Daniel Davis (1790 - 1848)

Husband of Hannah (Stoneman) Davis — married about 1808 in Virginia, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Name: Davis, Daniel

Gender: Male

Life Events

Birth 1790-05-13.^[1][2][3]

Burial Wallis Cemetery, 1848 in Windsor, Shelby, Illinois, United States of America. ^[1]

Death 1848-05-16.^[1][4]

Religious

Religion Methodist^[5]

Vocational

Occupation Blacksmith, about 1829 in Windsor, Shelby, Illinois, United States of America.^[4][6]

"Daniel Davis was one among the first settlers at the head of Sand creek; he was a blacksmith, although not an expert in his trade. He could mend a chain or clevis, and at that time was considered a very useful citizen."

"A set of blacksmith tools" is listed in the inventory in his probate documents.

Occupation Methodist minister; dedicated first Methodist church in Windsor, estimated from 1829 to 1840 in Windsor, Shelby, Illinois, United States of America.^[5][6][7]

"Windsor Circuit.--Methodism prevailed in this vicinity in the early settlement of the county. Preaching was furnished chiefly by the local preachers, sometimes visited by the itinerant from abroad. Dr. H. Buck, W. S. Prentice, Daniel Davis, Col. J. R. Reuben Ewing were among the pioneer preachers.

The first M. E. Church was erected in 1840, near Sulphur Springs, dedicated by Daniel Davis, L. P. It was a log house, 30 x 40 feet, door in side with a box pulpit in the opposite side, and a fire made of clay, walled with brick, without flue or chimney. Charcoal furnished by the members serving for fuel; the house was thus warmed for seven years.

In 1829 Rev. Daniel Davis was in Shelby Co., Ill. and organized the Methodist log meeting house called Upper Sand Creek."

Daniel Davis was a local minister, not a circuit, Methodist conference appointment minister. This means he held a spot somewhere in between layman and clergyman.

Occupation Farmer, about 1848 in Shelby, Illinois, United States of America.^[4]

"inventory:

one two horse waggon and sheet and [illegible], one ox waggon, one mare 4 years old, one mare two years old, one horse two years old, one horse supposed to be 14 years old, Seventeen head of sheep, 11 of new lambs, 11 five year old heifers, ten yearling steers, three cows and calves, seventeen heifer yearlings and Jersey[?] calf, one three year old Bull, Twenty pork[?] hogs, A set of Blacksmith tools, 3 Cl[illegible] Two Pl[illegible] and Three [illegible], one pair of doublelaces, and a pair of stretchers, Three single [illegible], and two [four illegible words], Three pair of [illegible], Five mare[?] saddles and a [illegible] saddle and 3 bridles, Two [illegible] cradles[?] and one [illegible] hook, one [illegible] hoe and spade, one clock and a pair of steelyards, one wash pot, and a linen pot, and a pair of hooks, two [illegible] and a skillet, and two shovels, one pair of Andersons[?] and a [illegible], Sixteen books, one arithmatic, and a Slate, 8 sett and a half of cups and saucers, one, one sett and a half of Plates and a sett of knives and forks, and 3 gallon jugs, 3 stone crocks, and a Milck Pitcher, one ceder chain[?], two painted Buckets, and washing tub and half bushel, two tubs, one barrel, and four hogshead, one meal tub, Twentyfive pounds of wool Rolls, and 30 hand full of flax, two wheels, 3 fancy bedsteads, 3 pair of Plain bedsteads, two oxes and a hand saw, one six quarter auger, one meh[?] chisel, and 2 [illegible], one smoothing iron, Three beds and bedding and a bow[?] and [illegible] seed[?], Six chairs and half a wheat face, 80 bushels of wheat, 300 bushels of old corn, five hundred dozen of oats, four hundred feet of plank, and a pair of sled runners, one table and a chest, and table cloth, fourteen dollars worth of medicine, Thirtyfive [illegible] and a ground[?] stove, and a pair of sheep shears, one pitchfork and a briar scythe, a one gallon jug, one fat stand and sope[?], one [illegible] square, one candle stick and moles[?], one bundle[?] and a half of spun cotton, one few[?] of coal, and meal sive[?], one [illegible] wedge, fifty stock hogs,"

Legal

Will Daniel Davis's will; Isham Davis and William F. Tull executors; John S. Turley and James Weeks witnesses; Isham Davis, William F. Tull, John S. Turley, Joel Reynolds, James Weeks, and William Baker bondsmen, 1848-04-25 in Shelby, Illinois, United States of America.^[4]

"Shelby County

Probate Court Record

Vol 2 Pg 329-334

Probate Court May 26th 1848

On this day the following will was filed, proved, admitted, and is hereby ordered to record.

In the name of God, Amen, I Daniel Davis of the County of Shelby and the State of Illinois, being weak in body but of sound mind and memory, do make, ordain, and establish this to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking all others, and I do hereby appoint Isham Davis and William F. Tull to be the Executors of my last will and testament,

1st, it is my will and desire that all my final debts be paid and that a sufficiency of my personal property be sold for that purpose.

2 After the payment of all my last debts and funeral expenses, it is my will they my dear and beloved wife keep, retain, and enjoy all my real and personal estate free from molestation so long as she should live, or so long as she should remain unmarried, but should [illegible] marry or at her death, it is then my will that my executors should sell all my real and personal property to be equally divided between all of my heirs. In testimony [illegible] I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, the 25th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty-eight, signed and acknowledged before us

John S. Turley

James Weeks

Daniel Davis {seal}

State of Illinois

Shelby County

On the 26th day of May AD 1848 came John Turley and James Weeks who being duly sworn according to law, doth in their oath state that they were present and saw the testator sign said will in their presence and acknowledge the same to be his and deed and that they believed the testator to be of sound mind and memory at the time of signing the same.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this

26th day of May AD 1848

David Evoy, F.J.P.

State of Illinois

Shelby County

Isham Davis and William F. Tull do solemnly swear that the [illegible] last will and testament of the above named Daniel Davis deceased so far as I know and believe, and that we will [illegible] by paying first the debts and then the legacies mentioned therein so far as his goods and cattles will thereunto extend and the law charges us, and that we will make a true and perfect inventory of all such goods and cattles, rights and creditors, as may come to our hands and knowledge belonging to the estate of the said deceased and [illegible] a fair and just account of our Executorship when thereunto required by law to the best of our knowledge and abilities, so help us God.

Isham Davis (his mark)

William F. Tull

Executor

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th day of May AD 1848, David Evoy, F.J.P.

Probate Court May 26th, 1848

Estate of Daniel Davis, dec’d, continued

On this the following bond was filed and affirmed and is hereby ordered to record. David Evoy F.J.P.

[Ilegible] known all men by these presents that we Isham Davis, William F. Tull, Joel Reynolds, John S. Tully, James Weeks, and William Baker of the County of Shelby and State of Illinois are held and firmly bound unto the People of the State of Illinois in the final sum of thirty-six hundred dollars, current money of the United States, for the payment of which well and truly to be made, we and each of us do bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly, severally, and firmly by these presents. Witness our hands and seals, this 26th day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.

The condition of the above obligation is such that if the above bound Isham Davis and William F. Tull, executors of the last will and testament of Daniel Davis, deceased, do make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods and chattles, rights and credits, [illegible] tenemants [?], and herediments [?], and the rents and profits issuing out of the hands, [illegible], or knowledge of the same Isham Davis and William F. Tull or into the [illegible] of any other person for these and the same so made to exhibit in the court of Probate for the said County of Shelby, as [illegible] by law, and also make and render a fair and just account of this acting, [illegible] as such executors to said court, when thereunto law fully [illegible] and to well and truly fulfill the duties enforced upon them in and of the said will, and shall moreover pay[?] and deliver to the persons entitled thereto, all the legacies and bequests, contained in said will, so far as the Estate of the said testator will thereunto extends [illegible] to the value thereof, and as the law shall charge them and shall in general do all other acts which may from time to time be required of them by them, then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full, freed, and [illegible].

Attest - David Evoy F.J.P.

Isham Davis (his mark) {seal}

William F. Tull {seal}

John S. Turley {seal}

Joel Reynolds {seal}

James Weeks {seal}

William Baker {seal}"

Residence

Residence between 1817 and 1827 in Washington, Tennessee, United States of America.^[8][9][10]

Residence about 1819 in Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States of America.^[11]

Residence Sand Creek: "Daniel Davis was one among the first settlers at the head of Sand creek.", 1828 in Windsor, Shelby, Illinois, United States of America. ^[6][12]

Census 1830 in Precint 4, Shelby, Illinois, United States of America.^[2]

Property Township: 12N; Range: 5E; Section: 23; Aliquots: E 1/2 NE 1/4, 1833-10-01 in Shelby, Illinois, United States of America.^[13]

Property Township: 12N; Range: 5E; 10 acres sold to illegible, 1837 in Shelby, Illinois, United States of America.^[14]

Property Township: 12N; Range: 5E; Section: 24; Aliquots: SW 1/4 SW 1/4; Acres: 40; Daniel Penn for $50.00, 1838-04-02 in Shelby, Illinois, United States of America.^[15]

Census 1840 in Shelby, Illinois, United States of America.^[3]

Property 268 acres total; Township: 12N; Range: 5E; Section: 24; Aliquots: SE 1/4 NW 1/4; Section: 23; Aliquots: 38 acres of SW 1/4 NE 1/4; E 1/2 NE 1/4; Section 16: 38 acres of S 1/2 W 1/2 SW 1/4, 1848-09-04.^[4]

The SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of Section 24

The E 1/4 NE 1/4 of Section 23

38 acres of the SW 1/4 NE 1/4 Section 23

W 1/4 NW 1/4 Section 24

30 acres of the S 1/4 W 1/4 SW 1/4 Section 16

All in Township 12, Range 5 East, in all 268 acres.

Township: 12N; Range: 5E;

Section: 24;

Aliquots: SE 1/4 NW 1/4;

Section: 23;

Aliquots: E 1/2 NE 1/4;

38 acres of SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Section 16;

38 acres of S 1/2 W 1/2 SW 1/4

Additional Information

Extra Fact son of a supply contractor^[7]

Extra Fact Relationship with Kickapoo Indians (see notes for more), about 1829 in Windsor, Shelby, Illinois, United States of America.^[7]

"There were only a few families on Sand Creek at that time, and it was the Kickapoo Indians who helped my grandfather to cut trees to build a cabin, and helped him through the first winter. About two or three years later the government removed several northern tribes of Indians and thousands and thousands of Indians followed the Okaw (Kaskaskia) river from Danville south and they camped on the bill on which the Fletcher Chapel Methodist cemetery was located later. It was very near my uncle Joe's place, but grandfather lived on upper Sand Creek about five miles east. My father said the Indians walked single file under army guards, and their weeping and wailing could be be heard clear to upper Sand Creek. They were half-starved and people on Sand Creek gave them corn.

Those who camped on the cemetery hill held a Christian service and Rev. Davis from Sand Creek preached for them with an interpreter. Many were less than half Indian, but the entire removal was so horrible that people on Sand Creek wept for the sufferers.

My father wept and grown men wept because the Indians had always been their friends."

Families

Spouse Stoneman, Hannah^[4]

Marriage Virginia, United States of America.^[16][17][4]

Hannah Davis listed as "widow" in probate documents.

Children

Davis, Sarah^[18]

Davis, William^[18]

Davis, Isham^[18]

Davis, Elizabeth^[18]

Davis, Hannah^[18]

Davis, Nancy^[18]

Davis, Mary Ann^[18]

Davis, Charles^[19][18]

Davis, James Storm^[19][18]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90526092 : accessed 12 April 2019), memorial page for Daniel Davis (13 May 1790–16 May 1848), Find A Grave Memorial no. 90526092, citing Wallis Cemetery, Windsor, Shelby County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Steve Williams (contributor 49059887) .
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPY-K3T  : accessed 5 April 2019), Daniel Davis, Precinct 4, Shelby, Illinois, United States; citing 151, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 23; FHL microfilm 7,648.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBJ-LL2  : 15 August 2017), Daniel Davis, Shelby, Illinois, United States; citing p. 190, NARA microfilm publication M704 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 70; FHL microfilm 7,644.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} Shelby County, Illinois, Probate Record 2: 329, Estate of Daniel Davis, 26 May 1848; Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) System, Springfield, Illinois. Information about requesting records from IRAD is available at http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/IRAD/irad.pdf
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Combined History of Shelby and Moultrie Counties, Illinois, with Illustrations Descriptive of Their Scenery, and Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Prominent Men and Pioneers (Philadelphia: Brink, McDonough, and Co., 1881), page 121, Methodist Church, Windsor circuit; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/combinedhistoryo00unse : accessed 5 April 2019).
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Combined History of Shelby and Moultrie Counties, Illinois, with Illustrations Descriptive of Their Scenery, and Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Prominent Men and Pioneers (Philadelphia: Brink, McDonough, and Co., 1881), page 236, Daniel Davis. Available at https://archive.org/details/combinedhistoryo00unse
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Gladys Forbes Richey, Tull research papers, "Information from Thomas E.Tull 1865-1955", retyped by Roy Juch in 1997, edited by Leon Chapman in 2000; original website is no longer functioning, but it can be accessed at https://web.archive.org/web/20160626041457/http://www.juch.net/gfrichey.htm : archived 26 June 2016.
8. ↑ Combined History of Shelby and Moultrie Counties, Illinois, with Illustrations Descriptive of Their Scenery, and Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Prominent Men and Pioneers (Philadelphia: Brink, McDonough, and Co., 1881), page 324, Patron List - Windsor Township. Available at https://archive.org/details/combinedhistoryo00unse
9. ↑ Geoffrey D. Rasmussen, East Tennessee Tax Records Index, Volume II: Washington County, 1822-1839 (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2005), page 56, Daniel Davis. Information about library holdings available at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61124921
10. ↑ Geoffrey D. Rasmussen, East Tennessee Tax Records Index, Volume I: Washington County, 1778-1821 (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2005), page 60, Daniel Davis. Information about library holdings available at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61124921
11. ↑ Combined History of Shelby and Moultrie Counties, Illinois, with Illustrations Descriptive of Their Scenery, and Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Prominent Men and Pioneers (Philadelphia: Brink, McDonough, and Co., 1881), page 267, James A. Andes. Available at https://archive.org/details/combinedhistoryo00unse
12. ↑ Portrait and Biographical Record of Shelby and Moultrie Counties, Illinois, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Prominent and Representative Citizens of the Counties[...] (Chicago: Biographical Publishing Company), page 557, William F. Tull. Available at https://archive.org/details/portraitbiographic00biogr
13. ↑ Daniel Davis (Shelby Co., Ill.), state volume patent accession no. IL0290__.042 "Patent Search," database with images, General Land Office Records (https://glorecords.blm.gov/search : accessed 12 April 2019).
14. ↑ Shelby County, Illinois, Deed Record 11: 485, Daniel Davis and Hannah his wife to Daniel Penn, April 1838; Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) System, Springfield, Illinois. Information about requesting records from IRAD is available at http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/IRAD/irad.pdf
15. ↑ Shelby County, Illinois, Deed Record 3: 282, Daniel Davis and Hannah his wife to [illegible], 1837; Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) System, Springfield, Illinois. Information about requesting records from IRAD is available at http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/IRAD/irad.pdf
16. ↑ "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900," text database, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7836&h=1171535  : accessed 12 April 2019), Daniel Davis and Hannah Stoneman"
17. ↑ Shelby County, Illinois, Marriage Record 1: 33, James Storm Davis and Fannie Stine, 29 August 1879; digital image; Marti Osborn to Jessica Hammond, email, 4 January 2019, "Re: Fannie C. Shaw"; privately held by Jessica Hammond. A less clear copy of the same record is available from Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) System, Springfield, Illinois. Information about requesting records from IRAD is available at http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/IRAD/irad.pdf
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 18.8} Shelby County, Illinois; Probate journal v. 3, 1850-1854; February 1852, page 137, estate of Elias Walker; available at FamilySearch, Film Number 1009192, Image Group Number 8116988, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVH-Y9SW-W : accessed 23 October 2022), image 483 of 797
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85S-TNZ : 12 April 2016), Mariah [Hannah] Davis household, Sand Creek, Shelby, Illinois, United States; citing family 56, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).