Isaac Jacob Davis, The Elder, son of Thomas Davis and Nancy Rivers

Isaac Jacob Davis was the 4th born child of Thomas Davis and his wife, Nancy Rivers. Isaac was born on 18 Aug 1795 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.¹

About 1820, Isaac Jacob Davis married a young lady by the given name of Sarah. No record has been found that reveals Sarah’s surname, thus it remains unknown.  Sarah was born on 17 Aug 1796 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina ^{2 3}

A search of the internet and Ancestry Family Trees shows Sarah being listed as Sarah Simpson and Sarah Willis. There is no proof that either one of these surnames has any basis in being factual.

Isaac Jacob Davis and Sarah had the following children: ^{4 5}

    i.    Simpson Davis, born 11 Feb 1821, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; died 28 Aug 1889, Union County, North Carolina.
    ii.    Josiah Davis, born Aug 1829, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; died 8 May 1904.
    iii.    William J. Davis was born about 1833 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. 
   iv.    Mary C. Davis was born about 1837 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
    v.    M. L. Davis was born about 1840.
    vi.    William Cornelius Davis, born 3 Dec 1845, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; died 27 Aug 1916.

This family is enumerated in Censuses from 1830-1870 for Chesterfield County, SC and Union County, NC. Census data indicates that other children were born to Isaac and Sarah but they have yet to be identified.^{6 7 8 9} 

On 24 May 1875, Sarah Davis died in Pageland, Chesterfield County, SC and was buried in the Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery on Dudley Road near the NC state line. Two years later, on 13 June 1877, Isaac Jacob Davis died and was buried beside his wife in the Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery.¹⁰










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1. James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey; Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995, page 857. Tombstone of Isaac [Jacob] Davis; 18 August 1795–13 June 1877, Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
2. 1830 U S Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 239; Line 10, Household of Isaac DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ); citing  National Archives Microfilm M19_Roll 172.
3. James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey, Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995. Tombstone of Sara  Davis.
4. 1850 Census, Union County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Union County, North Carolina, Page 20A; Line 8, Dwelling 281, Family 281, Household of Isaac DAVIS.
5. 1860 Census, Union County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Union County, North Carolina, Page: 349(stamped); Line 32, Dwelling 70, Family 70, Household of Isaac DAVIS.
6. 1830 U S Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 239; Line 10, Household of Isaac DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ); citing  National Archives Microfilm M19_Roll 172.
7. 1850 Census, Union County, North Carolina, population schedule, Union County, North Carolina, Page 20A; Line 8, Dwelling 281, Family 281, Household of Isaac DAVIS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 7 May 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 647.
8. 1860 Census, Union County, North Carolina, population schedule, Union County, North Carolina, Page: 349(stamped); Line 32, Dwelling 70, Family 70, Household of Isaac DAVIS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 January 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 915.
9. 1870 Census, Union County, North Carolina, population schedule, Buford, Union County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) Page: 499A; Line 29, Dwelling 23, Family 23, Household of Isaac DAVIS, viewed; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 12 Jan 2012 ); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 1161.
10. James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey; Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995, page 857. Tombstone of Sarah [LNU] Davis; 17 August 1796–24 May 1875, Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery, Dudley Road, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.