My apologies for the repost. An untimely power outage cost me a whole days mail. If you responded to this post, please try again. Again, my apologies to the list for the repost. Hi to all this morning. Just received an e-mail this A.M. that I wanted to share in hopes that it might bring more cousins to light. Bud Bud, thanks much for all the information on John Davis and his family, and on his wife's family, I'm glad to have it. I looked at all the John Davises in the 1830 GA and 1830 SC census, and only two of them were a good match for yours. One was a John Davis in 1830 Twiggs County, GA. The other was a John Davis in 1830 Greenville County, SC. I think the latter was yours, since you already indicated that the Roberts family was in Greenville around this time. In 1820, your John would have had one son and one daughter, and the only John I found with this configuration in 1820 SC was the John Davis in 1820 York. As you know, York is adjacent to Chester, and several of the Davis families there are related to the Chester families. There were two Davis men in early York, both named William, who had sons named John and who might have been the father of your John Davis. One was the Rev. William Cummings Davis, who died in York in 1833 or so, and the other was Captain William Davis, who died in York in 1820. I think the latter was the father of your John Davis. For one thing, this William's wife was a Spence, or Spencer, and your John named a son Spencer Davis. Your John also named a son Francis Marion Davis, and this Capt. Wm. had a son Francis Marion Davis who would have been a brother to your John Davis. Thirdly the John Davis, son of Capt. Wm., was born, according to the record which follows, in September 1788, as was your John Davis. The day of the month differs, but this could easily be due to a misinterpretation of the old handwriting in either the record which follows, or your record, or both. I have more on the descendants of the Francis Marion Davis born in 1785, by the way. As for this Captain William Davis, I'm not sure of his connection if any to the Chester District Davises, but imagine that there was some connection. Both families probably go back to Mecklenburg Co, NC, and before that, to Maryland. More on this latter. What follows is my current "best guess" as to the parentage of your John Davis: ============================================================= Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County, NC -- Volume VII, #1, page 28-29 REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION FILE OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM DAVIS (The following data was abstracted by Roy Brooks from the Revolutionary War pension application, National Archives. File #W-8653) Application for pension filed in York District, South Carolina on November 14, 1850, by the heirs of WILLIAM ana MARTHA SPENCE DAVIS. They were applying for the final payment of the widow's pension, due their mother upon her death. The application was signed by COLONEL THOMAS DAVIS, on behalf of himself and the surviving children of WILLIAM and MARTHA DAVIS, namely FRANCIS DAVIS, ANN SCOTT, WILLIAM DAVIS, J0SIAH DAVIS, MARTHA. S. MCKENZIE (see note), and LOUISA M. Davis. (Note: There may be an error in this listing since the Bible record which was included with the application, shows the middle name of Louisa as 'McKenzie.' Martha may have married a McKenzie, or the individual writing the original application may have mixed up these names.) Colonel THOMAS DAVIS stated that his father, the late WILLIAM DAVIS, served as a private, a lieutenant, and later as a Captain in the South Carolina Militia during the Revolutionary War. The statements made by Thomas Davis as to his father's military service were based on information which he had been told by his father and mother. WILLIAM DAVIS entered the military service first in either 1777 or 1778, and served until the close of the War in 1783. Most of his service was in Colonel Bratton's Regiment of Sumter's Brigade in which he served as a horseman. Some of the engagements he participated in were: the Battle of Hanging Rock, Sumter's Defeat, Guilford Courthouse, and the Battle of Kings Mountain. THOMAS DAVIS stated that he still had in his possession his father's Commission as a Captain in Colonel W. Bratton's Regiment, and the document was dated May 3, 1781. This is another paper in the file, apparently not a part of the application of the heirs, which indicates that WILLIAM DAVIS also served in the Indian campaign of 1776 in Captain PETER CLINTON's Company.. This paper may have been a part of the widow's original application for pension which is not now in the file.. WILLIAM DAVIS was married to MARTHA SPENCE in York District South Carolina in 1783 or 1784. (NOTE: One paper in the file indicates Martha's name as "Spencer", but all other places show it as "Spence.") The original pages from the Family Register section of the family Bible was attached to the application and gives the following information: FRANCIS DAVIS was born November 28, 1785 ANN DAVIS was born February 10, 1787 JOHN DAVIS was born September 19, 1788 DAVID DAVIS was born October 8, 1790 and died October 4, 1817 JEAN DAVIS was born January 28, 1793 WILLIAM DAVIS, JR was born September 20, 1795 JOSIAH DAVIS was born May 7, 1797 GEORGE WASHINGTON DAVIS was born September 18, 1799 and died November 22,1820 MARTHA SPENCE DAVIS was born September 19, 1799 LUISA MCKINZIE DAVIS was born September 12, 1801 THOMAS DAVIS was born October 30, 1803 POLLY DAVIS was born April 28, 1807 Among the supporting papers in the pension file, is an affidavit of a neighbor of the Davis family, MARY PATRICK, who was then 57 years of age, who stated that she had been raised within one half mile of the William Davis family. She stated that Captain William Davis at his death was a ruling Elder in the Bethel Presbyterian Church. CAPTAIN WILLIAM DAVIS died in York District, South Carolina on November 24, 1820, and his wife, MARTHA SPENCE DAVIS, died on May 20, 1840 at the home of her son, THOMAS DAVIS, in York District.