John DAVIS
NAME -BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Letter from Rheda Davis, Greenville, TX , 1 Oct 1997
MARRIAGE: See ref for Uriah Wilson Davis; p. 20, GROOM D(a)vis, Asbery BRIDE Margret Campbell (d. of Allen) DATE OF BOND 15 Apr 1858 BONDSMAN & WITNESS Charles x [his mark] Davis (w) Wm. Welch Note SPELLING of GIVEN NAMESs of GROOM and BRIDE'S father
NAME: Possibly should be Robert William Davis, some confusion in letter from Rheda Davis, Greenville, TX' 1 Oct 1997
CENSUS: 1860 Federal census of Gordon co., Georgia, Calhoun post office; p 399 or p 5, dw nubr 1065, fm 1037, line 17 Willson Davis, age 36, m, farmer, real estate value $1600, personal prop value $700, b in NC taken 24 Jul 1860 MARRIAGE: Woolley, James E. and Vivian, MARRIAGE BONDS OF HAYWOOD AND JACKSON COUNTIES , NORTH CAROLINA, Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC, c. 1978; p. 21; GROOM Davis, Wilson BRIDE Hannah Campbell DATE OF BOND 1 Apr 1843 BONDSMAN W{illia)m Haynes RESIDENCE -DEATH: 1850 Union co., GA, 1860 Gordon co., GA, 1862-1863 estate settled in Walker Co., GA, 1870 wife and child in Chatooga co., GA, inf from Rheda Davis, Greenville, TX. . MILITARY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES PHOTOCOPIES, poss of Sybil Thomas Chapman shows Wilson Davis enlisted Aug. 31, 1861 at Camp McDonald GA in Co. B, 23rd Georgia Inf., CSA "for the war", cover of record shows Co. B., 23 rd GA Inf. Admitted to Chimborazo Hosp. No. 1, Richmond, VA for diarrhea on 11 May and 3 Sep 1862, furloughed for 40 days from Oct 13 1862, shown as present for company muster for July & Aug 1863, shown as deserted on Sept 3, 1863 on Sept-Oct 1863 muster roll. Muster Roll photocopy shows bounty paid on him. CONFLICT: WALKER COUNTY OF ORIDNARY IN THE MATTER OF A. B. McWHORTER ADM OF URIAH W. DAVIS DEC'D, filed J??? 29th 1885; photocopies in poss of Sybil Thomas Chapman shows administration began on 9 Jan 1863 and McWhorter's petition for dismissal of administration was approved on Jan 28, 1885, after lots of land Nos. 312 & 313 in the 12th District and ? Section of Walker County sold to George D
He married Margaret "Peggy" Poston Abt 1808 at Nc, Usa . Margaret "Peggy" Poston was born at <, Lincoln, Nc, Usa> 1770/90 daughter of John Poston and Rebecca Baldridge .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Elizabeth "Eliza" Davis
born Abt 1808.
Charles J. Davis
born Abt 1810.
Asbury Davis
born Abt 1812.
Uriah William Davis
born Abt 1814.
John Smith Davis
born Abt 1816.
Uriah Wilson Davis
born 1823/24.
John Davis died 1823 at Buncombe, Nc, Usa .
Margaret "Peggy" Poston died at Buncombe, Nc, Usa .