Thomas Lloyd Davis does not and never did exist. He’s the result of someone’s poor research methods and family researchers that keep propagating this falsehood by copying it from tree to tree.
Tombstone:
The first evidence of this obvious misrepresentation is Thomas Davis tombstone in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, where his name is clearly shown as Thos. Davis.1
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There is no “middle name” between Thos. and Davis. Lloyd’s S. C. Militia is the unit he was attached to during the Revolutionary War. Thomas Davis served under Capt. Thomas Lloyd. ,
Military Record & Pension File
His Revolutionary War military and pension file list his name as Thomas Davis. 2
This file consists of 43 images. Every document in this file that mentions the solder’s name referred to him as Thomas Davis. Never anywhere in these files is he referred to as Thomas Lloyd Davis or Thomas L. Davis. It’s always Thomas Davis.
Census:
Thomas Davis is listed in the 1790-1840 Censuses. In all 5 of these censuses he is listed as Thomas Davis with no middle name or initial. 3 4 5 6 7 8
1778 Petit Jury List – Cheraw District
“The Jury Lists of 1778 - 1779 were copied from the original handwritten lists on deposit at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History in Columbia, South Carolina (Compiled by Gelee Corley Hendrix and Morn McKoy Lindsay). The names in this book are in the same sequence as the original lists, and every effort was made to copy the names exactly as written, including misspellings.” 9 On this list as Thomas Davis.
Stub Entries for Indent 10
"Stub Entries to Indents issued in payment of Claims Against South Carolina", Book L-N, Edited by A.S. Salley, Jr., Secretary of the Historical Commission of South Carolina, Printed for The Historical Commission of South Carolina by The State Company, Columbia, SC, 1910, Page 276, No. 173, Lib N. Issued 29 Jan 1785 to Mr. Thomas Davis for four pounds 12/10 1/4 Sterling for 65 days duty done in the militia in 1782 account audited, ---Principal....L4..8..6 3/4, Interest 0..6..5.
John Calvin Davis Family Bible:
Thomas Davis died March the 20th 1845, Aged 85 years (exact). 11
This is just a sample of the documents I have and in every single case he is listed as Thomas Davis. I have not found a single document that lists his name as Thomas Lloyd or Thomas L. Davis.
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[1] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 1 January 2010); Memorial page for Thomas Davis; (26 March 1760–20 March 1845); Find a Grave memorial # 45431028, Citing Davis Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
[2] http://www.fold3.com/image/15484583/
[3] 1790 U. S. Census, Cheraw District, South Carolina, population schedule, St Thomas, Cheraws District, South Carolina, Page: 355; Line 133, Thomas DAVIS Household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 4 July 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm M637_11.
[4] 1800 U S Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page #105, Thomas Davis Household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 5 June 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M32_Roll 47.
[5] 1810 U S Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 554; Line 22, Household of Thomas DAVIS, Household of Thomas DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 January 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm M252_60.
[6]1820 Census of the United States, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 123; Line 22, Thomas Davis Household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 4 July 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm M 33_119.
[7] 1830 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 239; Line 14,, Household of Tho Davis Senior, Household of Tho Davis Senior; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 4 July 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm M19_172.
[8] 1840 U S Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 342, Thomas Davis Household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 5 July 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm M740_Roll 510.
[9] http://genealogytrails.com/scar/1778-79_jurylist8.htm#cheraw_petit
[10] A.S. Salley Jr., Stub Entries to Indents issued in payment of Claims Against South Carolina: Book L-N, (Columbia, South Carolina,: The State Company, 1910), page 276.
[11] Family data, John C. Davis Family Bible, Holy Bible, (New York: n.p., 1844); original owned in 2004 by Old Darlington District Genealogy Archives, [address for private use].
