Doc, There are several of us still searching for our William,(Pitt county & Lenoir County, B. 1755), and I was wondering if there might be a connection between this William and ours. I have a copy of the Land Deed, where he bout acreage on the Trent River in 1800. We shall keep searching and if we find anything I will surely pass it on. Thanks again. Nancy in GA --- JSDDOC@aol.com wrote: > Nancy in Georgia: > > The only evidence that I have that William, son > of John of Laurens > County, SC, and grandson of William Davenport and > his wife Ann Arnold, of > Spotsylvania County, VA, was disowned by his father > is the fact that William > was cut off in his father's will, probated in 1807. > Thomas and William, sons > of John, apparently left home against their father's > wishes, suffered his > wrath, were cut off from sharing his estate. Beyond > that I have not > searched. I know that Thomas's and William's elder > brother Ransome > apparently went off also, married in Ogelthorpe > County, Georgia, but returned > to Laurens thereafter and made a certain degree of > peace with his father, for > Ransome was in the will on a conditional basis. I > also ran across Ransome's > tracks in Northern Illinois. He got a land bounty > for military service > during the War of 1812 that was located near later > Monmouth, Warren County, > Illinois, which he sold from Laurens County, SC, in > the mid-1820s, if I > recall correctly. > > I would be interested in any light you could > shine on what happened to > William of John of Laurens and his brother Thomas. > > John Scott Davenport > Holmdel, NJ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com