Elizabeth (Daughdrill) Davis (abt. 1786)

Born about 1786 in North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of James Davis — married 21 Feb 1801 in South Carolina

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Perry County, Mississippi

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Biography

Elizabeth was born about 1786. Elizabeth Daughdrill ... ^[1]

Children

James Davis, II and Elizabeth Daughdrill were married 21 FEB 1801

1. Sarah Davis ABT 1803 - ABT 1879, married John Anderson, born 1794
2. Harrison Davis, married a head
3. Jane Davis 1812 -, married Robert Brown, lived at the Kiln
4. James Davis, III 1814 - married Jane Swetman
5. Elizabeth Davis 1815 - married Thomas Batson III
6. Eddings Davis 1816, married Virginia Stewart of Stewart Town
7. Christopher Edward Davis 1816 -
8. William Davis 1818, married Sarah Bounds
9. Carolyn Davis 1820 - 1902 married Zachariah Daughdrill
10. John Harrell Davis 1826 - married Rebecca Stewart of Stewart Town
11. Elmira Davis 1822 married Henry Daughdrill, 2nd Rev, Edward Fortenberry of Society Hill^[2]

JAMES DAVIS and family came to Miss. Territory on a Georgia Passport, data. Thurs., 29 Mar 1810. Designated as travelling with them (named on same passport), were: JAMES DAUGHDRILL, his wife and 5 ch, JAMES DAVIS, his wife and 4 ch, and JAMES DAVIS' mother in law and her 2 ch.^[3][4]

The first residence of James Davis, Jr. and Elizabeth Daughdrill Davis was in an area commonly called "The Upper Pascagoula River District." It was not far from Mt. Vernon and East of Fort Stoddert in what is now the State of Alabama. They were living there when the Massacre took place at Fort Mims. They then moved to a place near Mobile Point, which later was called Barnwell(Baldwin County, Alabama). This was a part of the Mississippi Territory at the time they lived there but became a part of Alabama when the State was created. This family later moved to Perry County, Mississippi.^[5]

The children of James Davis, Jr. and Elizabeth Daughdrill Davis born before 1816 all said they were born in South Carolina up to 1810, and from 1810 to 1816 said they were born in Alabama. This family must have moved to Perry County, Mississippi, in or after 1816.^[6]

In 1858 Elizabeth Daughdrill Davis applied to obtain Bounty Land on her husband's record in the War of 1812. She stated in her application that she was Elizabeth Daughdrill before she married James Davis in Barnwell District, South Carolina, and that she was age 72 and a resident of Perry County, Mississippi. She stated that her husband died on the Black Warrior in the State of Alabama. Their last child was born in 1826 and the name of her husband James Davis, Jr. is missing from the 1830 U.S. Census of Perry County, Mississippi.^[7][8]

Sources

• Michelle Ladner, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Michelle and others.

1. ↑ Entered by Michelle Ladner, Oct 5, 2012
2. ↑ The Batson family in Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia, ... Bornemann, Vivian (Davis)
3. ↑ Passports of southeastern pioneers, 1770-1823 : Indian, Spanish and other land passports for Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia, North and South Carolina / Dorothy Williams Potter. page 259
4. ↑ The Batson family in Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia, ... Bornemann, Vivian (Davis)
5. ↑ The Batson family in Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia, ... Bornemann, Vivian (Davis)
6. ↑ The Batson family in Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia, ... Bornemann, Vivian (Davis)
7. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~daughdrill/3rdgeneration.html
8. ↑ The Batson family in Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia, ... Bornemann, Vivian (Davis)