John DAVIS
Ancestry World Tree Project
Pedigree Resource File
NOTE: Thomas emigrated to Virginia and settled in Pittsylvania Co., VA. He may have been the Thomas Davis who marched against Lord Dunmore in 1776. He was a member of the Pittsylvania Co.,VA Company whodid make that march. He owned land in Stinking Creek and was granted leave by the Pittsylvania Court in 1777 to build a miill on the creek. Thomas Davis' brother,John, was the great great grandfather of Jefferson Davis. John came from Shropshire on the border of Wales.
He married Susanna Smithson Abt 1738 at of Louisa, Virginia . Susanna Smithson was born at of Louisa, Virginia Abt 1708 daughter of John J. Smithson and Elizabeth Boulton .
They were the parents of 9
children:
Elizabeth Davis
born Abt 1740.
Anne Davis
born Abt 1742.
Mary Davis
born Abt 1744.
Thomas Davis
born Abt 1745.
Samuel Davis
born Abt 1746.
Micajah Davis
born Abt 1748.
Evan Davis
born Abt 1750.
William Davis
born 13 Aug 1755.
Richard Davis
born Abt 1757.
John Davis died 16 Mar 1773 at Louisa, Virginia .