It’s Family Time~Samuel Davis, Sr. and Lucinda Munsey

Samuel Davis, Sr. was born September 1757 in Marion County, South Carolina. He was the son of the Rev. David Davis and his wife Jane Miles. He was the fourth of 6 sons and one daughter born to David and Jane Davis. My 4th Great Grandfather, Thomas Davis, was their youngest child. 

Samuel Davis’ Revolutionary War Pension shows that Samuel moved to North Carolina before 1776 and enlisted for service in the Revolutionary War  in Bute County in April 1776 serving in Capt. Turner’s Company, Col. Sumner's regiment, 3rd NC Continental Line. Ha also served 8 months in the SC Militia,

Samuel Davis married Lucinda R. Munsey in 1783. Where the marriage took place is unknown but it could have been in Bute County, North Carolina. 

Samuel is said to have moved to North Carolina before 1776, spent 14 years in Bute County before moving back to South Carolina where he spent 15 years before moving to Tennessee in 1818. The Numbers just do not add up.  

Before their move to Tennessee, Samuel and Lucinda Davis would increase their family to 10 or 11 children; 4 daughter and 6 or 7 sons. The first born in 1795 in North Carolina  and the last born in 1809 in South Carolina. 

See Revolutionary War_S39406 NC. Samuel applied for his pension on 9 October 1819 in Tennessee.

Samuel Davis received a Revolutionary War Land Grant on 18 Oct 1800; Certificate#16941. Tennessee General Land Grants; Roll 43: Book T, page 61. On 25 September 1822 in 3 separate land transaction he sold 456 acres of land in Madison County, Tennessee. The 228 acres tract was the tract labeled certificate #16941. This tract he sold to Warham Easley.  

Samuel Davis, Sr. died at age 83, on 8 June 1840 in Warren County, Tennessee. No tombstone has been found. Lucinda R. (Munsey) is with her Daughter-in-law, Rachel (Tilson) Davis and her husband James Cade Davis. I have no proof that James Cade Davis is the son of Lucinda (Munsey) Davis but it makes sense since she is listed in the Household. 

1850 Census, Washington County, Tennessee

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Lucinda R. (Munsey) died abt 1851. No record of her death has yet been found. 

Samuel Davis and Lucinda R. Munsey had the following children:

 i. Benjamin Munsey Davis, born abt 1785, Bute County, North Carolina.

 ii. Samuel Davis Jr., born abt 1787, Bute County, North Carolina; married Jane Richardson, abt 1819; died abt 1845/6.

 iii. James U. Davis was born about 1789 in Bute County, North Carolina. He died.

 iv. David Davis, born abt 1791, Bute County, North Carolina; married Margaret Fowler, bef 1829.

 v. Lucinda Davis was born about 1794 in Bute County, North Carolina.

vi. Frances Davis, born abt 1797, Bute County, North Carolina; married Jonathan Davis, 1812; died 1854.

vii. Joseph H. Davis, born abt 1806, South Carolina; married Hannah Lamb, 12 Jul 1828, Maury, Tennessee.

vii. Rachel Davis was born about 1802 in Chester District, South Carolina. She lived in 1818–1819. She appeared in the census in 1850.

ix. Mary C. Davis was born about 1806.

x. William Davis, born abt 1809, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; married Priscilla Bryant, bef 1840, Alabama; died bef 17 May 1861, Attala County, Mississippi.

James Cade Davis may also be a son of Samuel and Lucinda R. (Munsey} Davis

• James Cade Davis, born 15 Jan 1795, Bute County, North Carolina; married Rachel Tilson, 12 Sep 1822, Washington, Tennessee; died 24 Oct 1855, Washington County, Tennessee.

Samuel Davis, Sr. is my 4th Great Grand Uncle and by marriage Lucinda R. Munsey is my 4th Great Grand Aunt.

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1. Madison County, Tennessee, DEED BOOK 1: Page 159-160, Samuel Davis Deed to Warham Easley; Register of Deeds, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee.

2. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, microfilm publication M804 (Washington, DC: 

3. Samuel DAVIS, compiled military record (1776-1778), Rev. War Pension and Land-Bounty Application Files, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm publication M804, Roll 766.

4. Samuel DAVIS, Warrant or Survey Number: 3361, 18 October 1800; Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Certificate No. 16941; Dept. of Archives and History, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

5. 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.

6. Tennessee Genealogy Trails, Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy, Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revolution (http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/revwarsoldiers.html : viewed 16 June 2022), Samuel Davis, , Service in Revolutionary War.