It’s Family Time~The Family of Sarah Ann Brock Davis

 Sarah Ann Brock, daughter of Samuel W. Brock and his wife Martha was born 1826 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. No birth date has been found for Sarah Ann; but, based on the 1850 Census her birth year is 1826. She was the first known child and had 8 siblings.

About 1868, Sarah Ann, now age  34, married Leonard Davis, age 31. Her only child was born 28 Aug 1869, Also in 1872 her Father deeded her Land using her married name, Sarah Davis.  

Sarah Ann reported her age  in the 1860 Census to be 26 after reporting that she was 24 in the 1850 Census. This author believed a birth year of 1826 is the most probable date without any supporting documents. These two Censuses are the only documents we have of her age. However, as an added note, her parents had Sarah and three other children before the birth of Calvin (their fifth child) on 22 February 1832. Five children between 1826 and 1832 is possible and probable.    

Leonard Davis and Sarah Ann Brock had the following child:

  i. Mariah Tabitha "Massie" Davis, born 28 Aug 1869, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married John Frazier Teal, abt 1886, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 7 May 1938, Sikos, Scotland County, North Carolina.

Sarah Ann (Brock) Davis died after 1880 at the age of 54 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. 

After the death of Sarah Ann Brock Davis, Leonard married Martha E. Preslar, daughter of Levi Preslar and Lydia Diggs. In the 1900 Census for Chesterfield County, Leonard and Martha reported that they had been married 16 years with 2 children, both living.  In the 1910 Census, Leonard Davis reported that this was his second marriage, his wife's first. They had been married 23 years.

1900 Chesterfield  County SC Census

1910 Chesterfield  County SC Census

Based in this report we can say that Sarah Ann (Brock) Davis died after the 1880 Census was enumerated and before the marriage of Leonard Davis and Martha Presley in 1884 or 1887. No obituary, death notice or tombstone has been found for Sarah Ann (Brock) Davis.  

Leonard had two children with his marriage to Martha Preslar and was last found in the 1910 Census for Chesterfield County, South Carolina. No obituary, death notice, death certificate or tombstone has been found for Leonard Davis.   

Sarah Ann (Brock) Davis is my 1st Cousin 4X Removed.

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        1. 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, , Page: 168A; Line 29, Dwelling 1070, Family 1070, Household of Samuel BROCK; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 1 April 2012); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.

        2. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 118; Line 32, Dwelling 347, Family 346, Household of Samuel BROCK; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed March 2012); citing  National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.

       3. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Deed Book 8: pages 358-359, Samuel Brock to Sarah Davis  Land Deed; Register of Deeds, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

        4. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 002, Page 287A; Line 27, Dwelling 521, Family 525;, Household of  Leonard DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 March 2011); citing  National Archives Microfilm T9-1225.

        5. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0017, Page 16B/35 (stamped), Line 94, Dwelling 302, Family 302, Household of Leonard Davis; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 30 March 2013); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_Roll: 1523.

        6. 1910 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0037, Page 10B/136 (stamped); Line 91, Dwelling 178, Family 178, Household of Leonard DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 30 March 2013); citing National Archives Microfilm T624_1455.