Who did Rachel Davis, b. ca 1802, daughter of Samuel Davis and Lucinda R. Munsey married?
In 1929, Harry Alexander Davis wrote a genealogy of the Morgan David Family and published as “The Davis Family (Davies and David) in Wales and America”.
One of the descendants of Morgan David and Catherine Howell, his wife, was a Samuel Davis, b. April 1757 in Marion, Craven District, South Carolina. Samuel Davis married Lucinda R. Munsey about 1783. They had 10 children.
Today’s focus will be on Rachel Davis, the eight child of Samuel Davis and Lucinda R. Munsey.
Harry Alexander Davis said Rachel Davis moved to Tenn. with [her] parents [in] 1818-19 and married there about 1822 James C. Davis, b 1795, Tenn., not related. He was a farmer, both living in 1850 and probably died before 1860, res. Washington Co., Tenn. They had the following children:
i. Ruth Davis was born on 17 Sep 1823. She died in Aug 1889 at the age of 65.
ii. Baxter Davis was born on 17 Apr 1826. He died in 1828 at the age of 2.
iii. Thomas D. Davis, born 5 Dec 1828; died 6 Mar 1893.
iv. Lucinda/Lucretia Davis, born 17 Apr 1831; married Benjamin F. Brown, 22 Jul 1855; died 29 Sep 1923.
v. Jane A. Davis, born 16 Sep 1834; died 23 Aug 1903.
vi. Robert S. "Robb" Davis was born on 16 Jun 1837.
vii. William Tilson Davis, born 22 Jul 1841; died 6 May 1928, Erwin, Tennessee.
viii. Margaret Davis was born about 1847.
Harry Alexander Davis said that Rachel Davis married James C. Davis, NOT RELATED. Research in Washington County, Tennessee shows that James C. Davis married Rachel Tilson on 12 September 1822.
Rachel Tilson in the Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002
Name: Rachel Tilson
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 12 Sep 1822
Marriage Place: Washington, Tennessee, USA
Spouse: James C Davis
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5805489:1169
James C. Davis and Rachel Tilson are in the 1850 Federal CENSUS for Washington County, Tennessee.
Household Member are:
“The Tilson genealogy : from Edmond Tilson at Plymouth, N E , 1638 to 1911:” by Mercer V. Tilson published in 1911 documents the James C. Davis and Rachel Tilson Family also. On Page 167, Family 1393, the family composition in this book shows the family with the following children:
We have two Books and a Census showing the very same Children to belong to these three families.
We know that the same children cannot possible be the children of both couples. Notice how the children names matched those recorded for Rachel in the Harry Davis Book, The Tilson Book and the 1850 Census of Washington County, Tennessee. It’s almost a verbatim list in all cases. Also in the Census Household is Lucinda Davis who is of the correct age to be Lucinda R. Munsey Davis. We have James C. Davis b. 1795 said to be the husband of Rachel Davis and Rachel Tilson but we have only found a marriage event for the marriage of James C. Davis and Rachel Tilson.
Another mystery is – Who is James C. Davis, b. 21 Mar 1818; d. 1849; listed in the Tilson Book?
So, did James C. Davis married Rachel Tilson or did he marry Rachel Davis?
[Author's Comments] My personal thoughts. Rachel Davis, daughter of Samuel and Lucinda did not marry James C. Davis. Rachel Davis, b. 1802 and Rachel Tilson, b. 12 June 1801 were of the same age. Samuel Davis and Lucinda Munsey did relocate to Washington County, Tennessee about 1818-1819. Most of the data that Harry Alexander Davis recorded about this family came from Samuel Davis Revolutionary War Pension application (S39406 NC). Harry A. Davis found the 1850 Census with Lucinda Davis, age 90 and realized this could be Rachel Davis Mother. I also believe this is Rachel Davis's mother or James C. Davis' Mother-in-Law. However, I believe Rachel Davis has passed away by 1850 and the wife in the 1850 household is Rachel Tilson.
Rachel Davis daughter of Samuel and Lucinda is my 1st Cousin 5 Times Removed.
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[1] Harry Alexander Davis, The Davis Family (Davies and David) in Wales and America: genealogy of Morgan David of Pennsylvania (Washington, D.C.: H. A. Davis, 1927), page 130.
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/18220/
[2] Mercer Verner Tilson, The Tilson Genealogy: from Edmond Tilson at Plymouth, N. E., 1638 to 1911 (Plymouth, England: The Memorial Press, 1911), page 167.
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/15162/
[3] 1850 U. S. Census, Washington County, Tennessee, population schedule, Subdivision 4, Washington, Tennessee, Page: 193(Stamped); Line 35, Dwelling 1270, Family 1298, Household of James C. DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 16 February 2022); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 898.
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