Judith: I'm not sure who Thomas Minor Davenport's ancestors were, but I can tell you considerable about Thomas Minor. The Minors and the Pamunkey Davenports of Spotsylvania County were closely associated, if not related, from the mid-1740s through 1814 at least. Thomas Minor, Jr., had an outstanding career during the Revolution, as an officer of Virginia State Troops, of the Continental Line, and of the Militia. There were few important battles in which he did not participate, north of, south of, and in Virginia. His grandfather John Minor, father Thomas Minor, Sr., and he lived in the same neighborhood as did William Davenport, Sr., son of Martin of Hanover, and often appear in concert with various Davenports in public records--in Spotsylvania, Louisa, and Culpeper counties. Captain Thomas Minor and David Davenport (a son) were the executors of the LW&T of William Davenport, Sr. I have long suspected an in-law relationship between the Davenports and Minors, but never worked the hypothesis hard enough to get an answer one way or another. Insofar as your Thomas Minor Davenport's having had a father born in South Carolina, there were two possibilities from the Minor-associated Pamunkeys from Spotsylvania County: namely John Davenport and Thomas Davenport, both sons of William, Sr., of Spotsylvania. John had moved to North Carolina to join his brother Augustine in the late 1770s. Thomas Davenport, likely the youngest son, enlisted in the Virginia Continental Line during the Revolution, serving in Captain Thomas Minor's Company as I recall, then hung around Spotsylvania County until the mid-1790s. He then moved to Randolph County, North Carolina, joining his brother John. Within a year or so after Thomas had moved to North Carolina, both he and John uprooted and moved to Laurens County, South Carolina. Both died there. Thomas had two wives--the first a Partlow from Spotsylvania, the second a Wharton from Laurens. John's wife is yet unidentified as to surname. Both John and Thomas left LW&Ts. As I recall John had a son Thomas, but I do not believe that Thomas had one so named. There are a number of missing links in the families of both of the Pamunkey Davenports of Laurens County, SC, one of which may well be yours. John Scott Davenport Holmdel, NJ