Charles Davis (1710 - 1796)

Born 1710 in Prince George's, Province of Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Swearingen) Davis — married about 1742 in of Maryland

Descendants

Died 16 May 1796 at about age 86 in Fauquier, Virginia, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Davis Name Study.

There is a Charles Davis whose will is in the records of Fauquier County, Virginia.^[1][2]

From the book "Abstracts of Fauquier County Virginia, Wills Inventories and Accounts 1759-1800"^[2]:

Pages
140-141: CHARLES DAVIS (Will)
Date: 16 May 1796
Wife: Lydia - all property, real and personal, during her life
Gr. daus.: Elizabeth and Lydia Davis - each one featherbed and furniture
Daus.: Lucy Wheat and Lydia Davis - Negroes to the value of those received by their three brothers:
Sons: Griffith, Charles, William
Sons: The remaining 1/5 to be divided amongst Levi, Richard and John Davis.
Exors: Griffith, Charles and William Davis
Signed: Charles Davis
Wit.: James Highlington Beckham, Gerrard Keating, Jemima Keating
Proved: 24 September 1798, by o. of Gerrard Keating and Jemimah Keating. On motion of William F. R. Davis, who made o. with Joseph Chilton and Nimrod Farrow his securities in bond of $10,000, granted certificate for obtaining probate.

Pages
179-180: CHARLES DAVIS (Inventory)
Date: 20 October 1798
App'd by: Edward Shacklett, John Cooke, Benjamin Rector
Total Eval.: L769.11.9
Ret.: 24 June 1799

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Abstracts of Fauquier County, Virginia [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: King, Junie Estelle Stewart. Abstracts of Wills, Administrations, and Marriages of Fauquier County, Virginia, 1759-1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2001. Will Book Number 3 1796-1803, image 40, Charles Davis.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Ancestry.com. Abstracts of Fauquier County Virginia, Wills Inventories and Accounts 1759-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Gott, John K. Abstracts of Fauquier County Virginia, Wills Inventories and Accounts 1759-1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Clearfield, 1999. Will Book Three, image 305 & 313, Charles Davis.

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• Source: S225 Abbreviation: Ancestral File v4.19 Title: Ancestral File v4.19 Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah: The Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2002 Repository: #R491 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
• Repository: R491 Name: Family History Library Address: Family History Library CONT 35 North West Temple CONT Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA Name: Family History Library Address 1: 35 North West Temple City: Salt Lake City State: Utah Postal Code: 84150 Country: USA Phone Number: 801-240-2331
• Source: S531 Abbreviation: International Genealogical Index (R) Title: International Genealogical Index (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of July 18, 2007 Repository: #R491 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
• Source: #S531 Note: Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. CONT Search performed using PAF Insight on 11 Jun 2006 Data: Text: Charles DAVIS; Male; Birth: 1710 Prince Georges,Maryland, , Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa; Death: 16 MAY 1796; Spouse: Lydia SWEARINGEN; Marriage: About 1746 Of, , , Maryland