Col. Byrd Charles Willis (1781-1846)
of "Willis Hill" near Fredericksburg, Virginia; then, Navy Agent at Pensacola, Florida
He wrote in later years, "I was an idle fellow, fond of fox hunting, racing, and convivial parties; paid no attention to plantation business, and but for the profits of my race-course and the sale of fire-wood, would have run through the girths long before I did. In 1825, finding that things were getting worse and worse, I sold off (Willis Hill), paid off, and came of to this Territory (Florida)."
