  Descendants of
John Davis who died Greene
County,
Tennessee,
1806, Photographs Davis Family and Friends- Cave Party near Baileyton-1903 Picnic - Same day in 1903- Large Group Photo Outside old Davis home near Cross Anchor- Large Group (pictured above) The Seven Davis Brothers Elizabeth Shanks Davis Charles Franklin Davis Davis Family Gedcom Note: Our ancestors were Jesse Davis and his wife, Sarah Antrim, through their son, Jesse Emerson Davis (called "Emerson" and his wife, Elizabeth Shanks Davis. Their son, Charles Franklin Davis, was our grandfather. Will of Jesse Davis - 1823 (Full Transcription) Sarah Davis Will - 1835 (Abstract) Mary Antrim Roberts (sister of Sarah Antrim)- Autobiography Use BACK button to return here Davis Family Mysteries I have not been able to connect her with a Shanks family in Greene County. Although many of the names used in the family of Silas Carrick Shanks were used for Elizabeth's children and grandchildren, I have not found her listed anywhere as his child. There is a later Samuel B. Davis in Baileyton, Tennessee, son of James Davis and Rachel Maltsberger. His family is entwined with our Davis family in many ways, but the two families do not seem to be related. His son, William K. Davis, married Josephine E. Davis, daughter of Jesse Emerson Davis and Elizabeth Shanks. His son, Charles B. Davis, was a good chum of Charles F. Davis (my grandfather, son of Jesse Emerson Davis and Elizabeth Shanks). Charles Franklin Davis and Jennie White Davis named their youngest child (my mother) after Charles B. Davis' wife, Dorothy Mayo. Here's a little more information on this parallel Davis family from Baileyton, Tennessee: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/a/v/Joel-K-Davis-KY/index.html Samuel Davis Is mentioned in the will of Jesse Davis, but in a separate category from his sons. Witnessed the will of Sarah Antrim Davis. What is his relationship with this Davis family? The 1816 Greene County store ledger entry linked below lists Samuel Davis and John Davis as Jesse's brothers. Is this just a case of too many Davises with the same given names? Is Leland Davis connected to our Davis family? Legend of John McCoy and John Davis - just a myth? Just about everything
I have on this family is in the
Gedcom.
If you have additional information on this particular Davis family
(there
were several others in early Greene County), I would welcome
it!
Pat Sabin E-Mail Links To More Information Including: Original
Greene County TN Genealogy Site 1783
Tax List - Greene County Tennessee 1830 Census
of Greene County TN 1850
Census of Greene County TN Online 1860
Census of Greene County Online Davis
name in early tax and census records - East Tennessee (USGenWeb
Archives) RootsWeb
Message Board for Greene County Cemetery Transcriptions Online - Baileyton
, Tennessee Area USGenWeb Archives - Greene County Zion
United Methodist Church
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