Ralph Royce wrote: > > 14 Jan 1804 (Campbell Co. DB6, p. 460) Elizabeth Davenport, Presley > Davenport, and Richard Davenport, exec. of the LW&T of William Davenport > decd. of Charlotte Co. to Overton Evans of same .sell land in Campbell > Co. on both sides of north fork of the south fork of Cubb Creek cont. > 196 ac. agreeable to a patent of 1 Sept 1780 and witnessed by John > Holcomb, Larkin Foster, Ballard Davenport. > > 27 Oct 1804 (Pr. Edward Co. DB13) JAMES DAVENPORT of Pr. Edward Co. to > Matthew Hatfield of same 200 ac. on Vaughan Creek adj. William Bennett, > James Gillam and others and witneseed by Samuel W. Venable, James D. > Wood, Ben Thackston, D. W. Michouse. > > 18 July 1805 (Pr. Edward Co. Marriages) James Davenport married Judith > Baker > > 12 Feb 1806 (Pr. Edward Co. DB13) John P. Davenport of Pr. Edward Co. > from Anthony North of Dinwiddie 195 ac. on Spring Creek adj. Baker and > witnessed by Andrew B. Baker, William North > > 22 Dec 1809 (Charlotte Co., Marriages) Anne Davenport married Edgecomb > S. Lewis, daughter of Richard Davenport, surety Ballard Davenport > > 1809 (Pr. Edward Co. PP Tax List) James S. Davenport and in 1810. > 1814, 1815, 1816, 1820 > John P. Davenport and in 1810, 1811, 1814, 1915, 1816, 1820 > > 23 April 1810 (Charlotte Co. WB3, p. 143) Order of Charlotte Co. Court > to inventory and appraise the estate of William Davenport deceased ..by > John Roach, Stephen Cook, Charles Hudson. > > 1810 (Pr. Edward Co. PP Tax) Glover Davenport and same through 1814 > > 1810 (Pr. Edward Co. Census) Glover Davenport 11001-40010 > 1810 (Campbell Co., Va. Census) Glover Davenport 00010-00500 > > 1810 (Charlotte Co. Census) Elizabeth Davenport 00020 - 00101 Daniel > Davenport 00110-01010 Richard Davenport 01001 - 01101 > > 4 Oct 1810 (Charlotte Co. Marriages) William Davenport mar. Nancy Raines > > 23 April 1811 Charlotte Co. WB3, p. 246 Estate of William Davenport to > James S. Davenport. to this amount for goods purchased at sale of sd. > estate by John P. Davenport. 20 Aug 1811 by cash paid John Clark to > satisfy judgment obtained vs. William Davenport in his lifetime by A. > Watson agreeable to Charlotte Co. court. 6 Dec 1813 account current of > William Davenport decd. and find a balance of 8 pounds in favor of > James S. Davenport this 7 Feb 1814 William White, Charles Rain, John > Armistead. > > 15 Nov 1811(Charlotte Co. Marriages) Martha Davenport mar. Bernard > Edwards, security Jack S. Davenport. > > 12 April 1813 (Campbell Co. WB3) Inventory of Charles Slaughter division > of estate to James P. Bullock, Robert H. Slaughter, Glover Davenport and > James P. Slaughter. > > 20 Nov 1813 (Charlotte Co. Marriages) Jack S. Davenport mar. Lucy K. > Lewis, daughter of Griffin Lewis. > > 24 Feb 1816 (Campbell Co., Marriages) Ann P. Davenport, widow of Glover, > married Thomas A. Cobbs > > 11 Jan 1819 (Campbell Co. WB4) Account of John P. Slaughter, exec. of > Glover Davenport decd. lists payments to Thomas A. Cobb and Ann Cobbs > his wife for her dower. > > 8 Feb 1819 (Campbell Co. WB4) Account of the heirs of Glover Davenport > with Thomas A. Cobbs guardian, mentions Betsey A. P. Davenport, > Elizabeth Davenport, Richard G. Davenport, Susanna Davenport and > payments to Betsey Ann Davenport, Charles Davenport, Richard Davenport, > Susanna Davenport, Elizabeth Davenport and also pmts. to Betsey Ann > Willborn and Robert S. Wilborn. > > 1820 (Campbell Co., VA. Census) Charles Davenport > 111010-00000, > Joseph Davenport 010001-20010 > > 1820 (Charlotte Co. Census) - Richard Davenport 01001 - 00101 > James Davenport 000010-00010 Jack S. Davenport 400010 00010 > > 11 Aug 1828/5 Aug 1833 (Charlotte Co. WB7, p. 109) I Richard Davenport > of Charlotte Co .LW&T to wife Rebecca Davenport during her life the > tract of land on which I presently reside lying and being in the lower > end of Charlotte Co. and Buffalo Creek and negroes Ellick, John, Jim, > Amy, Ritter, and Virginia and at her death the sd. tract of land and > negroes to go to her children and their heirs agreeable to the will of > Mr. Moseley her father. The tract of land on Cub Creek laid off into as > many separate lots as may be deemed proper and sold by exec and proceeds > in eight equal divisions and given to the eight of my children herein > named .daughter Sarah Matthews widow of William Matthews, to heirs of my > son Glover Davenport he being now dead, daughter Mary Franklin wife of > John Franklin, daughter Ann Lewis wife of E. S. Lewis, daughter > Catherine F. North wife of Putnam North, and son Jack S. Davenport. > Some years past I gave to my son Ballard Davenport land taken from the > tract herein alluded to (same as one he wants divided) remainder of > estate equally divided amongst my nine children herein named Sarah > Matthews, Glover Davenport dead, Mary Franklin, Ballard Davenport, Anna > Lewis, Jack S. Davenport, Martha Edwards, Martin W. Davenport, Catherine > F. North. Exec. wife Rebecca and son Martin W. and son in law P. North > > 21 Feb 1832 (Campbell Co. DB18, p. 396) Articles of agreement between > Charles S. Davenport and Richard G. Davenport .sd. Charles sold to sd > .Richard all his right, title in the estate of his grandmother Elizabeth > Slaughter and Ann P. Cobbs his mother ..on 21 Feb Charles ack. in > Halifax Co. > > 11 Oct 1832 Richard Davenport (Rev. War Pension Records) Charlotte Co., > Va. 11 Oct 1832 appeared Richard Davenport resident, age 82 yrs., 9 mo., > born in Hanover Co. 14 Jan 1750, to Buckingham Co., then to Charlotte > Co. at about age 20, drafted June 1780. Benjamin Marshall with him at > the Battle of Camden, promoted to ensign, died 7 May last, widow > Rebecca. 11 Sept 1733 Reuben Harris, left children in Va. and Ky., Mr. > Putnam North and Martin W. Davenport exec. of deceased. > > 12 Oct 1832 (Campbell Co. DB19, p. 85) Richard G. Davenport and Mary his > wife and Charles S. Davenport to Denis D. Poindexter three parcels of > land in Campbell Co. cont. 72 ac. adj. Thomas A. Cobbs, Robert Finsley > and others, it being the lot of land Richard G. Davenport inherited from > his fathers estate in division and 66 ac. known as Davenports Dower, the > tract upon which Mr. Thomas A. Cobbs at present resides and 80 ac. it > being all the interest which sd. Richard and Charles may have in the > dower tract of land of Mrs. Elizabeth Slaughter widow of Charles > Slaughter decd. and on which sd. Richard and wife now reside. > > 2 Sept 1833 (Charlotte Co. WB7, p. 121) inventory of Richard Davenport > by M. W. Davenport and Putnam North. > > 23 Sept 1833 - William Davenport Va. line, applied 23 Sept 1833 Bedford > Co., VA. age near 70, born Orange or Culpepper Co., Va., then to > Bedford, soldier mentions his father (not named) coming to North > Carolina to get him while he (William) was in service and sick., > enlisted 1780, hires as a substitute for one William Burford to serve > for one Kennaday of Bedford Co. (possibly the son of William and > Elizabeth Pulliam Davenport?). > > From: The Davenport Newsletter, Vol. III No. 1, Jan 1981 - Davenport > Family Bible - Owned by Carr Davenport of Hopkinsville, Ky. and copied > 1975. Bible dated 1886 and sold by B. & J. Collins and Co., New York. > Jack S. Davenport and Lucy his wife was married 3 Dec 1813 > William G. Davenport and Catherine his wife was married 9 Dec 1845 > Richard G. Davenport and Mary his wife was married 11 Aug 1836 > Martin S. Davenport and Lucy his wife was married 18 April 1841 > Jack Smith Davenport was born 16 Feb 1784 > Lucy Keen Davenport, wife of Jack Smith Davenport, was born 16 April > 1783 > Catherine Davenport, wife of William G. Davenport was born 16 Nov 1827 > William Glover Davenport was born 24 Nov, 1814 > Richard Griffin Davenport was born 11 Aug 1816 > Martin Smith Davenport was born 1 Nov 1818 > Peter _____ Louis Davenport was born 11 Oct 1820 > John Suggitt Davenport was born 16 May 1823 died 28 Aug 1823 > Susannah Elizabeth Davenport was born 23 Sept 1824 died 3 June 1826 > Jack Smith Davenport died 15 July 1836 > Lucy Keen Davenport died 2 Aug 1855 > William Glover Davenport died 19 Dec 1870 > Izabell Smith Davenport died 21 May 1888 > > FAMILY OF JOHN DAVENPORT > > JOHN DAVENPORT, son of Martin, was born by 1726 to have been at least 21 > in 1746 when he sued Benjamin Bibb in Louisa Co. In 1752 he purchased > 70 acres in Spotsylvania Co. and in 1755 he purchased 230 ac. to own the > whole 300 acres tract that Henry Pendleton had purchased from Benjamin > Woodruff. John Davenport lost this land in 1767 due to a series of > financial setbacks but seems to have continued in Spotsylvania Co. until > 1770. From 1770 through June of 1778 he is found in the records of > Louisa Co. The following are probably his children. Although there is > no direct proof of the connection, these Davenports are found in or > connected to Spotsylvania Co. in the proper time period and do not fit > in any other Davenport family at the time. > > WILLIAM DAVENPORT, probable son of John Davenport and most likely the > eldest, was married to Elizabeth Rawlins Pulliam, widow of James Pulliam > who died by May 1764 when she was granted administration of his estate. > There were four Pulliam children .Rawlings Pulliam heir at law who sold > slaves in 1780 (and so had to have been 21 and born by 1759), Sarah > Pulliam, James Pulliam who died young and Joseph Pulliam. If Elizabeth > was the mother of all four then it is likely she was born as early as > 1740. Surely her second husband William Davenport was born at least > prior to 1745. Since there were other William Davenports in Spots. Co. > at the same time, it is difficult to determine to which William the > individual records refer. However, in 1769 John Davenport and William > Davenport Jr. sold slaves to William Davenport. This must be John > Davenport and son William (Jr.) selling to Johns brother William > Davenport, who was also a resident of Spots. Co. I find this document > odd in that both John and William are selling the slaves. Under the > rules of primogeniture, personal property was not subject to the same > rules as real property and so slaves were not automatically the property > of the heir at law. If John owned the slaves then he did not need > William to jointly sell. If William owned the slaves and was 21 (and > must have been by 1769) then he did not need John to sell them. > > In Aug. 1775 in Spots. Co. William and Elizabeth Davenport gave an > account of the estate of James Pulliam form June 1764 to the present. > In 1779 William Davenport purchased land in Charlotte Co., Va. And in > Oct. 1780 Rawlings Pulliam as heir at law of James Pulliam sold slaves > to William Davenport of Charlotte. William Davenport made his will > February 1801 in Charlotte Co. naming wife Elizabeth, son Benjamin, son > Presley and brother Richard Davenport and all my children. (William > Davenport names brother Richard in will which connects him to the > Richard in Charlotte Co. The deed with Rawlings Pulliam connects him to > his wife as Elizabeth Rawlings Pulliam and as a resident of Spots. Co. > to 1775. Richard Davenport connects through records in Charlotte as a > brother of Jack Smith Davenport of Charlotte.) > > The children of William and Elizabeth Davenport would have been born > after May 1764 and include. > > ? Pressley Davenport named in will of his father, married in 1793 to > Susanna Glover and according to descendants had children Marshall > Booker, John S., Clement Andrew, Edward, William, Joseph, and Elizabeth. > > ? Elizabeth Davenport married in 1796 to Richard North and was named as > the daughter of William Davenport in the marriage record. > ? Richard Davenport married in 1800 in Pr. Edward Co. to Jenny Baker. > ? John P. Davenport married in1799 in Pr. Edward Co. to Polly or Molly > Baker and was involved in the estate sale of William Davenport in 1811 > ? James S. Davenport married in 1805 in Pr. Edward Co. to Judith Baker > and purchased land there in Jan. 1804. He too was involved in the > estate sale of William Davenport in 1811. > > JOUETT DAVENPORT, probable son of John Davenport, is first in the > records in Louisa Co. on the 1768 tithables list with Henry Gambill and > Jack Smith Davenport. Males had to be at least 16 to be a tithable and > so Jouett was born by 1752. He is placed here as a son of John > Davenport because it seems more reasonable that John would farm out two > tithable sons to relieve some of his own financial burdens during this > time. Jouett is still with Henry Gambill in 1770 but was in court in > early 1773 owing a debt. He died by 9 June 1778 apparently with no > issue. > > JACK SMITH DAVENPORT was at least 16 in 1768 when he is on the Louisa > Co. tithables with Henry Gambill as so was born by 1752. He is gone > from the 1770 list and may have gone with brother Richard to Buckingham > Co. that year. (See Richard) He was in Charlotte Co. by 1773 and > married Lucy Barksdale, the orphan of Collier Barksdale. He was killed > by May 1781 at the battle of Guilford having left a will done in April > 1781 naming wife Lucy and all my children. He owned 270 ac. in > Charlotte Co. that was taxes as Jack Smith Davenport estate until 1800 > when the land was sold by the heirs. In July 1782 in Charlotte Co. the > widow Lucy Davenport married Henry Burnley and they migrated to > Georgia. The children of Jack Smith and Lucy Barksdale Davenport were: > > ? daughter married Henry Byrom > ? Richard Davenport > ? Jack Smith (or John) Davenport > ? William Davenport > ? daughter married James Byrom > > RICHARD DAVENPORT was born 14 Jan 1750 (Rev. War Pension). He claims to > have resided in Buckingham Co. at age 20 just prior to the move to > Charlotte Co. He is in the Charlotte Co. records as early as 1771. > > JOHN DAVENPORT left a will in Spots. Co. dated 22 Mar 1820 and probated > 4 Dec 1820 naming wife Elizabeth, son John and daughters Permelia > Davenport and Frances Trull, sons in law Peter Hicks, Thomas Hall > (Elizabeth), and Andrew Hicks. Executor was Joseph Pulliam and John > Davenport and witnessed by Terel Towles. He may also have been the > father of Richard Davenport of Mercer Co. (now Boyle) Ky. who married > Elizabeth Tadlock there. > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > Please Help Support RootsWeb! Learn how at > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > ============================== > 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 am a descendant of John Smith DAVENPORT and Lucy BARKSDALE, through their son John Smith dAVENPORT, Jr. and his wife Nancy DAVIS. They lived in Harris County GA. I have his will, which name his children and a family sheet with even more information. Would you like to have a copy? If so, send me you name and address and I will copy them for you. I am an old fashioned genealogist. Everything is on paper and I don't intend to use the last years of my life typing in thirty years worth of research. Mary La Jean Sherrill