I don't have anything on this family. If you can help please respond to jbd1949@hotmail.com ----- Original Message ----- > >From: jbd1949@hotmail.com > >Subject: DAVIS-LINEAGE Date: 16 Jul 2000 > > Hello, > > I wanted to make contact > with you in hopes of perhaps finding some information about my Davis > Lineage in Ohio. In view of this possibiliy that you might have some > info. regarding Ohio, I wanted to sent you the information listed below. > We have been looking for on our lineage of George W. Davis bd 6/23/1834. > > > >DAVIS - KNOX CO., OHIO 1832-4 > > > >Looking for information on the - Parents - Sisters or Brothers of GEORGE W. > >DAVIS who is my Great Grandad. George W. Davis Birth Date is JUN 23, 1834, > >-Birth Place -Liberty, Knox County, Ohio Death Date OCT 2, 1915, his > >PARENTS are UNKNOWN at this time. GEORGE W. DAVIS was a CIVIL WAR VET and > >recorded in the VFW in Paulding Co, Ohio. > > >George married his wife Elizabeth (BD 12/6/1832) Wertz or Wirt on > >8/19/1858. George & Elizabeth are both buried in Live Oak Cemetery, > >in Paulding County, Ohio. Elizabeth Wertz/Wirt Mother was a Weaver from > >Germany. > > > >We have come across another missing Davis in Knox County in about the time > >frame as George W. Davis than moved to Paulding Co. Ohio. His names is > >Peter Davis who married Mary Brakebill abt. 1850 probably Knox Co. At least > >one child, Ellen J. Davis, b. June 16, > 1853, ??? > , died December 16, 1936, Latty Twp., Paulding Co., > >Ohio. She married Amos Washington Fruchey, June 13, 1873, Allen Co., Ohio > > > >We theorize that there might be a connection with a Thomas Davis Born in > >1790 - Married in State of Maryland to Joanna (Davis) both died in Knox > >County, Ohio. In reviewing the dates is appears that we might be missing a > >generation between George W. Davis and Thomas Davis. Thomas Davis - father > >was Samuel Davis born in Wales in 1768. To date we have been > unable to make a connection of any type with this Davis Line. > > > > > > "Additional misc. information". > Its hard for me to understand why George W. Davis bd 1834 is so elusive, > especially with fact that so many of the Davis researcher like yourself have > all reviewed most if not all of the genealogy information in and around > Knox Co. Ohio. Its like George W. never had any parents or the parents > even existed. > > My George W. Davis bd June 23, 1834 Knox Co, Ohio and Death Oct. 2, > 1915 in Paulding Co, Ohio I was thinking if it would have been a possibility > that a couple or a single women was passing thru the Knox Co. Ohio area > and a child was born and they were unable to care for the baby, and someone > took the baby to raise. Secondly, why wasn't the parent names put on his > Birth Cert. or Death Cert. on the copies we received? To-date I have not > found > anyway to check on this possibility. > > > Another fact - in thinking about my George W. Davis going to > Paulding Co, Ohio - and was wondering if by chance he had a relative > from Knox Co. that had moved to that County earlier. Perhaps that was > the reason for his relocating to Paulding Co. I don't know why he would > move to Paulding Co since his wife was living in Allen County, Ohio with > her family (Sapp) while he was in the Civil War. If he had a relative in > Latty, Ohio then this might had been the reason for relocating to Paulding > Co, > Ohio. The more I think about some of this information, the more I wonder > and > feel there is probably a family (Knox Co. Ohio) connection in all of this > data > somewhere. To-date we have no record of any land grants, etc. for George W. > Davis > in Paulding Co., Ohio > > My other Surnames are: > > >Ashbaugh, Ford, Miller, Sherrick, Sapp, Weller, Wertz/Wirt > > > I would greatly appreciate any and all information thay you should > come across plus any additional info in your researching on my Davis > Line that you could send my way. > > Again, Thanks J. Davis > > > ______________________________________________________________________ __ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > >