Over the forthcoming Saturday for the next two to three months I will be highlighting and documenting 11 children of Thomas Davis and his wife Nancy Rivers.
Thomas Davis and Nancy Rivers are my 4th great grand parents. I wrote about Thomas and Nancy here:
- http://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2012/01/thomas-davis-revolutionary-soldier.html
- http://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2012/06/surname-saturday-thomas-davis-4th-great.html
In Nancy Rivers Davis pension application Rilah Smith made these two statements
The he (Rilah Smith) was born 28 October 1788.
That he (Rilah Smith were school-fellows with the two oldest son, William & Samuel, of Thomas & Nancy Rivers and that he was three months older than Samuel this first child.
Samuel Davis was born about Jan 1789 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.1 He appeared in the census in 1850 in Scattering, Sumter, Alabama.2 He died on 29 Oct 1857 at the age of 68 in Sumter County, Alabama.
Samuel Davis and Sarah Weaver were married about 1809 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States. Sarah Weaver was born on 13 May 1793 in South Carolina. She died on 14 Dec 1824 at the age of 31 in Dallas County, Alabama.
Samuel Davis and Sarah Weaver had the following children:
i. Margaret Sarah Davis was born on 2 Jul 1810 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States. She died in 1811 at the age of 1 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
ii. Sarah Ann Davis was born on 22 Jan 1814 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
2 iii. James Francis Davis, born 16 Sep 1816, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; married Mary Billeys, 1840; died 1863.
iv. Thomas Davis was born on 5 Mar 1819 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. He was buried in Texas.
v. Charlotte Davis was born on 12 Feb 1824 in Butler County, Alabama. She died on 13 Feb 1824 at the age of 0.
Samuel Davis and Susan Campbell were married on 1 Nov 1830 in Greene, Alabama. Susan Campbell was born in Jul 1814 in Alabama. 3 She appeared in the census in 1860 in Southern Division, Sumter, Alabama.4 5 She died after Jun 1880 at the age of 65 in Sumter County, Alabama.
Samuel Davis and Susan Campbell had the following children:
i. William R. Davis, born 23 Feb 1830, Butler Co.,Alabama; married Mary Ann Brown, 1857, Alabama.
ii. Catherine Davis was born in Jun 1832 in Alabama.
iii. John Hadley Davis was born on 3 Nov 1834 in Alabama. 6 He died after 1870 at the age of 36. A Memorial has been created for him at www.findagrave.com. [Find A Grave Memorial# 67666180]
iv. Hugh M. Davis was born on 31 May 1836 in Alabama. 7 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Livingston, Sumter, Alabama.8
v. Mary Martha Davis, born 19 Dec 1838, Alabama; married William James, 1859, Alabama.
vi. Ellen Davis was born on 1 Dec 1840 in Alabama. 9 10 She died in Dec 1921 at the age of 81.
vii. Amanda C. Davis, born 29 Jun 1842, Alabama; married Martin Davis, 1859.
viii. Pernicia Jane Davis was born in Nov 1844 in Alabama. She was buried in Texas.
ix. Emma Davis was born on 9 Jan 1851 in Alabama. 11 She died in 1920 at the age of 69.
Samuel Davis was the only child of Thomas and Nancy that didn't remain in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. In a sworn affidavit dated February 16th, 1853 William Davis stated that the Family Bible was taken out West some twenty-five years ago by her son, Samuel Davis.
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1. Thomas DAVIS and W-8655, compiled military record (1779-1783), Rev. War Pension and Land-Bounty Application Files, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm publication M804, Roll 766.
2. 1850 U. S. Census, Sumter County, Alabama, population schedule, Scattering, Sumter County, Alabama, Page 296A, Line 17, Dwelling 607, Family 616, Household of Samuel DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 January 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm M432_15.
3. Ibid.
4. 1860 U. S. Census, Sumter County, Alabama, population schedule, Southern Division, Sumter, Alabama, Page 525; Line 21, Dwelling 479, Family 479, Household of Susan DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : Viewed 11 January 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_24.
5. 1880 U. S. Census, Sumter County, Alabama, population schedule, Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) 164, Page: 423D; Line 4, Dwelling 335, Family 335, Household of Hugh M. DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 11 January 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T9_0031.
6. 1850 U. S. Census, Sumter County, Alabama, Population Schedule, Scattering, Sumter County, Alabama, Page 296A, Line 17, Dwelling 607, Family 616, Household of Samuel DAVIS.
7. Ibid.
8. 1880 U. S. Census, Sumter County, Alabama, population schedule, Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama, ED 164, Page: 423D; Line 4, Dwelling 335, Family 335, Household of Hugh M. DAVIS.
9. 1850 U. S. Census, Sumter County, Alabama, Population Schedule, Scattering, Sumter County, Alabama, Page 296A, Line 17, Dwelling 607, Family 616, Household of Samuel DAVIS.
10. Ibid.
11. 1880 U. S. Census, Sumter County, Alabama, population schedule, Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama, ED 164, Page: 423D; Line 4, Dwelling 335, Family 335, Household of Hugh M. DAVIS.
I apologize for taking issue here - but the Samuel Davis who lived in Sumter County Alabama is very probably not your guy. He is said by some to have been the son of Chesley Davis, but this has not been proven, either. He DOES have a first family, by record - but their names are not the names of your Samuel and Susan. He was living in Greene before Sumter and his daughter from the first family, Elizabeth, married Nicholas Arrington. Her brother Jesse, names her in his will. So probably your Samuel and Susan did not end up in Sumter. There's a good chance he was the Samuel who married Mary Sample in Abbeville. But you have a lovely site here!
ReplyDeleteK,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments, I apprecaite them and the information you provided. Looks like I have some additional research to do. Thnaks
Charlie
K.
ReplyDeleteFamily tradition-Folklore says that Samuel married Sarah Weaver and Susan Burns and was in Ala. with Susan Burns in 1850. I have children and some Spouses for a total of 19 children with the two wives.
1850 CENSUS: Scattering, Sumter County, Alabama; Roll: M432_15; Image: 82, Page 296A, Line 17, Dwelling 607, Family 616; Samuel DAVIS, male, age 60, born in SC; Susan DAVIS, female, age 34, born in SC; William DAVIS, male, age 19, born in SC; Hedley DAVIS, male, age 16, born in SC; Hugh DAVIS, male, age 14, born in SC; Mary DAVIS, female, age 12, born in SC; Ellen DAVIS, female, age 10, born in SC; Amanda DAVIS, female, age 8, born in SC and Pernecia J. DAVIS, female, age 6, born in SC.