This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: vfair Surnames: Davidson Beckworth Collison Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/1216.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My gr gr grandmother was a Elizabeth Davidson who married Charles Beckworth. When he died she remarried a Cornelius Collison who was a widower with a 2 year old daughter Minnie Hattie who was my gr grandmother. Elizabeth and Cornelius then later on had 3 or 4 children of their own. I'm wondering too if we have a connection. My email is fair.vicky@yahoo.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: vfair Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/1216.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello! Yes Cornelius and Elizabeth Davidson Beckworth Collison is my gr gr grandparents However the name Jane I've never heard of. They did have another daughter Nettie could this be her? Minnie was my gr grandmother. My mail address if fair.vicky@yahoo.com Looking forward to hearing from you Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: wingkids Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/1216.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi nancy, you can email me direct if you like, at: wing1949@hotmail.com joe johnston Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: wingkids Surnames: collison, beckwith, beckworth Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/1216.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, i seen your post, I am researching my gg grandmother, Jane Collison Beckwith. I believe her parents are Cornelius and Elizabeth Collison. I believe Minnie Hattie Collison, b. 1875, is a sister to Jane. If you are from this family, please let me know. I have some information. joe johnston libby montana Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: smilingflower Surnames: Davidson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4835/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am searching for parents and information on Davidson's. The trail ends with Millard Milford Davidson. He lived in GA in 1850. He married Kiza (Emma?) Millstead and had a number of children, one of which was Josephine Louisa Davidson in 1877. Does anyone have any info on this Davidson line? Unfortunately, I am a female descendant of a female Davidson, so I do not think that I am able to participate in the DNA project. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tunnelm1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4833.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The only name close to that which comes to mind is the French Huguenot name of "Bondurant." That family was rather prominent in the Goochland/Cumberland/Albemarle/Buckingham/Powhatan Co., VA area in the 1700s. If you think that is the name, I can put you in touch with a excellent researcher and descendant of that family. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: robingarland25 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4833.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, Perhaps I should have been clearer...I was referring to a surname, not a county or area. I have been bumping into a name resembling Bouterant/Boutorot/Boterot and wondered if you were aware of any name like this associated with early Davidsons. Sorry for any confusion. I can not say where this Matthew Gilmore was from. I think that he was reported as hailing from North Carolina but I did nothing but hunt for him on the Dickson census. Robin Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rkent Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4833.1.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Robin I do have a transcribed copy of this will which I think is accurate. Let me know if you want a copy. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tunnelm1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4833.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Yes, I am very aware of the various Botetourt/Rockbridge Co., VA Davidsons. There were at least three, and may four, separate/unrelated Davidson/Davison families in Botetourt/Rockbridge in the 1700s. These included members of my "Family 10," "Family 12" and "Family 16"...the fourth potential Davidson family line, headed by a John Davidson (he left his will in Rockbridge in 1802 as an old man) and his wife Mary Allison, has no one in the DNA test at this time. "Family 12" was the family that intermarried with the Gilmore family in the Augusta/Botetourt/Rockbridge area on more than one occasion. I don't recall a George Davidson or a Matthew Gilmore, however, in those families. Can you "place" the Matthew Gilmore that you mentioned in the Botetourt/Rockbridge area? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: robingarland25 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4833.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Ruth, Thanks for that information. And since you have listed the pension number and it matches with what I had posted then we see that we are talking about the same George Davidson. My source looks to actually have copied information from the pension itself where in George is noted to have served out of South Carolina but actually have been born in Albemarle VA. Who then knows where he and wife Elizabeth married on "20 Oct 1784" and where he moved in VA then TN given the timeline of the grant and his service record which extends out until 1780 where "...he was under Lt John Dining (who acted as captain) and Col Kimball" per the account found. Robin Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rkent Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4833.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This is from "A History of Humphreys County, Tennessee: by Jill Knight Garrett. George Davidson - granted 5,760 acres in 1786 on north side of Tennessee River. Chater XII - The Early Soldiers. Revolutionary War. George Davidson - first mention on pension application of Samuel Dunlap as applying for pension on same date, July 23, 1833. Elizabeth Davidson received pension for George Davidson of South Carolina on number W283." Also, a correction: Ephraim Davidson was in Stewart Co., TN, not Dickson. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rkent Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4833.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have not followed up on George Davidson who was in Dickson very early. I seem to recall an item that led me to believe he was from South Carolina. I'm not sure what I did with that and will have to look through my files to see if I still have it. I could find no evidence of any inter-relationships with my Davidsons. There was an Ephraim Brevard Davidson also in Dickson for a period of time and I thought he and George might be connected. Ephraim is not in my line, either. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: robingarland25 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4833.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, Yes, I've seen the referenced works...and I don't know what to think! The old George seems like he could also be the George Davidson appearing in 1820 Dickson where we also find Joseph, Josiah, and Abraham. For what it is worth, witnesses to this George's will were James and Matthew Gilmore. Matthew Gilmore appears as age 60-70 in 1830. James was born closer to 1805. Online trees list them as father and son. Are you aware of a connection of Davidsons to a Bouterot (?spelling) in VA? Robin Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tunnelm1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4833.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: When I see Albemarle Co., VA, I think of the William, Samuel and George Davidson (and maybe a couple of other given names in the Davidson family) who appeared on various records there in the mid-late-1700s or so. That George Davidson in Albemarle Co., VA married Mary Woods, and he was SUPPOSEDLY one of the sons of the Samuel Davidson who was first found in the Beverly Manor section of Augusta Co., VA. That Samuel Davidson was a member of "DNA Family 1," and this is the same overall Davidson family as the family of Rev. War hero General William Lee Davidson, after whom the counties in NC and TN were named (ditto the college in NC). It is believed that the Samuel Davidson in Beverly Manor was a brother of "Importation" John Davidson who came to that part of VA from PA. General William Lee Davidson was a son of the George Davidson who was also up in PA, and that George Davidson is the known/proven brother of "Importation" John Davidson. A descendant of the APPARENT brother named Samuel took the DNA test (I think that this DNA donor is out of Samuel's son named Benjamin), and this donor matched "Family 1." This was the first "concrete proof" that this Samuel Davidson in Beverly Manor was at least part of this overall Davidson family.....whether or not he was actually a BROTHER of "Import John" and George). John Lisle, who heads-up the Davidson/Davison/Davisson DNA website, is a descendant of "Family 1," and he has an excellent website on his Davidson family. John Lisle shows the above George Davidson of Albemarle Co., VA as a son of the above Samuel Davidson of Beverly Manor, but if I recall correctly, John Lisle has no actual PROOF that this George Davidson was a son of Samuel Davidson of Beverly Manor, nor that George was even absolutely/positively part of "Family 1" (though that certainly seems likely). You can see this George Davidson of Albemarle Co., VA on John Lisle's website here: http://www.lislefamily.org/davidson/tng/getperson.php?personID=I10502&tree=davidson_main This website shows that George had a son who was also named George, but this also shows that this son named George died young. It could be, however, that one of the BROTHERS of the older George Davidson in Albemarle Co., VA had a son around 1751 in that county who was also named George, and who served in the war (and who lived to old age). As you can see from the above link, these brothers of George were: John, James, Benjamin, JESSE and William (so this family did use "Jesse" as a given name). I just glanced at this briefly on the referenced website, and it appeared that there is little if any information on the children for at least some of these brothers. Comments? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Shelley Is there anyway you could scan this photograph and send me a copy.  I have seen photos of a family with a John Davidson in it.  (I wrote you earlier).  I think I could tell if it was the same family. Ruth ________________________________ From: Shelley Cardiel <cardiels@comcast.net> To: DAVIDSON@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 8:57:37 AM Subject: [DAVIDSON] DAVIDSON Family Photograph I've "rescued" an old photograph identified only as John DAVIDSON'S parents. The photograph was taken at the Bailey Studio in Spokane, Washington, likely sometime in the 1890's with the couple in the photograph appearing to be in their 30's or 40's at the time it was taken.  I am hoping to locate someone from this DAVIDSON family so that this wonderful old photograph can be returned to its rightful place with family. If you are a member of this family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: robingarland25 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4833.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Again, Scanning my volume of notes on George Davidsons I have come up with what I believe is a match to the older George in Dickson County. I had noted a pension application in the Nashville office for an Elizabeth Davidson, widow of George, which ceased in 1844. I made notes on all the pensions for Davidsons out of that office as this is where Sarah Davidson had made claim as widow of Thomas Davidson. These records do not appear to state which wars those receiving payment were with and I note some appearing more likely RW services, others for 1812 or other. The list includes: Abraham, stop 1838 Elizabeth, widow of George, stop 1844 Elizabeth, widow of William Brown, stop 1860 (notes a transfer from the Pulaski office) James, stop 1856 John, stop 1846 Sarah, widow of Thomas, stop 1868 I had been suspecting that Elizabeth actually collected on RW service for George and note entry of a George Davidson in TN, serving out of SC. Pension noted as collected in Dickson, TN and 82 years of age in 1832. A volume documenting information from RW service out of pension records involving SC included the following entry: DAVIDSON, George (W283) born 1751 Albemarle VA died 4 Sept 1833 married Elizabeth _________ 20 Oct 1784 While residing in Craven (now Lancaster), he enlisted 1775 under Capt Robert Crawford and Col Joseph Kershaw....(documents service up through 1780)...He was in the battles at Rocking Mount, Cowpens, Camden, Eutaw Springs. Moved to VA and TN. The 1830 Dickson County entry for George Davidson includes a male 20-30, a male 70-80, a female 10-15, a female 60-70. Robin Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: robingarland25 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4833.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, I can add that there is an existing will for George Davidson in Dickson County, 1833. It is horrible in condition and difficult to read but I'd attempt transcription if anyone is interested. I can say that I have recorded the names from that will: Wife, Elizabeth Son, George Daughter, Jane Clark Son-in-law, Richard or Richardson Clark Robin Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Shelley, Could you email me a copy of the picture ? I would ordinarily pass on this except that I recently found evidence that two of my Kentucky Davisons were in the Pacific Northwest in the early 1900's. Thank you, David P. Shaffner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelley Cardiel" <cardiels@comcast.net> To: <DAVIDSON@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 9:57 AM Subject: [DAVIDSON] DAVIDSON Family Photograph > I've "rescued" an old photograph identified only as John DAVIDSON'S > parents. > The photograph was taken at the Bailey Studio in Spokane, Washington, > likely > sometime in the 1890's with the couple in the photograph appearing to be > in > their 30's or 40's at the time it was taken. I am hoping to locate > someone > from this DAVIDSON family so that this wonderful old photograph can be > returned to its rightful place with family. > > If you are a member of this family, or you know someone who might be, > please > contact me. > > Thanks, > Shelley > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Shelly, Have you had a Davidson man take the Davidson DNA test? That could help you identify the family you need. I have many John Davidson's in my ancestors, but I have no reason to think they were in Spokane. In 1890, I believe they were in Georgia and/or Alabama. Anna Gayle In a message dated 11/12/2008 7:58:03 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, cardiels@comcast.net writes: I've "rescued" an old photograph identified only as John DAVIDSON'S parents. The photograph was taken at the Bailey Studio in Spokane, Washington, likely sometime in the 1890's with the couple in the photograph appearing to be in their 30's or 40's at the time it was taken. I am hoping to locate someone from this DAVIDSON family so that this wonderful old photograph can be returned to its rightful place with family. If you are a member of this family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news & more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212774565x1200812037/aol?redir=htt p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000001)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Sandymento Surnames: Davidson Wenger Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4834/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have Chester Co. & Lancaster Co., PA documents re this man. (pension papers, enlistment etc.) Edward Davidson m. Emma Wenger 1875 New Hollan, PA Served/Prisoner of War c1864 Children: Edward (1876) Sohpia (1879) Daniel (1880) Charles S. (1884) Arcada (1886) Isreal C. (1889) Norah (1891) Elisabeth (1893) Email me at sandymento at comcast.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.