About 20 years ago my wife and I gave the Ohio Historical Society (OHS) some ephemera from her family home, known as Simon Kenton Farm. The Hunt family was related to the Kenton family by marriage through the McCord family. Mary (Kitty) McCord married William Hunt, my wife’s great-grandfather. My wife’s maternal great-great-great-grandfather was Elijah Turner Davis. Among the many papers given to OHS, three have turned up which relate to him, his family and to Mason County. The first is an indenture dated 20 May 1796 (original in the William Hunt Archive, OHS), wherein Bertrand Ewell sold a plot of land in Mason County on Quick’s Run to Elijah T. Davis. This transaction is not recorded in the land sales listed on your web site, nor are the names of Elijah T. Davis, Bertrand Ewell or Moses Ormes in the roster of known County residents. Perhaps this is because Quick’s Run is no longer in Mason County. Histories of Champaign County, Ohio (B. F.Bowen & Co. Indianapolis 1917, and W.R. Beers & Co, Chicago 1881) state that Elijah T Davis came from Kentucky to Urbana, Ohio in 1815, with his wife, Elizabeth Vance and three children, Benjamin, Rachel and Sallie. We believe that Elijah, who was often called Turner Davis, was born in 1773, in Maryland. Family letters state, perhaps incorrectly, that his father was Thomas Nicholas Davis who with “his big family and possessions and slaves in 1787, traveled over the mts, by pack horse to Grove Creek, near Wheeling Creek, on the Ohio river, where he worked for a year as a ‘turner’ helping to build boats. In 1788 they descended the Ohio River to the mouth of Limestone Creek, now Maysville, Ky”. The Ohio marriage roster on the web has an entry for the marriage of Turner Davis to Elizabeth Vance, registered by J. Scott, in West Union (Adams County), Ohio in 1798 just across the river from Maysville. It seems plausible that she was the daughter of Joseph C. Vance, father of Joseph Vance who became Governor of Ohio in 1836. The History of Champaign County Ohio (W.R. Beers & Co, Chicago 1881) on the web states that Joseph C. Vance’ family (along with Simon Kenton, Samuel McCord and many others) were among the first settlers of Urbana, Ohio. We assume that Vanceburg was named for this person. The second document (original in the William Hunt Archive, OHS) is a letter to Elijah T. Davis from David W. Davis sr. dated Jan. 23 1829. He is almost certainly the individual listed as among the first purchasers of a town lot in Vanceburg and in ancestry.com website as born 10 Sept 1762 in Cecil County Maryland, dying in St Francis County, Arkansas, Aug. 19, 1837. He may be addressing Elijah T. Davis as “Dear Brother, friend” from religious affiliation rather than family relationship. The available website genealogies give David Ward Davis’ father as Thomas Nicholas (Nick) Davis. Family letters in our possession give Thomas N. Davis also as the father of Elijah T. Davis. These genealogies apparently derived from “Broderbund Software Inc”. and “The Learning Company Inc”., do not include an Elijah T. Davis among the nine or ten brothers and sisters of David Ward Davis. The third document (original in the William Hunt Archive, OHS), sent from Concord KY on June 21st 1835,is addressed to Elijah T. Davis from a nephew, Edward T. Davis. I have not yet been able to determine who was Edward T. Davis’ father and Elijah’s brother. It could have been Walter Davis, son of Thomas Nicholas Davis, born in ?1773 who died in Lewis County between 1841 and 1849. We would appreciate any help you can give me on two questions. First, the identity of Elijah Turner Davis’ father. Second, whether Elizabeth Vance was the daughter of Joseph C. Vance, father of the Joseph Vance, Governor of Ohio in 1835? If these queries would be more appropriate for another genealogical society, please forward this to them. We would be willing to pay reasonable fees for any search. With many thanks, Yours sincerely Ralph J. Wedgwood