There was a Lewis born in 1813 in Washington Co.,VA and married Mary Dobbs 9-22-1837 Father was Claiborne Davenport and Mary Agnes Lee Lewis Claiborne Davenport son of John Davenport born 1843 and Lewis Davenport, son of Osborne Davenport married Sarah Roberts. Bonnie

Dear list, I'm looking for any information on Isaac Davenport and his wife Anna (also surname Davenport? cousins or just a married name?) who lived in Tyrrell County, NC, in the late 1700s. There is an Isaac Davenport listed in the in the 1800 census from Tyrrell County, but I have little additional information. I do know that they had a daughter, Celia Davenport b 12 Feb., 1792 in Tyrrell County, North Carolina, d 1852 in Macoupin County, Illinois. Celia married Richard Chapman 10 Nov., 1808 in Tyrrell County and they had children that included John Russel Chapman (b 11 Feb 1817). I would be very appreciative of ANY insight or information you might be able to provide on these Davenports or any of their ancestors or relations. Many thanks in advance, Rick Brown

Following is what I have in my file on this family: William Davenport & Mary Bullock ..................... Will Bk. H p 409 Fayette Co., KY. Will made 21 March 1828 Codicil 3 Apr 1828. Probated June Court 1828. Names wife Mary;sons, James, Richard, Rice and William. Daus: Agnes, Martha, Mary, - granddaughter elizabeth M. Price. Grandchildren: Martin Smith, Bird Smith, Mary Smith. Grandson: William Davenport. Granddaughter: Judy Ann Davenport. Grandson: William L. Gilkey. Exec: "Friend" Walter Bullock and sons William & James Davenport Bounty Land Warrant No. 4019 for 4,000 acres. "Old Kentucky Entries & Deeds" Issue: (William & Mary) James Bullock (1806-1897)., KY Mar Mary E. Evans 1830 Fayette Co. Richard H. Davenport mar: Sally Porter Rice B. Davenport mar (1) Lillian Musick (2) Rebecca Clay William B. Davenport b. 10 Oct 1801 mar Celia Ann Irwin Martha Wingfield Davenport mar Peter Smith Mary Ann Davenport mar S. C. Duncan American Davenport mar William Smith Sally Garland Davenport never married Elizabeth Davenport mar - - - - Price Edward Davenport Agnes Davenport mar Charles Gilkey Note: James & Mary Davenport had a son James Bullock Davenport Jr. b. ca 1839 Fayette Co. Mar: Margaret Young (1859-1907) William B. Davenport b. 10 Oct 1801 Fayette Co. KY d. Smithville, Clay Co. MO & Celia Ann Irwin b. 21 Dec 1806 Fayette Co., KY d. 1828 Clay Co., Dau: Judith Ann b. 14 Feb 1826 Bourbon Co., KY d. 24 March 1881 Paradise, Clay Co., MO Mar (1) George St. Claire (2) William Lewis Sparks 7 Feb 1850 Fayette Co., KY, son of Arichibald Sparks and Sarah Lewis . D. 28 Feb 1913 MO Issue: (Judith & William) John Irwin b. 8 March 1851 d. 26 May 1940 Sarah Lyle b. 7 July 1852 d. childhood Mary Catherine b. 12 Jan 1854 d. childhood Mildred Clay b. 23 Aug 1855 d. childhood Thomas L. b. 24 Apr 1857 d. 1897 Ella D. b. 8 Mar 1860 Josie Byron b. 21 Feb 1864 Duff D. b. 18 April 1867 d. 1938 Note: Josie mar Charles Eugene Beam b. 21 Dec 1857 Wabash Co., Indiana. Charles d. 14 Aug1909 Clyde park MT. Josie d. June 1940 Long Beach, CA Charles Beam & his sons & grandsons were well-known attorneys in Wabash Co., Indiana Note: John H. Loper, Thomas Prather, Amos Baker, Commissioners to divide land of Robert Irwin, dec'd to Judith Ann Davenport, daughter of Celia Ann Davenport, dec'd who was a daughter of Robert Irwin. 34 acres on Waters of Kentucky River. Deed delivered to George St. Claire (some records say St. John) husband of Judith Aug 16, 1837 Fayette Co., KY . Deed Bk 14 pge 108. Judith Ann St. Claire was age 16 when married to George and widowed at age 17. 1833 John Irwin posted a bond as guardian to Judith Ann orphan of William Davenport, dec'd. Ref: Lewis Family Genealogy. The History of Clay & Platte Co's Missouri pub 1885 pge 812. Mary went to Woodson Co after William died to live with Celia and William. Celia died in Clay Co., MO

Mr. Pantier: I don't know if this will help you or not, but I stumbled upon this in the library today. I will include it just as it was written from "Forks of Elkhorn Church" by Ermina Jett Darnell, With Genealogies of Early Members, Clearfield Publishing. DAVENPORT-William, r 1819 Jonas Davenport (____, 1802), of Jessamine, m Alice Redd (dau Mordecai and Agatha Minor Redd), W 1791. They had these children: 1, Samuel; 2, Polly; 3, Nancy; 4, Elizabeth; 5, Lucy Major; 6, Rev. William (1801-1852), m Eliza A. Major, Christian 1819, and their children were: William, Chastain, Benjamin, Jackson. As Rev. William's parrents died when he was very young, he made his home with his aunt, Mrs. Williams, of Scott County. After his marriage he lived in Fayette until 1825, and then removed to Christian, and while there was converted to the teaching of Campbell, and became a minister in the Christian Church. In 1835 he and his family, in company with his wife's relatives, removed to Woodford County, Illinois, where they established Walnut Grove Academy, reorganizing it in 1855 as Eureka College. He died in Nebraska City, Nebr. Fortunatus Davenport m Mary (Nancy?) Williams, W 1811; Charles M. Davenport m Mary Harrison, Jessamine 1821. Powhatan Davenport was in Woodford, 1822. The above is the entire text relating to Davenports -- the Jessamine, Fayette, Christian and Scott refer to counties in Kentucky. I hope this helps. -----Original Message----- From: Earl Pantier <EPantier@compuserve.com> To: DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 6:44 PM Subject: [DAVENPORT] Re: William Davenport of Fayette Co., KY >To John Scott Davenport, >I was most interested in your recent explanation of the differences of the >Williams of Kentucky - particularly that of William of Fayette Co. I am >puzzled that William of Fayette fails to show up in the 1820 census index >for that county, though. Would you happen to know if his wife's name was >Mary or whether one of his sons was named James Madison Davenport? I am >puzzled that William of Fayette fails to show up in the 1820 census index >for that county, though. > > >==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== >Send all subscribe and unsubscribe requests to: >DAVENPORT-L-request@rootsweb.com (if you're in mail mode) >DAVENPORT-D-request@rootsweb.com (if you're in digest mode) > >============================== >RootsWeb.com now offers UNLIMITED Web space for FREE! >Sign up today for RootsWeb's Freepages program: >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >

>From: JSDDOC@aol.com >Reply-To: DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com >To: DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [DAVENPORT] Re: William Davenport, wife Comfort Fisher, of Casey >County, KY >Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 07:43:16 EST > >To Angela, Elaine of Avery, and Any Others Interested: > > My apologies for taking so long to respond relative to the hypothesis >that William Davenport, wife Comfort Fisher, who was in Surry County, NC, >by >1782, was William Davenport, son of Richard Davenport of Albemarle County. >To my mind, William of Surry, later of Casey County, KY, was a done deal >insofar as identification was concerned more than twenty-five years ago. >Before I could respond intelligently to Elaine's suggestion that I address >the subject, I had to go through my files. I have fourteen long file >drawers >stuffed full. Since 1976 and my then move to Virginia, I have had a >systematic filing system--can retrieve by surname and geographical cross >reference. My search did not find a folder for William Davenport of >Surry-Casey, and I know that I had one. But I may have loaned it out or >given it away, having been convinced that it was not a Davenport line of my >interest, and had, therefore, been a blind alley and of no further value. > > I did not become a family wide researcher until the late 1970s when I >was >on the faculty of Brigham Young University and was exposed to the Family >History concept. I then had easy access to the BYU Library, which is >second >only to FHC at Salt Lake City in microfilm resources. Before becoming a >Family History convert, I had occasionally given away data files that were >no >longer of interest. The William Davenport-Comfort Fisher was likely one of >those. I had traced them from Accomack County, VA, to Surry County, NC, to >Casey County, KY, to (one line) Sangamon County, Illinois, before it became >obvious that they were not identifiable kin of mine. My recent search did >not find their data in my North Carolina/Davenport files, but I found >generic >data in my Casey County, KY, file, and eldest or second son George and his >full line in my Sangamon County, IL, file, all of which corroborates which >I >now relate. > > I can dispose of the hypothesis that William of Surry-Casey and >William >of Richard of Albemarle-Kentucky were one and the same person by pointing >out >that William of Surry-Casey was having children 10 to 20 years before >either >of the two Pamunkey William Davenports who were both in Kentucky by 1795. >(William of Surry-Casey was not in Kentucky until after 1800.) George >Davenport of Sangamon County, Illinois, either the first or second of >William >of Surry-Casey, was born in North Carolina in 1781. At that time, based on >their known children, neither William of Fayette County, KY, nor William of >Mercer County, KY, was married. William of Fayette was the son of William >of >Spotsylvania, son of Martin of Hanover (d. 1735). William of Mercer was >allegedly, the identification is vigorously disputed but that's another >discussion for another time, the son of Richard of Albemarle, son of Martin >of Hanover. Whatever, William of Mercer was married in Kentucky in 1795, >did >not start a known family until after that date. William of Fayette, an >officer in the Virginia Continental Line, apparently married in the >mid-to-late 1780s, then took advantage of his generous Revolutionary War >land >bounty and went to Kentucky from Louisa County, VA. He was not on the >Fayette tax list of 1787, but he was on the next extant list of 11Jan1790, >and remained thereon until his death in 1828. Both William of Fayette and >William of Mercer were on Kentucky Tax Lists in 1800. Both were enumerated >in the Census of 1810, with households reflecting children much younger >than >those of William of Casey, who, in the same Census, had four sons with >their >own household living near him in Casey County. > > For those interested in pursuing the William Davenport-Comfort Fisher >line, the records of Accomack County, Virginia, the northernmost county on >Virginia's Eastern Shore, are remarkably complete back to Accomack's >beginnings in the Seventeenth Century. I did not do Accomack, because I >cut >off my work on William and Comfort after identifying and discarding at the >front end. You will also find the couple in the records of Eaton's Baptist >Church, now Davie County, NC, then Rowan County, NC. I stumbled across >William, Comfort and family while I was doing research on the Reverend >Lazarus Whitehead, who was the pioneer Baptist minister of Wayne County, >Indiana Territory, and the pastor of Pamunkey Jesse Davenport, son of >Augustine, Sr., of Rowan County, NC. Jesse moved north of the Ohio River >in >1801, was in Wayne County, IT, by 1806, where he built and operated the >first >mill on Elkhorn Creek. Whitehead came a few years later, established his >church several miles downstream from Davenport's Mill. Whitehead was >pastor >at Eaton's Church twice--both times for a number of years, once in the late >1780s-early1790s and again in the first decade of the 1800s. Willard >Heiss, >the late Indiana Quaker historian-genealogist, had a marvelous collection >of >references and microfilm concerning North Carolina religion in the >Eighteenth >and early Nineteenth centuries, and loaned me a film which contained the >entire minutes of Eaton's Church, from the time of the Revolution, if I >recall correctly, until the time of the Civil War. There are a number of >mentions of William Davenport, his wife Comfort, and their family therein. >I'm going on recall, but William and Comfort were settled on Deep Creek in >Surry County, just above the Rowan-Surry Line and at least twenty miles >north >of Eaton's Church (it was still going strong ESE of Mocksville, Davie >County, >twenty-five years ago--I attended a service and researched its graveyard). >Why the Surry Davenports would affiliate with Eaton's when there were >surely >other organized Baptists nearer, I know not, but during that time there >were >Regular Baptists, Separate Baptists, Particular Baptists, and German >Baptists >(Hard Shells or Anti-Missionary came later), among others, in the North >Carolina Piedmont. Eaton's apparently was in doctrinal and discipline >agreement with the Davenports' beliefs. As I recall they were received by >Letter from an Accomack County church, and along with several others were >constituted as the Arm of Eaton's on Deep Creek. Over the years, the Deep >Creek Arm increased in number by Letter (transfers from other Baptist >churches) and Experience (baptized), and in the mid-to-late 1790s was set >off >as a daughter church of Eaton's. Rev. Whitehead was one of those >constituting the new church. Whether Deep Creek Baptist still thrives, I >know >not, for I had no interest in its cemetery. > > The basic evidence, I suggest, isolates the William and Comfort >Davenports, who I have categorized as EASTERN SHORE Davenports, from the >PAMUNKEY Davenports, and, therefore, excludes the possibility that this >William was the son of Pamunkey Richard Davenport of Albemarle. If someone >wants to do the Southern Davenports a favor, a thorough culling of the >records of Mercer County, Kentucky, would be immensely helpful, for there >were more Davenport households there in the Census of 1810 than in any >other >County in the Commonwealth, and at least two of my correspondents, >descendants of William of Mercer, have declared that none of the other >households were children or kin of his. One of those households was >Richard >Davenport, son of John, grandson of John, Sr., great-grandson of Martin of >Hanover. He was in Danville (now Boyle County), keeping a tavern, and >subsequently was a regimental commander in the War of 1812 who was breveted >a >Brigadier General of Militia for his heroism in the Recapture of Detroit >and >the various battles in Upper Canada; then was dead by 1819, leaving a most >distinguished family. > > Back in the early 1970s, I had a running disagreement with an elderly >lady and her daughter in Southwest Missouri about the identifications of >the >early William Davenport's of Kentucky. They claimed that William of >Fayette >was the son of Richard of Albemarle. I had already placed William of >Fayette >in the Pamunkey file (which I then called "William of Spotsylvania"). >After >much wrangling, I finally made a trip to Lexington, county seat of Fayette, >and searched the original records. I was frustrated on data prior to 1800 >by >a courthouse fire that had destroyed or badly damaged records prior >thereto, >but I found enough in extant records to make a case to my satisfaction--but >I >was unsuccessful in convincing the Missouri ladies, who were largely going >on >gut instinct, speculation, and a desire to get another star on their DAR >ribbons. However, I have not encountered the claim again since. > > Failing to do Mercer County, Kentucky, records when I had the >opportunity >(I lived in Cincinnati for twenty-five years) is one of my lifetime regrets >insofar as Davenport research is concerned. But there's always microfilm >at >an LDS Family History Center. If anyone has the motivation to take on >the >job and be the pathfinder in that area, enjoy. You could prove me wrong. > >John Scott Davenport >Holmdel, NJ >Dear John: You have certainly performed comprehensive research on some of >the Davenports in Virginia. I was wondering if you ever came across My >grgrgr grandfather, Lewis Davenport, in your travels through the records in >Virginia. I believe he was born in Virginia, approx 1795-1810, although it >could have been 5-10 years earlier, but I doubt it. I do know that he >married Mary A. Harris in Sumner County, TN in 1829, and I believe he was >previously married to Cecelia Wheeler, but have no marriage location or >date. The family lived in TN until 1851 when they moved to Crittenden >County, KY. Lewis died sometime between 1842 and 1850. I would appreciate >hearing from you if you have ever come across Lewis. The only lead I have >in Virginia is being told a Lewis Davenport lived as a child in Washington >County, Va, but I am still attempting to verify that information. Thank >you, Steve Siegrist, email: debbyandsteve@hotmail.com. > >==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== >Please Help Support RootsWeb! 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There is a John Claiborne buried in Jacksonville, TX. He was a Confederate General in the Civil War, his wife is buried beside him. Happened upon his grave site during a recent Confederate re-enactment. I have no other information. Happy hunting. Leland in Texas JHM12345@aol.com wrote: > Mary, I am related to Joseph Davenport on one side and on the other to Col. > William Claiborne. I will look and see which of the Claiborne's came south. > Joanne > jhm12345@aol.com > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > Concerned about computer viruses, cookies, copyright, spam? > See Internet Stuff You Need To Know at > http://www.cyndislist.com/internet.htm > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi

For Jerry in California and Others Interested: My source for the family of George Davenport, son of William Davenport and Comfort Fisher of Surry (now Yadkin) County, NC, and Casey County, KY, is John C. Power, "Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois" (Springfield, IL: Wilson & Co., 1876), p. 245. My extract: GEORGE DAVENPORT, b. 1781, North Carolina. Married (1) North Carolina, wife's name unknown, she died in childbirth, whereafter George moved with baby to Casey County, KY. Married (2) Winney Clifton, two children born in Kentucky, then moved to Sangamon County, Illinois, in the Fall of 1819. Winney died 15Jan1845. He died 14Feb1845. Both on farm eight miles west of Springfield. Children: By First Wife: (1) THOMAS, born North Carolina. In 1876, living near Independence, Missouri. By Second Wife: (2) WILLIAM, born Kentucky. In 1876, living with second wife near Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. (3) ELIZABETH, born Kentucky. In 1876, married to Thomas Davis and living in Vernon County, Missouri. (4) ALFRED S., born 24Jun1820, Sangamon County, Illinois. Married Lucinda Tolley. In 1876 living 2.5 miles NE of Berlin, Illinois. Seven children: James, George, John, Adolphus, Mary, Sophia, and Noah. (5) MARY, born Illinois. Married (1) Thomas Andrews, three children; (2) John Runnels, no children. In 1876, Runnels dead, widow and children living near Dallas, Texas. (6) NANCY, born Illinois. Married Jeremiah Kendall, moved to Oregon, 4 children. Dead in 1876. (7) URIAH, born Illinois. Enlisted in the 4th Illinois Infantry, Mexican War, wounded at Cerro Gordo, died 8-9 days later. (8) JOB C, born 4Jan1823, Illinois. Married Alice J. Mosteller 12Dec1845, five children: John H., Laura (who married William Sayre and lives at Pleasant Plains), Charles M., Newman, and William Edward, all unmarried and living in Menard County near Salisbury, Sangamon County. (9) ADOLPHUS, born Illinois. Died 1850 in Chicago, aged about 24 years. (10) AMANDA, born Illinois. Married Allan Baker and died in 1849. (11) RHODA, born Illinois. Married Thomas Ray, four children. In 1876, living in Vernon County, Missouri. Hope this helps you make a connection. John Scott Davenport Holmdel, NJ

Earl: Vis-a-vis William Davenport of Fayette County, KY. His wife was Mary Bullock. There are at least two versions of the constituency of their family, one of which includes a son named James Bullock Davenport, who moved to Missouri after his father's death in 1828, and then on to Texas--where the family apparently lost track of him. The second version has him only James Davenport. There was also a son named Rice Bullock Davenport (both versions) who moved to Platte County, Missouri, and was a Colonel of some sort. William of Fayette, wife and family are identified (both versions) in "The Pamunkey Davenports of Colonial Virginia" (A6i) which appears as one of Nevada Jack's web pages, to wit: http://users.intercomm.com/nvjack/davnport/pamunkey.htm and also in a slightly expanded, indexed version in hard copy, obtainable for $10 from Robert L. "Billy Bob" Davenport, coordinator of the Pamunkey Davenport Family Association, 401 Donna Drive, Hopkinsville, KY 42240. The booklet has had a second printing, but that supply was getting low the last I heard. If Billy Bob has much demand, he'll likely do a third printing. Nevada Jack does web pages. Billy Bob does hard copy, printed works. Billy Bob's e-mail address is per CC this message. Insofar as why William of Fayette does not appear in the 1820 Census for Kentucky: If such was the case, he was either missed by the Census enumerator or a portion of the Census may have been lost. The former was more common than the latter (if the entire Census was not burned by the British or by carelessness as in 1890). There were too many human vagaries in the "missed" possibility for me to speculate as to why. John Scott Davenport Holmdel, NJ

Hello all, I have (Davenport/Wise) ancestors that have been researched that date back to Newberry County, SC. Our family geneologist who is my next older brother, Paul, has traced our family as far back as the very late 1800's. We wish to inquire if anyone would happen to have knowledge of or recorded information about any of our following listed family members: 1) a "Wade Sammuel Davenport" who had a sister named Alice. 2) a "Richard Davenport" who had a nephew named Josh who had a great grand-son or a grand-nephew named Mose. 3) a lady named Jezebel or a man named Clarence PS - Any information that you can provide is sincerely appreciated. Thank you, Timothy Davenport (TimTonyaz@cs.com)

Allan: Billy Bob and I got the PRINCE GEORGE Davenports fairly well defined, back to immigrant ancestor George Davenport who died in Prince George County in 1739. Still lots of unknowns but we have a viable family identification. We'll be putting it together before too long. We'll show you and other interested Prince George Davenports a possible web page which Nevada Jack would be willing to hang for you. But once the web page is up, you and other Prince Georges will be responsible for its updating. We'll give your Davenport line a leg up, just like we did with the Newberries. John Scott Davenport Holmdel, NJ

Ellen, I am also working on the Davenports in NC. I still have a lot of information from some other 'long lost cousins' to combine into what I have, but I'd love to exchange information with you! Please email me at hudgy@aol.com. Thanks, Mary

Hi, I am working on Davenport's in Tyrrell Co.NC. Davenport's and know of a few other people working on Davenport's in Tyrrell and Washington Co. NC .Let me know what you have and see if we can put something together. Ellen Kroll ----- Original Message ----- From: <JSDDOC@aol.com> To: <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 12:28 PM Subject: [DAVENPORT] Re: William being of the ALBEMARLE Davenports > Nancy: > > By the beginning locale of your William Davenport, he was likely one of > the ALBEMARLE Davenports, descendants of Richard and Joanna Davenport who > appeared first in Perquimans Precinct, Albemarle County, North Carolina, > c1680, whose descendants moved from the north side of Albemarle Sound to the > south side, now Tyrrell and Washington counties in the early 1700s. This was > a large, prosperous plantation family which spread south, towards Pamlico > Sound--into later Pitt County and adjacent. They were, for the most part, > homebodies. Your line into Georgia and another line into Illinois are the > only two instances that have come to my attention where the Albemarle > Davenports ventured away from the Sound and adjacent. Several searchers have > claimed Tennessee settlement by the Albemarles--which would have been a > logical North Carolina extension, but to my knowledge these folk have failed > to make the connections backwards. > > Someone needs to compile the massive amount of Davenport data relative to > Albemarle Sound to bring order out of chaos. It will not be a difficult job, > for the most of the records survive, but it will take a lot of time and > effort because of the sheer volume of data available. I worked on the > Albemarles briefly when I started Davenport research thirty years ago, but > dropped them when I realized they were not my line. I also encountered them > constantly in 1994-95 when I was researching the Albemarle > Hendrickson/Hendricks, a family that arrived in North Carolina shortly after > the Davenports and was in the same records with them for almost 100 years. > > I'll put this on the DAVENPORT-L Rootsweb in hopes that any other > Albemarles thereon will contact you and share what they have. I know the > Illinois extension is present. You're the Georgia extension. Possibly the > several Tennessee possibles are on also. Good hunting. > > John Scott Davenport > Holmdel, NJ > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > Visit the Davenport Genealogy Page at > http://Jack.Ralph.org/davnport > > ============================== > RootsWeb.com now offers UNLIMITED Web space for FREE! > Sign up today for RootsWeb's Freepages program: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >

Mary, I am related to Joseph Davenport on one side and on the other to Col. William Claiborne. I will look and see which of the Claiborne's came south. Joanne jhm12345@aol.com

Nancy: By the beginning locale of your William Davenport, he was likely one of the ALBEMARLE Davenports, descendants of Richard and Joanna Davenport who appeared first in Perquimans Precinct, Albemarle County, North Carolina, c1680, whose descendants moved from the north side of Albemarle Sound to the south side, now Tyrrell and Washington counties in the early 1700s. This was a large, prosperous plantation family which spread south, towards Pamlico Sound--into later Pitt County and adjacent. They were, for the most part, homebodies. Your line into Georgia and another line into Illinois are the only two instances that have come to my attention where the Albemarle Davenports ventured away from the Sound and adjacent. Several searchers have claimed Tennessee settlement by the Albemarles--which would have been a logical North Carolina extension, but to my knowledge these folk have failed to make the connections backwards. Someone needs to compile the massive amount of Davenport data relative to Albemarle Sound to bring order out of chaos. It will not be a difficult job, for the most of the records survive, but it will take a lot of time and effort because of the sheer volume of data available. I worked on the Albemarles briefly when I started Davenport research thirty years ago, but dropped them when I realized they were not my line. I also encountered them constantly in 1994-95 when I was researching the Albemarle Hendrickson/Hendricks, a family that arrived in North Carolina shortly after the Davenports and was in the same records with them for almost 100 years. I'll put this on the DAVENPORT-L Rootsweb in hopes that any other Albemarles thereon will contact you and share what they have. I know the Illinois extension is present. You're the Georgia extension. Possibly the several Tennessee possibles are on also. Good hunting. John Scott Davenport Holmdel, NJ

After discussing the family lineage with my sister this is all that we have to go by. Any information anyone may have to help us trace it more successfully is greatly appreciated. My father's (Jerald Orville Davenport born Salem, Oregon 1938) great grandfather was William Orville Davenport, his date of birth is unknown but he appears to have been born in New York. He had moved to Salem, Oregon from Cherokee Iowa in 1919 where he was a successful cattle rancher and farmer. He married Emma Russell. My Aunt (Dr. Betty Jo Davenport of Portland, Oregon) believes that William's mothers heritage goes back to England - I wasn't given her name though but I'll try to round it up. The children of William and Emma are: Glenn Leroy Davenport, William R. Davenport, Blanche I. Davenport, Olive May Davenport, Mildred Davenport and Orville Joseph Davenport. Thanks again to anyone who is able to provide any kind of link to obtaining additional information on our lineage. I'll look forward to any replys. Traci Lynn Davenport-Stevens Silverdale, WA CSte12419@aol.com

Hi Cousin, As usual you have good ideas for me about my long departed relatives. However James Marion is a name carried down through the White line and there is a James Marion White in Odessa, my cousin. I will try all your suggestions and I'll bet one of the James Whites will turn out to be him! Thanks, Cousin Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: Pauline <pmd@xmission.com> To: <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 6:31 AM Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT] William Davenport > Hi again, Pat, > I have seen your queries on James Marion White and I wondered if you > know positively sure that "Marion" was James' middle name? I have the > list of the 1830 and 1850 Censuses in DeKalb County Georgia, and there > is no James Marion White--but there is a couple of James Whites. > The obituary of John Albert White, which you sent to me, says he was > born in 1835 in Fulton County Ga, which was really DeKalb County at that > time--and would be until 1853--another 18 years--when Fulton was > organized out of part of DeKalb. The obituary also details things he > said he remembered from his youth, hunting in the woods where Atlanta > was later built,, growing up with Atlanta from childhood. He was born > before the advant of "Atlanta", and even Marthasville, its predecessor > by a few years. > But the important thing is that he was probably living in that part of > DeKalb that later was on the west side of the dividing line between the > two counties in 1853; and now, getting back to the Census for DeKalb > County GA--. 1830 shows a Jacob, Jincy, James T., James , Asa, and > George White--but no James Marion White. In the 1850 Census--still > three years before Fulton County was organized, in the Atlanta District > of DeKalb County, were two James Whites and a Henry White. I could be > wrong but I think it would be a good place for you to look for your John > Albert White's father. > As to the naming thing, the early men usually didn't have two given > names, but just one. Is it possible that your James Marion was just > James? Or perhaps when you look in DeKalb Co's deed records, you may > find your James Marion 'White. Bear in mind that the court house burned > in 1842, so the early records are sadly wanting. Maybe in the Fulton Co. > deed records you will find what you need, --if he were still alive and > sold his land-- if you haven't already. If nothing else, visit the > nearest LDS Branch Family History LIberary and you can rent the Census > films and look. > And last of all, I have a copy of a deed where James White sold for > seven hundred dollars, to Benjamin Thurman, Land Lot # 244 in the > Fourteenth District--which became part of Fulton when that county came > into being, and was therefore in Atlanta. And James White also bought > land from William Thurman--both Thurmans being brothers and from > Chesterfield County, SC and came to DeKalb Co in 1826. (William Thurman > is one of my ancestors and married an Elizabeth White in SC.) > I have the thought that perhaps your James White was related to the > Thurmans. > Well, I have taken up too much time. Let me know what you think, will > you? > Pauline McConkie Derhak > > > oneoldog wrote: > > > > Carol, > > I am looking for the parents and siblings of James Marion White who was born > > in GA. He was married to Dorcas Weaver and their son John C. White was my > > ggrandfather. John C. White married Susan C. Davenport in Carroll Co. GA. in > > 1865. That is all I know about James Marion White. I thought maybe they > > might be connected to your Whites. > > Thanks, Pat > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <DixieChx@aol.com> > > To: <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 7:52 PM > > Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT] William Davenport > > > > > Dear Pat, > > > > > > The William and Sophia Davenport White I referred to left Virginia circa > > > 1760 for Craven County S.C. By 1774, they had moved to Burke County, N.C. > > > They are my four x great-grandparents. I've been tracing their descendants > > > and researching for several years. What do you need? Are they who you are > > > looking for? > > > > > > > > > Carol > > > > > > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > > > View the Cousins Directory at > > > http://Jack.Ralph.org/davnport/others.htm > > > > > > ============================== > > > RootsWeb.com now offers UNLIMITED Web space for FREE! > > > Sign up today for RootsWeb's Freepages program: > > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > > Please Help Support RootsWeb! Learn how at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > > ============================== > > FREE UNLIMITED Web space at RootsWeb! > > Any subject: genealogy, computers, pets! 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Hi again, Pat, I have seen your queries on James Marion White and I wondered if you know positively sure that "Marion" was James' middle name? I have the list of the 1830 and 1850 Censuses in DeKalb County Georgia, and there is no James Marion White--but there is a couple of James Whites. The obituary of John Albert White, which you sent to me, says he was born in 1835 in Fulton County Ga, which was really DeKalb County at that time--and would be until 1853--another 18 years--when Fulton was organized out of part of DeKalb. The obituary also details things he said he remembered from his youth, hunting in the woods where Atlanta was later built,, growing up with Atlanta from childhood. He was born before the advant of "Atlanta", and even Marthasville, its predecessor by a few years. But the important thing is that he was probably living in that part of DeKalb that later was on the west side of the dividing line between the two counties in 1853; and now, getting back to the Census for DeKalb County GA--. 1830 shows a Jacob, Jincy, James T., James , Asa, and George White--but no James Marion White. In the 1850 Census--still three years before Fulton County was organized, in the Atlanta District of DeKalb County, were two James Whites and a Henry White. I could be wrong but I think it would be a good place for you to look for your John Albert White's father. As to the naming thing, the early men usually didn't have two given names, but just one. Is it possible that your James Marion was just James? Or perhaps when you look in DeKalb Co's deed records, you may find your James Marion 'White. Bear in mind that the court house burned in 1842, so the early records are sadly wanting. Maybe in the Fulton Co. deed records you will find what you need, --if he were still alive and sold his land-- if you haven't already. If nothing else, visit the nearest LDS Branch Family History LIberary and you can rent the Census films and look. And last of all, I have a copy of a deed where James White sold for seven hundred dollars, to Benjamin Thurman, Land Lot # 244 in the Fourteenth District--which became part of Fulton when that county came into being, and was therefore in Atlanta. And James White also bought land from William Thurman--both Thurmans being brothers and from Chesterfield County, SC and came to DeKalb Co in 1826. (William Thurman is one of my ancestors and married an Elizabeth White in SC.) I have the thought that perhaps your James White was related to the Thurmans. Well, I have taken up too much time. Let me know what you think, will you? Pauline McConkie Derhak oneoldog wrote: > > Carol, > I am looking for the parents and siblings of James Marion White who was born > in GA. He was married to Dorcas Weaver and their son John C. White was my > ggrandfather. John C. White married Susan C. Davenport in Carroll Co. GA. in > 1865. That is all I know about James Marion White. I thought maybe they > might be connected to your Whites. > Thanks, Pat > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <DixieChx@aol.com> > To: <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 7:52 PM > Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT] William Davenport > > > Dear Pat, > > > > The William and Sophia Davenport White I referred to left Virginia circa > > 1760 for Craven County S.C. By 1774, they had moved to Burke County, N.C. > > They are my four x great-grandparents. I've been tracing their descendants > > and researching for several years. What do you need? Are they who you are > > looking for? > > > > > > Carol > > > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > > View the Cousins Directory at > > http://Jack.Ralph.org/davnport/others.htm > > > > ============================== > > RootsWeb.com now offers UNLIMITED Web space for FREE! > > Sign up today for RootsWeb's Freepages program: > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > Please Help Support RootsWeb! Learn how at > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > ============================== > FREE UNLIMITED Web space at RootsWeb! > Any subject: genealogy, computers, pets! Get your Freepages account today: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi

Here is a web site that lists BIOS in Kentucky. Four Davenports are listed on this site: http://surhelp-bin.rootsweb.com/sursrch.pl Robert L. Davenport aka Billy Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: Earl Pantier <EPantier@compuserve.com> To: <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 8:33 PM Subject: [DAVENPORT] Re: William Davenport of Fayette Co., KY > To John Scott Davenport, > I was most interested in your recent explanation of the differences of the > Williams of Kentucky - particularly that of William of Fayette Co. I am > puzzled that William of Fayette fails to show up in the 1820 census index > for that county, though. Would you happen to know if his wife's name was > Mary or whether one of his sons was named James Madison Davenport? I am > puzzled that William of Fayette fails to show up in the 1820 census index > for that county, though. > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > Send all subscribe and unsubscribe requests to: > DAVENPORT-L-request@rootsweb.com (if you're in mail mode) > DAVENPORT-D-request@rootsweb.com (if you're in digest mode) > > ============================== > RootsWeb.com now offers UNLIMITED Web space for FREE! > Sign up today for RootsWeb's Freepages program: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >

To John Scott Davenport, I was most interested in your recent explanation of the differences of the Williams of Kentucky - particularly that of William of Fayette Co. I am puzzled that William of Fayette fails to show up in the 1820 census index for that county, though. Would you happen to know if his wife's name was Mary or whether one of his sons was named James Madison Davenport? I am puzzled that William of Fayette fails to show up in the 1820 census index for that county, though.

To Cathy (CHonan): I looked up a few sources and found these census indexes. Of course, I don't know if they're your people or not, but it might give you a starting place. You'll probably need to order the full census records to see the names of the children. (Children's names are only listed from 1850 on, before that it was only the head of the household): DAVENPORT PETER Washington County VA, Pg. 426, Abingdon P.O. 1860 Federal Census Index DAVENPORT PETER Richmond County VA, Pg. 376, Monroe W. Twp. 1830 Federal Census Index DAVENPORT PETER Washington County VA, Pg. 209, No Township Listed 1840 Federal Census Index DAVENPORT PETER Washington County VA, Pg. 69, 67th District 1850 Federal Census Index Also these indexes for Benjamin: DAVENPORT BENJAMIN Jefferson County VA, Pg. 96, No Township Listed 1820 Federal Census Index DAVENPORT BENJAMIN Jefferson County VA, Pg. 170, No Twp. Listed 1810 Federal Census Index DAVENPORT BENJAMIN Appomattox County VA, Pg. 198, No Township Listed 1850 Federal Census Index Good luck! MargoBelle