  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 The Seven Davis Brothers Elizabeth Shanks Davis Charles Franklin Davis Davis Family Gedcom Note: Much of this information has been researched by Elaine Davis. Many thanks to Jo Davis for the old photographs, good company, and stories about the Davis and White families of Baileyton. Thanks also to Jean Newman, Sarah Clevenger, and Henry Haupt for their contributions. Thanks to Gary Davis for his continuing research on the Davis family of Greene County, Tennessee. 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. 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. If this is "our" Jesse Davis, the time period would indicate that they are brothers of the Jesse Davis whose will was executed 1823. In that case, Samuel Davis would be a son of John Davis. Is this just a case of too many Davises with the same given names? How is Leland Davis connected to our Davis family? There is a later Samuel Davis in Baileyton, Tennessee, son of James Davis and Rachel Maltsberger. His family is entwined with our Davis family in more ways than we may know. 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, 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 Legend of John McCoy and John Davis - just a myth? My descendancy is John Davis, d. 1806, who married Sarah; their son Jesse Davis and his wife, Sarah Antrim; their son Jesse Davis and his wife Elizabeth J. Shanks; their son Jesse Emerson Davis and his wife Mary Ann Hawkins; their son Charles Franklin Davis and his wife Jennie Belle White; their youngest child, Dorothy Mayo Davis (my mother). 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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