Pat, Would you have anything on William B. Davenport b. 1776 NC? He married Martha LNU and had a dtr. Nancy b. Tenn. 23 Nov, 1815. Nancy was my 3rd gr. grandmother. I do not know any other family details on William who ended up in Gallatin Co. Illinois, I guess because Nancy married there to Moses W. Willis 16 July 1835. Thanks. JoAnn

Pat, JoAnn and everyone else Does either one of you have anything on a William Davenport, born sometime during January 1823 in Tennessee, who was in living in John R. Deiter's home in Gallatin County in 1850. In 1850, William Davenport is listed as 24, a wagon maker from Tennessee. He's found in Dwelling and Family #118 in Equality Precinct (p. 410b) in John R. Dieter's household. Dieter, 34, was listed as a wagon maker with $1,500 worth of property aborn in Pennsylvania. His household included his wife Nancy, 34, a native of Kentucky; William M. Dieter, 2, a native of Illinois; Mary J. Bishop, 12, a Kentucky native who had attended school; John Hafford, 18, a laborer born in Illinois who had also attended school; Cyrus K. Mason, 23, another Illinois born wagon maker, Davenport, and Hester Morgan, 55, an illiterate mulatto woman born in North Carolina. At some point in the 1850s, William moved to the panhandle of Florida where he's found just before the Civil War. The 1860 Census of Jefferson Co., Florida, in the area of Waukunah post office enumerated July 24, 1860, found William Davenport in a small cluster of wheelwrights. Household 415 consists of E. B. McFunglin (?), 30, a wheel wright with $500 of real estate and $100 in personal property born in Ireland. He's the only person in his household. Next is household #416 headed by William Davenport, 36, a wheel wright with $500 in real estate and $200 in personal property and born in Tennessee. His wife Sarah N., 33 and a native of Georgia. They had one child, John A, a native of Florida. The household also included C. Kyle, 52, a wheelwright born in South Carolina with $200 in personal property. Probably at the start of the Civil War, William moved back to Illinois. He was back in the area by 1866 when on June 28, he married Mrs. Jane Dieter, the presumably widowed wife of his ex-employer in 1850. William's first wife had presumably died. The 1870 Census of Gallatin Co., Illinois shows William Davenport heading up dwelling and family #35 in Equality village. He's listed as 46, a wagon maker with $1,400 in real estate and $300 in personal property. He's a Tennessee native. His family consists of Jane, 47, house keeping, and a native of Illinois. It also includes William Deiter, 22, a laborer born in Illinois who is likely Jane's son from her previous marriage. The household is found between Frank Grayson, a blacksmith, and Anthony Crest, a show maker. John Yost enumerated the households on June 7, 1870. The other side of Crest's was McCaleb's hotel. (p. 5 original, image 78 at Ancestry.com) The 1880 Census of Gallatin Co., Illinois, Equality area (Film # T9-0208, Page #500C) shows William Davenport, 57, a native of Tennessee, and working as a carpenter with no birth place information listed for his parents. His wife Jane is listed as 62, a native of Illinois keeping house who parents were both born in South Carolina. One son is listed, Albert J., 20, born in Florida, who worked as a clerk in a store. No information is given about his mother's birthplace. Lizzie Dunlap, 20, a native of Ohio (like her parents) was a servant who rounded out the household. On October 28, 1896, Albert J. Davenport married Frances W. Riggs in Gallatin County. Frances was the daughter of John H. Riggs and Jennie D. Wilbanks. The mother was born about 1844 to Daniel P. Wilbanks and Margaret E. Campbell, a sister to a Dr. Campbell of Equality. Wilbanks was at one point a partner with John Hart Crenshaw during the time period the school trustees controlled the saline lands and leased them to Wilbanks and Crenshaw. After Daniel died, his widow Margaret married Crenshaw's son, William T. Crenshaw, himself a widower. I believe, but haven't proven that John W. Riggs was a sibling to the Mary Elvira Riggs (b. circa 1837) who married Louis Fowler, and Frank W. Riggs (b. circa 1853) who is living in the area of the Fowlers east of Equality in 1880. The 1870 Census of Gallatin Co., Illinois, (Twp. 9s-8e) shows John F. Riggs heading up dwelling and family #100. He's listed as 28, a farmer with $300 in real estate and $275 in personal property, and a native of Illinois. The only other person in his household is his wife Jenny D., 26, keeping house, and a native of Illinois. [Page 15, Twp 9s-8e, Equality post office, enumerated June 18, 1870 by John Yost, Ass't. Marshal.] The 1880 Census of Gallatin County shows John, 38, a farmer and Jennie D., 36, his wife keeping house in household 88/89 of Equality Precinct. Two daughters are listed in their household, Mabel, 6, born in Indiana and Frances W., 3, born in Illinois. The census shows his father's native state as Pennsylvania and his mother's native state as New York. John's household is one down from Edward P. Fowler and one more down from Elva Fowler. Elva's maiden name is Riggs. Both Elva and John are shown as being born in Indiana, as does Fowler. Likewise, both Elva and John's parents are shown as being born in the identical states, Pennsylvania for the father and New York for the mother. This Mary Elvira "Elva" (Riggs) Fowler could be John's older sister. The 1900 Census of Gallatin Co., Illinois, finds Albert J. Davenport living in the village of Equality in Dwelling 110 Family 115. He's head of the household born Aug. 1859, 40, married for three years. His wife Frances, was born Aug. 1877, 22, married three years and given birth to two children, both still living. She was a native of Illinois as was her mother. Her father had been born in Indiana. The household includes daughter Jennie K., born July 1897, two years old, in Illinois; Raford, born Feb. 1899, 1, in Illinois; and William, Albert's father, born Jan. 1823, 77, widowed and born in Tennessee as were his parents. There's a servant named Viola (last name unreadable). She was born in Illinois, her father in Kentucky and her mother in Ohio. Albert worked as a blacksmith and owned his house free and clear. (Supervisor District #14, ED 39, page 5] John and Jennie are still in Gallatin County for the 1900 Census, but I have not located the information. The 1920 Census of Gallatin Co., Illinois found Albert J. Davenport's household on Calhoun Street in the Village of Equality, dwelling #94, family #113. Albert owned his house, but had it mortaged. Albert's listed as 60, able to read and write and a native of Florida whose father was born in Illinois, but mother from Florida. He worked for wages as an employed coal miner. He could speak English. His family consisted of Francis, 42, also able to read and write, a native of Illinois, though her father a native of Indiana, but her mother of Illinois. She could also speak English as did all in the family. Their children consisted of the following: Jennie, 22, a sales lady at a drug store; Raford, 20, a coal miner who didn't attend school in 1919; William, 19, who didn't attend school in 1919, but worked for wages on a farm; Ida, 17, who also didn't attend school in 1919; Mable, 9; who did attend school; Dora, 7; who attended school but couldn't read or write; Albert R., 3, who hadn't attended school; and Francis W., two months old. All the children were born in Illinois. The 1930 Census of Gallatin Co., Illinois finds Albert J. Davenport heading up Dwelling and Family #118 in the village of Equality. He's listed as 70, married at the age of 39, and born in Florida. His wife France W. is listed as 52, married at the age of 19, and born in Illinois. The children listed as William, 30, single; Ida, 28, single; Dora, 19, single; Riggs, 13, single; and Frank, 11, single. All were born in Illinois. Albert owned his own home valued at $1,000. Dora, Riggs and Frank all had attended school the previous year. Albert no longer worked, but William clerked for wages in a hardware store. He wasn't a veteran. One of the daughters, I'm not sure which one, married a Carter after 1920. They had a son John Carter. I believe the elder Carter is John R. Carter, son of Henry B. Carter, who was listed as a school teacher in the public schools in 1930 and whom I believe would be the same man who taught school either at Hickory Hill or Equality in the 1940s or 50s. His widow lives north of Route 13 and west of Route 1. The Carters came from Ohio and joined the Methodist Church in Equality. Does anybody know if there are any other descendants of around of these various Davenports. I would like to discover if any had any pictures passed down from Jennie D. Wilbanks that might show her parents, step-father, their houses or the saltworks. The John R. Carter place was supposedly the site of the offices for one of the saltworks (at least that is what he told George Sisk at one point). It certainly was on ground that once belonged to Crenshaw. Sincerely, Jon Musgrave www.IllinoisHistory.com