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Jessee Davis (James, Patience)
was the son of James and Patience (Miller) Davis US11. The records of the Center Monthly Meeting records of Guilford
County, North Carolina state that Jesse Davis of the Center Monthly Meeting in
Guilford County married Elizabeth Reynolds, the daughter of David and Mary
(Parker) Reynolds of Center, on the 11th day
of the 1st month in 1781 (January 11, 1781) in a ceremony witnessed by
David Reynolds, Mary Reynolds, Jeremiah Reynolds, Susanna Reynolds, David Ozbun, Sarah Reynolds, John Mills, and others US11. Jesse Davis was mentioned in his father’s will, dated August
16, 1800 NO16.
He
died on the 26th day of the 7th month in 1829 (July 26, 1829), perhaps in Randolph County,
North Carolina, as his death was recorded in the Marlboro Monthly Meeting
records of Randolph County US11. Jessee Davis wrote his will on February 23, 1829, which was
proved in a Randolph County, North Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
in August 1829 NO16:
State
of North Carolina County of Randolph
Be
it known unto all men that I Jessee Davis of the
County and State aforesd infirm in body but of Sound
and Disposing Mind an Memmory thanks be to God
therefore Calling to mind the Mortality of my body & that it is appointed
for all men once to die And the time when Uncertain and as tuching
Such worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with in this I give,
demise, and dispose of in the following Manner to wit:
Imprimis
My will is that all my just debts & Contracts be well and truly paid in a
Convenient time after my Decease;
Item
I give and bequeath unto my Son Adam Davis his heirs & assigns for Ever one
tract of land Containing two hundred & fifty Acres be the Same more or less
Whereon he formerly lived for which I made him a deed also one
horse Saddle & bridle one Cow & Calf one Cresent
Saw one log Chain & one Rifle gun all which he has Received.
Item
I give & bequeath unto my Son Joel Davis his heirs & assigns for Ever
the lands & plantation Whereon he now lives lying on the waters of back
Creek it being a part of a tract of land that I bought of Jessee
Henley Containing two hundred acres be the Same More or less one horse Saddle
& bridle two [the previous word is uncertain – it appears to contain three
letters, and the first letter resembles the “h” in the transcriptionist’s
previous rendering of the word “hundred”, yet it also appears to have a faint
horizontal line, as in the transcriptionist’s previous letter “t” in the word
“two”] ploughs & gears & one Cow & Calf all which he has received
Item
I give and bequeath unto my Son James Davis his heirs & assigns for Ever atract or parcel of land lying on both Sides of back Creek
it being apart of the land that I bought of Jessee Henley; Containing two hundred Acres be the Same
More or less also one horse Saddle and bridle, one Cow
& Calf one plough & gears all which he has Received
Item
I give and bequeath unto my Son Warner Davis his heirs & assigns for Ever one horse Saddle & bridle Which he has Received Also one
New Wagon worth one hundred dollars and one Hundred dollars in Money Which he
has Not received
Item
I give & bequeath unto my son Millar Davis his heirs & assigns for Ever
the lands & plantation Wher… lives with all the
Improvements… longing… [the previous sentences had portions of faded print]
Item
I give and bequeath unto my Son Jesse Davis his heirs & assigns for Ever one horse Saddle & bridle & four hundred dollars in
Money all which he has Received,
Item
I give & bequeath unto my son Reubin Davis his
heirs & assigns for Ever one horse Saddle &
bridle and two hundred & Seventy dollars in Money one Rifle gun one frying
pan & one Skin trunk Which he has Received, And ten dollars in Money Which
he has Not Received:
Item
I give & bequeath unto my Son David Davis his heirs & assigns for Ever
one tract or parcel of land on the waters of Muddy Creek known by the Name of Greens
old plantation Adjoining Isaac Spencer William Coultrain
& Aaron Davis Containing two hundred acres More or less one
horse Saddle & bridle one Cow & Calf one feather bed & firnature Six Winsor Chairs one walnut Chest one large
Copper Coffee pot one Small pot Which he has Received
Item
I give unto my Daughter Edith Davis her heirs & assigns for Ever one
feather bed & firnature Some upwards of thirty
dollars in Money two Cows & Calvs & a Small
Stock of Sheep three pots one dutch oven one Scillet one table six puter plats
Six Chairs one large walnut Chest and Six Silver tea Spoons
which She has Received
Item
I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Coultrain
her heirs & assigns for Ever three horses one Saddle & bridle two
feather beds & firnature Six Sheep one pot one Scillet one large Cittle one dutch oven one douzen puter plats & a quantity of other puter
Six Silver tea Spoons one Cow & Calf one large burch
Chest one Case of Drawers one falling leaf table all which she has Received;
Also Six winsor Chairs Which She has Not Received
I
give & bequeath unto my Daughter hanner Hackel her heirs… one
saddle & bridle two feather [the previous sentence was positioned at the
bottom of the page, and portions of it have faded]
Item
I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Ales Davis her heirs and assigns for Ever
one horse saddl & bridle three feather beds &
firniture Six winsor Chairs
one beurough one falling leaf table one tea table one
Copper Coffee pot one small brass Cittle one Copper
tea Cittle Six Silver tea Spoons two ?appan [the previous word began with a letter which may have
been “j”] Earthen pitchers one White Earthen pitcher one bofat
Six puter plats that is kept in the bofat one pewter gallon bazon
& one pewter dish & one large bible to her & her disposal
Item
I give & bequeath unto my Son David Davis besides the bequeath already made
unto him My five horse wagon & gears my Riding Carrage
& harness belonging to it; And all my farming tools Namely My ploughs &
gears, hoes & harrows axes Mataxes [probably
“mattocks”] Spads Shovels pitchforks, one broad ax
one hand ax two log Chains one jack plane one Smoving
plain [perhaps “smoothing plane”] one Shingle jointer one Dutch fan one Set of
Smith tools one Croscut Saw one Short Saw & one
tenant Saw one large burch Chest one Eight day Mettle
Clock [perhaps “metal” clock] one Rifle gun one large pewter dish one geography
one painted Cag [the use and function of the previous two items are uncertain] als [probably “also”] the land & plantation Whereon I
Now live with all the Improvements thereunto belonging Containing one hundred
& Eighty Acres More or less; and it is further my will that the Said David
Davis make also Davisis Daughter Seneth
a Right to the forty Seven acres of land that he bought of Edward Thornsburgh with an addition of three acres that I live on
adjoining the other forty seven acres Making fifty in the whole Which I give to
sd Seneth and to her desp… [the previous sentence was positioned at the bottom
of the page and it was partially illegible] take good Care of me & wait
& tend on me during my Natural life:
Item
I give & bequeath unto my Soninlaw William Coultrain My old bellows & old anvill
& one old hand hammer one Nail hammer one glue jointer & one fore plain
to him & his Disposed
Item
I give & bequeath unto my Sonin law William Hockel one feather bed & firneture
one Copper Coffee pot one half bushel brass kittle to
him & his Disposel
Item
I give unto my Daughter Edith Hollidy one hundred
dollars in Money
Item
I give unto the heirs of my Son Jessee Davis and to
their disposel one hundred dollars in Money to be
Equally Divided between them.
Item
I give unto my Son Adam Daivs ten dollars in money
[this was followed by a sentence which was struck through by a line which read:
“Item I give unto my Son Reubin Davis ten dollars
in money”]
Item
I give & bequeath unto my three Daughters Namely Mary Coultrain
Hanner hocket & ales Davis the [the remainder of the previous sentence has
faded]
Item
I give and bequeath unto adam Davis: Joel Davis James
Davis: Warner Davis: Millar Davis: Jessee Davis: Reubin Davis: David Davis: Edith holidy
Mary Coultrain Hanner Hocket & Ales Davis; to
them & their Disposel all the Remaining part of
my Real & personal Estate Wherever to be found to be Eaqually
Divided between them
And
lastly I Nominate Constitut and appoint my Son David
Davis and my son in law William Hocket Executors to this my last will and
testament and I do hereby utterly disallow Revoke & disannul Every other
will testament & bequeath by me heretofore made: Ratifying this and no
other to be and Contain my last will & testament In witness Whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal this twenty third day of the Second Month in
the year of our Lord one thousand and Eight hundred & twenty Nine signed
sealed published & declared by the said Jessee
Davis to be his last will and testament in presence of William Swain Franklin
Harris Aaron Stalker
·
1790
US Census: lived in Randolph County, North Carolina with five boys under the
age of sixteen and three females (their age range was not noted).
·
1800
US Census: lived in Hillsboro, Randolph County, North Carolina with four boys
and one girl under the age of ten, one girl and one boy who were between ten
and fifteen, three young men and one young woman between sixteen and
twenty-five, and one woman who was between twenty-six and forty-four.
·
1810
US Census: lived in Randolph County, North Carolina with one boy and three girls
under the age of ten, one boy who was between ten and fifteen, three young men
and one young woman between sixteen and twenty-five, and one woman who was
forty-five or older.
Elizabeth Reynolds
(David, Mary) was born to David and Mary Reynolds on the 13th day of the 11th
month, 1758 (November 13, 1758), according to the records of the Center Monthly
Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina US11. According
to the record of her marriage in the the Center
Monthly Meeting records of Guilford County, North Carolina, she was the
daughter of David and Mary (Parker) Reynolds US11. Elizabeth was the mother of Adam, Edith, Joel, James, Mary,
Warner, Miller, Jesse, Joseph, Ruben, David, Hannah, and Alice US11.
Adam Davis was
born on June 10, 1781 US11. Adam
Davis of Randolph County, North Carolina, the son of Jesse and Elizabeth Davis,
married Lydia Commons of Grayson County, Virginia, the daughter of Robert and
Ruth Commons, on March 31, 1803 at the Gap Meeting House in Mount Pleasant
(Chestnut Creek), Carroll County, Virginia US11. His
stated age was sixty-seven at the time of the 1850 US Census when he lived in
Township 14 North, Mercer County, Illinois with John Davis (age twenty-five),
Lucinda Davis (age twenty-two), Alice Davis (who was one year old), and
Alexander Davis (age thirty-five) UN10. In
1860, he lived in the same township, but his stated age was eighty, and he was
no longer the head of the household; instead, he lived in the house of John and
Lucinda Davis UN11. His gravestone,
located at Davis Cemetery in New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois states that he
died on October 5, 1861 at age eighty years, three months, and twenty-five
days; the headstone also states that his wife, Lydia, died on March 13, 1844 at
the age of fifty-nine years, four months, and 15 days (a photo of which can be
found on the Find a Grave website). Edith Davis was born on May 22, 1782 US11.
Joel Davis was
born on August 13, 1783 US11.
According to the Back Creek Monthly Meeting records, Joel Davis married Penninah Newby on October 29, 1808 US11. They were the parents of Micajah
(this spelling is uncertain), born on November 25, 1808, Jesse, born on
December 6, 1810, Edith, born on May 28, 1813, Joel, born on December 29, 1815,
Elizabeth, born on May 17, 1818, Joshua, born on October 4, 1820, Nancy, born
on July 26, 1823, and Exum, born on July 27, 1827 US11. Joel, age sixty-seven, lived with Exum Davis in the Southern
Division of Randolph County, North Carolina in 1850 UN10, and with Elizabeth and William Pickett in the Western Division
of Randolph County in 1860, when in that year his recorded age was seventy-six UN11. A gravestone located at the Back Creek Friends Meeting
Cemetery in Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina may state that he died on
the 4th month, 13th
day, 1867, which was April 13, 1867 (the stone is obscured by moss); a photo of
this gravestone can be found on the Find
a Grave website.
James Davis was
born on January 6, 1785 US11.
James Davis, the son of Jesse Davis, married Caroline Winslow, the daughter of
Thomas Winslow, on December 9, 1807 at Back Creek Meeting House in Randolph
County, North Carolina US11.
Caroline probably died sometime before 1828, for on February 11, 1828, James
married Ruth Hale in Randolph County NO15.
James (age sixty-five) and Ruth (age forty-one) lived in the Western Division
of Randolph County, North Carolina in 1850 with Lertty
(the spelling of this name may be incorrect), age twenty, David L., age six,
Josiah W., age two, and Franklin Philip, age thirteen UN10. In 1860, James (seventy-five) and Ruth (age fifty) lived in
the Western Division of Randolph County with David, William (age eleven; his
name may have been Josiah William), and Liney Lewis UN11. His gravestone, which rests at Back Creek Friends Meeting
Cemetery in Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, indicates that he died on
June 16, 1863 (a photo may be viewed on the Find
a Grave website).
Mary Davis was
born on May 28, 1786 US11.
Mary, the daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth Davis, married William Coltrane, the
son of Jacob and Jane Coltrane, on August 6, 1817 at the Marlborough Meeting
House in Randolph County, North Carolina US11.
William (age fifty-three or fifty-five) and Mary (age sixty-four) lived in the
Northern Division of Randolph County, North Carolina in 1850 with Jacob, age
thirty-one, Alice, age twenty-seven, Reuben, age twenty-three, Thomas E. Davis,
age twenty-one, Louisa Fentress, age eleven, and William Fentress, age ten UN10. William (then sixty-five) and Mary (seventy-four) lived with
Alice in the Western Division of Randolph County in 1860 UN11.
Warner Davis was
born on December 28, 1787 US11.
According to the Center Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina,
Warner married Milly Hodson, the daughter of John and Margaret Hodson, on March
3, 1814 US11. Warner and Milly were the parents of Alice, born on December
15, 1814, Elizabeth, born on February 22, 1816, Jane, born on October 17, 1817,
Joel, born on July 24, 1819, Caroline, born on January 6, 1821, Irena, born on
June 14, 1822, twins Rumina and Ruhama, born on April
14, 1824, John, born on April 24, 1826, Jesse, born on October 1, 1828, Mary,
born on February 17, 1830, and another set of twins, David and Reuben, who were
born on February 11, 1833 US21.
Warner Davis and his family were enumerated in the 1856 Iowa State Census in
Salem Township, Henry County, Iowa; Warner’s stated age was sixty-eight, and he
lived with Milly Davis, whose stated age of five was most likely incorrect, as
she was listed as married, and her birthplace was North Carolina IO9. Other household members included David and Reuben Davis, who
were both twenty-two and born in Indiana, Carolina Cammel,
age sixty-three, and four additional children whose surname was Cammel: Mary Jane, Milly, Henry, and David IO9. The headstone of Warner Davis, located at Salem South Cemetery
in Salem, Henry County, Iowa, states that he died at age seventy-one years, ten
months, and twelve days on November 9, 1859; a photo can be found on the Find a Grave website. The 1860 US Federal Census Mortality Schedule for
Henry County, Iowa recorded that Warner Davis died as a married man in November
1859 at age seventy-one; his cause of death was “murdered instantly” US7. A newspaper article dated September 9, 1911 recorded that
Wallace Godfrey confessed on his deathbed in Oregon that Clark Osborn murdered
Warner Davis in Iowa in 1859 CL19.
According to Wallace Godfrey CL19:
Davis
was killed one night in the fall of 1859 when he went to investigate a
disturbance in his smokehouse on his farm who miles northwest of Salem. It is
supposed that he was hit by a hickory broom handle in the hands of a man who
was hidden back of the door. Davis was carried to the house where it was found
that his skull was crushed. He died a few hours later.
The assailant made his escape. The old residents of the vicinity declare that
the motive for the killing lay in Davis’ knowledge of a band of counterfeiters
who were working in the vicinity. Davis’ appearance at the smokehouse giving
someone an opportunity to cut off any source of information which might lead to
the arrest of the makers of spurious coin. Davis gained his knowledge of the
counterfeiters because his cows broke out of the pasture one fall day preceding
his death. Smoke, rising from a hollow, while he
was searching for the beasts, attracted his attention. Making his way
noiselessly through the bushes, he found three or four men making counterfeit
money, the smoke coming from a small furnace they were using in the manufacture
of the spurious coins. He recognized the men… but he did not make his presence
known to them. On returning home he stopped at the home of Joel Jones, a member
of the grand jury, and told Jones he had something for him which he would give
out before the next term of court. On arriving home he told his wife, however.
Two weeks after he discovered the counterfeiters he was killed… Clark, accused
by Godfrey on his deathbed as being the murderer of Warner Davis, has been dead
for ten or twelve years, not having resided in this vicinity for a number of
years preceding his death.
Miller Davis was
born on December 1, 1789 US11.
Miller Davis of Randolph County, the son of Jesse and Elizabeth Davis, married
Rachel Hoover, the daughter of James and Rachel Hoover, at the Back Creek
Monthly Meeting in Randolph County, North Carolina on May 1, 1811 US11. They had relocated to Monroe, Johnson County, Iowa by the
occurrence of the 1850 US Census, when Miller was sixty-three; his household
included Rachael (sixty), Jonas (sixteen), Rachael (fifteen), William (twelve),
Martha (eleven), Davis and Susan Smith (both twenty), and Davis Brown (who was
seventeen) UN10. Miller (sixty-seven), Rachel (sixty-four), and Martha Davis
(sixteen) lived in Monroe, Johnson County, Iowa in 1856 IO9. In 1860, Miller and Racheal Davis lived in the home of David
and Rachel Brown in Lenox, Iowa County, Iowa UN11.
Jesse Davis was
born on February 25, 1792 US11. He
may have been the Jesse Davis who was enumerated in Lawrence County, Indiana in
1830; this Jesse was between thirty and thirty-nine, and his household included
two boys and one girl under the age of five, one girl between five and nine,
and one woman between thirty and thirty-nine. Joseph Davis was born on September 21, 1793 and died six weeks
later US11.
Ruben Davis was
born on October 15, 1794 US11. Reuben
Davis married Hannah Clark in Lawrence County, Indiana on January 2, 1820 IN21. Reuben, age fifty-six, and Hannah, age fifty-four, resided in
Perry, Lawrence County, Indiana in 1850 with Jesse, who was twenty-six, and
Elizabeth, who was fourteen UN10. At
ages sixty-six and sixty-four, Reuben and Hannah were enumerated in Perry,
Lawrence County in 1860 with Calvin, age ten, and Mary, age eight UN11. In 1870, Reuben and Hannah were again enumerated in Perry,
Lawrence County; Jesse was seventy-five, and Hannah was one
year younger UN12.
His gravestone is located in Lowder
Cemetery in Springville, Lawrence County, Indiana, and it states that he was
born on October 15, 1794 and died at the age of eighty-six years and three
months on June 15, 1880 (a photo may be found on the Find a Grave website).
David Davis was
born on May 3, 1798 US11.
David Davis of Randolph County, the son of Jesse and Elizabeth Davis, married
Caroline Winslow, the daughter of Eleazer and Elizabeth Winslow on April 7,
1824 at the Back Creek Meeting House in Randolph County, North Carolina US11. They were the parents of Eleazer W. Davis, born on November 7,
1825, Jesse, born on December 12, 1827, Elizabeth, born on October 21, 1829,
James M., born on March 11, 1832, Reuben, born on August 29, 1834, Nathan, born
on March 14, 1837, an unnamed son who was born on July 31, 1840 and died on
August 18, 1840, and David S., who was born on November 22, 1844 US11; their sons James and David later were called Madison and
Stanton, respectively UN10.
David and Caroline were enumerated in the Northern Division of Randolph County,
North Carolina in 1850 with Jesse, age twenty-two, Madison, age eighteen,
Rubin, age fifteen, Nathan, age thirteen, and Stanton, who was six; David’s
stated age was fifty-two, and Caroline was forty-four UN10. David, Caroline, Reuben (twenty-five), Nathan M.,
(twenty-three) David S., (sixteen) and Caroline E. (seven) lived in the Eastern
Division of Randolph County in 1860 UN11. In
1870 and 1880, they resided in New Market, Randolph County, North Carolina UN12, UN13. David Davis died at age eighty-six
years, eight months, and twenty-one days on November 26, 1884 US11. His somewhat worn gravestone is located at Marlboro Friends
Meeting Cemetery in Sophia, Randolph County, Carolina (a photo can be found on
the Find a Grave website); it states
that he was born in 1798 and died in 1884.
Hannah Davis was
born on March 9, 1800 US11.
Hannah Davis of Randolph County, North Carolina, the daughter of Jesse and
Elizabeth Davis, married William Hockett, the son of William and Hannah
Hockett, on November 25, 1821 at the Marlborough Meeting House in Randolph
County, North Carolina US11.
They were probably the William and Hannah “Hoggatt”
who were enumerated in the Southern Division of Guilford County, North Carolina
in 1850; they were both fifty years old, and Hannah’s stated birthplace was
Randolph County, North Carolina UN10.
Their household included Hymelius M., age
twenty-five, William, age twenty-two, Milton (or perhaps Miller), age twenty,
Warner M., who was eighteen, Caroline, age fifteen, Seth, eleven, Sarah E.,
ten, and Susanah Hoggatt,
age fifty-three UN10. Hannah D.
“Hackett”, the wife of William Hockett and the daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth
Davis died at 9:00am on August 25, 1856 and was buried at Center Meeting House
on August 26, 1856 US11.
Her gravestone (located at Center Friends Meeting Cemetery in Guilford County)
states that she was the wife of Wm. Hockett who died at age fifty-six years,
five months, and sixteen days; a photo is available on the Find a Grave website.
Alice Davis was
born on December 31, 1802 US11.
Alice may have been unmarried at the time of her father’s will in February
1829, because her sisters’ married surnames were mentioned, but she was called
“Ales Davis” NO16. At the time of the
1830 US Census, a woman named Alice Davis was enumerated as the head of her
household in Regiment 1, Randolph County, North Carolina with one boy under age
five, one girl between five and nine, and she was between twenty and
twenty-nine UN8. It is unclear if
this Alice Davis was the daughter of Jessee and
Elizabeth, but it should be noted that in that same enumeration district, Joel,
James, Warwick (perhaps a misspelling of Warner?), Miller, and David were also
recorded.
Elizabeth
Davis was mentioned in her father’s will, dated November 7, 1812 NO16. Elizabeth Davis died on the 12th day of the 10th
month in 1815 (October 12, 1815), perhaps in Randolph County, North Carolina,
as her death was recorded in the Marlboro Monthly Meeting records of Randolph
County US11.