Dear Nancy, That's an interesting idea about William ( Casey County) possibly being the son of Richard. Not sure where it will lead, but Elaine Steere collected some records of a William Davenport and his children who were in N.C. back when she thought he might be one of ours. William of Casey county was there, according to his pension application. Elaine- can you help out here? On John Davenport, the son of Richard. I forget, did I tell you that his wife was Eleanor Luck? On the mysterious James Davenport who was with the Whites in S.C. and N.C.- he married Ann Blair in Burke County and they moved to Georgia. There was also a Reuben Davenport in Burke County, close to James. I don't know what happened to him or how he could have been related to the group- but at any rate- those guys could not have left orphans for Sophia to take care of, as they were still alive in Burke County records ca. 1790's. That's all I can comment on for now. Hi everybody. carol