James
Madison
Davis
Born in South Carolina, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Milton Davis
and Rebecca A (Burnett) Davis
Brother of
Sophia (Davis) Holt, Sarah Davis, Eliza Ann (Davis) Fincannon, Joseph Davis, Milton Miles Davis, John Elvin Davis, Jodie Davis, Martha Davis, Mollie Davis, Bunyan Davis, Pinkney Davis and Netty Adaline (Davis) Teem
Husband of
Mary Melvina (Chastain) Davis
— married
20 Feb 1842 in Gilmer County, Georgia, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Benjamin Davis, Jonathan M Davis, William Milton Davis, James Madison Davis Jr, Joseph Pierce Davis, Mary Ann (Davis) Stover, Wison Lumpkin Davis and Elijah Fletcher Davis
Died
at age 78
in Georgia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Oct 2016
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Biography
James Davis has Welsh ancestors.
James Davis lived in Appalachia, in Georgia.
Name: James Madison Davis
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1902
Event Place: Tickanetley, Gilmer, Georgia, United States of America
Birth Date: 25 Oct 1823
Death Date: 12 Jul 1902
Cemetery: Tickanetley Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
Married Mary Chastain on 20 Feb 1842 [1]
1860 Census: Gilmer, Georgia [2]
James M Davis, M, 36, South Carolina
Mary M Davis, F, 36, Georgia
Jonathan Davis, M, 16, Georgia
Milton Davis, M, 14, Georgia
James M Davis, M, 12, Georgia
Joseph Davis, M, 10, Georgia
Mary A Davis, F, 8, Georgia
Wilson Davis, M, 6, Georgia
John Davis, M, 3, Georgia
1870 Census: Georgia [3]
James M Davis, M, 36, South Carolina
Mary M Davis, F, 36, Georgia
Mary A Davis, F, 17, Georgia
Wilson Davis, M, 15, Georgia
John Davis, M, 13, Georgia
Rachel Davis, F, 10, Georgia
Elijah Davis, M, 1, Georgia
1900 Census: in home of son Wilson and his family, Militia Districts 1341, 864, 1498, Diamond, Tickenetley, Bucktown, Gilmer, Georgia, United States[4]
Wilson Davis, 45, Georgia
Sarah Davis, 41, Georgia
James Davis, 21, Missouri
Nancy Davis, 19, Missouri
Martha Davis, 16, Georgia
Mary Davis, 13, Georgia
William Davis, 10, Georgia
Love Davis, 7, Georgia
Ralph Davis, 4, Georgia
James Davis, 77, South Carolina
Sources
- ↑ "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QK-68SR : 20 July 2016), James M Davis and Mary Melvina Chastain, 20 Feb 1842; citing Marriage, , Gilmer, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 1,597,743.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZM8-1D1 : 30 December 2015), James M Davis, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MC3Q-QWK : 17 October 2014), Jas M Davis, Georgia, United States; citing p. 49, family 349, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,651.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3NB-7LX : 20 January 2015), James M Davis in household of Wilson L Davis, Militia Districts 1341, 864, 1498, Diamond, Tickenetley, Bucktown, Gilmer, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 1B, family 13, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,200.
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVV3-8Q6M : 13 December 2015), James Madison Davis, 1902; Burial, Tickanetley, Gilmer, Georgia, United States of America, Tickanetley Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 7160339, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~1.56%
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~0.78%
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