I should have mentioned that I knew about the Christian County book item. Sorry. Researchers who are direct descendants of James and Hannah (RAMSEY) DAVIS, and who appear to know the line well, tell me there is no indication that they ever had a son named Isaac -- and that the given name, Isaac, is not to be found in the family. My aunt telephoned the Christian County Genealogical Society, publishers of the book, to query them about the source of the link, and they say the person who compiled the book has died and all the notes and sources are lost. I was terribly excited when I first ran across the item in the Christian County book. It really took the wind out of my sails to later be told that there is no hard evidence for the link. But I have looked and looked and have yet to find anything other than the Christian County book that links Isaac DAVIS to James and Hannah (RAMSEY) DAVIS. So I am left to continue to search for the origins of Isaac DAVIS, husband of Sarah CLARK. I really appreciate your taking the time and trouble to transcribe and post the excerpt. It's probably good for us all to be reminded now and then that secondary sources are fallible. Or perhaps these messages will flush out that missing link, because surely the compiler had to have had some reason to have made the connection. It is so frustrating not to know what it was... Thanks again, Diana HMU wrote: > > In the Christian County Family History Book of 1986 on page 128 under a > sketch of John Clark. > > Sarah Clark married Isaac Davis, son of James and Hannah Ramsey Davis. > > On page 149, > James Davis was one if not the earliest settler who lived in the south > eastern part of this county on the West Fork of Red River. His land had > been surveyed for Col. John Montgomery in 1785 and assigned to James Davis. > Davis sold off a portion of this 1120 acre survey to other settlers and > finally sold the remainder of his land when he moved to Missouri after 1820. > Dr. John F. Bell purchased the Davis land from one of the Davis sons-in-law. > James Davis was married to Hannah Ramsey, daughter of Josiah Ramsey of > Wythe County, VA. James and Hannah were the parents of several children. > The foundation of a water grist mill built by James Davis in 1809 was still > visible in 1884 according to Addison C. Catlett as reported in Perrin's > History of Christian County. The grist mill was on Montgomery Creek, which > had been named for Col. John Montgomery whose wife Phoebe, was a sister of > Hannah Ramsey Davis. > The James Davis land would be known today (1985) as the land where > Glover's cave is located and to the north of the Cave. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Diana Gale Matthiesen <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, December 07, 1998 12:59 AM > Subject: [KYTODD-L] Roll Call: THOMPSON > > >Most wanted are the parents and additional siblings of Rachel and Thomas > >THOMPSON. Their father is said to be Peter THOMPSON. > > > >There is much evidence for Peter THOMPSON in early Christian/Todd Co., on > the > >West Fork of the Red River (land grants, tax lists, 1800 and 1810 census), > but > >I've found nothing to link Peter to Rachel and Thomas. > > > >Thomas THOMPSON was b. 7 Jul 1797, Christian Co., KY; m. Delilah DAVIS, 21 > Dec > >1815, Christian Co., KY; d. 14 Apr 1872, Santa Clara, Santa Clara Co., CA. > > > >Rachel THOMPSON was b. 17 Jul 1803, Christian [>Todd] Co., KY; m. William > T. > >WYATT, 19 Jan 1825, Todd Co., KY; d. 20 Jul 1870, Spickard, Grundy Co., MO. > > > >Additional information on Delilah DAVIS (parents Isaac DAVIS and Sarah > CLARK) > >and William WYATT (parents unknown) equally welcome, especially on the > origins > >of Isaac DAVIS. (Our CLARKs are well known.) > > > >Diana > > o > > o^o > > o^^^o > > o^^o^^o > > o^o^^^o^o > > o^^^o^^o^^o > > o^^^o^^^o^^^o > > o^^o^^^o^^o^^^o > > o^^^^o^^^^o^o^^^o > > _ _ _ _ _ _| |_ _ _ _ _ _ > > M E R R Y S O L S T I C E! > > P E A C E O N E A R T H! > > > > > >==== KYTODD Mailing List ==== > >If you need assistance regarding Todd County Mailing List > >send your email to: [email protected] > > > > ==== KYTODD Mailing List ==== > Be sure to visit the Queries Board on the Todd County KYGenWeb Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kytodd/index.htm