The connection between these Davidson/Davison's could be nothing more than what was being offered by a newly opened area at the time when they all arrived. I know families from all over flocked to Oklahoma when it was opened for the free land rush...People look for greener areas all the time. Just a thought. --- On Mon, 1/25/10, Bill Davidson <tunnelm@verizon.net> wrote: > From: Bill Davidson <tunnelm@verizon.net> > Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] Davidson miscellaneous > To: davidson@rootsweb.com > Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 4:29 PM > Amy, > > DNA proves that these three families in Grainger Co., TN > were not > "Davidson/Davison blood relatives."  The members of > "Family 10" (my family) > who were in Grainger had come from the Henry/Patrick Co., > VA area, as well > as just across the state line in the Stokes Co., NC > area.  Your William > Davidson apparently had been in the Orange/Guilford Co., NC > area earlier, > and the "Family 7" folks had been in the Bedford/Campbell > Co., VA area > earlier (and they had come to VA from PA).  I see no > connection between any > of these three Davidson/Davison families....except that all > of them > eventually had at least some members in Grainger Co., TN. > > There were at least five...and maybe six...unrelated > Davidson/Davison/Davisson families in just the > Augusta/Rockbridge/Botetourt > Co., VA area alone in the 1700s.  Also, there were > about a DOZEN (or more!) > unrelated Davidson/Davison/Davisson families in all of VA > in the 1700s. > So.....multiple "unconnected" families in the same place at > the same time > with the same general surname no longer surprises me at > all. > > By the way, by 1780, a branch of my "Family 10" was also in > the > Orange/Guilford Co., NC area.  That branch of my > family was headed by a > William and Elizabeth Davidson, whose sons included Josiah, > William and > David Davidson.  It appears that this William Davidson > had also lived in the > Henry/Patrick Co., VA area before coming to Orange Co., > NC.  I have traced > "Family 10" back to James City Co., VA by at least 1682. > > Bill > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >