Chesterfield County SC~Estate Folder #24 – Guardianship-Thomas P. Davis Estate

This is a new series of posting, appearing every Sunday, on selected Estate Folders from the Estate files of Chesterfield County. No known estates exist for the period before the Civil War. They were destroyed with the burning of the Courthouse. There are a few “Equity Records” in the State Archives. Do not overlook this valuable resource if you are looking for ancestors in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.  

Today we will be looking at the following Estate folder:
 
Folder #24
W. D. Davis

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19383-29278-16?cc=1911928
 
Folder #24 is in regards to the estate of Thomas P. Davis in which petitions are being made to appoint J. W. Davis as guardian of the under aged children of Thomas P. Davis and Nancy [Massey] Davis, his wife.

The estate folder begins at image 41 of 709. There are 6 images within the estate folder. (images 41-46). There are two key documents within this folder; the other four are just legal documents required by the probate system.

Image 42
 



Transcription of Image 42
State of South Carolina
Chesterfield County
Ex Parte J. W. Davis for M. D. Davis H. L. Davis J. N. Davis T. C. Davis
1. That M. D. Davis H. L. Davis J. N. Davis & T. C. Davis are Infants over the age of fourteen years and is entitled to an interest in the said estate of about five Dollars each.
2. That said M. D. Davis H. L. Davis J. N. Davis & T. C. Davis has no guardian in this state with which the administrator can settle and from whom he can get a final discharge and petition is desirous of having a Guardian appointed for them and J. W. Davis is a suitable person for such Guardian wherefore petitioner prays that J. W. Davis be appointed Guardian of said M. D. Davis H. L. Davis J. N. Davis & T. C. Davis with all the powers and liabilities incident there to and your petitioner ever prays.

M. D. Davis

H. L. Davis

J. N. Davis

T. C. Davis

The children named within this document are: Minnie D. Davis (daughter); Helen Laura Davis (daughter); John Nelson Davis (Son) and Thomas Colson ‘Coke’ Davis (Son).
I believed the guardian chosen for these children was their uncle John Wesley Davis.

Image 44
 
 
Transcription of Image 44
State of South Carolina
Chesterfield County
In Re Estate T. P. Davis
Ex Parte Nancy Davis for J. M. Davis Hattie Davis & W. J. Davis – The petition of Nancy Davis
1. That she is the Mother of the above named children and that that she has the care of them and that J. W. Davis is a suitable person to act as Guardian.
2. That J. M. Davis Hattie Davis & W. J. Davis are Infants under the age of fourteen years and is entitled to an interest in the said estate of about five Dollars each.
3. That the said J. M. Davis Hattie Davis & W. J. Davis has no guardian in this state with which the administrator can settle and from whom he can get a final discharge and petition is desirous of having a Guardian appointed for them and J. W. Davis is a suitable person for such Guardian wherefore petitioner prays that J. W. Davis be appointed Guardian of said children with all the powers and liabilities incident there to and your petitioner ever prays.

s/Nancy Davis

The children named within this document are: James Murray Davis (Son); Hattie Davis (daughter) and William Jefferson Davis (Son).
 
Nancy was left as a widow with seven children, under the age of 21, to care for when her husband Thomas P. Davis died on  13 November 1885.
 
 
 
 






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[1] Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Probate Files & Loose papers, Thomas P. "T. P." DAVIS; digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: viewed 12 December 2012); Probate Folder #24 for Thomas P. DAVIS.
[2] "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19383-29278-16?cc=1911928 : accessed 23 January 2016), Chesterfield > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1927 > Cases 0023-0064 > image 41 of 709; county courthouses, South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.

Military Monday – Pvt. Thomas P. Davis

Thomas P. Davis, born 5 Oct 1837 was a son of John Calvin Davis and Charlotte Hurst Davis.

When the Civil War started in January 1861, Thomas and his wife Nancy Jane were expecting their 2^nd child. She (Charlotte) was born 7 April 1861. Thomas’ first cousin Capt. Benjamin Thomas Davis was in the process of signing up a group of men to fight in the War. Their unit was designated the 21^st South Carolina Infantry, Capt. B. T. Davis Company.

On 20 December 1861 Thomas P. Davis enlisted as a Private into his cousin's unit – The 21^st SCV Inf. Thomas was twenty-five (25) years old.

Thomas P. Davis Civil War Record on-line at Fold3.com contains 12 images. It’s obvious by the dates that many images are missing. These missing pieces may be available at the National Archives in Washington, DC.[1]

Image #1 - Muster Card – Index of other card numbers

Image #2 - Muster Card – dated Georgetown, January 10, 1862 –Enlisted at Chesterfield on 20 December 1861 as a Private by Capt. B. T. Davis for 12 months.

Image #3 - Muster Card – dated March – April 1862 - Present

Image #4 - Muster Card – dated November – December 1863 – Enlisted at Chesterfield on 19 November 1863 as a Private by Capt. B. T. Davis for 12 months - Present, Due Bounty $50.00

Image #5 - Muster Card – dated January – February 1864 – Present, Due Bounty $50.00 – Last paid December 31, 1861 by Capt. McDuffie

Image #6 - Muster Card – dated April 30 – August 31, 1864 – Enlisted at Chesterfield on 19 November 1863 as a Private by Capt. B. T. Davis for 12 months – Absent – Wounded Hospital – Due Bounty $50.00.

Image #7 - Muster Card – dated April 30 – August 31, 1864 – Absent – Wounded Hospital – Due Bounty

Image #8 - Muster Card – dated 1 May – 30 June 1864 – paid 25 Dec 1864 <sic> Most likely 1863 sum of $27.60

Image #9 – Hospital Card – dated May 16, 1864, Chimborazo Hospital No. 5, Richmond, Virginia – admitted 16 May 1864 – Transferred 20 May 1864 to Winder Hospital at Camp Winder

Image #10 – Hospital Card – dated May 20, 1864, Chimborazo Hospital No. 5, Richmond, Virginia –Transferred 20 May 1864 to Winder Hospital

Image #11 – Hospital Card – dated May, 1864, Chimborazo Hospital No. 5, Richmond , Virginia –Disease- V S left hand [gunshot wound in left hand]

Image #12 – Clothing Receipt – receipt for Clothing, 2d S. C. Hospital, Florence, SC – Date of Issue: 19 December 1864

This completes the Civil war record for Thomas P. Davis. Between his two enlistments and after the War, Thomas P. and Nancy Jane Davis family grew by 12 more children for a total of 14 children; 9 daughters and 5 sons.

Thomas P. Davis died on 13 November 1885[2]; his wife Nancy Jane Massey Davis died 20 Dec 1896[3]. They are buried in the Kite Cemetery, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

Thomas was my 1st Cousin 4 times removed.
 

Tombstone Photo Courtesy of Julious Burr

 

Thomas P. Davis

b. 5 Oct 1837

d. 13 Nov 1885

Civil War Soldier - Rest in Peace

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[1] Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (http://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 27 August 2011), entry for Thomas P. DAVIS, Private; Co. E, 21st Regt. Infantry; Confederate.
[2] Jim Tipton, Find A Grave, digital image, http://www.findagrave.com; Headstone for Thomas P. Davis; (5 October 1837–18 November 1885); Memorial # 40199290; Record of the Kite Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA; Accessed on 27 October 2011.
[3] Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Probate Files & Loose papers, Nancy [Massey] DAVIS; digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: viewed 10 October 2012); Estate Papers, folder 595, Image 891, Nancy DAVIS died 20 December 1896.
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