Hi! Your John Davis sounds like he might be the brother of my great-great-grandfather Crispin Davis. Here they are in the 1860 census of Coffee County, Alabama: 1860 census Coffee County, Alabama - Precinct 7 Elba Davis William I. 56 m farmer 1200 750 SC Leah 50 f GA Singleton 20 m GA Margaret 17 f GA Crispin 15 m GA John 12 m GA Sarah 10 f GA I also found a family tree on rootsweb that includes a John Wood Davis John Wood Davis b 1848 married Sarah Elizabeth Taylor b 1853 children: William Singleton Davis b 1870 Loli b 1872 Mary Elizabeth b 7 apr 1874 R. O. b 1877 John Jefferson b 1883 Let's exchange info.