This is being forwarded from the Lauderdale County message board. If you can help, please reply to rx4snoopy@wmconnect.com http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HS.2ADE/625 and, of course, the list. Thanks, Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: <rx4snoopy@wmconnect.com> To: <ALLAUDER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 11:22 AM Subject: William B. Davis Family > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HS.2ADE/625 > > Message Board Post: > > William B. Davis, born February 1844, in either Mcminn County, Tennessee > or North Alabama. I believe he married Malinda Springer on May 18, 1865 in > Lauderdale County, Alabama. The 1880 Limestone County, Alabama census > shows their children as follows: > Nancy age 14 – Nancy married Joseph Evan Shoemaker on January 2, 1881. > Mocela age 11 > Mollie age 5 > George age 3 > James age 8/12 > Joe and Nancy had 3 children that I know of. They are as follows: > Lizzie born September 1884 > Ida L. born December 1887 – married Will Bush on November 23, 1910 in > Lauderdale County, Alabama. > William Burl born August 1890 – married Beulah unknown before 1920. > Joe and Nancy are not together in the 1900 census. I believe they divorced > after William was born, since Joe was remarried by 1905. In 1900 Joe was > in Wayne County, Tennessee, while Nancy was living with her father and his > second wife Emma unknown in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Only one of her > children was living with her. Any information on the family of William B. > Davis would be appreciated. > UPDATED INFORMATION BELOW. >>From information I have seen on other websites I am including the >>following information to my original posting. As I stated in my original >>post William B.Davis had 3 daughters listed in the 1880 Limestone County >>Census. They were Nancy age 14, Mocela age 11 and Mollie age 5. Nancy >>married Joseph Evan Shoemaker on 02 January 1881 in Limestone County. >>Mosella married Thomas Crittenden Cox 19 February 1889 in Lauderdale >>County. Mollie married John Overton Pettus 29 April 1894 in Lauderdale >>County. I am still trying to find out what happened to Nancy after the >>1900 census. If anyone out there researching the Cox or Pettus family in >>Lauderdale County has information on Nancy Davis Shoemaker or her children >>please reply. Thank you in advance for your assistance in this matter.

There was a William B. Davis in Wayne County, Tennessee. He was born about 1797 in South Carolina and died in 1862 in Wayne County, Tennessee. His wife was Elizabeth Long, born about 1797 in South Carolina and died 22 April 1869 in Wayne County, Tennessee. Their apparent children were: 1. Sophia Ann Davis - b. c1820 South Carolina; d. c1841 Wayne County, Tennessee; m. c1837 Wayne County, Tennessee to John D. Murphy. 2. Champ Terry Davis - b. c1822 South Carolina; d. bef 17 Sep 1868; m. Caroline________. 3. Margaret Davis - b. South Carolina; d. bef 1862; m. Anderson Stroud. 4. Nancy M. Davis - d. bef 1862; m. J.W. Cooper. 5. Daniel Davis - d. bef 1862. 6. James L. Davis - b. c1828 South Carolina; m1. c1850 Wayne County, Tennessee to Mary C.________; m2. c1855 Wayne County, Tennessee to Sarah "Sallie" Cooper 7. Jesse Davis - b. c1835 Tennessee; d. bef 17 Sep 1868; m. Mary________. 8. William B. Davis, Jr. - b. c1837 Tennessee. (this could be your guy) 9. Zachariah Davis - b. c1840 Wayne County, Tennessee. 10. Elizabeth Harriet "Hannah" Davis - b. c1841 Wayne County, Tennessee; m. Albert Barnett. Back when I worked in the Historian's office in Waynesboro, Tennessee (Wayne County) I found the below case in the Chancery Court Loose Papers and abstracted it for my notes. I should add that I am not a Davis descendant, as far as I know, and was only interested in the Murphy connection. Case #____ - 17 September 1869 Jas. L. Davis Exr. -vs- W.B. Davis etal William B. Davis died in 1862 in Wayne County, Tennessee. His wife, Elizabeth, died 22 April 1869. Their children were: 1. James L. Davis of Illinois. 2. Zachariah Davis. 3. William B. Davis, Jr. 4. Nancy M. Davis (dec), wife of Joseph Cooper. 4a. G.W. Cooper. 5. Margaret Davis (dec), wife of Anderson Stroud. 5a. Sarah L. Stroud, wife of Joseph Fowler. Resided Lincoln County, Tennessee. 6. Daniel/David Davis (dec). 6a. Harriett E. Davis, wife of Albert Barnett. 7. Sopha Ann Davis (dec), wife of John D. Murphy. 7a. William B. Murphy. Resided in Mississippi. 7b. Kissah Murphy, wife of _____Brigenham/Brissingham. Resided in Mississippi. 7c. Martha Murphy, wife of _____Rinks/Lynch. Resided in Mississippi. 7d. Susannah Murphy, wife of _____Huffman. Resided in Mississippi. 8. Jesse Davis (dec), married Mary_______. Widow married William Brazier. 8a. (dec) 8b. (dec) 9. C.T. Davis (dec), married Caroline________. 9a. William L. Davis. Resided in Hardin County, Tennessee. 9b. James H. Davis. Resided in Hardin County, Tennessee. 9c. John V.R. Davis. Resided in Hardin County, Tennessee. 9d. Wright Davis. Resided in Hardin County, Tennessee. 9e. Alexander Hamilton Davis. Resided in Hardin County, Tennessee. William B. Davis' will was dated 3 February 1862. Hope this helps someone. Jerry W. Murphy jwm_genealogy@hotmail.com Jerry's Homepage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jwmurphy/ Rootsweb List Administrator: ALFRANKL-L, TNHARDIN-L, TNWASHIN-L, TNWAYNE-L BRATTON-L, CAVENDER-L, COCHRAN-L, HAFLEY-L, PATTERSON-L, SOWERBY-L Wayne County, Tennessee Co-County Coordinator: http://www.netease.net/wayne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat M. Mahan" <mahan@hiwaay.net> To: <ALLAUDER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 11:28 AM Subject: Fw: William B. Davis Family > This is being forwarded from the Lauderdale County message board. If you > can help, please reply to > > rx4snoopy@wmconnect.com > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HS.2ADE/625 > > and, of course, the list. > > Thanks, > > Pat > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <rx4snoopy@wmconnect.com> > To: <ALLAUDER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 11:22 AM > Subject: William B. Davis Family > > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Classification: Query >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HS.2ADE/625 >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> William B. Davis, born February 1844, in either Mcminn County, Tennessee >> or North Alabama. I believe he married Malinda Springer on May 18, 1865 >> in Lauderdale County, Alabama. The 1880 Limestone County, Alabama census >> shows their children as follows: >> Nancy age 14 - Nancy married Joseph Evan Shoemaker on January 2, 1881. >> Mocela age 11 >> Mollie age 5 >> George age 3 >> James age 8/12 >> Joe and Nancy had 3 children that I know of. They are as follows: >> Lizzie born September 1884 >> Ida L. born December 1887 - married Will Bush on November 23, 1910 in >> Lauderdale County, Alabama. >> William Burl born August 1890 - married Beulah unknown before 1920. >> Joe and Nancy are not together in the 1900 census. I believe they >> divorced after William was born, since Joe was remarried by 1905. In 1900 >> Joe was in Wayne County, Tennessee, while Nancy was living with her >> father and his second wife Emma unknown in Lauderdale County, Alabama. >> Only one of her children was living with her. Any information on the >> family of William B. Davis would be appreciated. >> UPDATED INFORMATION BELOW. >>>From information I have seen on other websites I am including the >>>following information to my original posting. As I stated in my original >>>post William B.Davis had 3 daughters listed in the 1880 Limestone County >>>Census. They were Nancy age 14, Mocela age 11 and Mollie age 5. Nancy >>>married Joseph Evan Shoemaker on 02 January 1881 in Limestone County. >>>Mosella married Thomas Crittenden Cox 19 February 1889 in Lauderdale >>>County. Mollie married John Overton Pettus 29 April 1894 in Lauderdale >>>County. I am still trying to find out what happened to Nancy after the >>>1900 census. If anyone out there researching the Cox or Pettus family in >>>Lauderdale County has information on Nancy Davis Shoemaker or her >>>children please reply. Thank you in advance for your assistance in this >>>matter. >