Dear Doc and All: I have read with great interest almost all of you e mails over the years. I've been a member of the Davenport List since the beginning. You certainly are to be commended on the outstanding research you have done for the Davenport Family. Each time I note an e mail from you I have my fingers crossed. I hope you have answered my Davenport Questions. I have written an e mail or two of the years but never received an answer. I'm in hope that my mystery will one day be solved. I descend from a Joseph Davenport, born I'm told in Virginia in 1787. First sign I have of him is in TN.. shortly after the War of 1812. Joseph fought in the War of 1812 with Jackson. I have his Pension Records as well as Bounty Records. No name of father listed! In family history I've been told his father fought in the American Revolution. I have yet to find his father! When Joseph shows up in TN. he is there with his mother Elizabeth, brothers Henry, John and William. Joseph moved around 1839 to Fort Payne, ALA where he raised quite a large family. He married twice. After the Civil War some of the family relocated to Chattanooga, TN. My grandmother was born in Chattanooga, TN. She was Catherine Davenport. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Joanne Murphy _jhm12345@aol.com_ (mailto:jhm12345@aol.com)