Young Winston Davis (1855)

Born 28 Jun 1855 in Ozark, Dale, Alabama, United States

Husband of LIzzie P (Unknown) Davis — married 19 Nov 1935 in Florida, United States

Biography

Young Davis is a part of US Black heritage.

Rev. Young Winston Davis was interviewed in Jacksonville, Florida about 1937 about his life, and his time as an enslaved person.

"My mother's name was Caroline and my father Patrick; all took the name of Davis from our master. There were thirteen children - I am the only one alive."

"He has lived in Jacksonville since 1918 coming here from Waycross, Georgia.

He was married for the first and only time during his 82 years of life to Mrs. Lizzie P. Brown, November 19, 1935. There are no children."

Interview: Rev. Young Winston Davis was interviewed in Jacksonville, Florida by Rachel Austin as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Rev. Young Winston Davis - Vol. 3, Florida, pages 86-91, images 89-94 of 382.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLVK-8MH : accessed 30 April 2021), Y W Davis, Fitzgerald Ward 3, Ben Hill, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 20A, family 515, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 172; FHL microfilm 1,374,185.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNYF-S4M : 1 February 2021), Y W Davis, 1920.

"Florida State Census, 1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNJB-STL : 2 March 2021), Young W Davis, , Duval, Florida; citing line 3, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,154.

"Florida Marriages, 1830-1993," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRZ7-5N7 : 22 February 2021), Young W Davis and Lizzie P Brown, 19 Nov 1935; citing Marriage, Florida, United States, citing multiple County Clerks of Court, Florida; FHL microfilm 2,115,712.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTZW-W6N : 4 January 2021), Young W Davis, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 68-71, sheet 1B, line 74, family 25, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 624.