 1869, at Blakeley, the residence of the bride's uncle, Mr. Richard R. Washington; he married Jane Charlotte Washington, daughter of Col. John Augustine Washington, the last owner of Mt. Vernon. In April 1869 they took up their residence at "Rock Hall" and have resided there sincc. They had issue :
I, Elizabeth Ryland Willis12. Married Walter Washington, son of Richard Washington, Jr., and they have issue :
I. Walter Washington, Jr.
II. Jolin Augustine Washington.
II. Eleanor Lou Willis12. Married Edmond Pendleton, of Wytheville, Va., and they have issue :
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I. Jane Pendleton.
II. Nathaniel Pendleton.
III. Elcanor Pendleton.
I met Mr. and Mrs. Pendleton in Wytheville, Va.
III. Thomas Hite Willis12. Married Josephine Bangs, daugh- ter of Mrs. Adelia C. Bangs, of Louisville, Ky., and reside in Chicago, Ill. Issue :
I. Adelia Bangs Willis.
IV. Richard Blackburn Willis12, civil engineer. Married Grace Matteson, of Galesburg, Ill. They reside in Ohio. Issue :
I. Riehard Blackburn Willis.
V. Eliza Selden Willis12, lives at "Roek Hall"; unmarried (1906).
VI. Patty Willis12, lives at "Rock Hall."
VII. John Augustine Willis12.
VIII. Jane Charlotte Willis12.
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