Donna, Robert D. Davis, s/o John DAVIS and Jemima JEFFERSON, was b. 17 May 1754 Amherst Co, VA d. 22 Mar 1843 Clinton Co, KY. He married Avarilla WOOD on 17 Aug 1772. She died abt. 24 Mar 1843, just a couple of days after Robert. Their children were: Thomas DAVIS b: 17 Apr 1773 Margaret DAVIS b 1: 15 Aug 1776 b 2: 22 Aug 1776 NC d: Clinton Co, KY ...........+Ezekiel Henderson SHELTON m: 26 Oct 1797 in Grainger Co, TN d: Clinton Co, KY Mollie DAVIS b: 22 Mar 1780 Robert DAVIS, Jr. b 1: 12 Apr 1782 b 2: Bet. 1765 - 1784 Nancy DAVIS b: 29 Jul 1784 d: 19 Mar 1803 John DAVIS b 1: 10 May 1786 b 2: Bet. 1784 - 1794 +Patsy MCCULLOM b: Bet. 1784 - 1794 m: 15 Nov 1805 in Wayne Co, KY James DAVIS b: 09 Jun 1787 d: 10 May 1857 Elizabeth "Betsy" DAVIS b: 19 Sep 1789 +Hugh MCKEE m: 09 Apr 1807 in Wayne Co, KY William DAVIS b: 20 Nov 1792 Sevier Co, TN d: 05 May 1878 +Catherine MCCULLOM b: 1795 NC m: 12 Apr 1813 in Wayne Co, KY *2nd Wife of William DAVIS: +Angeline BEARD m: 09 Apr 1855 d: Abt. 1880 Jemima DAVIS b: 16 Apr 1794 d: 16 Apr 1794 Belfield DAVIS b: 04 May 1795 d: 08 May 1795 Absalom DAVIS b: 03 Jun 1797 Virginia or Sevier Co, TN d: 30 Sep 1857 Clinton Co, KY +Alice Fair "Allie Fair" GUFFEY b: 03 Jan 1802 KY m: 17 Feb 1820 in Wayne Co, KY d: 10 May 1876 Avarilla DAVIS b: 05 May 1800 +John CRABTREE b: 06 Apr 1786 Virginia m: Mar 1821 in Morgan Co, TN d: 06 Dec 1872 Putnam Co, MO Avarilla Davis' daughter Mahala CRABTREE was actually the daughter of William GUFFEY, brother of Mourning GUFFEY who married Robert D. DAVIS' brother Rev. War veteran John DAVIS, Jr. William GUFFEY was married to Elizabeth WILLIS, d/o Smith WILLIS, on 18 Apr 1819 in TN--probably Morgan Co. Mahala married Jefferson Wesley DAVIS, a grandson of John DAVIS & Mourning GUFFEY. To give you an idea of how tangled things are, Jefferson Wesley Davis' 2nd wife was Nancy Jane BELL, a d/o William BELL Jr. and Elizabeth CLARK. Elizabeth CLARK was a sister of my husband's ggg grandfather Jesse CLARK Sr. William JR was a brother of Jesse's wife Sarah "Sally" BELL. William & Sally's father William BELL Sr., was a brother of Francis BELL Sr., whose youngest daughter Mary "Polly" BELL married Robert DAVIS b. 1815. The first wife of Robert & Polly BELL DAVIS' son Charles L. DAVIS was also named Nancy Jane BELL. She was a d/o Polly BELL's brother John BELL. I don't know anything more about this Thomas DAVIS, who he married and where he went. If he is the Thomas you are looking for, I would be very interested in finding out, as I am also trying to establish the relationship between my husband's ancestor Robert DAVIS b. 1815 and Robert D. DAVIS. I think he could be the son of Robert DAVIS Jr., but have not eliminated Thomas or several of his brothers as possibilities. Additionally, Robert D. DAVIS also had a brother Thomas who was born ca. 1755. Again, I have no further information. Please tell me about your Thomas Davis. I have information about some of the related families that may help. Perhaps together we can figure this thing out. Fay Clark ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Anna L Bertram" <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 19:39:01 -0700 >Donna, > >I have Avarilla DAVIS, daughter of Robert DAVIS and Avarilla WOOD, born about 1801 in Morgan Co., TN. > >John CRABTREE and Avarilla were in Putnam Co., MO by 1850. with a 16 year old male named Mark W. CRABTREE, born in KY.. There were a lot of Wayne Co., KY families with them. > >Anna Bertram > >[email protected] > > "Donna Barnes" > <[email protected]> said: > > Happened to stumble on an Avarilla Davis b. ca 1800 Morgan Co., Tn., dau. > > of Robert D. Davis and Jemima Jefferson. I have reason to suspect (lots > > of reasons, but very convoluted) that Robert is the father of my Thomas > > Davis and, consequesntly, Avarilla is his sister. Is anyone on this list > > familiar with any of these folks? Robt. and Jemima were from Va. and > > eventually moved to Clinton or Wayne Co., Ky. Avarilla m. John Crabtree > > in 1821 also in Morgan Co. > > > > Donna > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ________________________________________________________________ Sent Via Ethixs Online Mail-Clean Internet Access www.ethixs.com

Hello Fay, I'm not sure that my Davis family connects with yours, but there appear to be some interesting coincidences if not more than that. I'm Allen Davis, of Topeka, KS, descended from Margaret Davis, b. 28 May 1783, KY, d. 14 Dec 1869, Coles County, IL; probable wife of John Davis, born VA or KY, about 1780, d. 1829, Clark County, IL. They appear in the 1820 U.S. Census of Floyd County, KY but moved later that year to Clark Co., IL where John died in 1829 and Margaret lived till near her death in 1869. She had 12 or 13 children, nine of whom I have traced. Their oldest son, Alhanan Davis, b. 27 Dec 1804, KY, d. 30 Nov 1870, Putnam Co., MO; married Eleanor Elledge, 23 Dec 1831, Clark Co., IL; named a son Thomas Elrod Davis, b. 28 Oct 1842, Clark Co., IL, d. 1923, Edgar Col, IL. There appears to be a connection with Elizabeth Davis, b. 1 Jan 1787, VA; d. 12 Jan 1868, Warren Co., KY; who with the consent of her father, John Davis, b. c.1761, VA, married 20 Jun 1807, Wayne Co., KY, Michael Elrod, b. 17 Mar 1786 near Friedland, was Rowan Co., now Forsyth Co., N.C. They reportedly had a son born prior to their marriage--Alhanan Davis Elrod, b. 27 Dec 1805--at least, he is listed in the Elrod Family Records without further information about him. One does wonder whether the two Alhanan's are one in the same. I further wonder whether Elizabeth Davis Elrod could be a sister to my probable ancestor, John Davis, b. c1780, VA or KY; d. 1829, Clark County, IL and children of John Davis of VA who gave his consent to her marriage in 1807 in Wayne Co., KY to marry Michael Elrod. Are they related to either your John Davis or Robert Davis? Could either Elizabeth Davis or her father, John Davis, be one of yours? I haven't been able to find any records in Wayne Co. of a will for John Davis or something that would shed more light on his other children. The names John, Margaret, Alhanan, Shelton as well as some real "doozies" such as: Greenwood, Haywood, and Mayberry which appear down though the generations of my family. In fact I descend directly from Greenwood Davis. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fay Clark" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 9:48 PM Subject: Re: [KYWAYNE] Avarilla Davis, dau of Robert Davis > Donna, > > Robert D. Davis, s/o John DAVIS and Jemima JEFFERSON, was b. 17 May 1754 Amherst Co, VA d. 22 Mar 1843 Clinton Co, KY. He married Avarilla WOOD on 17 Aug 1772. She died abt. 24 Mar 1843, just a couple of days after Robert. Their children were: > > Thomas DAVIS b: 17 Apr 1773 > Margaret DAVIS b 1: 15 Aug 1776 b 2: 22 Aug 1776 NC d: Clinton Co, KY > ...........+Ezekiel Henderson SHELTON m: 26 Oct 1797 in Grainger Co, TN d: Clinton Co, KY > Mollie DAVIS b: 22 Mar 1780 > Robert DAVIS, Jr. b 1: 12 Apr 1782 b 2: Bet. 1765 - 1784 > Nancy DAVIS b: 29 Jul 1784 d: 19 Mar 1803 > John DAVIS b 1: 10 May 1786 b 2: Bet. 1784 - 1794 > +Patsy MCCULLOM b: Bet. 1784 - 1794 m: 15 Nov 1805 in Wayne Co, KY > James DAVIS b: 09 Jun 1787 d: 10 May 1857 > Elizabeth "Betsy" DAVIS b: 19 Sep 1789 > +Hugh MCKEE m: 09 Apr 1807 in Wayne Co, KY > William DAVIS b: 20 Nov 1792 Sevier Co, TN d: 05 May 1878 > +Catherine MCCULLOM b: 1795 NC m: 12 Apr 1813 in Wayne Co, KY > *2nd Wife of William DAVIS: > +Angeline BEARD m: 09 Apr 1855 d: Abt. 1880 > Jemima DAVIS b: 16 Apr 1794 d: 16 Apr 1794 > Belfield DAVIS b: 04 May 1795 d: 08 May 1795 > Absalom DAVIS b: 03 Jun 1797 Virginia or Sevier Co, TN d: 30 Sep 1857 Clinton Co, KY > +Alice Fair "Allie Fair" GUFFEY b: 03 Jan 1802 KY m: 17 Feb 1820 in Wayne Co, KY d: 10 May 1876 > Avarilla DAVIS b: 05 May 1800 > +John CRABTREE b: 06 Apr 1786 Virginia m: Mar 1821 in Morgan Co, TN d: 06 Dec 1872 Putnam Co, MO > > Avarilla Davis' daughter Mahala CRABTREE was actually the daughter of William GUFFEY, brother of Mourning GUFFEY who married Robert D. DAVIS' brother Rev. War veteran John DAVIS, Jr. William GUFFEY was married to Elizabeth WILLIS, d/o Smith WILLIS, on 18 Apr 1819 in TN--probably Morgan Co. Mahala married Jefferson Wesley DAVIS, a grandson of John DAVIS & Mourning GUFFEY. > > To give you an idea of how tangled things are, Jefferson Wesley Davis' 2nd wife was Nancy Jane BELL, a d/o William BELL Jr. and Elizabeth CLARK. Elizabeth CLARK was a sister of my husband's ggg grandfather Jesse CLARK Sr. William JR was a brother of Jesse's wife Sarah "Sally" BELL. William & Sally's father William BELL Sr., was a brother of Francis BELL Sr., whose youngest daughter Mary "Polly" BELL married Robert DAVIS b. 1815. The first wife of Robert & Polly BELL DAVIS' son Charles L. DAVIS was also named Nancy Jane BELL. She was a d/o Polly BELL's brother John BELL. > > I don't know anything more about this Thomas DAVIS, who he married and where he went. If he is the Thomas you are looking for, I would be very interested in finding out, as I am also trying to establish the relationship between my husband's ancestor Robert DAVIS b. 1815 and Robert D. DAVIS. I think he could be the son of Robert DAVIS Jr., but have not eliminated Thomas or several of his brothers as possibilities. > > Additionally, Robert D. DAVIS also had a brother Thomas who was born ca. 1755. Again, I have no further information. > > Please tell me about your Thomas Davis. I have information about some of the related families that may help. Perhaps together we can figure this thing out. > > Fay Clark > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: "Anna L Bertram" <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 19:39:01 -0700 > > >Donna, > > > >I have Avarilla DAVIS, daughter of Robert DAVIS and Avarilla WOOD, born about 1801 in Morgan Co., TN. > > > >John CRABTREE and Avarilla were in Putnam Co., MO by 1850. with a 16 year old male named Mark W. CRABTREE, born in KY.. There were a lot of Wayne Co., KY families with them. > > > >Anna Bertram > > > >[email protected] > > > > "Donna Barnes" > > <[email protected]> said: > > > Happened to stumble on an Avarilla Davis b. ca 1800 Morgan Co., Tn., dau. > > > of Robert D. Davis and Jemima Jefferson. I have reason to suspect (lots > > > of reasons, but very convoluted) that Robert is the father of my Thomas > > > Davis and, consequesntly, Avarilla is his sister. Is anyone on this list > > > familiar with any of these folks? Robt. and Jemima were from Va. and > > > eventually moved to Clinton or Wayne Co., Ky. Avarilla m. John Crabtree > > > in 1821 also in Morgan Co. > > > > > > Donna > > > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sent Via Ethixs Online Mail-Clean Internet Access www.ethixs.com > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >