This (message below) may be what you are referring to..... I've been half-way monitoring the list lately. On Memoral Day we had our first child, a baby boy. So, I've been rather busy recovering and getting to know our new addition to the family. I don't check my box often so please don't get offended if I don't respond very quickly. BTW.. my delete button sure got a work out this week :) ....Just kidding around! Caroline Faison Sugar Land, TX On Mon, 28 Sep 1998 10:31:03 EDT JSDDOC@aol.com writes: >Caroline: > > Sorry, you're a NEWBERRY DAVENPORT. Incidentally, James >Madison >Davenport was born in 1815 (Bible proof). The James Davenport you >cite (there >was no James Madison Davenport of that generation) is likely the one >certified >by the DAR. Altogether, the name, the ancestry, and the military >service of >the DAR certification are wrong. James, son of Francis, depending on >when he >was born, was a native of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Shenandoah >Valley of >Virginia, or Granville County, North Carolina. > > The NEWBERRY DAVENPORTS trace from the Shenandoah in the >mid-1730s, to >Upper East Central North Carolina in the 1740s, to Little River of the >Saluda >(now Newberry County, SC) in the late 1760s. They were the most >Southern of >all the Davenports in Colonial days. The military service cited for >DAR >membership for the James "Madison" Davenport certification was >actually that >of James Davenport, Jr., son of James Davenport, Sr., and his wife >Frances >Jouett, of Hanover County, VA, and Ogelthorpe County, GA. There is no >doubt >about the service belonging to James, Jr., for he was wounded at the >Battle >of Brandywine and was disability pensioned (much corroborating paper >work). >Your James, son of Francis, was on the other side, appears on the >British Army >muster rolls and payrolls for Captain William Hendricks Company, >Cunningham's >Little River Regiment, Ninety Six Brigade, King's Loyal Militia. In >other >words, he was a Tory during the Revolution--but he's not the first >that has >been certified as a Patriot by the DAR. I can cite a half dozen >others. DAR >genealogy in past years was not well vetted. > > Incidentally, any serious NEWBERRY DAVENPORT searchers >reading this >who would like some help on the North Carolina aspects of your family, >I've >got some time open--and would be glad to share my data on your >Davenport's in >North Carolina. What I have is missing the years 1763-69, but is >complete >otherwise. I would also be interested in hearing from the Davenport >descendant who has the geneaology of Francis Davenport, immigrant of >1683 to >West Jersey. > > Jersey Doc On Fri, 11 Jun 1999 21:36:56 EDT Wellann2@aol.com writes: >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 > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.