Thomas Davis (1798)

Born 1798 in Virginia

Ancestors

Biography

The following is quoted from of a 1939 letter written by Mrs. George L. Corbin, 3 Oak Lane, Hampton Gardens, and Richmond, Virginia to Mildred Keeling, Keeling, Virginia, online at this Davis family page of Pittsylvania County:

"I told you that Mary McGehee married Ayres Hodnett and came to Halifax to live. They had six children: Ayres, Jim, Sallie, John, Will and Lucy. [The author left out Benjamin]. One of them, Lucy, married Joseph Davis; I found a copy of the marriage certificate of Joseph Davis and Lucy Hodnett which was dated March 19, 1793.... The names of their children were as follows: Garret, Joe, Ben, Tom, Jack, William, Polly, James and Elizabeth.

"...At Halifax Court House, we found deeds in which Garret Davis bought from Mary Durham 8 to 10 acres up to line of land sold by William Davis to Garret. And again, a deed in which William Davis bought a tract of land from Ephraim Ferrell of Birch Creek. This 100 acres began at a corner pine on Ferrell's to William Clardy's line and Isaac Durhams. Our grandfather later paid $500.00 for this land which became part of the old home place."

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Acknowledgements

Davis-21947 was created by John Schmeeckle through the import of Davis Family Tree.ged on Apr 6, 2014.