Did I send you any names and dates? I have been away a week and my "old-timers" disease kicks in pretty often. Sorry but please let me hear from you again. Thanks Ann F Graham -----Original Message----- From: Pauline <pmd@xmission.com> To: DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 11:48 PM Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT-L] "To the other Ellen: re Newberry Davenports >To the Davenport list: > > Just in case anyone descended from this family is interested, James >Davenport and Elizabeth Gilliam's younger son Raymond Davenport was born >1788 in SC according to the 1850 Muscogee GA census, and married Martha >"Patsy" Adams also of Newberry. Her father was William Adams, a neighbor >to the Davenports. They had five daughters and two sons. It would be >nice to have Raymond's information included along with the others. He is >also listed in James Davenport's estate papers with the rest, as well as >being listed as a legatee in the estate papers of William Adams. >Pauline McConkie Derhak > >luv2bbq wrote: >> >> Am looking over past e-mails and yours really 'popped out' at me. Am trying >> to confirm the children and dates of the children of James Madison Davenport >> who married Elizabeth Gilliam. Please list for me the children of these two >> with any dates that you may have. In the previous message I had a hard time >> following the names. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Sandra from Greenville, SC >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ann Graham <thifol26@softdisk.com> >> To: DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> >> Date: Saturday, June 12, 1999 12:05 PM >> Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT-L] "To the other Ellen: re Newberry Davenports >> >> >Dear Robert Brooke >> >Thank you so much for your very prompt reply. The following is my >> >information and I'll send it so you can look at the information and >> >get back with me as is convenient for you >> >James Madison Davenport b 1742 in Hanover York, VA m 4 Ap 1778 to >> >Elizabeth Gilliam b 1762 d1806 >> >and he d 23 July 1824 in Newberry District SC Issue:Jonathan m Susanna >> >Eastland, Charles m Sarah Gary, Raymond, Elizabeth and Lucretia. >> >I have that JMD came from a Joseph Davenport b 1695 in James City VA >> >and m 1740 in VA Margaret Valentine b ca 1710 but I also found a paper >> >in the Marshall TX genealogy library written up by a lady named Janet >> >H Henderson from Houston TX in 1989 where she states JM Davenport's >> >father was a John Davenport , a preacher in New Haven Conn. She stated >> >that James Madison D served in the Revolutionary War 1776 >> >James Madison's son Charles Davenport m Sarah Gary, their son Thomas >> >Gilliam Davenport m Lucinda A Jones and their son Charles Caddo >> >Davenport was my great grandfather. Charles' other children >> >included: James L m Martha Garrett, Martha m Sam Moore, William m >> >Nancy Dial, Thomas G (see above) , Jessie G, John, Jonathan, Charles >> >Gilliam m Christina Steele, Joseph W m Isabella Dial, Isaac Newton m >> >Virginia Respes. I have more dates than I stated here. I am >> >anxious to know what you can tell me about JM Davenport. Thanks for >> >your time. AF Graham By the way I do not recall correspondence with >> >you before. >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: Robert D. Brooke <rdb18@csufresno.edu> >> >To: DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> >> >Date: Saturday, June 12, 1999 12:27 AM >> >Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT-L] "To the other Ellen: re Newberry Davenports >> > >> > >> >>To Ann Graham and other interested Newberry researchers: >> >> >> >>Ann... >> >> >> >>I believe, but am not sure, because I am getting old and the memory >> >is >> >>getting very selective, that we have corresponded before about our >> >>common ancestry. But right now, I am using a laptop at a cabin, and >> >am >> >>away from my main computer and my files. >> >> >> >>What I have is that James Davenport was born in 1742, his wife was >> >>Elizabeth Gillam (Gilliam?). I am descended from their son, Charles, >> >but >> >>I believe they had another son who was either James Madison, or his >> >son >> >>was James Madison. I believe James (1742) had no middle name, and did >> >>not serve in the Revolution. There are one or more DAR records which >> >>attribute a middle name of Madison to James (1742). I believe this >> >false >> >>submission to the DAR was made so that somebody could claim lineage >> >to >> >>1742 James. In fact, I believe James was a loyalist, and not a >> >patriot. >> >> >> >>Well, without my files, I better stop before my memory plays tricks >> >on >> >>us both. >> >> >> >>Please stay in touch, and maybe together, along with a couple of >> >others >> >>on this list, we can make some progress. I'd like a copy of that >> >letter, >> >>Ellen, if you ever find it. Thanks to all. >> >> >> >>Regards, >> >> >> >>Bob Brooke >> >> >> >>Ann Graham wrote: >> >>> >> >>> James Madison Davenport is my line and I would like to know some >> >more >> >>> about this if someone could tell me Thanks AF Graham >> >>> thifol26@softdisk.com >> >>> -----Original Message----- >> >>> From: Wellann2@aol.com <Wellann2@aol.com> >> >>> To: DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> >> >>> Date: Friday, June 11, 1999 8:45 PM >> >>> Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT-L] "To the other Ellen: re Newberry >> >Davenports >> >>> >> >>> >Anne, >> >>> > In a letter to a Caroline on 28, Sept, 1998, Doc Davenport >> >speaks >> >>> of a >> >>> >James Madison Davenport born in 1815. He tells Carolyn that the >> >>> James >> >>> >Madison Davenport cited by the DAR was actually James Davenport >> >Jr. , >> >>> son of >> >>> >James Davenport Sr. and Frances Jouett. They used the James Jr's >> >>> service >> >>> >record. >> >>> >Let me see if I saved that letter on the computer. I Printed it >> >out. >> >>> >Actually, the time frame seems wrong for the James Madison >> >>> Davenport-b. 1815 >> >>> >to have been the son of Francis who was a Tory during the Rev. >> >war. >> >>> This >> >>> >would make Francis upwards of 65 in 1815. >> >>> >what do you think? I'll look in my file for that letter. >> >>> >Ellen Eanes in Idaho >> >> >> >> >> >>==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== >> >>View the Cousins Directory at >> >http://users.intercomm.com/nvjack/davnport/others.htm >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== >> >View the Cousins Directory at >> http://users.intercomm.com/nvjack/davnport/others.htm >> > >> >> ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== >> Please Help Support RootsWeb! 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