The Flynn/Willis Tree originates in Barnwell County, South Carolina. The Willis family grew out of the town of Blackville and the Flims(Peeples, Flems, Flynn),from the area around Williston. My research began in 1997 and was based on information collected by my first cousin Larry Manning who died in 1985. We had spoken numerous times about "tracing our roots" and his notes, apparently the result of conversations with older relatives, now passed, left a rich foundation on which to build.
My subsequent research has involved innumerable conversations with various family members, immediate and distant, reviews of the Federal Census Records between 1850 and 1920, the Social Security Death Indexes, as well as several "family bibles". A 1999 visit to Blackville and Williston allowed me to interview older church members of the Frost Branch Missionary Baptist Church and to meet for the first time several 2nd cousins. Forays into the Frost Branch Cemetary and the Cemetary at Blackville yielded birth and death dates of numerous family members and strangely increased the sense of connection to the past.
The work and research continues and there will be periodic updates to this site. I welcome the family's input and stories.

• Mallie James Willis (12 KB)
  Mallie J. Willis Born May 5, 1895, deceased November 24, 1980
• Welton & Inez Flynn (26 KB)
  Proud grandparents
• Young Remelle (45 KB)
  Remelle was never fond of dogs as this picture illustrates.
• "Weldy" Flims (19 KB)
  This photograph, done as a postcard popular in the early 1900s, shows a young and dapper Welton.
• Handsome Peeples 1998 (77 KB)
  Handsome, daughter of Charity Flims Peeples, niece of Welton Flynn. She died on March 7, 2000, four months shy of her 95th birthday.
• Inez Willis Flynn (1969) (536 KB)
  
• Welton Flynn (1972) (202 KB)
  Tall, Handsome and Proud
• Charity Flims Peeples (28 KB)
  Born December 16, 1883, died May, 19, 1911. Older sister of Welton, mother of Handsome and Clarence.
• Alice May Flims (undated) (44 KB)
  Left to right: "Veila" May Shooks, her husband Landy Jerome "Joe" Shooks, and sister Alice May Flims, wife of Handy.
• Remelle Willis Cobb (Undated) (25 KB)
  This portrait is undated.

• Flynn/Peeples Genealogy Report (81 KB)
  This file contains the known descendants of Flint Peeples, father of Handy Flims, grandfather of Welton Flynn. It delineates six generations, births, deaths and marriages. Information on the living has been omitted.
• Willis Genealogy Report (120 KB)
  This report contains five generations of descendants of Cain Willis of the Township of Blackville, Barnwell County, South Carolina. Delineated are births, marriages and deaths.
• Johnson Genealogy Report (36 KB)
  This report contains the descendants of William Johnson and Elsie Marie, parents of Nancy Elonis Johnson Willis. It delineates three generations.
• May Genealogy Report (45 KB)
  This report contains descendants of Syrena (Rena) and Arthur May of Williston, Barnwell County, South Carolina. They were the mother and stepfather of Alice May Flims.

Edgar Allen Brisbon
edgarfab@comcast.net

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