This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AgB.2ACE/256.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Carolyn I was given your posting about your Davis's, from Caswell, Co. N.C. to Henderson, Co. Tn. My Thomas Boswell, moved from Orange, Co. N.C. to Henderson, Co. Ky. then on down to Henderson, Co. Tn. in 1820. One of his daughters Artellia Boswell, married a Berry Allen Davis, in Henderson, Co. Tn. on Jan. 8, 1832 they moved down to Medon, Madison, Co. Tn. Dist. # 2. Berry Allen Davis, was born in N.C. in 1805, I don't know who his parents where. But, think he was from Caswell, Co. N.C. There was also another Berry A. Davis, living in the same Dist., but no kin that I know of, I have researched these Davis's, for about 6 years now. I have a picture of my Berry and Artellia Boswell-Davis, given to me my a cousin who still lives in that area of Madison, Co. Tn. Artellia Boswell, her parents where : Thomas Boswell and Mary Sims, from Orange / Caswell, Co. N.C. Mary Sims, mother was a Z. Rice, daughter of Thomas Rice. 1850 census Madison, Co. Tn. Dist. # 2 House # 304 Berry Davis, 45 b. N.C. Artellia, 35 b. N.C. ( Boswell.) Barzellia Jane, 15 b. Tn. Amanda H., 14 Sarah F., 11 James Edward, 9 Minerva L., 7 Artellia F., 5 Louisa B., 3 Eugenia C., 1 Thomas, born later.... Mary A., 18....who is married and living next door. Barzellia Jane Davis m. Elam Richardson, 1853 Jackson, Madison, Co. Tn. my great grandparents. If you have or find his parents, I would love to know. hakutsuruni@email.msn.com David Richardson, Jr.