Thomas Ralph Davis (1790 - 1872)

Born 11 Feb 1790 in Moore County, NC

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Died 17 May 1872 at age 82 in Mitchell County, GA

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Biography

According to the History of Wilkinson County, Thomas R. Davis was of English descent and came from North Carolina to Georgia in the early years of the 19th century. He married Nancy Owens, of Scot-Irish descent. They settled on a farm near Hopewell Church in Burke County and reared a family of 12 children - 3 daughters and 9 sons. In about 1858, he moved his family (except for three sons) from Burke County to Mitchell County

A different version, an oral history from Jack Dodson give to Bob Taylor (Ancestry.com) Thomas R Davis was born in Moore Co., N.C. in 1789, the son of a Revolutionary solder,Ralph Davis 1745-1811 and Jane (Dye)Davis 1747-died before 1811.Both parents died in Moore Co.,N.C.. Ralph Davis left a will naming sons Thomas and Buckner and son-in-law,Nathan Maples (husband of daughter,Temperance) Temperance married Nathan Maples(her 1st cousin) in about 1810,and moved to Decatur Co., Ga. in the 1820'S and became huge landowners. having land on both sides of the Flint River, They later moved into Baker County (now Mitchell County). Thomas R Davis and eight of his twelve children migrated to Mitchell Co., Ga in about 1861. One of his sons, Thomas Ralph Davis came to Baker Co. in about 1858, and worked as a plantation overseer until 1861 when he moved to his Father's plantation near Hopeful (Mitchell Co., Ga.) Three sons migrated to Wilkinson Co., Ga. The migration path of Thomas R Davis was from Moore Co., N.C.to Burke Co. Ga. and later to Mitchell Co., Ga. He moved to Burke Co., Ga. about 1821, married Nancy Owen. All of the children were born while they lived in Burke Co. Nancy Owen Davis died about 1858 in Burke Co. .

In 1860, his household consisted of the following.^[1]

Edmond Rachels 13

Alexander Rachels 9

Thomas Davis 65

John M Davis 19

Joshua C Davis 17

David B Davis

Frances V Davis 14

Berrian C Davis 12

Maryann Rachaels 34

Thomas died on 17 May 1872 and was buried in Hopeful Baptist Church Cemetery, Camilla, Mitchell County, Georgia, United States.^[2]

(See attached copy of will)

Research Notes

Ralph Davis and wife Jane Dye

Thomas Ralph - sibling- Temperance

David B - - - - - 1C - - - - Israel Maples

We see David in Israel's Household in 1870. Widowed Israel Maples went on to marry Margaret Hamilton, the former Mrs Augustus Jones at the time they married. Israel's first cousin, David B Davis, married Elizabeth Jones, daughter of Augustus and Margaret.

Sources

1. ↑ 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
   The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Greshams District, Burke, Georgia; Roll: M653_112; Page: 943; Family History Library Film: 803112
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #10773602 (accessed 5 February 2023)
   Thomas Davis (65), Planter, in Greshams District, Burke, Georgia. Born in North Carolina.
2. ↑ Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave™ Index, 1600s-Current"
   Find a Grave™. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #18087998
   Ancestry Record 60525 #92499741 (accessed 5 February 2023)
   Thomas Ralph Davis burial (died on 17 May 1872) in Hopeful Baptist Church Cemetery, Camilla, Mitchell County, Georgia, United States of America.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18087998/thomas-ralph-davis: accessed 16 January 2023), memorial page for Thomas Ralph Davis (11 Feb 1790–17 May 1872), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18087998, citing Hopeful Baptist Church Cemetery, Camilla, Mitchell County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Wes Phinney (contributor 46596535).

• 1870 United States Federal Census

Georgia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 History of Wilkinson County U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Moore County , N.C. Census Census Records of Burke County, Ga. Census Records of Baker County, Ga.

History of Mitchell County, Ga. Hopeful Baptist Church Records, Burke County, a. National Archives & Records, Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865 Washington Memorial Library, Macon, Ga., Genealogical & Historial Room CSA Pension Records Wills of Ralph Davis & Thomas R Davis (will reads Thomas Davis) Family Records The grave marker for Thomas R Davis is the only conf

• Death of son Thomas R Davis: "Georgia, U.S., Death Records, 1914-1940"
  Georgia Department of Health and Vital Statistics; Atlanta, Georgia
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2562 #60066632 (accessed 5 February 2023)
  Thomas R Davis in death record for son Thomas R Davis, 16 Jun 1921, husband of Nancy Owins, in Camilla, Mitchell, Georgia, USA.