thank you, thank you, thank you! Lois On Dec 1, 2008, at 1:58 PM, janrobison2@aim.com wrote: > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lois Willand <loiswilland@gmail.com> > To: ncrowan@rootsweb.com > Sent: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 1:22 pm > Subject: Re: [NCROWAN] Davis entries > > > > > > > Davis, 13-14, > After holding this pastorate for four years, he was > called to the First Presbyterian Church of Salisbury, N. C., was > installed as its > pastor, November 24, 1860. There he found his life’s work. Taking > up the burden > of this church with a membership of ninety, he continued to be > their faithful and > beloved pastor for the remaining years of his life on earth, and > forty-five years later > he laid it down with a living membership of four hundred thirty- > four souls, a > glorious harvest for the Master. Eight young men have entered the > Gospel > ministry, and two-Rev. Dr. > 14 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY > John W. Davis, of China, and Rev. Robert Coit, of Korea -the > foreign missionary > field. > > 42-44, excerpts > CHAPTER V > THE FIRST COURT > As stated on a former page, it is not certainly known where the > first Court was > held. But from the records in the office of the Superior Court > Clerk, in Salisbury, it > appears probable that it was held in June, 1753, only a few months > after the county > was established... > These names of > men and local > > 44 > HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY > > ities show the extent of the jurisdiction of the Rowan Court, > stretching from the > Orange line and Dan River to the King’s line, and as far west as > the south fork of > the Catawba, northwest of Lincolnton. The following were the > officers of the > c > ounty, viz.: > Richard Hilliar, Deputy Attorney-General; John Dunn, Court Clerk; > James Carter, > Esq., County Register; John Whitsett, County Treasurer; Francis > Corbin, Esq., > Colonel of Rowan Regiment of Foot; Scotton Davis, Captain in Corbin’s > Regiment. > > 99 > MOSES WINSLOW > Benjamin Winslow or Winsley, as it was first written, obtained a > grant of eight > hundred and twenty-five acres of land, “on both sides of the South > Fork of Davises > Creek-waters of Catawba River,” under date of May 11, 1757. > > 168 > The other daughter of Matthew Brandon, named Elvira, became the > wife of the > Rev. James Davidson Hall, then pastor of Thyatira Church, and left > no children. > Not far from Thyatira Church, many years ago, there lived two > brothers named > John Brandon and James Brandon. They were the sons of William > Brandon, who > settled there as early as 1752. Win. Brandon’s first wife was a > Cathey, the mother > of John and James. After her death he married a Widow Troy, of > Salisbury, and > moved to Kentucky. From William Brandon and his second wife there > descended > in the second generation a family of Davises. Two ladies of this name, > granddaughters of William Brandon, lived for a while in Salisbury > with Miss > Catherine Troy, afterwards Mrs. Maxwell Chambers. One of these > young ladies > married George Gibson, and moved to Tennessee. The other died in > Salisbury, > after a short residence here. > > 217, > BACK CREEK has had for ministers, Joseph D. Kilpatrick, A. Y. > Lockridge, > Thomas E. Davis, S. C. Alexander, W. B. Watts, Robert Bradley, > A. E. Chandler, > and J. A. Ramsay. > > PROSPECT CHURCH has enjoyed the ministerial labors of various > ministers, > among whom are Rev. Messrs. Walter S. Pharr, John LeRoy Davies, > John F. > McPherson, E. D. Junkin, W. B. Watts, Robert Bradley, Romulus M. > Tuttle, > William H. Davis, P. T. Penick, and F. P. Harrell. > > 221, > (THE SALISBURY CHURCH) > In closing this sketch there are two or three facts that may > interest the reader. The > first is, that from the beginning this church maintained a well > conducted Sunday > School, in which many of the most devoted members of the > congregation were > teachers. The principal superintendents of the Sunday School have > been, Thomas > L. Cowan, J. J. Blackwood, Colonel Samuel Lemly, D. A. Davis, > Philip L. Sink, > William Murdock, J. J. Bruner, Samuel H. Wiley, and J. D. McNeely. > > The ruling elders have been as follows: > Albert Torrence, Thomas L. Cowan, Dr. Alexander Long, Michael > Brown, Samuel > Lemly, Philip L. Sink, D. A. Davis, J. J. Bruner, William Murdock, > Thomas > McNeely, Dr. J. J. Summerell, J. S. McCubbins, Julius D. McNeely, > E. H. Marsh, > H. A. Knox, and Orin D. Davis. The deacons have been Julius P. > Ramsay, J. J. > Summerell, M. D., Obadiah Woodson, John D. Brown, James S. > McCubbins, J. A. > Bradshaw, John A. Ramsay, John M. Horah, Julius D. McNeely E. H. > Marsh, J. K. > Burke, T. B. Beall, R A. Knox, Theodore F. Kluttz, Samuel H. Wiley, > W. L. > Kluttz, and Hugh M. Jones. > > Within the past ten years the following sons of this church have > entered the > ministry of the Presbyterian C > hurch: Rev. William H. Davis, now laboring in > Henderson County; Rev. John W. Davis, > > 222 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY > > missionary in Soochow, China; > > 257-258 > The Rev. Robert Davis, whose history is unknown to the writer, > officiated in this > section of the State, cooperating with Mr. Miller, in the years of > 1821-23.1 find his > name included in the list of the > > 258 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY > > clergy for North Carolina, in Sword’s Almanac for the year 1822, > the whole > number of clergy being put down at nine, among whom were the Revs. > Richard S. > Mason (Newbern), and William Hooper, professor in the University of > North > Carolina. > > 261, > The thirteenth annual convention met in St. Luke’s Church, > Salisbury, on Saturday, > May 23, 1829. The lay delegates from Christ Church were Charles > Mills, Benjamin > Harrison, David Cowan, and Dr. W. H. Trent. From St. Luke’s Parish > were James > Martin, Romulus M. Saunders, Edward Yarboro, and John Beard, Jr. > Thomas F. > Davis, Jr., afterwards rector of the parish and Bishop of South > Carolina, was > present as a lay delegate from St. James’ Church, Wilmington. > > 266-269 > REV. THOMAS F. DAVIS, JR. > He took charge in November, 1836. The congregations had been > suffering from the > want of regular religious services, and from the removals of some > of the most > valuable members of St. Luke’s. Mr. Davis, in his report to the > convention of 1837, > prayed to “Almighty God to pour upon. these congregations the > abundance of his > heavenly grace. Their pastor cannot but feel hi > s own insufficiency, and deplore the > small apparent fruit of his labors.” > In 1838, the communicants at St. Luke’s were eighteen; at Christ > Church, > seventy-eight. One of the largest families connected with St. > Luke’s Church had > removed to the West during the previous year. Mr. Davis reported > “the condition > of the church in Salisbury as not encouraging.” “Christ Church was > gradually > gaining strength.” The delegates to the convention of 1839 from St. > Luke’s, were > John B. Lord, William Locke, and Charles K. Wheeler-the two former > attended. > Mr. Davis reported twenty-one communicants at St. Luke’s, and for > Christ Church, > ninety-one. Confirmations at the latter twenty-one (July 14 and 15, > 1838). “There > has been a much larger and more interested attendance upon divine > ordinances > than heretofore. An increased interest in the church then certainly > is accompanied > with an increased degree of attention to the Word of God. The > people of St. > Luke’s, entirely of their own accord, have almost doubled the > pastor’s salary, and > have in every respect exhibited towards him a kind and affectionate > regard.” “The > children of Christ Church are well acquainted with the Church > catechism.” “At > Mills’ Settlement, Iredell County, communicants, eighteen. The > cause of the > Church is on the advance in this part of the country.” > The twenty-fourth convention of the Diocese met in St. Luke’s > Church, Salisbury, > Wednesday, May 13, 1840. St. Andrew’s > 0A267 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY > > Church, Rowan County, was admitted into union with the convention. > Vestrymen > were Philip Rice, Jacob Correll, Samuel Turner, Joseph Turner, and > John Watson. > Delegates to convention, Joseph Owens, William Heathman, Samuel > Turner, and > John Watson. From St. Luke’s, A. Henderson, John B. Lord, Charles > A. Beard, > William Chambers. From Christ Church, J. E. Dobbin, William Chunn, > Thomas > Barber, Joseph Alexander. Among the names of many other lay > delegates I find the > following: Dr. John Beckwith, Raleigh; Thomas S. Ashe, Wadesboro. > Convention > sermon was preached by Rev. G. W. Freeman, D.D. > The Bishop reported that he had visited Salisbury on the fourth, > fifth, sixth, and > seventh of July, 1839, preached five times, catechized the > children, and confirmed > four persons. He stated that it had been an object with him during > the year to visit > every communicant, and to cathechize every baptized person of > suitable age in the > Diocese, where there is no clergyman or established congregation; > and this object > he had nearly accomplished. > Mr. Davis was chairman of the committee on the state of the Church > and wrote a > very eloquent and encouraging report-in which this sentence occurs: > “Not > captivated by the specious but seducing influences of the day, the > Church has > remembered always that to her the object of divine faith is her > adorable Redeemer > and Head; her only law a simple and entire submission to his will > and acquiescence > in his appointments. She has ceased not to teach and to preach > Jesus Christ > .” Mr. > Davis’ report to the convention shows the following as the > condition of his charge: > Communicants-St. Luke’s, twenty-five; Christ Church, one hundred; > Iredell > County, seventeen. The ladies of St. Luke’s had lately realized two > hundred and > forty dollars from a Fair. > The first confirmation at St. Andrew’s Church was on August 30, > 1840, when the > Church was consecrated. Eleven persons were confirmed. Communicants > reported > to the convention of 1841: St. Andrew’s, 29; Christ Church, 92; St. > Luke’s, 26; > confirmations at the latter, 9. Lexington, Mocksville, and > Huntsville, had been > visited. Rev. C. B. Walker, deacon, had become an assistant > minister to Mr. Davis. > Bishop Ives, in his address to the convention of 1842, thus alludes > to the field of > labor under the charge of Mr. Davis. “The counties of Rowan, Davie, > Iredell, > Davidson, and Surry come under the charge of another faithful > Presbyter, with his > associate deacon. The missionaries here deserve great attention, > and claim, > although they have hitherto received comparatively nothing, a share > of your > bounty. They have been able to sustain themselves only by > > 268 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY > > limited private means.” The delegates elected to the convention of > 1844, from St. > Luke’s, were John W. Ellis, John B. Lord, William Locke, and > Archibald H. > Caldwell. > Mr. Davis removed to Camden, S. C., the latter part of the year > 1846, after a > continuous residence in Salisbury of ten years. He was admired, > respected, and > beloved by > all who knew him. The parish records of St. Luke’s Church before the > rectorship of Mr. Davis are lost, and the records kept by him are > incomplete. Mrs. > Jane C. Mitchell (now Boyden) is the first name among the list of > confirmations, > September 9, 1837. The last name is Charles F. Fisher, September, > 1846. Among > the baptisms is this entry: “July 24, 1844, James Alexander Craige > and George > Kerr Craige, infants of Burton and Elizabeth Craige, Catawba > County.” Among the > burials are the following names: November, 1841, Mr. George Baker; > August 22, > 1843, Mrs. Mary N. Steele; January 24, 1844, W. D. Crawford.” Among > the > marriages are the following: 1843, Dr. George B. Douglas and Miss > Mary Ellis; > July, Mr. Charles F. Fisher and Elizabeth Caldwell; November, Mr. > N. Boyden to > Mrs. Jane Mitchell; Dr. R. Hill to Miss M. Fisher. The record of > marriages before > the year 1843 has not been preserved. > Thomas Frederick Davis was born near Wilmington, February 8, 1840; > was a > brother of the Hon. George Davis, once a member of the Confederate > Cabinet, as > Attorney-General, and was educated at the University of North > Carolina. Among > his seniors were Bishops Green (of Mississippi), and Otey (of > Tennessee) ; while > among his classmates were also Bishop Polk of Tennessee, the Rev. > Dr. Francis L. > Hawks, and Judge William H. Battle. He studied law and was admitted > to the bar, > and practiced in Wilmington and the neighboring counties for > several years. His > first wife was Miss Elizabeth Fleming, of Wilmington, who > died in the year 1828. > He was shortly thereafter confirmed, and admitted to the Holy > Communion. He > immediately became a candidate for Holy Orders, and was ordained > deacon by > Bishop Ives, November 27, 1831. In 1832, he was ordained priest. > The first years > of his ministry were spent in hard missionary work. The towns of > Wadesboro and > Pittsboro were one hundred miles apart, and in each of these he > gave services on > the alternate Sunday, driving in a conveyance from one to the other > during the > week. He had now married again, his second wife being Ann Ive > Moore, also of > Wilmington. She was in the habit of accompanying him in his > missionary drives; > and when the question was once asked where they lived, the answer > was truly > given in these words: “On the road.” He afterwards became rector of > St. James’ > > 269 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY > > Church, Wilmington, and remained so for about three years. But he > was not long in > working himself down. The city missionary work was constantly > engaging his > attention, and among the poor, the sailors, and the strangers, he > was ever ready to > do his Lord’s service. He then removed to Salisbury, and occupied > during his > residence there the house previously owned by Judge Martin, the > same known now > as the “Presbyterian manse,” where the Rev. J. Rumple resides. > While Mr. Davis > remained rector of St. Luke’s, a number of young theological > students were guided > by him in their studies, among others the Rev. Edwin Geer, who > married Margaret > Beckwi > th, a daughter of Dr. John Beckwith and wife, Margaret Stanly, at > one time > residents of Salisbury, but then of Raleigh. Mrs. Geer was the > sister of the present > Bishop John W. Beckwith, of Georgia, and both she and her brother > were children > of Margaret Beckwith, one of the original thirteen members of the > first organized > Presbyterian congregation of Salisbury. From Salisbury Mr. Davis > removed to > Camden, S. C., and became rector of Grace Church. He labored there > faithfully for > nearly six years. In May, 1853, he was elected Bishop of South > Carolina. He was > consecrated in St. John’s Chapel, New York, October 17, 1853. > Bishop Atkinson, > of North Carolina, was consecrated at the same time and place. More > than thirty > Bishops were present. The Bishop-elect of South Carolina was > presented by > Bishop William M. Green, of Mississippi, and George W. Freeman, of > Arkansas. > Bishop Davis gradually became totally blind. In 1858, he visited > England and the > continent of Europe, and consulted the highest medical and surgical > authorities. He > could not be relived. He never murmured, but bore his trial meekly, > patiently, and > cheerfully. He died in Camden, December 2, 1871. He was a wise > Bishop, a true > Christian, a great divine, and a sincere, pure, good man. > > 269-270 > The next pastor of the congregations in Rowan County was the > REV. JOHN HAYWOOD PARKER > The statistics of his first report, to the convention of 1847, are: > Communicants St. > Luke’s Church, 30; St. Andrew’s, 49; Christ Church, 89; Mocksville, > 9; Lexington, > 6; > Mills’ Settlement, 17; Huntsville, 4. > Mr. Parker endeavored to supply all the stations lately served by > Mr. Davis and his > assistant, Mr. Charles Bruce Walker. The removal of the Rev. Mr. > Davis to South > Carolina was a great shock to Bishop Ives. He thus alluded to the > subject in his > report to the convention: “That such priests as the Rev. Thomas F. > Davis should > > 270 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY > > be allowed, with the most heartfelt reluctance, to leave the > Diocese, and for no > other reason than the want of necessaries of life, is to my mind a > problem on all > Christian grounds beyond the possibility of solution. No > circumstance during the > fifteen years of my Episcopate has tended so much as this to fill > me with sadness > and apprehension.” The Diocesan Convention met in St. Luke’s > Church, Salisbury, > May 24, 1849, and again on May 27, 1857. The delegates elected to > the last-named > were William Murphy, Charles F. Fisher, Benjamin Sumner, and Luke > Blackmer, > from St. Luke’s Church; Thomas Barber, Thomas Barber, Jr., Jacob F. > Barber, > William Barber, Jonathan Barber, Matthew Barber, R. J. M. Barber, > and William > F. Barber, from Christ Church; George Mills, John A. Mills, Henry > M. Mills, > Franklin Mills, Andrew Mills, Israel Mills, George Mills, Jr., and > Charles Mills, > from St. James’ Church, Iredell County. In 1858, Mr. Parker > reported the > communicants at St. Luke’s to be 74. He departed this life, > September 15, 1858, in > his forty-sixth year, having been born January 21, 1813. He was > baptized, > November 7, 1841, by Rev. Thomas F. Davis, rector of St. Luke’s > Church; was > ordained deacon, May 31, 1846, and priest May 10, 1847, by Bishop > Ives. > He was married on the --------------day of > -----------------------------18 ------ > to Miss -------------------------------------who lived only a few > months, On January > 25, 1854, he was married to Mrs. Ann Lord, widow of the late John > B. Lord, and > daughter of the late Dr. Stephen L. Ferrand. The ceremony was > performed by the > Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire, of Tarboro, who was a brother-in-law > of Mr. Parker. > Mr. Theophilus Parker is the only surviving child of this union. > The Rev. John H. > Parker was a faithful servant of Christ, and was greatly beloved by > his flock. The > parish paid him the honor to erect a handsome marble shaft over his > remains, > which were buried near the church where he officiated so constantly > and > acceptably for more than eleven years. His walk and conversation in > this world > was that of a humble obedient, patient, and God-fearing follower of > Christ; and “he > died the death of the righteous.” > > 272, > The following statistics of St. Luke’s Parish may prove of interest > to the curious. > Under Mr. Davis, confirmations, 33; baptisms, 90. > > 294, > Davis, L. M.; appointed Lt. in Company K, Fifth Regiment. > > 301, > COMPANY K > Officers > Hamilton C. Jones, Capt.; en. May 16, 1861; a. 24; pr. to Lt.-Col. > Fifty-seventh Regiment. > J. M. Jones, 1st. Lt.; en. May 16, 1861; a. 27. > L. M. Davis, 2d. Lt.; en. May 16, 1861; a. 22;=2 > 0pr. to Capt. > > 303, > FIFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY > COMPANY K > Private > Davis, Jackson; en. July 12, 1861; a. 44; pr. to 5th. Sgt. > > 324, > THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT > COMPANY D > Private > Davis, William; d. of d. at High Point, N. C. > > 329, > FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT > COMPANY D > Private > Davis, Martin; en. March 24, 1862; a. 41. > > 334, > FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT > COMPANY A > Privates > Davis, James; en. April 23; 1863; a. 40. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCROWAN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message