Willis H. Willoughby was born in 1848 in the community of Lum, part of Loundes County just south of Haynesville, Alabama and southwest of Montgomery. He migrated to the Florida Wilderness in the early 1870s leading family members and a small congregation. They traveled more than 500 miles through the Florida panhandle with oxcart and pack animals into the area of Little Lake Weir, presently known as Summerfield. Willis, a farmer and preacher, and Odelia, his Native American wife, homesteaded 150 acres at Little Lake Weir. They established a home and family of ten and provided land for the Galilee Christian Church, which survives today as an active country church.
Amenities:
- Picnic Tables
- Wildlife
On-site parking is not available at this facility; this is a "walk-to" park only. There is no fishing allowed at this park.