Saturday Spotlight~Elisha Davis Family

Elisha Davis was a son of Jonathan Daniel Davis, Sr. and his wife (name unknown). He was born about 1824 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina and married Elizabeth Knight about 1850.

This union between Elisha and Elizabeth would produced 7 children, all daughters.



Their youngest and last daughter, Harriet E. Davis was born in 1868. The family can be found in the 1870 census in the Court House Township.

 

The above 1870 Census is the last record of Elisha Davis in the Census, He is not listed in the 1880 census with Elizabeth the children remaining in the household.Elizabeth Davis is also listed as a widow, a substantial suggestion that Elisha Davis has passed away.



The little highlighted tick mark after Elizabeth names shows here as widowed. There are 3 segments to this block, the first is single and you will notice all the children are marked. The middle is married and the far right is, as in Elizabeth case marked as Widowed. The Widowed column is also used to show Divorced. 

Elisha Davis died intestate sometime between 15 August 1870 (1870 Census) and 22 June 1880 (1880 Census) the date that these two Census were enumerated in Chesterfield County.

A check of the Index to estate papers, 1865-1946 for Chesterfield County reveal no estate folder existed for Elisha Davis.  No tombstone has been found for either Elisha or his wife Elizabeth Davis.










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Elisha and his family are enumerated in the following Census:
1. 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 180B, Line 38, Dwelling 162, Family 1262, Household of Sarah DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 28 August 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
2. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) Page: 70/128-129(stamped); Line 39, Dwelling 495, Family 494, Household of Elisha DAVIS, viewed; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 7 May 2013 ); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.
4. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Population Schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 104/145(stamped) Line 19, Dwelling 728, Family 726, Household of E. DAVIS.
5. 1870 U. S. Census, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, Page 288A; Line 1, Dwelling 1, Family 1, Household of Elisha DAVIS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 7 May 2013); citing National Archive Microfilm M593, Roll 1491.
6. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 005, Page 326A/326 (stamped); Line 42, Dwelling 281, Family 281, Household of Elizabeth DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 7 May 2013); citing National Archives Microfilm T9-1225.
7. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, ED 0021, Page: 17B/101(stamped); Line 66, Dwelling 315, Family 321, Household of Elizabeth [KNIGHT] DAVIS.