Hello ALL, Here is everything I currently know about "my" elusive Jesse DAVAR. I hope if someone else has information not here that they will share it with me. More, I hope someone will be able to identify some relationships with other surnames. It seems that (like many early families) the DAVAR family can be found "near" or "with" families of the same (similar) surname in several locations throught the years. Possibly related surnames are: AUSMUS FUGATE HUNTER Other surnames are listed with their DAVAR spouse, below. Please let me know if you have ANY information about these families and how they relate to the DAVAR / DEVER family. Marriages <g>, Land Records, Court Records, Burials, Church Records, anything.... If you would please send the data and (if you have it) source, I will return a compilation of everything shared to everyone who shares. (Word procesors "cut 'n paste" features are a gift from the heavens above <g-g-g>) Hope to hear from ya'll, Terri Rene ---------- Name: Jesse DAVAR (TATE) Birth abt 1780 in Virginia Note: His wifes application for a pension indicates he went by the name JESSE TATE he being the step-son of old Garrison TATE, his mother having married Tate when he was a small child..... Military 1812 in Tennessee (abt age 32) His widow applied for a pension for the War of 1812. She said Jesse had served in Capt Henry HUNTER's Co TN Mil. Residence Claiborne County, Tennessee (bet 1817 and 1821) Census 1840 in Monroe County, Indiana Land Records Monroe County, Indiana (abt. 1840 to 1860 est.) Regarding Jessie's land purchases: they ring the property of John Tate, with purchase dates about the same time. All of the purchases of John and Jessie are roughly in the same three sections of the same township. Census 1850 in Perry Township, Monroe County, Indiana Death 7 JUN 1860 in Monroe County, Indiana Probate AUG 1867 in Monroe County, Indiana Marriages/Children 1. Martha CAIN / CANE (b. abt 1782/1789 in Virginia) Marriage 16 DEC 1806 in Claiborne, Tennessee (age abt. 26) Children Sarah (Sally) DAVAR (abt 1810-) m. MOFFORD Delilah (Delila) DAVAR (abt 1811-aft 1874) m. MARTINDALE (Mrs. Betty Cox is her descendant) Jane DAVAR (abt 1812-) m. BORIFF (Fran, Mrs. Daniel I. Mahlum, is her descendant) Wylia DAVAR (17 APR 1816-21 NOV 1874) m. WISELY (MY ancestor) Ira Guy DAVAR (abt 1818-) m. SHERRILL Keziah DAVOR (12 DEC 1820-22 MAY 1884) m. LUCAS Eliza A. DAVAR (1822 or 1823-5 MAR 1878)m. SMITH (Robert Woods researches this family) Amanda DAVAR (abt 1826-) m. BURKHART ("Ben" Franklin is her descendant) David DAVAR (abt 1830-) m. TODD Patsy Ann (Martha) DAVAR (-) m. LAMKINS; m. EVANS AKA: Pension Records from the War of 1812 give his name as Jesse Tate Dever. February 1833 land records give his name as Jesse Davar. His name is given as Jesse Davers in the 1840 census. His name is given as Jesse Davar in the 1850 census. August 1867 probate records give his name as JESSE DAVER. He may have sometimes used the name JAMES instead of Jesse. -end- I Look forward to hearing from others interested in this group of people. Terri Rene -- Brian & Terri Rene (DaVar) Howard and sons Michael & Matthew http://www.macatawa.org/~brianter/index.html http://www.macatawa.org/~brianter/davar.htm