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William Davis Sr. (1765 - 1831)

William Davis Sr.
Born in Orange, Virginiamap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , , , [half] and [half]
Husband of — married 5 Feb 1789 in Orange County, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , , , , and
Died at age 66 in Wilkes, Georgia, United Statesmap
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NSSAR Ancestor #: P145112
Rank: Private
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William Davis Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A030759.
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William Davis Sr. was a Virginia colonist.

Biography

William Davis was born on January 7, 1765 in Orange County, Virginia. He was the son of Jonathan Davis and Lucy Gibbs. At the age of 16, his service began in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted as a private serving under General Lafayette. He was shot in the forehead during his service, and also received the General's Powder Horn as a gift for his bravery during the war.[1]

William also became a Baptist Minister, becoming ordained first in Virginia in 1788, and then in Georgia in 1793. A year after becoming ordained, he married Nancy Easton in Orange County, Virginia.[2] They had 12 children together, and three of them became preachers.


Parents and Siblings:

Jonathan Davis
Lucy Gibbs m. 1756 Orange, Virginia, USA
Child: Susanna Davis **
Child: Elizabeth Davis **
Child: John Davis **
Child: James Davis **
Child: Jonathan Davis **
Child: John Gardner Davis ***
Child: Mary Davis
Child: Reuben Davis
Child: William M Davis

Lucy Davis Mildred Davis


Residence: 1782 Mecklenburg County, V
Residence: 1820 Capt Maxwells District, Elbert, Georgia, United States
Residence: 1820 Wilkes, Georgia, USA


Spouse and Children: Nancy Easton m. 05 FEB 1789 Orange, Virginia, USA Elizabeth Davis William Davis Tabitha Davis James Davis Reuben Davis Lucy Davis Jonathan Davis Nancy Davis Jeptha Davis Isaac Davis Jesse Davis

Will

Will of William Davis. Wilkes Co., GA, Original Wills 1790-1852, written 1 Mar 1831, proved 7 Nov 1831. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://preview.tinyurl.com/un4p84x

wife Nancy Davis
daughter Nancy E. Davis
I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Orr now dead one negroe woman Amy with (further?) property to the amount of eight hundred dollars to her and her heirs forever.
daughter Lucy Henderson; William Henderson her husband
son William Davis
son Jonathan Davis
son Jeptha V. Davis
son Isaac (N. ?) Davis
son James Davis
son Jesse M. Davis
daughter (Tabitha? Talitha?) C. Stephens
my two grand sons Robert & William (Orr?)
grand daughter Amanda M Orr
Exrs: my two sons Jepthae V. Davis & Isaack Davis
Wit: Jonathan Phillips, Edward D Little, Abner Reeves

Sources

  1. ↑ Clark, Henry William A genealogy of the Davis family (Clark, Harrisburg, PA, Place, 1905)
  2. ↑ Virginia, Orange County Marriage Records, 1757-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP1G-LT5 : 5 December 2014), William Davis and Nancy Easton, 05 Feb 1789; citing , , County Courthouse, Orange; FHL microfilm 33,031.
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Will of Jonathan Davis- Mentions sons James, William & John Davis, daughters Mary Phillips & son-in-law David Phillips, Lucy Goodall, Mildred Phillips, Susannah Goss, & Elizabeth Hitchcock.
"Jonathan Davis of Orange County Virginia and Wilkes County Georgia and Some of His Descendants", by Mildred Davis Davidson The Library of Congress (LC Control Number: 95232610. LC Call Number: CS71.D26 1994d). This reference sites many court records.

http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogyofdavis00clar/genealogyofdavis00clar_djvu.txt https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78283908





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I have a copy of his will if one of you would like one please contact me and I will email it to you.

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Davis-27551 and Davis-19588 appear to represent the same person because: Appear to be the same person, because they have the same birth and death date and other vital information look the same.
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