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.