Catherine B. Davis, is my first cousin 4 times removed. She was born in March 1837 a daughter of Squire H. Brock and his wife Rachel Parker.
[1] Catherine married William L. Davis, born 1834, on March 2, 1857 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
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William L. Davis enlisted into the Civil War on August 25, 1861, Chesterfield, SC. He joined with Capt. Kelley’s Company, Chesterfield Artillery.
[3] His Civil War record shows his age as 27 years. he was issued a certificate of Disability and discharged February 28, 1962. He suffered an attack of pneumonia which affected his health.
[4]
After his discharge from the military, William and Catherine stayed put in Chesterfield until after their 4th child was born in 1869. By Census day 1870 they were in Duval County, Florida.
[5] It’s quite possible they thought the weather was better suited for William‘s health than it was in the Carolinas.
William’s occupation is recorded as a laborer in 1870 and a fisherman in the 1880 Census.
On July 3rd, 1891, William L. Davis was killed by lightning near Woodtown on St. Johns River, 10 miles from Jacksonville in Duval County.
[6] Catherine was left a widow with several small children.
On July 24, 1909, Catherine B. Davis filed a widow's pension application (# A03212) for service of William L. Davis, (J. C. Coit's Chesterfield Light Artillery); citing National Archives microfilm publication "M267, Civil War Service Records, South Carolina."
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The pension application was approved on 9 September 1909 and Catherine was awarded a total of $120 per annum or $10.00 monthly.
This pension record contained a tremendous amount of genealogical information about both William and Catherine Brock Davis.
They were married for 34 years 4 months and 1 day. They had a total of seven (7) children; five sons and two daughters.
Catherine Brock Davis died July 2, 1917 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.
[8] She is buried in the Old Jacksonville City Cemetery.
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[1] 1900 U. S. Census, Duval County, Florida, population schedule, Jacksonville City, Duval County, Florida, enumeration district (ED) #43, Page 181B, Line 79, Family 56, Dwelling 59, Household of James DAVIS; digital images,
Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2008); citing NARA publication Roll: T623, Roll 167.
[2] Division of Library & Information Services, "Florida Civil War Pension; Confederate Pension Applications," digital images,
floridamemory.com (http://www.floridamemory.com : viewed March 2012), Catherine B. Davis, Application #A03212; citing for service in the Civil War of Her husband William L. Davis; J. C. Coit's Chesterfield Light Artillery.
[3] "Civil War Service Records, South Carolina," digital images, iArchives,
Fold3 (http://www.fold3.com/image/77193666 : viewed March 2012), William L. Davis; citing M267, Civil War Service Records, South Carolina; Capt. J. C. Coit's Company, Chesterfield Light Artillery.
[4] Ibid.
[5] 1870 U. S. Census, Duval County, Florida, population schedule, Mandarin, Duval County, Florida, Page 572A, Line 11, Family 470, Dwelling 398, Household of William L. DAVIS; digital images,
Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2007); citing NARA publication Roll: M593_129.
[6] Division of Library & Information Services, "Florida Civil War Pension; Confederate Pension Applications," digital images,
floridamemory.com (http://www.floridamemory.com : viewed March 2012), Catherine B. Davis, Application #A03212; citing for service in the Civil War of Her husband William L. Davis; J. C. Coit's Chesterfield Light Artillery.
[7] Ibid.
[8] Jim Tipton, Find A Grave, digital image, http://findagrave.com; Headstone for Catherine B. Davis; (1837–2 July 1917); Memorial # 57125615; Record of the Old Jacksonville City Cemetery; Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA; Accessed on March 2012.
[9] Ibid.
