Is there any connection of these "Alabama" Davidsons to the John Davidson, son of John and Hannah Hughson Davidson of Halifax/Pittsylvania County, VA. This John was supposed husband of Mary Wallace and other researchers say he died in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama in 1815. Son, John Wallace Davidson, then went to Humpreys/Benton Co., TN to live with Aunt Lucy (Lucinda) Davidson Perkins. John Wallace Davidson may have had brothers, Abraham and William. Could "Willis" and "Wallace" be connected? Throwing in another question. A Lucy Davidson married Andrew Wallace who went to Hempstead Arkansas in the very early 1800's. Andrew died in 1834. Lucy Davidson Wallace died in 1860 in Hempstead, Ark. A son, John H. Wallace born ca 1827 in Arkansas and is on the 1850 census for Hempstead living with Lucy. Also living with Lucy Wallace in 1850 is a Josiah Davidson, age 24, born in Tennessee. (I have some thoughts about Josiah but no proof). In 1860, John H. Wallace is in Hempstead, but must have been in Alabama for several preceding years. He is married to Elizabeth born in Alabama and has 5 children (ages 1-7) all born in Alabama. Can anyone provide clarification? [email protected] wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FNR.2ACEB/1881.1 Message Board Post: A branch of what I call "the original Buckingham Co., VA Davidsons," headed by a William Davidson who was born about 1720 or so, moved to Pittsylvania Co., VA before 1773, and that area became part of Henry Co., VA about 1777. The Davidson land in Henry became part of Patrick Co., VA about 1791. Some members of this particular branch of this Davidson family lived just across the state line in Stokes Co., NC by the 1780s, and several members of this family eventually moved to Grainger Co., TN. Note: The above William Davidson had apparent brothers named Edward Davidson and David Davidson. Edward died in Campbell Co., VA around 1794 and David died in Buckingham Co., VA by 1798. William Davidson had a son with the unusual name of Goulder Davidson (sometimes shown as Golder or Golden). Goulder was named, no doubt, because his father William Davidson had apparently married a Hix women (and Goulder was a name used in that Hix family....the Davidson and Hix families were on the 1746 tithe list in Goochland Co., VA). Goulder Davidson and some of his friends and relatives eventually moved to the Morgan, Madison and Marshall Co., AL area. Limestone Co., AL is in that same area, so that is one clue that "your" Josiah Davidson MIGHT have been a member of this family. Another clue is that the 1850 Limestone Co., AL census shows a man named Willis R. Davidson who was born in VA. Back in Patrick Co., VA, a William Willis had married Levinia Davidson in 1795, and Levinia was a daughter of Goulder Davidson's apparent brother David Davidson. In addition, a man named Davidson Willis was on the 1830 Morgan Co., AL census, along with Allen Davidson, Joshua Davidson (known son of Goulder Davidson....so I'm told by a descendant), Richard Davidson, William Davidson and Henry Davidson. Note: Goulder and David Davidson had apparent brothers back in VA named William "Junior," John and Richard Davidson, and these last three men also appeared in some Henry Co., VA records. The above Davidson family has been traced with some certainty back to a David and/or William Davidson, who both died in James City Co., VA (JCCo) in 1687. The David Davidson in JCCo left naturalization papers there that show that he was born in Holland. I SUSPECT that I am also related to this family, but research on that continues. My DNA haplotype shows that I have a "Viking heritage," and it appears that only a small percentage of all Davidsons have that haplotype. The above David Davidson in JCCo had a son who was also named David Davidson (died 1756 in Charles City Co., VA). Records show that this "second" David Davidson was closely associated with a Thomas Hix, and Thomas Hix was part of the same overall Hix family that was also in Goochland Co., VA in the 1730s and 1740s (and Goulder Hix appeared on the 1746 tithe list in Goochland). Comments? ==== DAVIDSON Mailing List ==== DAVIDSON - DAVISON - DAVISSON Web Page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/davidson.html

Ruth Kent, Based on DNA, "your" Davidsons in Pittsylvania Co., VA (brothers Abraham, John and Joseph, as I recall, all sons of an older John Davidson from NC, as well as a later man in that family named Samuel Harris Davidson who was born about 1795 in Pittsylvania Co., VA) were not related to my family. Two descendants of Samuel Harris Davidson have submitted their DNA, and their results do not match my results. As such, IF I should turn-out to be related to the Davidsons in Alabama of whom I spoke, then they would not be related to "your" family in Pittsylvania Co., VA. More research is needed, but I think that I MIGHT be related to the Edward, David and William Davidson who were in Goochland in 1746 and Buckingham in 1764 (per tithe lists and other documents). Some Davidsons who were in Pittsylvania Co., VA in the late 1760s-early 1770s (not "your" Davidsons) and then in Henry (and later Patrick) Co., VA in the 1770s and 1780s (and beyond) were almost certainly from the above "Goochland/Buckingham Davidsons." Some Davidsons in Stokes Co., NC and Grainger Co., TN, and then later Alabama, were also from that Davidson family in Henry/Patrick Co., VA. At this point in time, however, I can only suggest that the specific Josiah Davidson in Limestone Co., AL who was dead by 1850 and who was married to an Elizabeth Hardiman (who was supposedly from Buckingham Co., VA) MIGHT have also been a part of that same overall "Goochland/Buckingham Davidson family" (based on a couple of clues). There were also some Davidsons who were in Orange/Guilford Co., NC by 1780 who MIGHT have also been part of the "Goochland/Buckingham Davidsons" (and they MAY have come to NC from Henry Co., VA, but that is certainly not proven at this time). A descendant of that Davidson family in Orange/Guilford Co., NC is an exact DNA match to me, so that COULD be my "smoking gun" to a "family connection" back to the Davidsons in Goochland/Buckingham Co., VA. The research continues on that possibility. Best regards, Bill Davidson

My Alabama Davidson's who lived in Marshall County were originally from S. W. Georgia. I cannot get them beyond 1820 in GA. Alvie L. Davidson CG CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists used under license after periodic evaluations by the Board.

Alvie, For clarity, we should acknowledge that your DNA matches that of the Davi(d)sons who were in Middlesex Co., VA and then Essex Co., VA in the late 1600s-early 1700s, and who were then in Spotsylvania/Orange Co., VA in the 1720s (and the John Davison/Ann Sons (Soanes?) branch was later in Amelia/Prince Edward Co., VA by the 1740s). I still SUSPECT that your branch of this family was out of these Davi(d)sons who were still in Culpeper Co., VA after it was created from Orange Co., VA. As you know, the Abney family (that eventually married into your Davidson family down in Alabama) was also in the Spotsylvania/Orange area in the early 1700s. Maybe we can eventually prove it, one way or the other. Bill Davidson