>I am searching for more family information for my grandmother, NANCY >LORRAINE DAVENPORT, b. 1869 in TN, descended from William Davenport b. >1751 in NC. She is referenced in generation 5 in the following >posting. Information in generations 1-4 was compliled in the late >1960s in a hand written form and passed on to me from relatives that >are now desceased. Some of the information is confirmed in copies of old >wills, family bibles, marriage certificates, death certificates and >census records. I have attempted to transcribe the information into FTM >file, there may be errors, so be patient with me. Thank you for taking >time to read, perhaps this family is related to another Davenport family >out there. I have much more information on the descendants of Nancy >Lorraine Davenport and will answer all e-mails. >Nancy Carter in Texas > > >Descendants of William Davenport >Generation No. 1 > >1. WILLIAM1 DAVENPORT was born 1751 in unknown, presumed North >Carolina, and died 1831 in unknown. > Child of WILLIAM DAVENPORT is: >2. i. ABSOLUM2 DAVENPORT, b. 1774, North Carolina Hyde County; d. >1855, Tennessee, Cannon County. > >Generation No. 2 >2. ABSOLUM2 DAVENPORT (WILLIAM1) was born 1774 in North Carolina >Hyde County, and died 1855 in Tennessee, Cannon County. He married >MISS WARD 1800 in unknown, presumed NC, Hyde County. She was born 1780 >in North Carolina Hyde County, and died 1850 in Tennessee, Cannon >County. >Child of ABSOLUM DAVENPORT and MISS WARD is: >3. i. WARREN3 DAVENPORT, b. November 16, 1803, Tennessee Wilson County; >d. May 27, 1879, Woodbury, Tennessee. > >Generation No. 3 >3. WARREN3 DAVENPORT (ABSOLUM2, WILLIAM1) was born November 16, 1803 in >Tennessee Wilson County, and died May 27, 1879 in Woodbury, Tennessee. >He married (1) ANN UNKNOWN. He married (2) SUSANAH WHITLOCK February >25, 1825 in Wilson County, Tennessee, daughter of THOMAS WHITLOCK. She >was born July 04, 1805 in Wilson County, Tennessee, and died May 10, >1867 in Woodbury, Tennessee. >Children of WARREN DAVENPORT and SUSANAH WHITLOCK are: > i. SUSAN L.4 DAVENPORT, b. July 29, 1826. > ii. JAMES B. DAVENPORT, b. November 01, 1828. > iii. THOMAS W. DAVENPORT, b. April 21, 1831, ?; d. 1929, ?. > iv. BUSCHET D. DAVENPORT, b. August 14, 1834. > v. MARY M. DAVENPORT, b. January 28, 1836. >4. vi. ANDREW DAVENPORT, b. October 16, 1838, Woodbury, Tennessee; d. >1875, Woodbury, Tennessee. > vii. JOHN C. DAVENPORT, b. March 03, 1841. > viii. NANCY E. DAVENPORT, b. July 08, 1846; d. December 15, 1884; m. >HUGH ROBINSON. > >Generation No. 4 >4. ANDREW4 DAVENPORT (WARREN3, ABSOLUM2, WILLIAM1) was born October 16, >1838 in Woodbury, Tennessee, and died 1875 in Woodbury, Tennessee. >Children of ANDREW DAVENPORT are: >5. i. WILLIAM5 DAVENPORT, b. 1866. > ii. ROSA ELIZABETH DAVENPORT, b. 1867; d. Abt. 1908; m. (1) MR. >SHREWSBERRY; m. (2) MR. OVERALL. >6. iii. NANCY LORAINE DAVENPORT, b. December 28, 1869, Tennessee; d. >November 11, 1937, Flower Mound, Texas. >7. iv. MARY FRANCIS DAVENPORT, b. 1871. > v. LUCY DAVENPORT, b. Unknown. > >Generation No. 5 >5. WILLIAM5 DAVENPORT (ANDREW4, WARREN3, ABSOLUM2, WILLIAM1) was born >1866. >Child of WILLIAM DAVENPORT is: > i. JESSIE6 DAVENPORT. >6. NANCY LORAINE5 DAVENPORT (ANDREW4, WARREN3, ABSOLUM2, WILLIAM1) was >born December 28, 1869 in Tennessee, and died November 11, 1937 in >Flower Mound, Texas. She married JOHN HIRAM KIRKLAND September 01, 1885 >in Tennessee, son of UNKNOWN. He was born April 17, 1863 in Bradyville, >Tennessee Cannon County, and died August 05, 1936 in Lewisville,Texas >died at home. >Children of NANCY DAVENPORT and JOHN KIRKLAND are: > i. NANCY EVELYN6 KIRKLAND, b. June 10, 1886, Tennessee; d. January 19, >1968, ?; m. MARVIN LEE HAMLIN, Unknown; b. Unknown, ?; d. November 29, >1925, Magnum, Oklahoma Greer County. > ii. WILLIAM HENRY KIRKLAND, b. February 16, 1889, Tennessee; d. July >1979, Texas; m. BESSIE MINOR, August 23, 1911, ?; b. Unknown, ?; d. >Unknown, ?. > iii. MARY ELIZABETH KIRKLAND, b. June 13, 1893, Tennessee; d. Unknown, >California; m. EARNEST BURKHALTER, Unknown, Texas; b. Unknown, ?; d. >Unknown, California. > iv. MARGARET ETNA KIRKLAND, b. January 24, 1896, Tennessee; d. October >31, 1987, Texas; m. WILLIAM RUFUS PIERSON, 1913, Texas; b. Unknown, ?; >d. Unknown, Texas. > v. HUBERT BRYAN KIRKLAND, b. November 18, 1899, Collin County, Texas; >d. January 1994, Texas; m. LILLIE BREEDING, Unknown, Texas; b. Unknown, >?; d. March 1997. > vi. ETHEL VIRGINIA KIRKLAND, b. February 09, 1903, Texas; d. January >07, 1975, Dallas , Texas Dallas County Baylor Hospital; m. LEWIS >TUCKER, Unknown, ?; b. Unknown, ?; d. Unknown, Texas. > vii. RUBY LEE KIRKLAND, b. December 07, 1906, Texas; d. January 08, >1989, Dallas, Texas; m. JOE BAILEY PENNINGTON, Unknown, Texas; b. >Unknown, Texas; d. Unknown, Dallas, Texas. > viii. BESSIE MAE KIRKLAND, b. April 16, 1908, Denton, Texas; m. (1) EDD >MCCOMMAS, October 06, 1923, Lewisville, Texas Denton County; b. >August 23, 1903, ?; d. March 13, 1981, Lewisville, Texas Denton >County; m. (2) JAMES WESLEY (BUCK) HAILEY, June 04, 1974. >ix. HALLIE LORAINE KIRKLAND, b. October 04, 1910, Denton, Texas; d. >1996, Wood County, Texas; m. ARNOLD DOLLGENER, Unknown, ?; b. Unknown, >?; d. Unknown, Mesquite Tx, Dallas County. > x. OPAL LOUISE KIRKLAND, b. August 29, 1913, Coppell, Texas; d. May 18, >1994, Grand Saline, Texas Van Zandt County; m. (1) CLIFFORD HENRY, >1931, Texas; b. Unknown, ?; d. Unknown, Texas; m. (2) CLARENCE CLEO >YOUNG, November 22, 1938, Love, Oklahoma Marietta County; b. January >01, 1907, Yantis, Texas Wood County; d. October 16, 1993, Grand >Saline, Texas Van Zandt County. > xi. JESSIE KIRKLAND, b. Unknown. >7. MARY FRANCIS5 DAVENPORT (ANDREW4, WARREN3, ABSOLUM2, WILLIAM1) was >born 1871. She married M. ALFRED . CAUTHON in Alabama. He died 1917. >Children of MARY DAVENPORT and M. CAUTHON are: > i. MARY6 CAUTHON, b. Unknown. > ii. JACK, b. Unknown.