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Photographer: T. J. White
Taken: Circa 2010
Caption: Historic Utoy Church Marker
Additional Description: Grave of "Squire" Joseph Willis Jr. (1812-1875) (great-uncle of the submitter), for whom Atlanta's "Willis Mill Road SW" was named. Part of the Civil War "Battle of Utoy Creek" took place on Willis' property, and he and his large extended family were eyewitnesses to the heavy fighting in August, 1864. Willis held the office of Justice of the Peace, an indicator of the esteem in which he was held by the early citizenry of DeKalb and Fulton Counties. He was also a grandson of Revolutionary veteran William Suttles (1731-1839).
Submitted: August 10, 2010, by T. J. White of Forest Park, Georgia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p122030
File Size: 0.843 Megabytes

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