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Thomas A. Davis

Born 16 Jan 1831 in Buckeye Run, Doddridge County, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Son of William B. Davis and Martha (Hughes) Davis

Brother of Polina A (Davis) Ford, Jonathan H Davis, Greenberry S Davis, Marion Huges Davis, Alvin Marcellus Davis, Sarah Ann (Davis) Lang, Leah Ellen (Davis) Mount, Amaretta (Davis) Maxwell, Manerva (Davis) Lewin and Thomas E. Davis

Husband of Mary (Martin) Davis — married after 1850 in Doddridge County Virginia

[uncertain]

[children unknown]

Died [date unknown] [location unknown]

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Profile last modified 16 Oct 2018 | Created 22 Apr 2014

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1 Biography
- 1.1 1850 census
- 1.2 1860 census
2 Citations
3 Acknowledgments
4 Sources

Biography

Thomas Davis was born on 16 January 1831 in Buckeye Run, Doddridge County, Virginia, the second of eleven children and the oldest of six sons of William Davis and Martha Hughes.

1850 census

Thomas A Davis appears in the 1850 United States Federal Census as a 19-year-old single literate carpenter and schoolboy with no real property living with an unknown small family.

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1850 census for Thomas A. Davis

Name: Thomas A Davis; Age: 19; Birth Year: c1831; Birthplace: Virginia; Home in 1850: District 13, Doddridge County, Virginia; Gender: Male; Family Number: 371.

Household Members: Name Age

Isaac C Williams 25

Jane Williams 23

Ann E J Williams 0

Thomas A Davis 19.^[1]

On 18 January of an unknown year he married Mary Martin.

1860 census

Thomas A Davis appears in the 1860 United States Federal Census as a married 29-year-old farm hand with $100 in real property living with his wife, Mary, and two small children, both sons.

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1860 census for Thomas A. Davis

Name: Thomas Davis Age:

29; Birth Year: c1831 Gender: Male Birth Place: Virginia Home in 1860: Green, Gallia, Ohio Post Office: Rodney Dwelling Number: 108 Family Number: 108 Occupation: Farm Hand Personal Estate Value: 100 Household Members: Name Age Thomas Davis 29 Mary Davis 27 Edgar Davis 3 Elenore Davis 1.^[2]

Citations

Acknowledgments

Davis-22300 was created by Catherine Fisher through the import of Wolverton-Fisher Family Tree(1)_2014-04-03.ged on Apr 3, 2014.

Sources

1850 Census, District 13, Doddridge County, Virginia; Roll M432_942, Page 27A, Image 59 (49 of 62), Ancestry.com. Transcription URL: https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=Wwz621&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=1850usfedcenancestry&qh=/562OAUbD9wfofJp5nNqYA%3D%3D&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=thomas%20a&gsfn_x=0&gsln=davis&gsln_x=0&msbdy=1831&msbpn__ftp=Virginia,%20USA&msbpn=49&mssng=mary&_83004003-n_xcl=f&MSAV=1&uidh=qrs&MSV=1&pcat=USFEDCEN&fh=0&h=14992782&recoff=&ml_rpos=1. Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/8054/4206196_00059?pid=14992782&backurl=https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DWwz621%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3D1850usfedcenancestry%26qh%3D/562OAUbD9wfofJp5nNqYA%253D%253D%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Dthomas%2520a%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Ddavis%26gsln_x%3D0%26msbdy%3D1831%26msbpn__ftp%3DVirginia,%2520USA%26msbpn%3D49%26mssng%3Dmary%26_83004003-n_xcl%3Df%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Dqrs%26MSV%3D1%26pcat%3DUSFEDCEN%26fh%3D0%26h%3D14992782%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Wwz621&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true. Accessed 16 Oct 2018.

1860 Census, Green, Gallia County, Ohio; Roll M653_966, Page 323, Image 18 of 36, Family History Library Film 803966, Ancestry.com. Transcription URL: https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=Wwz629&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&qh=LX8B436uYOjZnU%2B0uAUJHQ%3D%3D&db=1860usfedcenancestry&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=thomas%20a&gsfn_x=0&gsln=davis&gsln_x=0&msbdy=1831&msbdy_x=1&msbpn__ftp=Virginia,%20USA&msbpn=49&_83004003-n_xcl=f&MSAV=0&uidh=qrs&pcat=USFEDCEN&fh=0&h=43335716&recoff=&ml_rpos=1. Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/7667/4282511_00327?pid=43335716&backurl=https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DWwz629%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26qh%3DLX8B436uYOjZnU%252B0uAUJHQ%253D%253D%26db%3D1860usfedcenancestry%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26gsfn%3Dthomas%2520a%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Ddavis%26gsln_x%3D0%26msbdy%3D1831%26msbdy_x%3D1%26msbpn__ftp%3DVirginia,%2520USA%26msbpn%3D49%26_83004003-n_xcl%3Df%26MSAV%3D0%26uidh%3Dqrs%26pcat%3DUSFEDCEN%26fh%3D0%26h%3D43335716%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Wwz629&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true. Accessed 16 Oct 2018.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:

Chuck Davis : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup I-L160, FTDNA kit #320654

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:

~3.12% Chuck Davis : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A797692 [compare], Ancestry member PENNHUNTER
~0.78% Mary Carroll : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member MColageo
~0.78% Carolyn Calhoun : AncestryDNA
~0.78% W Cress : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #65789