James Davis (1797 - 1875)

Born 6 Oct 1797 in Barnwell, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States

Husband of Mary Ann Elizabeth (Hightower) Davis — married 11 Sep 1823 in Barnwell, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Jul 1875 at age 77 in Lowndes, Georgia, United States

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Biography

OBITUARY The Valdosta Times Valdosta, Lowndes County, GA Saturday, 10 July 1875 Died, Mr. James Davis, on Friday the 8th inst., aged seventy-eight years. Mr. Davis had a paralytic stroke last fall which rendered him perfectly helpless, and remained so until his death.

BIOGRAPY See 'PIONEERS OF WIREGRASS GEORGIA' Page 64 James Davis 1796 - 1870

Sources

• 1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1840; Census Place: Lowndes, Georgia; Roll: 45; Page: 230; Family History Library Film: 0007045
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #1792200 (accessed 24 November 2021)
  James Davis.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYY-NFV : 4 April 2020), James Davis, Lowndes county, part of, Lowndes, Georgia, United States; citing family 544, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1860; Census Place: Georgia Militia District 663, Lowndes, Georgia; Page: 897
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #11371207 (accessed 24 November 2021)
  James Davis (62), Farmer, in Georgia Militia District 663, Lowndes, Georgia. Born in South Carolina.
• 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1870; Census Place: Militia District 663, Lowndes, Georgia; Roll: M593_163; Page: 331A
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #1279460 (accessed 24 November 2021)
  James Davis, Farmer, in Militia District 663, Lowndes, Georgia. Born in South Carolina.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29184855/james-davis: accessed 25 March 2023), memorial page for James Davis (1796–1890), Find a Grave Memorial ID 29184855, citing Antioch Cemetery, Lowndes County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Mary Beth Francis (contributor 46811494).
• "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP94-Q8D : 8 August 2019), James Davis in entry for Mrs. Jane V. Jordon, 1923.
• Marriage: "South Carolina, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1641-1965"
  Ancestry Record 7840 #12722 (accessed 24 November 2021)
  James Davis marriage to Mary S. in 1773-1865.
• Our Heritage A Genealogy of the Descendants of Jacob Carter of South Carolina, Volume: III Abbreviation: Our Heritage Author: Mary Ketus Deen Holland Publication: self-published, 1974 Repository: #R5
• Dale M Crawford Personal library
• 1890 Census: "Georgia, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890"
  Ancestry Record 3542 #3662103 (accessed 24 November 2021)
  James Davis in Lowndes County, GA.
• Unclassified: "Georgia, U.S., Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892"
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1729 #3406129 (accessed 24 November 2021)
  Name: James Davis; Year: 1838; District: Captain Noble; Place: Lowndes, Georgia, USA.