This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.campbell/2116.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: A Stephen Davidson/Davison/Davisson married Lucy Neighbours in 1808 (as I recall) in Buckingham Co., VA. It strongly appears that this Stephen Davison/Davidson was the man of that same name who was on the 1830 Campbell Co., VA census (he had previously appeared on the 1810 and 1820 Buckingham Co., VA censuses). Stephen moved from VA and went to KY, and the 1850 Ohio Co., KY census shows that Stephen was born in Georgia around 1785 (and the family eventually used "Davisson" as the surname spelling....for whatever reason). DNA testing on a living male descendant of this Stephen Davison seems to confirm that he was NOT related to the other Davidsons in Buckingham who had been in Goochland, Cumberland and Albemarle Co., VA before being in Buckingham in 1761 (they were part of MY Davidson family, originally out of James City and then Charles City Co., VA in the 1600s and early-1700s). The above-mentioned DNA donor did match, however, two other male DNA donors who have also traced their Davidson/Davison families back to Bedford/Campbell Co., VA. It is known that one of those families was headed by a James Davison who came to Bedford Co., VA from PA by at least the late-1770s (per the Rev. War pension application of one of his sons). It is unclear if Stephen Davison's "branch" of the family was also from PA, and if so, it is unclear if his "branch" went straight from PA to GA or if they were also in VA for a while first. Some people show the father of this Stephen Davison as a John Davison, but! I have never seen any "hard evidence" of that. As I recall, the Stephen Davidson in Campbell Co., VA lived next to (or very near to) a John Neighbours, per the 1830 Campbell Co., VA census. I think John Neighbours also came to Campbell Co., VA from of Buckingham Co., VA, but that needs further investigation. I suspect that the members of the "Buckingham Neighbours family" were all descendants of ol' Abraham Neighbours. If you do a "combination Internet search" for "Abraham Neighbours" and "Buckingham," you will be able to read quite a bit about that family. As I recall, they were also out of PA, so maybe the Davisons and the Neighbours were already acquainted before they were in VA (but I certainly have no proof of that). I would SUSPECT that your William R. Neighbours was PROBABLY part of that same overall Neighbours family, but I have not reseached that whatsoever. I hope the above is of some value, and best of luck with your search.