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/4533.1.1.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Per my records, there were three Davidson men listed on the 1830 Rutherford Co., TN census with a son age 5-10. These were 1) Josiah Davidson (age 20-30...there is no record of him having a son named Stephen....this Josiah Davidson was the son of the OLDER Josiah Davidson who appeared on the 1840 census in Hickman Co., TN), 2) Richard Davidson (age 30-40) and 3) Jesse Davidson (age 40-50). I do not know who the above Richard Davidson and/or Jesse Davidson were, but the OLDER Josiah Davidson in Hickman Co., TN was a son of a William Davidson from VA (this older Josiah Davidson was born in VA about 1766, and he joined the militia at the age of 14 in Orange Co., NC in 1780). My "male Davidson DNA match" comes from this Davidson line, and this overall Davidson family (that was in Buckingham Co., VA in 1761 and beyond) had used the names "Richard" and "Stephen" in the 1700s. As such, it COULD be that the Richard Davidson in Rutherford Co., TN in 1830 was from the same overall Davidson family as the two Josiah Davidsons in Rutherford and Hickman Co., TN. If there are any living male Davidsons from your line, at least one of them should take the DNA test. This would prove if you are part of the same family as the two Josiah Davidsons (father and son) mentioned above. The Josiah Davidson who was in Smith Co., TN in 1840 was PROBABLY also from this same overall Davidson family (but that has not been proven conclusively.....I SUSPECT that he was the son of John Benning Davidson of Buckingham Co., VA). The fourth and final Josiah Davidson/Davison shown on a TN census in 1840 was in Henry Co., TN. That Josiah Davidson in Henry County, however, APPEARS to have been from an unrelated family from Prince Edward Co., VA (based on a few clues), and that family is shown as Family 5 on the DNA website referenced below. My overall Davidson family (that included the Josiah Davidsons in Rutherford and Hickman Co., TN in 1840) is shown as Family 10 on the DNA website: www.davidsongenes.org Questions/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.