Person:Elizabeth Davis (91)

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Elizabeth W. Davis
b.Abt 1810 North Carolina
d.1865 near Conasauga, Polk Co., Tennessee
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Elizabeth W. DavisAbt 1810 - 1865
Spouse and Children
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m. 24 Feb 1828
  1. Mary P. Vest1828 -
  2. Tom Thomas Vest1830 -
  3. William Vest1832 -
  4. Isham VestAbt 1835 -
  5. John P. Vest1835 - 1929
  6. Francis H. Vest1839 - 1891
  7. Martha VestAbt 1841 -
  8. Frank P. VestAbt 1842 -
  9. Calvin Clayton Vest1843 - 1934
  10. John Vest1844 - 1923
  11. Henry Clay Vest1845 - 1909
  12. James VestAbt 1848 -
  13. Robert Marion Vest1852 - 1931
  14. Elizabeth Vest, IIAbt 1854 -
  15. Richard Columbus Vest1854 - 1936
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Elizabeth W. Davis
Alt Name /Betsy/ _____
Gender Female
Birth[2][3][4][5] Abt 1810 North Carolina
Marriage 24 Feb 1828 Surry Co., North Carolinato Francis Pledge Vest
Other[8] 25 Jul 1860 Benton P.O., Polk Co., TennesseeCensus 1860 - free
Death[6][7] 1865 near Conasauga, Polk Co., Tennessee
Reference Number? 751

Sallie Lee DeWItt was told by her mother Claudia Vest DeWitt that Caludia's grandmother, Elizabeth Davis, was related to the President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis. This fact has not been documented, to my knowledge. A later project might be to investigate Jefferson Davis more completely, and see if this is true. J. Davis was born in 1808 in Todd County, Kentucky and later moved to Mississippi. he graduated West Point in 1828, became a U.S. Representative in 1845, and a U.S. Senator from 1846 to 1851. He was appointed Secretary of War under President Pierce, and was U.S. Senator again from 1857 to 1861, where he then resigned when Mississipi seceeded. Elected to the presidency of the Confederate States of America in 1861 until the Confederacy was dissolved in 1865. In February 1867 he retired to his Biloxi estate where he lived until the age of 81 and wrote, "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government", in 1881. He died in 1889.

References
  1. ↑ Sallie Lee DeWitt. Research by Sallie DeWitt. (1981)
    pg. 76.
  2. ↑ 1900 U.S. Census, Franklin Co., Hurricane Twp., Arkansas
    T623, R58, P55, sheet 1B.
  3. ↑ Sallie Lee DeWitt. Research by Sallie DeWitt. (1981)
    pg. 76.
  4. ↑ USA, NARA. 1860 U.S. Census, District 4, Benton P.O., Polk Co., Tennessee. (M63_1268; page 403; Image 229)
    Census pg. 81.
  5. ↑ 1920 U.S. Census, Mulberry, Crawford Co., Arkansas. (Ancestry.com, Library edition)
    pg. 4A.
  6. ↑ Research by Colin Jensen.
  7. ↑ Research by Virginia McClendon.

    Virginia McClendon; Vmcclendon7777@@sbcglobal.net

  8. ↑ USA, NARA. 1860 U.S. Census, District 4, Benton P.O., Polk Co., Tennessee. (M63_1268; page 403; Image 229)
    Census pg. 81.
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