Hello, Do you know anything about the John I. Davidson who is in Madison County Alabama in 1815? I'm trying to find the Davidson's who went from the Carolina's to Tennessee to Missouri. I'm at a brick wall with my 4th great grandparents...I just can't find a Davidson line for which they belong. Any help will be appreciated. [email protected] "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davidson/Davison Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4437/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The following is simply a "cut and paste" of an e-mail that I recently sent to some of my Davidson cousins. I have traced our Davidson family back to James City Co., VA in the 1680s, and some members of our family were then in Goochland, Cumberland, Albemarle and Buckingham Co., VA, before many moved west and/or south. One major branch of my family moved to the Pittsylvania/Henry/Patrick Co., VA (and Stokes Co., NC) area before moving to the Grainger Co., TN area. Some of these Davidsons are known to have then been in the Morgan/Madison/Marshall Co., AL area. There was also a Josiah Davidson in Limestone Co., AL (died about 1825), and he also came out of the same overall "Buckingham Co., VA Davidson family." I have recently researched several Davidson families who eventually went to AL, and at least SOME of them were definitely members of my overall Davidson family. Other Davidsons in AL are just "possibilities," and I would welcome any comments on this overview. Here is the original e-mail: Cousins, Here are some of my thoughts on various Davidsons who were in Alabama at one time. These were all POTENTIALLY members of our overall family, in my opinion (though more research is certainly needed): 1. There was a Richard Davidson on the 1830 Jackson Co., AL census (age 70-80). See the Jackson County entry here: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/Dal1830.html Jackson is near Madison/Morgan/Marshall/Limestone Co., AL where other members of our known Davidson family lived. I would not be surprised if this was the Richard Davidson who married Ann Ward in Henry Co., VA in 1783. On the same page of the 1830 Jackson Co., AL census was an Allen Davidson, age 20-30, and a Joseph Davidson (age 20-30) was on the previous page. Allen Davidson is shown on the 1850 and 1860 Upsure Co., TX census, and he is shown in 1850 as a farmer from VA (age 58) and as a chairmaker from VA in 1860 (age 74...as usual, there is little consistency in these ages from decade to decade). Allen had a son named Richard Davidson (age 30 in 1860 in Upsure; farmer from AL). Looks like Allen had other children named Elizabeth, Chrissey and Ava Jane, and Ava Jane married J. R. Huckley from TN (and Allen was living with them and their children in 1860). Elizabeth apparently married James Porter from Indiana. 2. As you know, there was also another Allen Davidson who was on the 1830 Morgan Co., AL census (age 30-40). Goulder Davidson's son Joshua Davidson (who married Elizabeth Sharp) was also on that census. See the above link for the Morgan County entry. I suspect that this Allen Davidson and Joshua Davidson were brothers, both sons of Goulder Davidson and his wife Sarah Unknown. 3. Also in Morgan Co., AL in 1830 was a Henry, Richard and a somewhat older William Davidson. See the above link for Morgan County. This William Davidson was apparently the William Davidson who married Callie Lipscomb. See: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/Dzwmlipscomb.html Some records claim that this William Davidson was born in Morgan Co., AL, but I wonder if he was actually born in VA. He could have been a son of Richard Davidson and Ann Ward, and William's birthdate (about 1785 or so) "fits" the date of that marriage in 1783. William and Callie had three children who married into the Ditto family. As you can see from the above link, one child was apparently named Richard Davidson, and one of the later female descendants married a Thomas Ward in the 1850s (though that "double Ward connection" could have just been a coincidence). Also, the familiar name of "Levinia" was used later in this family. "Old" Richard Davidson showed on Patrick Co., VA censuses by himself for a while (after Goulder and the others had left the area...or died), and then a William Davidson started to appear with Richard (actually, there were TWO William Davidsons in Patrick Co., VA with Richard on just one of those early-1800s censuses), and I would be shocked if ! one of those William Davidsons was not a son of Richard Davidson. 4. There were several Davidsons in Lawrence Co., AL in 1830. See the first link in item 1, above, for the Lawrence County entry. Some of them COULD have been from our family. This family included a Jesse Davidson. This is just a possibility, and more research is certainly needed on the Davidsons in Lawrence Co., AL. 5. In Limestone Co., AL, there was a William Davidson who was married to a Nancy P. Albright (this William Davidson was on Limestone censuses in 1830-1850, at a minimum, as I recall). It appears that this couple was on the same page of the 1840 Limestone census as the above-mentioned widow Elizabeth (Hardiman) Davidson (they may have even been next-door neighbors, per one other researcher, but I have not checked the original census to see what that shows). The 1850 Limestone Co., VA census shows that William was born about 1789 in VA, and that Nancy Albright was born about 1790 in VA. The older Josiah Davidson up in Buckingham Co., VA (son of the "old" David Davidson...died about 1798...who was apparently married to Mary Giles) married Rebecca Giles there in 1788, so both the Josiah Davidson in Limestone (born about 1791, per one record that I found) and the above William Davidson in Limestone could have both been sons of the older Josiah Davidson in Buckingham. This Wil! liam Davidson had a son named Willis R. (or B.) Davidson. That given name may or may not have had anything to do with the William Willis who married Levinia Davidson (daughter of David Davidson of Stokes Co., NC) up in Patrick Co., VA in 1795, or the Diane Willis who had married into the Hix family way back in the late-1600s or early-1700s (remember, I believe that the "old" William Davidson in Buckingham and then Pittsylvania/Henry/Patrick Co., VA was married to a Hix women). Another thing that could just be a coincidence is that there was a Hugh Willis who married a Sarah Albright in Botetourt Co., VA in 1809. Hugh was related to one of the Willis families that was also in Patrick Co., VA area (though it is unclear if he was related to the William Willis who married Levinia Davidson....per the man who runs the Willis DNA website and who researches the Willis family). Hugh and Sarah (Albright) Willis had a daughter named Charity Willis, and she married William Sharp. I have determined that this was the same overall Sharp family into which Joshua Davidson married (and this Sarah Albright had a sister named Nancy Albright, but that Nancy Albright is shown as marrying someone other than a Davidson). One of our family branches also moved to Botetourt Co., VA, but I don't see any "available" William Davidson from that branch of our family who could have married an Albright. Note: If the William Davidson in Limestone Co., AL who married Nancy Albright was, in fact, from our family, it is certainly possible that he was out of the "Patrick Co., VA/Grainger (and Claiborne) Co., TN branch," versus out of their relative Josiah Davidson (b. abt. 1767-d. in his 80s after 1850) who stayed in the Buckingham/Appomattox Co., VA area. There was also an older William Davidson in Limestone Co., AL. He was born in TN in about 1755 (per the 1850 Limestone Co., AL census). Some researchers claim that he was married to an OLDER Nancy Albright. If that should be correct, no one seems to know how/if these two Nancy Albrights associated with Limestone Co., AL were related. I suspect that this older William Davidson was NOT a member of our family, and the "Albright connection" and the "Limestone connection" COULD have been the "only connection" between the two William Davidsons....but who knows? Some members of each family eventually moved to Burnet Co., TX, as I recall, but they were on different pages of the census there. I think some confusion between the two William Davidsons/Nancy Albrights caused the children from each to be intermixed incorrectly. I think the James Davidson in Limestone was too old to have been the son of the younger couple. I think the Willis Davidson and the John R. Davidson WERE t! he children of the younger couple (and hence, POSSIBLE members of our family). Here is a "family tree" for the younger couple, but as I said, I think the children have been intermixed somewhat. As you will see, the birth and marriage dates for the younger William and his wife don't make sense (shows her getting married only 10 years after she was born, as I recall; I think that is someone trying to make some of the children from the older William Davidson "fit" into the family of the younger William Davidson). http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/Dzwmalbright.html The older William Davidson was married to a second/later wife by 1850. See: the Limestone County entry at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/Dal1850.html 6. The Edward Davidson who was the apparent son of "our" David Davidson on Stokes Co., NC (son of the "old" William Davidson from Buckingham and then Pittsylvania/Henry/Patrick Co., VA) was PROBABLY the one shown here: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/Dzedwardeliza.html This shows him as having been born in 1787 in NC, which sounds "perfect." You will see a lot of familiar given names in his family. I suspect that the Nathaniel Davidson (and maybe the William Davidson, as well) who was mentioned in that roster that "your" Major Henry Davidson (son of Joshua and Elizabeth (Sharp) Davidson) found during the War Between the States (and that Henry mentioned in a letter to his mother) was from Edward's family. 7. As you will recall, there was a Bryant Davidson, William Davidson and Robert Davidson mentioned on a deed in Grainger Co., TN in 1815. I found the following record for a Robert Davidson associated with Limestone Co., AL: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/Dzrobertnancy.html Note: The top of this shows Dallas, and that was actually Dallas Co., Arkansas (not AL, as incorrectly shown in at least one place on this document). I suspect that this Bryant, William and Robert Davidson in Grainger Co., TN could have been brothers (all sons of "our" John Davidson of Henry Co., VA and then Stokes Co., NC and a Miss Bryant, perhaps?....there was a Bryant family in the area), or they could have just been cousins. Maybe this William Davidson was the one who married Callie Lipscomb or maybe he was the one who married Nancy P. Albright. In any case, I feel confident that these three men in Grainger were children of some combination of the apparent brothers Goulder, Richard, John or David Davidson of Henry/Patrick/Stokes (all children of "old" William Davidson out of Buckingham Co., VA). I note from the above link/"family tree" that Robert Davidson had a son named Bryan Davidson (I wonder if it was actually Bryant)? Goulder Davidson was closely associated with Joshua Hudson and Robert Hall in Henry/Patrick Co., VA, so Joshua Davidson (son of Goulder) could have been named for Joshua Hudson, and Robert Dav! idson could have been named for Robert Hall (and there were several men over the years in the above Hudson family who were named Hull Hudson). Neither "Joshua" nor "Robert" had ever been used previously as given names in any branch of this overall Davidson family, as far as I can tell. 8. As a reminder, the son of "old" William Davidson out of Buckingham Co., VA and then Pittsylvania/Henry/Patrick Co., VA named William Davidson, Junior was probably the William Davidson who was in Orange Co., NC by 1780. He married an Elizabeth Unknown, and he had sons named William, David and Josiah Davidson (as well as several daughters). Members of this family were later in Carroll, Rutherford and Hickman Co., TN, and it appears that the Josiah Davidson and his wife Mary Finch who were in Fulton Co., KY in 1850 were PROBABLY also out of our family in Orange/Guilford Co., NC (their son was named Adam Davidson, but I don't know what happened to him after 1850). Well, enough for now. If you have any comments, please let me know. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited.

Terry, I can't recall....do you have any known/proven Davidson males from your family who have joined the DNA Project? Is the donor for kit number 41424 a proven member of your overall Davidson family? Thanks, Bill Davidson ----- Original Message -- From: "Terry Menck" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 11:24 PM Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] Davidsons in AL-About 1818 and Beyond > Hello, > Do you know anything about the John I. Davidson who is in Madison > County Alabama in 1815? I'm trying to find the Davidson's who went from > the Carolina's to Tennessee to Missouri. I'm at a brick wall with my 4th > great grandparents...I just can't find a Davidson line for which they > belong. Any help will be appreciated. [email protected]

Bill, Yes I believe that is the number of the donor kit....I've been trying to get the only Davidson male member I'm aware of (we pretty much have daughtered out in my line), to submit...so far he's just a little standoffish. So for now we go with Lloyd's entry. I was just thinking there was a John I. Davidson in Madison County Alabama in 1815. I have another (or perhaps the same) John I. Davidson who died in Johnson County Missouri in 1843. I show he's the son of Thomas and Nancy Ann Davidson, Thomas died in 1845 in Johnson County Missouri. Thomas and Nancy Ann had a daughter who was living in Madison County Alabama in 1843 when John I. Davidson died (she is stated as a sister in the estate settlement), I can't find any other family ties to Alabama for this family, so was just wondering if anyone knows anything about this older John I. Davidson and what family he could have belonged to. Just trying to find another direction to look, the old paths are getting kind of worn out. :) Thanks again, Terry Bill Davidson <[email protected]> wrote: Terry, I can't recall....do you have any known/proven Davidson males from your family who have joined the DNA Project? Is the donor for kit number 41424 a proven member of your overall Davidson family? Thanks, Bill Davidson ----- Original Message -- From: "Terry Menck" To: ; Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 11:24 PM Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] Davidsons in AL-About 1818 and Beyond > Hello, > Do you know anything about the John I. Davidson who is in Madison > County Alabama in 1815? I'm trying to find the Davidson's who went from > the Carolina's to Tennessee to Missouri. I'm at a brick wall with my 4th > great grandparents...I just can't find a Davidson line for which they > belong. Any help will be appreciated. [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.

Terry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Menck" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] Davidsons in AL-About 1818 and Beyond > Bill, > Yes I believe that is the number of the donor kit....I've been trying > to get the only Davidson male member I'm aware of (we pretty much have > daughtered out in my line), to submit...so far he's just a little > standoffish. So for now we go with Lloyd's entry. > > I was just thinking there was a John I. Davidson in Madison County > Alabama in 1815. I have another (or perhaps the same) John I. Davidson > who died in Johnson County Missouri in 1843. I show he's the son of > Thomas and Nancy Ann Davidson, Thomas died in 1845 in Johnson County > Missouri. Thomas and Nancy Ann had a daughter who was living in Madison > County Alabama in 1843 when John I. Davidson died (she is stated as a > sister in the estate settlement), I can't find any other family ties to > Alabama for this family, so was just wondering if anyone knows anything > about this older John I. Davidson and what family he could have belonged > to. Just trying to find another direction to look, the old paths are > getting kind of worn out. :) > > Thanks again, > Terry > > > Bill Davidson <[email protected]> wrote: > Terry, > > I can't recall....do you have any known/proven Davidson males from your > family who have joined the DNA Project? Is the donor for kit number 41424 > a > proven member of your overall Davidson family? > > Thanks, > > Bill Davidson > > > ----- Original Message -- > From: "Terry Menck" > To: ; > Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 11:24 PM > Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] Davidsons in AL-About 1818 and Beyond > > >> Hello, >> Do you know anything about the John I. Davidson who is in Madison >> County Alabama in 1815? I'm trying to find the Davidson's who went from >> the Carolina's to Tennessee to Missouri. I'm at a brick wall with my 4th >> great grandparents...I just can't find a Davidson line for which they >> belong. Any help will be appreciated. [email protected] > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > --------------------------------- > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.15/581 - Release Date: 12/9/2006 > >