This is a query I received on my Davis mailing list and am forwarding it to the Dyess list because there is a Dyess listed that married into this Davis line. I thought it might help someone out. Gaytha --------------------- Forwarded message: From: ladodger31@earthlink.net (Pamela Davis) To: DAVIS-L@rootsweb.com Date: 97-11-24 02:39:18 EST Looking for any information on Samuel Davis born abt 1831 in NC married ?? resided in Baker County, Georgia. Children: 1. Sarah J Davis born abt 1853 2. George Davis born abt 1855 3. James Samuel Davis (my ggrandfather) b. May 10, 1859 d. May 5, 1931 married in 1883 to Eliza A.M. ? (possibly Bentley) who was born June 1859 in GA, died After 1902 4. Rebecca Davis born abt 1861 5. Eliza Davis born abt 1863 6. Andrew Davis born abt 1869 7. Thomas Joseph Davis born March 21, 1874 married May 3, 1894 to Elizabeth Emma Bentley b. Feb. 6, 1876 d. Jan 7, 1942. Children: Leslie (Male), George W., Billie B. (Male), Bertie (Male), and R.G. (male). The children of James Samuel Davis and Eliza A.M. ? were: 1. Jefferson B Davis born May 23, 1887 2. Rosa E Davis born March 27, 1889 3. George C Davis born June 16, 1894 4. Rebecca M Davis born Sept. 3, 1897 5. Mary R.E. Davis born April 4, 1899 d. July 14, 1979 married 1st Roy White, 2nd Henry Dyas 6. James Samuel Davis Jr. born Aug. 27, 1900 married July 5, 1931 to Eda Mae Watson b. Nov. 29, 1914 d. May 14, 1985. Children: James b. May 2, 1932, Eugene Samuel b. May 6, 1933 and Charlotte Anne b. June 13, 1936 7 Mack Davis born August 18, 1902 After Eliza died, James S. married Pennie Bentley Baxter, a widow born Oct. 1874 in GA, died 1918. Their children were: 1. Allen Davis born June 4, 1904 2. Robert Alonzo Davis born Feb. 17, 1906 d. Oct. 10, 1944 Married Bessie ? and had a son Albert 3. Estelle Davis born Feb. 3, 1908 d. May 19, 1983 Married Sam A Moore 4. Emma Mae Davis born June 16, 1910 d. Jan 23, 1976 Married Sim D. Moore any help on these guys would be appreciated very much :-) Pamela Davis ladodger31@earthlink.net