Person:Joseph Davenport (8)

Will of Joseph Devenport ^S2

• WILL BOOK C, PAGES 63-65; ESTATE PACKET: APT 2, FILE 127

Will of Joseph Devenport

In the name of God Amen, I Joseph Devenport of the State of South Carolina and District of Greenville, being in a low state of health but perfectly sound in memory and judgement to make and ordain this my last will and testament

First and principally I commit my body to the Earth, my soul to God that gave it hoping to be admitted to his favor in the general judgment. As for the worldly goods the Lord has blessed me with I shall dispose of as follows, viz. My body to be buried in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my executors hereinafter named.

Second, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Margrett Devenport one negro girl named Lucy, also the dwelling house plantation and a tract of one hundered and sixty three acres of land whereon I now live to her and to her heirs forever.

Third, my will and desire is that my stud horse Fax be conveyed to Captain John Floy in Newberry District and by him sold to the best advantage and all the rest of my estate, both real and personally be sold on the premises at public auction out of the proceeds thereof all my lawful debts to be paid, and the remainder over the discharge of my debts to be equally divided amongst my nine children viz: James Davenport, Robert Davenport, John Davenport, Joseph Davenport, Sarah Davenport, Francis Davenport, Levina Davenport, Buesy Davenport, Polly Davenport.

Lastly I nominate and appoint my beloved wife Margett Davenport executrix and Hudson Berry Executor of this my last will and testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 11th Day of April, Eighteen hundred and four.

Signed and acknowledged in the presence of

Jesse Kirby

William Davenport

Sarah Sawer

Signed Joseph Davenport

Probated March 4, 1805

Revolutionary Military Service

• Loyalist in the British Army
• Guffin, R. L. wrote

"Many of us who work on South Carolina families are familiar with the major reference work on patriots in the American Revolution from South Carolina written by Professor Bobby Gilmer Moss of Limestone College. His latest work was recently found by regular contributor to this site, Adrienne Morrison, and it is entitled ROSTER OF THE LOYALISTS IN THE Battle of Kings Mountain (1998, Scotia-Hibernia Press, Blacksburg, SC).

"Using pay abstracts now in Surry, England, he has indicated that David Davenport, Isaac Davenport, and James Davenport each served under Capt. William Hendricks and Major Patrick Cunningham from June 14, 1780 in the Little River Militia. Each was listed as participating in the Battle of Kings Mountain, each was reported to have evacuated Fort Ninety Six with Lt. Col. John Harris Cruger and each was reported to have been with Maj. Cunningham at Dorchester on August 23, 1781.

"JOSEPH DAVENPORT is reported to have served six months under Little River District Loyalist Militia led by Maj. Patrick Cunningham. And, was under Patrick Ferguson in the Battle of Kings Mountain, and was with Lt. Col. Cruger in the evacuation of Fort Ninety Six. There is little doubt that David, Isaac, and James Davenport, mentioned above were sons of Francis Davenport who migrated from Granville Co., NC to Little River in SC no later than 1771 and I concur with Dr. John Scott Davenport that the above mentioned Joseph was a grandson of old Joseph, older brother of Francis, who was settled in the Little River region by 1769. The younger Joseph was the only son of David Davenport, in turn the only son of the older Joseph. The younger Joseph did move from Little River in Newberry County to Greenville County, SC around 1800 and died there approximately 1804. He was married to Margaret Floyd".

see The NEWBERRY DAVENPORTS .pdf Extracts & Abstracts from Primary Sources Relating to Davenports in the Carolinas. Compiled by Dr. John Scott Davenport. Current authority on this Newberry Branch of the Davenports is R. L. Guffin.

see Major “Bloody Bill” Cunningham

see Lt. Col. Patrick Cunningham

1.   My Davenport / Devenport / Deavenport Family , in Patrick Hogue (Samples). The Samples / Semples Family
   18 February 1999, June 1999, 7 Oct 2000, January 2002.
   
2. ↑ DEVENPORT, JOSEPH OF GREENVILLE DISTRICT, WILL TYPESCRIPT (1 FRAME) (MSS WILL: WILL BOOK C, PAGES 63-65; ESTATE PACKET: APT 2, FILE 127)., in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History : Index to Multiple Record Series ca. 1675 -1929.

   S108093: South Carolina Will Transcripts (Microcopy No 9)
   Will of Joseph Devenport
   In the name of God Amen, I Joseph Devenport of the State of South Carolina and District of Greenville, being in a low state of health but perfectly sound in memory and judgement to make and ordain this my last will and testament first and principally I commit my body to the Earth, my soul to God that gave it hoping to be admitted to his favor in the general judgment. As for the worldly goods the Lord has blessed me with I shall dispose of as follows, viz. My body to be buried in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my executors hereinafter named.
   Second, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Margrett Devenport one negro girl named Lucy, also the dwelling house plantation and a tract of one hundered and sixty three acres of land whereon I now live to her and to her heirs forever.
   Third, my will and desire is that my stud horse Fax be conveyed to Captain John Floy in Newberry District and by him sold to the best advantage and all the rest of my estate, both real and personally be sold on the premises at public auction out of the proceeds thereof all my lawful debts to be paid, and the remainder over the discharge of my debts to be equally divided amongst my nine children viz: James Davenport, Robert Davenport, John Davenport, Joseph Davenport, Sarah Davenport, Francis Davenport, Levina Davenport, Buesy Davenport, Polly Davenport.
   Lastly I nominate and appoint my beloved wife Margett Davenport executrix and Hudson Berry Executor of this my last will and testament.
   In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 11th Day of April, Eighteen hundred and four.
   Signed and acknowledged in the presence of
   Jesse Kirby
   William Davenport
   Sarah Sawer
   Signed Joseph Davenport
   
   Probated March 4, 1805
   
   Recorded in Book C, pages 63 to 64
   Apt. 2, File 127

3.   Draper, Lyman Copeland. King's Mountain and its heroes: History of the Battle of King's Mountain, October 7th, 1780, and the events which led to it. (Cinncinnati: Peter G. Thomson, 1881)
   Page 498.

   "Lay encamped at Davenport's, Little River" Diary of Lieutenant Anthony Allaire of Ferguson's Corp.

4.   Davenport, John Scott. The Newberry Davenports: Extracts & Abstracts from Primary Sources, Chronological Compilation and Editing, with Annotations in Italics.