Hi Janet in Missouri Have looked at your Davenports this morning. They all seem to be located in your country. If you need some help in continuing the line in the UK I need something to go on dates, places, names etc. My geographical area of Davenport research is in Lancashire and Cheshire, the family having kept close to the ancestral home. Best regards Leon Knapper

Greetings Cousins and List Members, old and new. Happy New Year! The State of Nevada has survived the Y2K "crisis"; things are getting back to normal; and I am back on the 'net. It's good to be home :-) Nevada had a few "incidents", but none turned out to be Y2K related. However, several hearts stopped beating for a few seconds at midnight on New Years Eve when a "reveler" released a metallic balloon into the air that drifted into some overhead power lines and shorted them out, tripping the circuit breakers at a nearby power substation. All the lights in downtown Carson City went out a few moments after midnight and near panic set in. Luckily, all the casinos, where everyone was celebrating, had backup generators that kicked in seconds later. However, that didn't satisfy all the politicians and media types who were partying with the public. They all raced to their cars (limos?) to get to "headquarters" to find out what was going on and what crisis we were facing [BTW, power was restored to downtown an hour later]. Me? I spent a boring evening at the OEM (Office of Emergency Management) Crisis Center. I would have rather been at home with my family and the many relatives who came to visit me for the weekend. I won't comment on the "Millennium" because I have been told many times that everybody wants to believe we just started a new one and that nobody cares about the truth (especially the media and the advertisers). However, just in case there are genealogists out there who want to know the truth, I have posted an article from the Washington Post on my web site. You can read it at http://users.intercomm.com/nvjack/millennium_debate.htm I would like to take this opportunity to inform the new list members, and remind the ones who have been here awhile, that we have a Davenport Genealogy Page. You can find it at http://users.intercomm.com/nvjack/davnport/index.htm For you old-timers who have "bookmarked" this page, please be aware that I have changed the address of the page from "davnport.htm" to "index.htm". However, not to worry, "davnport.htm" still works. I have changed the code to "redirect" your request to "index.htm". Please don't misunderstand my comments in the following paragraph. They do not refer to the DAVENPORT-L Rootsweb, which is open to all. They only refer to the web site that I own, manage and maintain. Please know and/or remember: I am not collecting *all* Davenports, anywhere/anytime, in my database. I am descended from Davis Davenport of King William County, VA, and that is who I have concentrated my efforts on. If you are descended from Davis, or think you are, you will find a wealth of information there, and I will be happy to add your line to the database. However, I am also happy to provide a link to the lineage of any other branch on my web site. Ask me for details. Again, Happy New YEAR, but *not* decade, century, or millennium. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jack W. Ralph, AKA Nevada Jack of Carson City Jack@Ralph.org Proud RootsWeb Donor ListKeeper of BEEDE, DAVENPORT, PHILBRICK, & RALPH Visit Nevada Jack's Place at: http://Jack.Ralph.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My Davenports. Nancy in TX Descendants of William Davenport Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM1 DAVENPORT was born 1751 in North Carolina, and died Aft. 1831 in Tennessee. Children of WILLIAM DAVENPORT are: 2. i. ABSOLUM2 DAVENPORT, b. Abt. 1774, Hyde County North Carolina; d. 1853, Cannon County TN. 3. ii. EDMOND (SR.) DAVENPORT, b. Abt. 1770, NC; d. Bef. 1850, Warren County TN. Generation No. 2 2. ABSOLUM2 DAVENPORT (WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1774 in Hyde County North Carolina, and died 1853 in Cannon County TN. He married ELIZABETH (?) WARD Bef. 1800 in Hyde County NC. She was born 1780 in North Carolina Hyde County, and died Abt. 1850 in Tennessee, Cannon County. Children of ABSOLUM DAVENPORT and ELIZABETH WARD are: 4. i. WILEY3 DAVENPORT, b. September 16, 1801, NC; d. January 15, 1881, Cannon County TN. 5. ii. WARREN DAVENPORT, b. November 15, 1803, NC; d. May 27, 1879, Woodbury, Cannon County Tennessee. iii. JANE DAVENPORT, b. Abt. 1805, NC. iv. GEORGE DAVENPORT, b. Abt. 1810, NC; d. Abt. 1895, Cannon County TN; m. (1) JANE KILPATRICK, May 24, 1836, Rutherford County TN; m. (2) JUDAH FORDY GIVENS, December 01, 1870, Cannon County , Tennessee. 3. EDMOND (SR.)2 DAVENPORT (WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1770 in NC, and died Bef. 1850 in Warren County TN. He married (2) UNK 1790 in NC. Child of EDMOND (SR.) DAVENPORT is: 6. i. EDMOND (JR.)3 DAVENPORT, b. Abt. 1802, NC; d. 1878, Cannon County TN. Children of EDMOND DAVENPORT and UNK are: 7. ii. HARDY3 DAVENPORT, b. Abt. 1794, NC; d. 1827, Wilson County TN. 8. iii. REUBEN DAVENPORT, b. 1798, NC; d. Bef. 1860, Cannon County TN. 9. iv. FRANCES DAVENPORT, b. Abt. 1800; d. Aft. 1860. v. SALLY DAVENPORT, b. Bef. 1804, NC; m. WILLIAM BRYSON, July 24, 1825, Wilson County TN. vi. ? DAVENPORT. Generation No. 3 4. WILEY3 DAVENPORT (ABSOLUM2, WILLIAM1) was born September 16, 1801 in NC, and died January 15, 1881 in Cannon County TN. He married LUCINDA WARD September 08, 1823 in Wilson County TN. Children of WILEY DAVENPORT and LUCINDA WARD are: i. HARRIETT L.4 DAVENPORT, b. November 17, 1824, Wilson County TN; d. September 29, 1881, Coffee County, TN; m. CHRISTOPHER COOPER, March 10, 1847, Cannon County , Tennessee. ii. JOHN J. DAVENPORT, b. 1828, Cannon County TN; d. Aft. 1880. iii. WILLIAM CARROLL DAVENPORT, SR., b. 1829, Cannon County TN; d. Aft. 1870; m. ELIZA STANLEY, January 10, 1856, Cannon County , Tennessee. iv. NANCY W. DAVENPORT, b. 1832, Cannon County TN; d. Bef. 1870; m. HENRY PARTON, April 03, 1860, Cannon County , Tennessee. 5. WARREN3 DAVENPORT (ABSOLUM2, WILLIAM1) was born November 15, 1803 in NC, and died May 27, 1879 in Woodbury, Cannon County Tennessee. He married (1) SUSANAH WHITLOCK February 25, 1825 in Wilson County, Tennessee, daughter of THOMAS WHITLOCK. She was born July 04, 1806 in VA, and died May 10, 1867 in Woodbury, Tennessee. He married (2) ANN SMITH July 09, 1868 in Cannon County , Tennessee. Children of WARREN DAVENPORT and SUSANAH WHITLOCK are: i. JAMES BURTON4 DAVENPORT, b. November 01, 1828, Cannon County TN; d. Aft. 1880; m. (1) NANCY BRAGG, November 14, 1848; m. (2) MINERVA DEBONK, October 15, 1859, Cannon County , Tennessee; m. (3) MARGARET MOORE, March 03, 1864, Cannon County , Tennessee. 10. ii. THOMAS WHITLOCK DAVENPORT, b. April 20, 1831, Cannon County TN; d. December 08, 1913, Cannon County TN. iii. BUSCHET DOUGLAS DAVENPORT, b. August 14, 1834, Cannon County TN; d. February 29, 1904, Cannon County TN; m. (1) BARBARA A. PEYTON, August 12, 1853, Cannon County , Tennessee; m. (2) DEBORAH LUCINDA WILLARD, August 02, 1858, Cannon County , Tennessee; d. 1901, Cannon County TN. iv. MARY M. DAVENPORT, b. February 25, 1836, Wilson County TN; d. February 11, 1839, Cannon County TN. 11. v. ANDREW A. DAVENPORT, b. October 16, 1838, Woodbury, Cannon County, Tennessee; d. 1875, Woodbury, Cannon County, Tennessee. vi. JOHN C. DAVENPORT, b. March 03, 1841, Cannon County TN; d. September 25, 1911, Cannon County TN; m. (1) SUSAN LYDIL JONES, September 10, 1860, Cannon County , Tennessee; m. (2) TANSON SNEED, August 09, 1864, Rutherford County TN. 12. vii. NANCY ELIZABETH DAVENPORT, b. May 18, 1843; d. December 15, 1884. viii. WILLIAM ABSOLUM DAVENPORT, b. July 08, 1846, Cannon County TN; d. December 29, 1929, Cannon County TN; m. NANCY ANN FRANCIS, March 22, 1894, Cannon County , Tennessee. ix. GOLDIE L. DAVENPORT, b. November 22, 1851. 13. x. SUSAN LORENE DAVENPORT, b. July 29, 1826, Wilson County TN; d. February 29, 1908, Cannon County TN. 6. EDMOND (JR.)3 DAVENPORT (EDMOND (SR.)2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1802 in NC, and died 1878 in Cannon County TN. He married (1) ELIZABETH WEST. She was born Abt. 1801. He married (2) ELIZABETH WEST Bef. 1832 in Warren County TN. Marriage Notes for EDMOND DAVENPORT and ELIZABETH WEST: I have not found the marriage record for Edmond Davenport JR. I am guessing he was married in Warren County TN. The early marriage records there were destroyed. he, his father, and brother Reuben, moved to Warren County about 1835. He would have been married before that time but may have married someone already in Warren County. Children of EDMOND DAVENPORT and ELIZABETH WEST are: i. MARY4 DAVENPORT, b. Abt. 1835. ii. JOHN DAVENPORT, b. Abt. 1836. 14. iii. MARTHA SUSAN DAVENPORT, b. Abt. 1843. iv. FRANCIS DAVENPORT, b. Abt. 1845. Children of EDMOND DAVENPORT and ELIZABETH WEST are: v. ROBERT J.4 DAVENPORT, b. December 12, 1832, Wilson County TN; m. MARTHA J. LEECH, July 14, 1864, Cannon County , Tennessee. vi. ELIAZABETH MARY DAVENPORT, b. 1834. vii. JEHUE MAYNARD DAVENPORT, b. 1836, Warren County TN; m. (1) MELVINA TEDDER, July 18, 1869, Cannon County , Tennessee; m. (2) MARY REED, October 01, 1876, Cannon County , Tennessee. viii. ELIZA JANE DAVENPORT, b. July 02, 1838, Warren County TN; d. Bet. 1915 - 1920, Cannon County TN; m. FRANCIS M. JONES, January 05, 1859, Cannon County , Tennessee. ix. JOHN S. DAVENPORT, b. October 1839, Warren County TN; m. FRANCES CALDONIA GANN, December 27, 1863, Cannon County , Tennessee. x. NANCY M DAVENPORT, b. October 24, 1841, Warren County TN; d. April 28, 1907, Cannon County TN; m. (1) JOSEPH B. DAVENPORT, February 18, 1886, Cannon County , Tennessee; b. July 12, 1850; d. May 09, 1887, Cannon County TN.; m. (2) W.R. BRYSON, October 13, 1895, Cannon County , Tennessee. xi. LUCINDA FRANCES DAVENPORT, b. Bef. 1845; d. Bef. 1870. xii. HENRY WILEY DAVENPORT, b. November 1847, Cannon County TN; m. SARAH JANE MINGLE, December 13, 1871, Cannon County , Tennessee. 7. HARDY3 DAVENPORT (EDMOND (SR.)2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1794 in NC, and died 1827 in Wilson County TN. He married MARTHA BRYSON December 10, 1817 in Wilson County TN, daughter of SAMUEL BRYSON and MARTHA BOGLE. She was born 1796 in Rowan County, NC. Marriage Notes for HARDY DAVENPORT and MARTHA BRYSON: Marriage record spells name as "Davanport". Children of HARDY DAVENPORT and MARTHA BRYSON are: i. HENRY4 DAVENPORT, b. 1819, Wilson County TN; d. Aft. 1880; m. SARAH PEDIGO, October 05, 1838, Cannon County , Tennessee. Marriage Notes for HENRY DAVENPORT and SARAH PEDIGO: Marriage record spells Davenport as "Davanport". 15. ii. ASENITH DAVENPORT, b. October 15, 1820; d. April 14, 1889, Cannon County TN. 16. iii. WILLIAM MUNFORD DAVENPORT, b. July 28, 1823, Wilson County TN; d. July 23, 1897, Cannon County TN. iv. JOSEPH DAVENPORT, b. 1828, Cannon County TN; d. 1884; m. SARAH GANN, February 16, 1853, Cannon County , Tennessee; d. August 1929, Cannon County TN. 8. REUBEN3 DAVENPORT (EDMOND (SR.)2, WILLIAM1) was born 1798 in NC, and died Bef. 1860 in Cannon County TN. He married (1) SUSAN RICHARDSON June 13, 1820 in Wilson County TN. He married (2) RUTH M. SAULS March 28, 1825 in Rutherford County TN, daughter of JOHN SAULS and BARBARA VAUNTS. He married (3) SARAH MATTHEWS May 14, 1847 in Cannon County , Tennessee. Children of REUBEN DAVENPORT and SUSAN RICHARDSON are: i. JOHN BURL4 DAVENPORT, b. July 10, 1822, Wilson County TN; d. December 10, 1879, Warren County, TN; m. ELIZABETH DEBERRY, Abt. 1841, Warren County TN. ii. EDMOND DAVENPORT, b. May 06, 1824, Wilson County TN; d. September 26, 1900, Warren County, TN; m. NANCY LEMMONS, Bef. 1842, Warren County TN. Children of REUBEN DAVENPORT and RUTH SAULS are: iii. RUTH S.4 DAVENPORT, b. 1827, Wilson County TN; d. Aft. 1850; m. RANSOM B. PROCTOR, Abt. 1844. iv. FRANCES ELIZABETH DAVENPORT, b. 1830, Wilson County TN; m. NEIL H. SMITH, December 21, 1847, Wilson County TN. v. REUBEN (JR) DAVENPORT, b. 1831, Cannon County TN; d. November 08, 1847, Warren County, TN. vi. ELISHA BELL DAVENPORT, b. April 02, 1833, Wilson County TN; d. 1910, Pottawamie County, OK; m. (1) LUCY GREEN, October 22, 1853, Warren County TN; m. (2) JOSEPHINE ELIZABETH SUMMER, Abt. 1861. 17. vii. ABRAHAM HARDY DAVENPORT, b. June 24, 1835, Warren County, TN; d. February 03, 1917, Cannon County TN. viii. NANCY M. DAVENPORT, b. February 28, 1837; m. THOMAS A. ORAND, October 20, 1867, Cannon County , Tennessee. ix. WILLIAM DAVENPORT, b. 1840, Warren County TN; d. 1863, Battle of Murfreesboro, TN; m. MARTHA E. WILSON, January 15, 1858, Cannon County , Tennessee. x. CHRISTINA DAVENPORT, b. February 23, 1840, Warren County TN; d. August 1840. Children of REUBEN DAVENPORT and SARAH MATTHEWS are: xi. JAMES JORDAN4 DAVENPORT, b. February 16, 1848, Warren County TN; d. October 16, 1849, Warren County TN. xii. LOUUISA JANE DAVENPORT, b. February 19, 1849. xiii. NICY C. DAVENPORT, b. January 12, 1851. xiv. GEORGE HENRY DAVENPORT, b. October 19, 1852, Cannon County TN; m. REBECCA PRESTON, November 02, 1873, Cannon County , Tennessee. xv. SAMUEL B. DAVENPORT, b. December 13, 1854; m. MARTHA JANE PRESTON, November 02, 1873, Cannon County , Tennessee. xvi. BENJAMIN DAVENPORT, b. 1857; m. JOSIE ?, 1894. 9. FRANCES3 DAVENPORT (EDMOND (SR.)2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1800, and died Aft. 1860. She married JOHN (JR) SAULS August 20, 1820 in Wilson County TN, son of JOHN SAULS and BARBARA VAUNTS. Children of FRANCES DAVENPORT and JOHN SAULS are: i. RHODA P.4 SAULS, b. 1821; m. THOMAS TEDDER, March 26, 1846, Cannon County , Tennessee. ii. MARTHA FRANCES SAULS, b. 1830; m. ABRAM O. ALEXANDER, October 05, 1847, Cannon County , Tennessee. Generation No. 4 10. THOMAS WHITLOCK4 DAVENPORT (WARREN3, ABSOLUM2, WILLIAM1) was born April 20, 1831 in Cannon County TN, and died December 08, 1913 in Cannon County TN. He married (1) NANCY LOUISE BRYSON. He married (2) MARY E. JONES August 20, 1850 in Cannon County , Tennessee, daughter of MICHAEL JONES and MARGARET BOND. She was born April 10, 1831, and died October 25, 1877. Children of THOMAS DAVENPORT and NANCY BRYSON are: i. MARTHA ANNIS5 DAVENPORT, b. May 30, 1869; d. May 26, 1955; m. ALBERT DAVENPORT. ii. JULIA C. DAVENPORT, b. August 05, 1871; d. September 14, 1888. iii. MAE A. DAVENPORT, b. May 01, 1873; d. March 22, 1904; m. DONNELL SAM FANN. Children of THOMAS DAVENPORT and MARY JONES are: iv. MICHAEL B.5 DAVENPORT, b. December 22, 1851; d. August 11, 1928; m. ADA. v. MARGARET SUSAN DAVENPORT, b. February 13, 1853; d. February 22, 1885; m. JOHN DEE ALEXANDER, August 25, 1870. vi. W.B. DAVENPORT, b. July 26, 1854. vii. JOHN ARMSTRONG DAVENPORT, b. March 20, 1856; d. July 10, 1929; m. SARAH ELIZABETH WINNETT, October 23, 1872. viii. NANCY ELIZABETH DAVENPORT, b. December 18, 1857, Cannon County TN; d. October 04, 1949, Cannon County TN; m. BENJAMIN C. ALEXANDER, October 22, 1872. ix. ROBERT BOB HATTON DAVENPORT, b. April 06, 1860; d. January 04, 1940; m. ROSA FREDONIA WILSON, August 28, 1878, Cannon County , Tennessee. x. MOORE BRAGG DAVENPORT, b. August 12, 1861; d. August 11, 1928, Cannon County TN; m. WILLIE ADA TITTLE, October 22, 1882, Cannon County , Tennessee; b. April 09, 1861; d. December 05, 1937, Cannon County TN.. xi. ULYSSES GRANT DAVENPORT, b. August 21, 1864; d. February 03, 1884. xii. MARY M. DAVENPORT, b. May 10, 1866; d. January 12, 1902; m. SPENCER DOZIER BRAGG; b. February 22, 1867. xiii. SARAH F. DAVENPORT, b. April 22, 1868. 11. ANDREW A.4 DAVENPORT (WARREN3, ABSOLUM2, WILLIAM1) was born October 16, 1838 in Woodbury, Cannon County, Tennessee, and died 1875 in Woodbury, Cannon County, Tennessee. He married (1) ROSANNA (ROSY) ROBINSON Bef. 1862, daughter of HUGH ROBINSON and NANCY DAVENPORT. She was born Abt. 1873 in TN. He married (2) MARTHA SUSAN DAVENPORT August 20, 1865 in Cannon County , Tennessee, daughter of EDMOND DAVENPORT and ELIZABETH WEST. She was born Abt. 1843. Children of ANDREW DAVENPORT and MARTHA DAVENPORT are: i. WILLIAM5 DAVENPORT, b. 1866. ii. ROSA ELIZABETH DAVENPORT, b. 1867; d. Abt. 1908; m. (1) MR. SHREWSBERRY; m. (2) GEORGE R. OVERALL, October 27, 1897, Rutherford County TN. iii. NANCY LORAINE DAVENPORT, b. December 28, 1869, Tennessee; d. November 11, 1937, Flower Mound, Denton County Texas; m. JOHN HIRAM KIRKLAND, September 01, 1885, Tennessee; b. April 17, 1863, Bradyville, Tennessee Cannon County; d. August 05, 1936, Lewisville,Texas died at home. iv. MARY FRANCIS DAVENPORT, b. 1871; m. ALFRED M. CAWTHON, June 09, 1891, Rutherford County TN; d. 1917. More About ALFRED CAWTHON and MARY DAVENPORT: Marriage Fact: Presumed married in Alabama v. LUCY DAVENPORT, b. Aft. 1871. 12. NANCY ELIZABETH4 DAVENPORT (WARREN3, ABSOLUM2, WILLIAM1) was born May 18, 1843, and died December 15, 1884. She married HUGH ROBINSON, son of SILAS ROBINSON and ELIZABETH. He was born Abt. 1834 in TN. Children of NANCY DAVENPORT and HUGH ROBINSON are: i. JESSE5 ROBINSON, b. Abt. 1863, TN. ii. WILLIAM ROBINSON, b. Abt. 1869, TN. iii. ROSANNA (ROSY) ROBINSON, b. Abt. 1873, TN; m. ANDREW A. DAVENPORT, Bef. 1862; b. October 16, 1838, Woodbury, Cannon County, Tennessee; d. 1875, Woodbury, Cannon County, Tennessee. iv. THOMAS ROBINSON, b. Abt. 1877, TN. 13. SUSAN LORENE4 DAVENPORT (WARREN3, ABSOLUM2, WILLIAM1) was born July 29, 1826 in Wilson County TN, and died February 29, 1908 in Cannon County TN. She married WILLIAM MOORE BRAGG December 28, 1846 in Cannon County , Tennessee, son of THOMAS BRAGG and CATHERINE CHERRY. He died May 1862. Children of SUSAN DAVENPORT and WILLIAM BRAGG are: i. MARY5 BRAGG, b. 1850. ii. JAMES BRAGG, b. 1853. iii. SUSAN BRAGG, b. 1856. iv. THOMAS DOZIER BRAGG, b. October 09, 1847; d. May 11, 1921; m. MARY P. ROBINSON, February 28, 1867; b. June 03, 1848; d. March 31, 1935. 14. MARTHA SUSAN4 DAVENPORT (EDMOND (JR.)3, EDMOND (SR.)2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1843. She married (2) ANDREW A. DAVENPORT August 20, 1865 in Cannon County , Tennessee, son of WARREN DAVENPORT and SUSANAH WHITLOCK. He was born October 16, 1838 in Woodbury, Cannon County, Tennessee, and died 1875 in Woodbury, Cannon County, Tennessee. Child of MARTHA SUSAN DAVENPORT is: i. SILAS5 DAVENPORT, b. 1862. Children are listed above under (11) Andrew A. Davenport. 15. ASENITH4 DAVENPORT (HARDY3, EDMOND (SR.)2, WILLIAM1) was born October 15, 1820, and died April 14, 1889 in Cannon County TN. She married SAMUEL BROGEL BRYSON November 07, 1836 in Wilson County TN. He was born February 21, 1814 in Documented on grave marker, and died 1879 in Cannon County TN. Child of ASENITH DAVENPORT and SAMUEL BRYSON is: i. JOSEPH DILLARD5 BRYSON, b. November 11, 1856; d. May 11, 1911, Cannon County TN; m. NANCY JOSEPHINE; b. October 30, 1862; d. April 11, 1905, Cannon County TN.. 16. WILLIAM MUNFORD4 DAVENPORT (HARDY3, EDMOND (SR.)2, WILLIAM1) was born July 28, 1823 in Wilson County TN, and died July 23, 1897 in Cannon County TN. He married MARY POLLY BRYSON July 24, 1845 in Cannon County , Tennessee, daughter of JOSEPH BRYSON and SARAH BOGLE. She was born September 12, 1830, and died March 18, 1919. Child of WILLIAM DAVENPORT and MARY BRYSON is: i. HARDY GOWAN5 DAVENPORT, b. December 26, 1856; d. October 03, 1928, Cannon County TN; m. MARGARET JANE PEYTON; b. November 03, 1853; d. December 11, 1947, Cannon County TN.. 17. ABRAHAM HARDY4 DAVENPORT (REUBEN3, EDMOND (SR.)2, WILLIAM1) was born June 24, 1835 in Warren County, TN, and died February 03, 1917 in Cannon County TN. He married (1) SARAH SUSAN WILSON October 10, 1856 in Cannon County , Tennessee, daughter of STEPHEN WILSON. She was born May 25, 1840, and died July 18, 1896 in Cannon County TN. He married (2) ELIZABETH ODOM August 02, 1897 in Cannon County , Tennessee. Children of ABRAHAM DAVENPORT and SARAH WILSON are: i. MARY ALICE5 DAVENPORT, b. June 24, 1861; d. January 14, 1959, Cannon County TN; m. HENRY GILLUM. ii. THOMAS BETHEL DAVENPORT, b. February 20, 1871; d. February 24, 1959, Cannon County TN. PLUS, A FEW HUNDRED MORE.

would look at my Davenports please www.angelfire.com/mo2/janetsgenealogy janet -----Original Message----- From: L K Knapper <kknapper@globalnet.co.uk> To: DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 2:17 PM Subject: [DAVENPORT] Ormus de Dauneporte >Several years ago I visited the hallowed ground of Davenport, the place where the first identifiable Davenport lived, Ormus de Dauneporte the patriarch of Davenports everywhere. To get to it I had to park alongside the busy Holmes Chapel to Congleton road near to a farm called Grange Farm. From here you can walk down a lane signposted Swettenham, past renovated rural cottage now owned by the wealthy. Once you have come to the end of the tidy tarmaced lane and have gone through a rustic gate you are in unspoilt countryside which must contain many remains of the busy township Davenport, which it was many centuries ago. As you go down a steep path beyond the rustic gate, on one side you have the flood plain of the River Dane from which the name Davenport derives( Dauen-port "the town on the trickling stream") and on the other, Davenport Hall Farm perched on a steep sided promontory above the river which today is peaceful and meandering, flowing sluggishly during the Summer months! >, a haven for a multitude of wild life. It was on this promontory that Ormus built his homestead, although we have no clues to say what it was like it must have been quite different from the ornate half timbered houses later Davenports built. Some say that Davenport Hall Farm contains remnants of a much earlier building, a manor house maybe, though I have not been privileged to view its interior. The path continues through water meadows and small thickets to the village of Swettenham a place where some Davenports of the 16th and 17th centuries are buried according to the parish registers. > >It was with a sense of pilgrimage that I spent that warm and sunny early spring day earnestly seeking to receive the vibrations of earlier times as I walked along. > >Source material which deals with the early Davenports is sometime contradictory. The researcher is often left to trust his or her gut feeling about what evidence is likely to have integrity. This is of course true of all historical research. When I was at school we were taught that the Vikings did nothing but rape and pillage this country of ours. Today we have to be more circumspect for extensive excavations in York have demonstrated what a homely and civilised people the Vikings were when they had settle there. A twelfth century chronicle suggests that Davenport was an important place in the year 920 AD and was therefore probably so before this. Its importance seems to have stemmed from the defensive position the promontory and the narrow valley through which the River Dane flows provided in protecting the kingdom of Mercia from raiders across the Cheshire Plain. Sources suggest that the township may have been founded by Scandinavian merchants but was in existence well over ! >a century before the Norman Conquest. In the time of Doomsday Davenport was held by a Gilbert de Venables and was worth three shilling but was mostly wasteland probably meaning that it was wild and wooded and uncultivated. Clearly Davenport was not owned by the Davenports from the time of the Norman Conquest although this was once what I believed. I always believe too that the first Davenports came across with William the Conqueror from Normandy and settled in this country. There is, however, no evidence to suggest that Ormus was alive at a time of the Norman Conquest and certainly none to suggest that he had Norman blood in his veins. What a devastating realisation this was for me! Source material suggests that it is much more likely that Ormus had Scandinavian or English ancestry. All that we can be reasonably be certain of is that Ormus de Dauneporte or Orme de Davenport was living in the twelfth century and probably before 1154. It is also likely that Ormus followed the cu! >stom of the time taking the name of the place where he live "of Davenport" and incorporated it into his name. > >My mother was a Davenport (Phyllis). It is her that I blame in the nicest possible way for my obsession with the Davenports!! > >Leon Knapper > > > >==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== >Visit the Davenport Genealogy Page at >http://Jack.Ralph.org/davnport > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >

you David . I think is the brother to my thomas www.angelfire.com/mo2/janetsgenealogy janet -----Original Message----- From: DixieChx@aol.com <DixieChx@aol.com> To: DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT] New Subscriber Submits Information >Dear Paul, > >I think that your Presley Davenport may be the son of Martin S. Davenport and >Polly Nunnally. Check Nevada Jack's website for history and five generations >of Pamunkey Davenports. We are the descendants of Davis Davenport. Your Line >is Davis/Martin/David/ Martin S./Presley if my memory serves. Have fun and >good luck in your search. > > > Carol > > >==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== >Search the List Archives at >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/DAVENPORT-L/ > >============================== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >

I have White family in my Wiseman family in Tn. janet -----Original Message----- From: Tracy Bretz <tracy_hb@hotmail.com> To: DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 4:31 PM Subject: [DAVENPORT] James Davenport b. abt 1822 >I am new to the list, and am posting the earliest family I have on record. There is speculation that James' father was either John or Jerry, but no proof. We have no record of his parents or siblings. Any help would be greatly appreciated. My line is through Thomas Jefferson, but I have more information on all of James and Elizabeth's sons and their descendants, and am, of course, willing to share. > >James Davenport b. abt 1822 NC or VA; d. 5 May 1916, Sullivan Co, TN > m. (1) 1840 Ashe Co, NC > div. 1887 > Elizabeth Osborne b. 1820 or 28 Ashe Co, NC; d. Forge Creek, TN 26 Apr 1926 > 1. Sarah b. 1847, NC > m. J. L. Shipman > 2. Zelpha M. b. 1848, NC > m. George Farris > 3. John Calvin b. 1852 d. 1921 > m. Luzena King > 4. Henry Asbury b. 17 Dec 1853 Ashe Co., NC; d. 8 Oct 1941 Knox Co., KY > m. (1) ? Ellison > m. (2) Nancy Emaline "Emma" Shepard > 5. Christina b. 1856; d. 1926(?) Forge Cr., TN > m. Emmanuel Johnson > 6. Jeremiah b. 1858, Ashe Co., NC; d. abt 1940 Sullivan Co., TN > m. Sara Fine Snydor > 7. Nancy b. 1 Jun 1861; d. 26 Jun 1881 (never married) > 8. Thomas Jefferson b. 22 Jul 1862 Johnson Co., TN; d. 10 Mar 1940 Skagit Co., WA > m. Mary Lavina Parsons >m. (2) before Aug 1899 > Margaret (White ?) > > >==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== >Having problems with this mailing list? >Write to: DAVENPORT-admin@rootsweb.com > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------9EB229E9010CC86F0C89B006 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Deja Davenport wrote: > Just a comment... I have a Presley G. Davenport in Pike Co., Georgia in 1840. > Bonnie > > DixieChx@aol.com wrote: > > > Dear Paul, > > > > I think that your Presley Davenport may be the son of Martin S. Davenport and > > Polly Nunnally. Check Nevada Jack's website for history and five generations > > of Pamunkey Davenports. We are the descendants of Davis Davenport. Your Line > > is Davis/Martin/David/ Martin S./Presley if my memory serves. Have fun and > > good luck in your search. > > > > > > Carol > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > > Search the List Archives at > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/DAVENPORT-L/ > > > > ============================== > > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi --------------9EB229E9010CC86F0C89B006 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Message-ID: <38729A7C.C1CCF2F@net-link.net> Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 20:12:28 -0500 From: Deja Davenport <deja@net-link.net> Organization: D&K Productions X-Mozilla-Draft-Info: internal/draft; vcard=0; receipt=0; uuencode=0; html=0; linewidth=81 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT] New Subscriber Submits Information References: <0.731d18c9.25a3c0b9@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just a comment... I have a Presley G. Davenport in Pike Co., Georgia in 1840. Bonnie DixieChx@aol.com wrote: > Dear Paul, > > I think that your Presley Davenport may be the son of Martin S. Davenport and > Polly Nunnally. Check Nevada Jack's website for history and five generations > of Pamunkey Davenports. We are the descendants of Davis Davenport. Your Line > is Davis/Martin/David/ Martin S./Presley if my memory serves. Have fun and > good luck in your search. > > > Carol > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > Search the List Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/DAVENPORT-L/ > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi --------------9EB229E9010CC86F0C89B006--

I do not know, I have researched and found our Gt Gt Grandparents William and Charlotte in Stepney, London area, England. They had a large family of seven sons and two daughters. Two came to Australia. I have a researcher in England at the moment, looking for William's ancestors and descendants. I hope to find out lots more !!!! Will keep in touch with you if you have an interest in UK Davenports. No one on the Davenport family names seem to be online in England, I never get any answers from there. Happy New Year and happy name hunting Valmae Crothers- Davenport. Victoria Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy Carter <ncarter@vzinet.com> To: <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 10:57 PM Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT] Early Davenports > Valmae, do you connect to my Davenports: > William Davenport b. 1751 NC > Absolum Davenport, b. 1774 NC > Warren Davenport, b. 1803 NC > Andrew Davenport b. 1838 TN > Nancy Davenport, b. 1869 TN, my grandmother. > > >From Nancy in Texas > > > valmae crothers wrote: > > > Been there and done that, no joy, thanks anyway Valmae > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <CHonan2944@aol.com> > > To: <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 6:00 PM > > Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT] Early Davenports > > > > > Valmae, > > > Try the Davenport-L@roots web.com for imformation on your Davenports, they > > > usuaslly have a lot of Davenports that have some imfo that may help you > > > cathy > > > > > > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > > > Search the List Archives at > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/DAVENPORT-L/ > > > > > > ============================== > > > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > > 12.8 million individuals and counting. > > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > > View the Cousins Directory at > > http://Jack.Ralph.org/davnport/others.htm > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > Having problems with this mailing list? > Write to: DAVENPORT-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >

I am new to the list, and am posting the earliest family I have on record. There is speculation that James' father was either John or Jerry, but no proof. We have no record of his parents or siblings. Any help would be greatly appreciated. My line is through Thomas Jefferson, but I have more information on all of James and Elizabeth's sons and their descendants, and am, of course, willing to share. James Davenport b. abt 1822 NC or VA; d. 5 May 1916, Sullivan Co, TN m. (1) 1840 Ashe Co, NC div. 1887 Elizabeth Osborne b. 1820 or 28 Ashe Co, NC; d. Forge Creek, TN 26 Apr 1926 1. Sarah b. 1847, NC m. J. L. Shipman 2. Zelpha M. b. 1848, NC m. George Farris 3. John Calvin b. 1852 d. 1921 m. Luzena King 4. Henry Asbury b. 17 Dec 1853 Ashe Co., NC; d. 8 Oct 1941 Knox Co., KY m. (1) ? Ellison m. (2) Nancy Emaline "Emma" Shepard 5. Christina b. 1856; d. 1926(?) Forge Cr., TN m. Emmanuel Johnson 6. Jeremiah b. 1858, Ashe Co., NC; d. abt 1940 Sullivan Co., TN m. Sara Fine Snydor 7. Nancy b. 1 Jun 1861; d. 26 Jun 1881 (never married) 8. Thomas Jefferson b. 22 Jul 1862 Johnson Co., TN; d. 10 Mar 1940 Skagit Co., WA m. Mary Lavina Parsons m. (2) before Aug 1899 Margaret (White ?)

J. John Douglas Davenport, b. abt. 1844 in Newberry Co. SC but probably moved to Edgefield District, SC with his father after 1850. His parents: Moses Davenport (b.c. 1818) and Matilda Galloway (b.c. 1826 in Newberry Co.and d. 1850 in Newberry Co.) Does anyone have information regarding these names? I met Linda Baughn in Edgefield Co. SC Historical Society Library in Oct. and she is requesting this data. Thanks, Adrienne

Several years ago I visited the hallowed ground of Davenport, the place where the first identifiable Davenport lived, Ormus de Dauneporte the patriarch of Davenports everywhere. To get to it I had to park alongside the busy Holmes Chapel to Congleton road near to a farm called Grange Farm. From here you can walk down a lane signposted Swettenham, past renovated rural cottage now owned by the wealthy. Once you have come to the end of the tidy tarmaced lane and have gone through a rustic gate you are in unspoilt countryside which must contain many remains of the busy township Davenport, which it was many centuries ago. As you go down a steep path beyond the rustic gate, on one side you have the flood plain of the River Dane from which the name Davenport derives( Dauen-port "the town on the trickling stream") and on the other, Davenport Hall Farm perched on a steep sided promontory above the river which today is peaceful and meandering, flowing sluggishly during the Summer months! , a haven for a multitude of wild life. It was on this promontory that Ormus built his homestead, although we have no clues to say what it was like it must have been quite different from the ornate half timbered houses later Davenports built. Some say that Davenport Hall Farm contains remnants of a much earlier building, a manor house maybe, though I have not been privileged to view its interior. The path continues through water meadows and small thickets to the village of Swettenham a place where some Davenports of the 16th and 17th centuries are buried according to the parish registers. It was with a sense of pilgrimage that I spent that warm and sunny early spring day earnestly seeking to receive the vibrations of earlier times as I walked along. Source material which deals with the early Davenports is sometime contradictory. The researcher is often left to trust his or her gut feeling about what evidence is likely to have integrity. This is of course true of all historical research. When I was at school we were taught that the Vikings did nothing but rape and pillage this country of ours. Today we have to be more circumspect for extensive excavations in York have demonstrated what a homely and civilised people the Vikings were when they had settle there. A twelfth century chronicle suggests that Davenport was an important place in the year 920 AD and was therefore probably so before this. Its importance seems to have stemmed from the defensive position the promontory and the narrow valley through which the River Dane flows provided in protecting the kingdom of Mercia from raiders across the Cheshire Plain. Sources suggest that the township may have been founded by Scandinavian merchants but was in existence well over ! a century before the Norman Conquest. In the time of Doomsday Davenport was held by a Gilbert de Venables and was worth three shilling but was mostly wasteland probably meaning that it was wild and wooded and uncultivated. Clearly Davenport was not owned by the Davenports from the time of the Norman Conquest although this was once what I believed. I always believe too that the first Davenports came across with William the Conqueror from Normandy and settled in this country. There is, however, no evidence to suggest that Ormus was alive at a time of the Norman Conquest and certainly none to suggest that he had Norman blood in his veins. What a devastating realisation this was for me! Source material suggests that it is much more likely that Ormus had Scandinavian or English ancestry. All that we can be reasonably be certain of is that Ormus de Dauneporte or Orme de Davenport was living in the twelfth century and probably before 1154. It is also likely that Ormus followed the cu! stom of the time taking the name of the place where he live "of Davenport" and incorporated it into his name. My mother was a Davenport (Phyllis). It is her that I blame in the nicest possible way for my obsession with the Davenports!! Leon Knapper

Dear Cathy, John Davenport, son of Benjamin, married Ann (Nancy) Willis, daughter of Sally Willis, in Goochland County, VA. 9 April, 1793. Bondsman was Philip Rice. Witnesses were Molly Redd, Benjamin Davenport, and Bartlett Willis. William Webber was minister. I do not know where this John and Benjamin came from, but there are probably some records of them in the county records in Goochland. Good Luck. Let us know what you find. Carol

Dear Paul, I think that your Presley Davenport may be the son of Martin S. Davenport and Polly Nunnally. Check Nevada Jack's website for history and five generations of Pamunkey Davenports. We are the descendants of Davis Davenport. Your Line is Davis/Martin/David/ Martin S./Presley if my memory serves. Have fun and good luck in your search. Carol

Valmae, do you connect to my Davenports: William Davenport b. 1751 NC Absolum Davenport, b. 1774 NC Warren Davenport, b. 1803 NC Andrew Davenport b. 1838 TN Nancy Davenport, b. 1869 TN, my grandmother. >From Nancy in Texas valmae crothers wrote: > Been there and done that, no joy, thanks anyway Valmae > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <CHonan2944@aol.com> > To: <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 6:00 PM > Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT] Early Davenports > > > Valmae, > > Try the Davenport-L@roots web.com for imformation on your Davenports, they > > usuaslly have a lot of Davenports that have some imfo that may help you > > cathy > > > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > > Search the List Archives at > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/DAVENPORT-L/ > > > > ============================== > > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > 12.8 million individuals and counting. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > View the Cousins Directory at > http://Jack.Ralph.org/davnport/others.htm > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/

Been there and done that, no joy, thanks anyway Valmae ----- Original Message ----- From: <CHonan2944@aol.com> To: <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 6:00 PM Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT] Early Davenports > Valmae, > Try the Davenport-L@roots web.com for imformation on your Davenports, they > usuaslly have a lot of Davenports that have some imfo that may help you > cathy > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > Search the List Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/DAVENPORT-L/ > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > 12.8 million individuals and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >

Thank you Leon for that most interesting story, how on earth did you get back that far? I am having great difficulty tracking any descendants that may be living today from my William and Charlotte. No one seems to online connected to my Davenports. Thanks for your interest and work Valmae in Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: L K Knapper <kknapper@globalnet.co.uk> To: <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 10:03 PM Subject: [DAVENPORT] Early Davenports > In reply to queries by Cathy Honan and Valmae Davenport regarding dates of the early Cheshire Davenports. > > Dating precisely births, marriages and deaths before the advent of parish registers in England is very difficult. One is always reliant upon deeds and legal documents of one sort or another. Nevertheless, you both might find the following interesting. It is gleaned from bits and pieces in my possession related to my research into my own Davenport line, of which the earliest ancestor so far I have is a Hughe Davenport of Bredbury Hall Nr Stockport in Cheshire alive and producing offspring in the 1630's and 1640's. > > Richard de Davenport Lord of Davenport and Marton(places in Cheshire) > Little is know about this davenport except that he was the son of Thomas de Davenporte and Grandson of Richard de Dauneporte and great grandson of Ormus de Dauneporte > It is likely that he was appointed supreme forester of the Forests of Leek and Macclesfield between 1153 and 1181. > > Vivian de Davenport.Lord of Davenport and Marton. > > He succeeded Richard as Lord of Davenport and Marton but in deeds is never described as being his son though it is entirely probable. His DOB is dependent upon when his parent Richard married. He was probably born before 1190. He was living in 1254. The only surviving original deed was one apparently dated after 1247 in which gifts are given to his younger son Richard comprising all his lands in the town of Macclesfield except the burgage of his eldest son Roger and the rent he held of Edmund de lacy constable of Chester and save a certain fourpenny rent which he gave tothe service of St Mary of Macclesfield. Vivian died between 1245 and 1249. > > Roger de Davenport.Lord of Davenport and Marton > > As a deed datable of between 1245 and 1249 puts Roger as of full age it is probable that he was born before 1228. He was living between 1268 and 1297. He died around 1297. > > Thomas de Davenport Lord of Davenport and Marton > > He was described as the eldest son and heir of Roger de Davenport. He acted as serjeant of the peace in 1290. He, his father Roger and his grandfather Vivian were named in the famous "Robber Roll" > in which they were permitted to execute robbers within the Forest of Macclesfield and claim payment for their heads at Chester Castle. Thomas married Agnes daughter of Thomas de Macclesfield. Agnes must have died before 1309 because there is evidence that he took a second wife Roseria of Ralph de Vernon and widow of William de Brereton. Thomas died about 1320.Living between 1280 and 1320, > > Sir John de Davenport Lord of Davenport and Marton. > > He was the eldest son of Thomas de Davenport > >From deed it is possible to say that he was alive between 1301 and 1370. He was knighted about 1336. He married Margery daughter of William de Brereton. (Marriage Settlement dated 1308) He married again to Agnes daughter of ....de Bradford. Marriage about 1359. > > Thomas de Davenport. > > He was his second son of Sir John de Davenport and first in the line of the Davenports of Wheltrough.(a place near Macclesfield in Cheshire) He was living between 1308 and 1347. > > John de Davenport Senior of Wheltrough. > > He was the second son of Thomas de Davenport of Wheltrough. Deeds have him alive in 1356, 1365 and 1372. He had two wives, with his first wife Elizabeth (alive in 1356 and 1360) he started the Davenports of Henbury line. With his second wife Margaret (in 1364 and 1390) he started the Davenports of Woodford line. Both places are in Cheshire. > > Hope the preceding will be of use to you. > > Regards > > Leon Knapper > > Oswestry on the Border of Wales and England > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > View the Cousins Directory at > http://Jack.Ralph.org/davnport/others.htm > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >

Hello Cousins, My name is Paul Edwin Crunk and I live in Hurst, TX. My father was James Sidney Crunk and his mother was Eunice Jane (Jennie) Davenport Crunk (b. 6 Nov 1877 in TX, d. 24 Aug 1969 in TX). Her father was Sidney Davenport (b. 1852 near Columbus, GA, d. 1880 near Omaha, TX). His father was Presley Davenport (b. 1805 near Richmond, VA, d. 1890 in Hopkins Co., TX). We do not know the name of Presley"s father, but family lore says that he immigrated from Cork, Ireland in the 1700's. Presley's wife was Sarah Abigail Criddle (b. 1814 in Greene Co., GA, and is buried in Titus Co., TX). They were married in 1830. Presley and Sarah had the following seven children: 1. James (b. 1831 in Pike Co., GA, d. 15 Nov 1862 and is buried at Camp Nelson National Cemetery in KY---he never married). 2. Lue (female---b. 1833 in Cherokee Co., GA, d. 1840). 3. Matilda (b. 1839 in Henry Co., GA, d. 1905 buried in Comanche Co., TX) married Tilman Kincy Seago (b. 1837 in Henry Co., GA, d. 1904 buried in Comanche Co., TX), who founded the town of Seagoville, near Dallas, TX. 4. Jesse Dawson (b. 1844 in Henry Co., GA, d. 1870 near New Orleans when his freight boat sank---his body was never found). 5. George Washington (b. 13 Nov 1848 in Henry Co., GA, d. 27 Feb 1927 near Twin Oak, south of Cumby, TX) married Mary Georgia Habbert (b. 27 Oct 1858 near Minden, LA, d. 10 Sep 1946 in Cumby, TX) about 1875. They are buried at Sunny Point Cemetery in Hopkins Co., TX. 6. Unicia Abigail (b. 18 Nov 1849 in Henry Co., GA, d. 16 May 1935 in Mt. Pleasant, TX) married James Houston Witt (b. 21 Nov 1845 in TN, d. 7 Jul 1898 in Omaha, TX) in 1868. They are both buried near Omaha, Morris Co., TX. 7. Sidney (b. 1852 near Columbus, GA, d. 1880 near Omaha, TX) married Molly/Mary Cameron (b. 1850 in TN). Sid and Molly died when my grandmother, Jennie, and her brother, James, were very young. Sidney's brother ,G.W., and his wife, Georgia, raised Jennie and James along with their own ten children. The exact date that Presley and Sarah Davenport left GA for TX and where they first settled in TX is not known, but it was after the Civil War was over. When they left their plantation near Columbus, their freed slaves chose to go to TX with them. I am new to Genealogy, as I have only been researching my Crunk line for five months. I have just started to research my Davenports because I have recently come into possession of a paper written by a member of the family. The information above was compiled by a granddaughter of the George Washington and Sarah Abigail Davenport above, named Mildred Gladys Davis (b. 18 Jun 1905 at Twin Oak community, TX). On 23 Dec 1961, she married Clifford Atkisson and they lived at Greenville, TX. Sadly, they have now passed from this life. I realize that this is only secondary evidence at this time, but I do know that Gladys Adkisson was interested in her family's history all of her life. I met her once when I was in elementary school in the late1950's at the only Davenport reunion that I ever attended and I know that my father visited with her from time to time to learn things about his mother's family and to compare notes. I am confident that my future research will prove her history to be quite accurate. Having searched the archives of this mailing list, it would seem to me that this information might be new to the group. I give this information freely to the group in hopes that someone might help me to find out facts about the parents and siblings of Presley Davenport, born 1805 near Richmond, VA. Your cousin, Paul

Valmae, Try the Davenport-L@roots web.com for imformation on your Davenports, they usuaslly have a lot of Davenports that have some imfo that may help you cathy

Benjamin Davenport and his son John Davenport come from the line of Ormus De Davenport. Benjamin Davenport , born 1743 and died 1787 was married to Ann Temple. John Davenport, his son was born 1770 and died 1830. He married Ann Frances Willis. My question is who was the one who imigrated to America. I was told Ann and John imigrated to America . I checked with Cheshire-L@rootsweb. and know has gotten back yet. Does anyone know who it was that came to America. I Have heard stories about GGGGRANFATHER jOHN COMING FROM jERSEY England. Can someone help in this matter. John and Ann were married in 1793. Hope this helps Cathy

I came across this quote and thought that I would pass it on. I deem it very appropriate of our endeavors. "The man who feels no sentiment of veneration for the memory of his forefathers is himself unworthy of kindred regard or remembrance." DANIEL WEBSTER