Bill, You have been very helpful! Thanks, Sherri ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Davidson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 7:06 AM Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] of Grainger Co. > Helen (and others), > > It appears that we have FOUR Davidson families associated with Grainger > Co., TN in the early 1800s: > > Like the Alexander Davidson family that went from Gloucester Co., VA to > Spotsylvania Co., VA and then to Barren Co., KY (see "Family 8" on the DNA > website...members/donors 29638 and 21985), the family of your John Abner > Davidson family was also in Gloucester Co., VA (per the Internet chart, > which you stated that you have verified). > > Note: This John Abner Davidson married a Nancy Porter in PA, and member > /donor 62929 in "Family 3" on the DNA website has another John Davidson > (born 1728) who MIGHT have married Tabitha Porter in PA (but I know of no > "blood connection" between these two John Davidson families....but who > knows)? > > Per the Internet chart, the family of John Abner Davidson was in Grainger > Co., TN, and that was his descendants named Abner D. Davidson who married > Anney Evans there in 1802 and Alexander Davidson who married Patsey Smith > there in 1804. > > The William Davidson who married Hanna Oaks in Grainger Co., TN in 1804 is > shown on yet another "Internet family tree" to have been out of the family > of James Davidson (born 1715 in PA) and Mary Bean. This James Davidson is > said to have been the son of a John Davidson and an Elizabeth Unknown. > That was one of two known Davidson families that were in Guilford Co., NC > in the late-1700s, but the William Davidson from this family apparently > found his way to Grainger Co., TN at some point....if that chart is > correct. There were also several others in this family who married in TN > in the 1800s, though I don't know that it was in Grainger County (see the > chart on this family at: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/Dzjamesbean.html). > > A descendant of Blaine/Blair Davidson who married Dorcas Cunningham in > Grainger in 1800 was a DNA match to the Abner Davidson family out of > Campbell Co., VA ("Family 7" on the DNA website; probably the family of > James Davidson, Senior, who came to Bedford/Campbell Co., VA from PA; > note: the DNA results from the descendant of Blaine/Blair Davidson have > not yet been moved into "Family 7" on the DNA website...the last time that > I looked, anyway). > > "My" Goulder Davidson and David Davidson were also in Grainger Co., TN in > the early-1800s (see DNA members/donors 44723 (me) and 63327 in "Family > 10" for representatives of this overall Davidson family), so that brings > us to a total of four "potentially unrelated" Davidson families in > Grainger Co., TN. > > Bill Davidson > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 11:22 PM > Subject: [DAVIDSON] of Grainger Co. > > >> Yes, Abner did have siblings. >> >> _http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/Dky.html_ >> (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/Dky.html) >> >> _http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/Dzjohnporter.html_ >> (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/Dzjohnporter.html) >> >> Try the second web site first. You have to figure out how to navigate >> the >> site but it doesn't take long. >> >> And I am not just trusting the information on this site. I have done >> the >> research myself and this info is accurate. In fact I think my name is >> mentioned there somewhere as a "source." >> >> Good luck and I hope you enjoy the site. >> Helen >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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