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DAVID
and RACHEL DAVIS
Researched by
Garnette Sprinkle, 385 S. Main St., Mars Hill, NC 28754-9764
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| David Davis b.
ca 1786 and his wife, Rachel, b. ca 1792 lived near Marshall, N. C. (Buncombe
County until 1851 when Madison County was formed ). He owned more than
300 acres of land along Walnut Creek in the area where Walnut Creek flows
into the French Broad River. David died 2/14/1859 and Rachel died 3/2/1858
and they are buried in the Davis - Chrisman Cemetery (previously called
the David Davis Cemetery ) on Sweetwater Road, Marshall, N.C. Old markers
mark their graves. You can read “D. D.“ on the footstone at David’s grave
and “Rachel” on the headstone at Rachel’s grave.
David Davis’ estate
and the estates of his deceased sons, Samuel and Nelson, were settled in
Madison County 1859—1862. David had sold or given parcels of land to sons,
James and Andrew Jackson Davis, prior to his death. The remainder of his
land was purchased on 3/3/1861 by William A. Henderson, husband of Susannah
Davis for $995.00. David’s total estate, including the $995.00 for the
land, was valued at $2,536.78.
David and Rachel
had 10 children:
1. Samuel Davis
b. before 1859 in Buncombe County, NC m. Elizabeth Henderson
2. Elizabeth Davis
b.ca. 1814 in Buncombe County, NC. m. Seth Freeman 12/24/1829
3. Priscilla Davis
b. 4/14/1819 in Buncombe County, NC m. Aaron Treadway 3/4/1834
4. Lovina Davis
b. ---------- in Buncombe County, NC m. Samuel Segale
5. James Davis
b. ca. 1820 in Buncombe County, NC m. Susannah Roberts 8/10/1842
6. Mary Ann Davis
b. 10/30/1823 in Buncombe County , NC m. Jacob C. Sams d. 1889 in Buncombe
County, NC
7. Susannah Davis
b. c. 1830 in Buncombe County, NC m. William A. Henderson 11/23/1854 d.
3/29/1872
8. Eliza Jane
Davis b. 10/11/1832 in Buncombe County, NC m. James A. Roberts 10/24/1852
d. 9/3/1901 Walnut, NC
9. Nelson Davis
b. ca. 1827 Buncombe County, NC m. Sarah Cockran 1847-1848 d. before 1859
10. Andrew Jackson
Davis b. ca 1828 Buncombe County, NC m. Mary A. Blackwell ca. 1849
Sources:
Census Records
Madison County Registrar of Deeds
Estate Records of David Davis
This file is
also found on Madison County Genealogical Society pages.
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URIAH
DAVIS
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| URIAH DAVIS married
(_?_). Bought land in Buncombe County on 19 Nov. 1800
BENJAMIN
J. DAVIS (born 1780; d. 1870) married Mary Johnston (born 1790; d. 1855)
ELIZABETH
DAVIS (born 1812; d. 1894) married Isaac Pless (born 1802; d. 1883)
JOHN HARRISON
PLESS (born 1841; d. 1923) married Charity L. Haynes (born 1841; d. 1912)
ELIZA ADELINA
PLESS (born 1868; died 1945) married Joseph Asbury Crawford (born 1865;
died 1942)
LAURA ELIZABETH
CRAWFORD (born 1889; died 1919) married Jesse Burton Williams born1882;
died 1934)
BEATRICE LYDAY
WILLIAMS (born 1915; died 1935 Candler, NC) married Ralph Bernard Reed
born 1902; died 1969)
LAURA JEAN REED
(born 1938) married Arnold Irving Rowe (born 1932) Residence: Candler,
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THOMAS
K. DAVIS
submitted by
Richard Holcombe, Candler, NC
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The following is a letter from Thomas K. Davis (c1830-c1905) to his wife
Mary (nee Morrison) during the Civil War. Thomas lived on Clear Creek
near present day Edneyville, Henderson Co, NC, and moved to Asheville,
NC, between 1860 and 1870. Thomas was first in Co. B., 1st Regiment,
NC State Troops CSA and later in Co. E., 64th Regiment, according to his
pension application. The 1870 Census shows him living in Asheville
and a constable. In the 1880 Census he was a U.S. Deputy Marshall.
At the time this letter was written he was with the 64th Regiment and believed
to have been in the commissary. In 1865 the 64th was based in Western
North Carolina resisting the advance of Col. George Kirk's Federal Troops
which were based in Greenville, TN.
| "Jan. the
3rd, 1865 - Asheville, NC.
Dear Mary:
I have returned to this place once more and is well and I hope you are
all well. We got here on last Saturday. We started from Tenesee
fryday morning about 9 o'clock and recht here on Saturdy making a distance
of 56 miles in les than (2) days. The command did not return.
They went up on the 'Chucky to fight Kirk. They fout on a Thursday
before we left and Kirk whipt our men. Thar was not many our men
engaged in the fight not over two hundred. The hole command started up
thar on Fryday to try it over and I have not heard from them since.
I hope they will be in soon.
I farde very well considering the extream cold weather and mud. The
troops suferd very much. Several of them was bear footed and the
snow and ice cut their feet and the blood run freely. I was very
sorry for them and they had no tents and it raind and snode nerly every
day and I suferd with cold and had good shose and clothse and a good tent
and stove and plenty of blankets and you can gus at the sufering of the
men who had no shoose and only one blanket and no tents.
Sherman has got throu the Confederate States and was in Svana on last accunt
and the yankes has tore up the Virginia salt works and thar are fighting
at Hectminy and are a cutting up generaly everwhar. I hope I will
get to come home on next fryday if I do not you must come out hear on Sunday
and I will meet you on the Road. Come the Hickory Nut Road.
I was very sorry I cold not stay till you cold come the other time you
was ready. Tell Ben I will try to have his shose made and fetch home
when I come.
I have not had chance to make eny money since I left home as I have ben
on the march nearly all the time. I want to see all of you.
tel the children I want to see them and they must be good boys and I will
do all I can for them. Weaver is well and still working in the shop.
Nothing has acurd of intrest about Asheville so no more.
Yours as ever
T.K. Davis"
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--ALOB,
July 1985, Vol. VI, #7, p. 85-50
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FAMILY
BIBLE RECORD
FAMILY
REGISTER
WILLIAM
A. DAVIS AND CALLIE EUGENIA HOYLE
William A.
Davis
and
Callie Eugenia
Hoyle
were united in
Holy Matrimony on Jan. 17, 1914
at Asheville,
NC.
Births
William A. Davis
was born May 14th, 1868
Callie Eugenia
Davis was born May 15th, 1881
Herman Britt
Davis was born Feb. 19th, 1894
Furman G. Davis
= = [sic] May 7th, 1895
Myrtle E. Davis
= = [sic] June 13th, 1892
Dema Aldean Davis
Was born Aug. 22nd, 1900.
Marriages
Herman Britt
Davis to Maryetta Myers July 20th, 1913
Furman G. Davis
to Ethel M. Green Jan. 19th, 1915
Myrtle E. Davis
to Chas. Hubert Shake, Jr. June 12th, 1917
Dema Aldean Davis
to Verne Goodman Maser Nov. 27th, 1919. |
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--Copies
of Bible Records for William A. Davis and Callie Eugenia Hoyle-
original
Bible in possession of Lisa DeBruhl 639 Brevard Rd. Asheville, NC
2806, and may be given to a descendant.
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--A Lot of Bunkum,
August 1998
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