Person:Joseph Davenport (9)

Joseph Davenport ^S3

• 17 May 1751 - Survey: Francis Davenport and John White carried the chains for Dan Weldon's survey of 487 acres in St. John's Parish, Granville County, on the west side of Island Creek, for Joseph Davenport. (Hofmann I, No. 1496; North Carolina Grants 11:345)

Here Francis Davenport, surely a younger brother of Joseph, helped with his brother's survey.

• 3 Jun 1751 - Deed: Joseph Davenport to Josiah Mitchell, both of Granville County, for L20, 100 acres on the south side of Island Creek, part of a 400-acre grant to Joseph Davenport... /s/ Joseph Davenport. Wit: None. (Gwynn, Zae H. (comp.), Abstracts of Early Deeds of Granville County, North Carolina, 1746-1765, A:522. Hereafter Gwynn.)

At this time, Joseph Davenport held no title to land, had not perfected his entry and survey into a grant at the Granville Land Office. His 400-acre entry of 22Oct1750 had not yet been surveyed. This deed was invalid. Technically, Davenport had sold a 100-acre interest in his 400-acre entry to Mitchell. Josiah Mitchell appeared often in concert with Joseph Davenport in Granville County records. There were Mitchells among those who moved to Little River of Saluda in South Carolina in the late 1760s when Joseph Davenport did.

• 25 Mar 1752 - Grant: Granville to Nathaniel Daugherty, 270 acres in Granville County on branches of Island Creek and Flat Creek and on both sides of the country road called Daugherty's Lot, joining Josiah Mitchel. Platted 4Apr1751 by William Churton, surveyor, with chains carried by William Boggan, Joseph Davenport. (Hofmann I, No. 2505; North Carolina Grants 11:347)

Flat Creek, a northerly flowing draft of the Roanoke River, was to the east of Island Creek, is in present-day Vance County. The road was likely named after Daugherty, indicating he had been in the neighborhood for sometime. He soon sold this grant to Joseph Davenport.

• 26 Apr 1753 - Grant: Granville to Nathaniel Daugherty, 374 acres in Granville County on both sides of Tar River, joining Bumpas's line and the side of said river. Platted 14Oct1751 by Dan Weldon, surveyor, with chains carried by James Webb and Samuel Bumpas. (Hofmann I, No. 1477; North Carolina Grants 11:341; Gwynn, E:203)

This was the old Isaac Davenport plantation tract. Daugherty apparently had his own plantation northeastward on Roanoke River waters, for which he perfted his first grant. A little more than a year later, he completed the grant process on the Tar River entry. Five months later Daugherty sold the tract to Francis Davenport (see below). As noted earlier, Joseph Davenport had sold Bumpas the survey for the cited adjoining tract.

• 30 Apr 1753 - Warrant: Richard Snowden Kirtland obtained a warrant directed to Daniel Weldon, surveyor, to plat 640 acres in Granville County, being the vacant land joining John Kirtland, Joseph Glover, and Joseph Davenport. An entry made 30Jan 1753. (Hofmann II, No. 3109)

Kirtland never exercised this warrant, but moved on to South Carolina, where he settled between the Wateree and Broad rivers and became a factor in backcountry politics. The Kirtlands were strong Tories during the Revolution, likely influenced the Little River Davenports. All of the adjoining landowners mentioned in the warrant were settled on Island Creek.

• 5 Sep 1753 - Deed: Nathaniel Daugherty to Francis Davenport, both of Granville County, for L16, 374 acres on both sides of Tar River, adjoining Bumpas' line... /s/ Nathaniel Daugherty. Wit: Josiah Mitchell, Joseph Davenport. (Gwynn, B:289)

Here Daugherty sells the old plantation of Isaac Davenport, Decd., to Francis, apparently second son of Isaac's, with Francis' brother Joseph witnessing the conveyance. The ubiquitous presence of Josiah Mitchell in Davenport affairs in Granville County suggests that he, like Daugherty, may have been a Davenport brother-in-law.

• 30 Jan 1754 - Warrant: Joseph Glover obtained a warrant directed to Sherwood Haywood, surveyor, for 640 acres in Granville County on his entry of 9July1753, said land to be obtained between Glover's own lines, Josiah Mitchell, and Nathaniel Daugherty. [Endorsed: "Executed 7 November 1757. Caveated by John Hawkins for use of the Parish though not paid for. Deed 26 January 1758."] (Hofmann II, No. 2787.)

Less than a month later, Daugherty's land was sold to Joseph Davenport (see below), but Davenport had surely been settled in the neighborhood for at least five years. After Glover had the land surveyed, Hawkins, likely a churchwarden of the Established (Anglican) Church, claimed the land for a glebe (seat land for the minister) for St. John's Parish. Although the Church of England had the same powers in North Carolina as it did in Virginia, ministers could not be found in England willing to immigrate to the Colony as vicars of the parishes. Hence, with a few exceptions limited to the Tidewater counties, the Anglican church did not become rooted in North Carolina. When Hawkins did not pay for the land caveated (Granville was not beholden to the Church as the King was), the Earl's agents sold the tract to Glover. If St. John's Parish was too poor to pay for a glebe, it was too poor to support a minister. Although a new parish was erected with the creation of each new North Carolina county, there were few, if any, functioning Anglican congregations in the backcountry at any given time. Services were irregular to nonexistent.

• 25 Feb 1754 - Deed: Nathaniel Daugherty to Joseph Davenport, both of Granville County, for L50, 270 acres on branches of Island Creek and Flat Creek, on both sides of the county road called Daugherty Lot, adjoining Josiah Mitchell's line... /s/ Nathaniel Daugherty. Wit: Reuben Searcy, Francis Davenport, John Caven, Josiah Mitchell. (Gwynn, B:290)

Here Daugherty sells his other Granville grant in the same neighborhood to Joseph with brother Francis witnessing the conveyance. Again the participation of Daugherty, Josiah Mitchell, and the two Davenports. Considering the number of association of Daugherty and Josiah Mitchell with the Davenports, some relationship appears probable. With this conveyance, Daugherty no longer had title to any land in Granville County. He apparently moved to Anson County, where he either was joined by Francis Davenport in 1757, or died in 1757 and Francis Davenport went south to help settle Daugherty's estate (see below).

• 6 Mar 1754 - Warrant: Joseph Davenport obtained a warrant for 200 acres in Granville County, directed to Sherwood Haywood, surveyor, "being the vacant land joining Nathaniel Daugherty, Josiah Mitchell, and Davenport's own line next to the Main Road, including a branch of Flat Creek. [Note on back of warrant reads: "Deed13 November 1756"] (Hofmann II, No. 2586)

The land claimed here is in present-day Vance County.

• 24 May 1754 - Survey: Joseph Davenport and Josiah Mitchell carried the chains for Sherwood Haywood, deputy surveyor, to plat 239 acres in Granille County for Joseph Gray, joining both sides of Flat Creek, both sides of the Hico Road, and joining Joseph Davenport. (Hofmann II, No. 2811)

• ------ 1755 - Tax List: Among those assessed on the extant List of Taxables for Granville County for this year: Francis Davenport, Josiah Mitchell. [Ratliff, Clarence E. (comp.), North Carolina Taxpayers, 1701-1786 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1989), 52, 140)

Why Joseph Davenport does not appear on the same tax list with Josiah Mitchell is enigmatic. Nathaniel Daugherty had possibly moved to Anson County by this time. The earliest surviving Anson Tax List (1763), was compiled five years after Nathaniel's death, included no Daughertys.

• 9 May 1755 - Grant: Granville to Joseph Davenport, 487 acres in St. John's Parish, Granville County, on the west side of Island Creek, joining said creek. (Hofmann I, No. 1496; North Carolina Grants 11:345; Gwynn, C:134)

This was Davenport's 400-acre entry of 1750. Warrants were specific as to land amount, but if more acres lay within the tract than the warrant called for, and there was no infringement on earlier surveys, the additional land could be taken up by payment of a retroactive entry fee. Early surveys usually were returned for the quantity of land entered. Later surveys often found less vacant land than the warrant called for, and sometimes the warrant was returned with the notation "No land to be found." Granville wanted to sell land. His agents, somewhat corruptly, always wanted to sell land, did not quibble over acreages--as long as the fees were paid.

• 17 Jun 1755 - Deed: Joseph Davenport, wife Jemima, to Edward Moore, both of Granville County, for L70, 270 acres on Island Creek and Flat Creek, on both sides of the county road called Daugherty Lot, joining Josiah Mitchell's line... /s/ Joseph Davenport, Jemima "X" Davenport. Wit: Reuben Searcy, Josiah Mitchell. (Gwynn, B:485)

Here Joseph Davenport sold the tract that he had bought from Nathaniel Daugherty. By this time, Daugherty had possibly moved to Anson County (see below).

• 13 Nov 1756 - Grant: Granville to Joseph Davenport, 138 acres in St. John's Parish, Granville, joining Davenport's line and Nathaniel Daugherty's line. Platted 12Dec1754 by Sherwood Haywood, deputy surveyor, with chains carried by Reuben Searcy and John Flanigan. (Hofmann I, No. 1503; North Carolina Grants 11:347)

Surveyors worked off of previous surveys whenever possible. Davenport's line was Davenport's survey. Nathaniel Daugherty's line was Daugherty's survey, but when this survey was done the land belonged to Joseph Davenport. Daugherty had moved to frontier Anson County 110 miles SSW by this time.

• 24 May 1757 - Warrant: At a meeting of the Executive Council of North Carolina held at New Bern, among the Warrants for Land read and granted was Francis Davenport for 200 acres in Anson County. [The Colonial Records of North Carolina (Second Series) Volume IX: Records of the Executive Council 1755-1775 (Raleigh, NC Department of Cultural Resources, 1994), 40]

Francis Davenport's record association with Anson County lasted less than seven months, from the time of this warrant until he sold the grant obtained by the survey. In the meantime, he had participated in settlement of the Estate of Nathaniel Daugherty. His brother Isaac, who apparently accompanied him south, had witnessed an Anson County deed during the period.

To appreciate what occurred in the next seven months, understand that the Anson County entry was 170 miles WSW of New Bern, the Carolina capitol city on the Coast where the King's Entry books were kept. (Granville's Land Office traveled with his agents, so deals could be struck quickly.) To obtain a King's warrant, a land seeker or his agent was required to go to New Bern and make an entry. Then a petition had to be made to the Executive Council to obtain an Survey Warrant. Once the Warrant was obtained, the Warrantee had to take it to the County Surveyor, who, depending on the Indians and his backlog of work, might take several months or more to make the plat. After the survey was made, the surveyor was required to take the plat himself to New Bern, deliver it to the Surveyor General, and swear to its accuracy. The Surveyor General then certified the survey to the Secretary of State. This official then presented it to the Executive Council for approval--generally of the rubber stamp variety. This step completed and all fees having been paid, the clerks then recorded same in the grant book, filed the survey, and engrossed a certificate for the grantee. All of this took time and money.

It was not unusual for the King's Grant process to take several years. Considering the distance, there was at least a week's travel time one way between the Pee Dee River and New Bern. Hence at least six weeks of the six months that passed between Francis Davenport's obtaining this Warrant and obtaining a Grant was spent for three trips to and from New Bern--one for the entry, one for the surveyor, and one for whoever took delivery of the grant. (As a matter of practice, a frontier surveyor would make the trip to New Bern about once every three or four months, would take a batch of new surveys over, bring back whatever grants that were ready. While in New Bern, he might also make new entries for himself or as an agent for other incipient landowners. It was the rare Colonial surveyor who did not become a wealthy man and a man of political prominence.

• 28 Jul 1757 - Probate: Estate of Nathaniel Daugherty, late of Anson County, Decd. Letters of Administration to Phebe Daugherty, bonded by Francis Davenport, Samuel Davis, appearing before John Frohock and William Davies, JPs. [Anson County Administration Bonds from Secretary of States Papers, NC Archives, S.S. 1-20, as appearing in Holcomb, Brent S., Anson County, North Carolina, Deed Abstracts,1749-1766; Abstracts of Wills & Estates, 1749-1795 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1980), 150. Hereafter Holcomb.]

Nathaniel Daugherty had died sometime prior to this date, perhaps several months earlier, for Anson County had no courthouse at this time, the Clerk of Courts carried the County records around in a saddle bag, and Courts were held quarterly. The most intriguing aspect of this probate was that it was apparently adjudicated in Rowan County although all of the Estate papers were recorded in Anson County. John Frohock and William Davies were magistrates appointed for Rowan. Edmund Cartledge, an adjoining neighbor of Francis Davenport in Anson, was a magistrate for Anson County, surely could have approved the Administrix's Petition and set the Bond. But he was an Indian trader, may have been off in the Indian country and unavailable. Samuel Davis, the other bondsman with Francis Davenport, was a speculator in frontier land mostly in Rowan County, namely north of the Granville Line and west of Orange County. (Western Granville County had been struck off in 1749 as Orange County, and then Western Orange had been struck off in 1752 as Rowan County--the North Carolina Piedmont was being rapidly populated by settlers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia.) In 1762, Phebe Daugherty and sons Isaac and William, likely Nathaniel Daugherty's family, were tax listed in Rowan (see below).

There are several scenarios that might be offered relative to Francis Davenport's brief association with Anson County. The most logical scenario, considering the documented association between Nathanial Daugherty and the sons of Isaac Davenport, would seem to be that Daugherty was married to an older daughter of Isaac, namely Phebe, and that as an older, more experienced frontiersman, he had taken the lead in Davenport family affairs after Isaac's death before 1749. As such, he had completed the land acquisition process that Isaac had initiated in 1745 and had obtained a Granville grant for the home plantation--in his own name, to simplify legal problems of inheritance of an intestate's estate. Simultaneously, having his own improvement "Daugherty's Lot" twenty or so miles northeastwards on Island Creek, he had perfected that title too--while assisting Joseph, Isaac's eldest son, in patenting a tract of his own on Island Creek waters.

In late 1753-early 1754 Daugherty had sold the Old Isaac Davenport place to Francis Davenport, and then had sold his Island Creek place to Joseph Davenport. He had no further role in Granville County land matters, other than future references to his grant in surveys and deeds. He had moved southwestward--to the raw frontier that was Anson County, then the westernmost county in North Carolina below the Granville Manor Line with an open boundary to the Cherokee Nation on the West and to the Catawba Indians to the South. Likely it was he who selected and settled the tract Edmund Cartlidge on the Pee Dee River, a few miles above the later boundary between the Carolinas. Possibly Daugherty was engaged in the Indian trade with Cartlidge. (A Cornelius Daugherty had been settled among the Cherokees since 1719 and had become the principal trader there by 1758, but no connection with Nathaniel Daugherty, other than similarity of surnames, has been found. Cornelius Daugherty was a squaw man.) Whatever the circumstances, Nathaniel's death possibly triggered the flurry of activity that his brother-in-law Francis Davenport seemingly engaged in the seven month period--in assisting Daugherty's family in a manner similar to Daugherty's assistance to Isaac Davenport's family a decade earlier.

• c. Aug 1757 - Probate: Estate of Nathaniel Daugherty, late of Anson County, Decd. Return of Inventory of Estate filed with Court and sworn to by appointed appraisers John Morman, Edmund Cartlidge, and James Terry. (Holcomb, 140)

This recording is undated in Anson County records, but normally would have occurred shortly after the estate had been admitted to probate. However, on the Carolina frontier probate matters did not always proceed in an orderly manner. The location of Daugherty's plantation can be inferred from those freeholders appointed to make the inventory. For pragmatic reasons, neighbors were generally assigned the task of inventory and appraisal by a Court. All three appraisers of this estate were Anson frontiersmen of substance and all were settled on the East Side of Pee Dee River within five miles of Cartlidge's Trading Post--adjacent to the 200-acre tract that Francis Davenport was in the process of having surveyed. Evidences, although circumstantial, are suggestive that Davenport was in Anson County to help settle the Daugherty estate, for he sold the land within two months after it was granted, likely as soon as the Surveyor brought the grant back from New Bern.

• 26 Nov 1757 - Grant: Arthur Dobbs, Royal Governor, to Francis Davenport, 200 acres in Anson County on the northeast side of Pee Dee River, joining Edmund Cartlidge and a draft of Hitchcocks Creek. [Hofmann, Margaret M. (ab.), Colony of North Carolina 1735-1764, Abstracts of Land Patents, Volume One (Weldon, NC: Roanoke News Company, 1982), No. 1046; North Carolina Grants 2:169)

This tract was approximately 110 miles SSW of Francis Davenport's plantation in Granville County. Neighbor Edmund Cartlidge was originally a Quaker Indian trader in Pennsylvania. He and his brother John were disowned by the Society of Friends in the early 1720s because they killed an Indian caught stealing their trade goods. In the late 1730s, Cartlidge shifted from Shawnee trading, based out of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Catawba and Cherokee trading in the Carolinas, based out of Bladen (later Anson) County, North Carolina. When civilization creeped upon him in 1743, he was established "about 29 miles above the Great Cheraws," a fertile region down the Pee Dee River in South Carolina. Cartlidge's land entry claimed a tract at the confluence "of a creek and a river." He obtained a King's grant for the 100 acres in 1745. The river was the Pee Dee, which in its upper watershed in the Granville Manor was called the Yadkin. The creek became and remains Cartlidge Creek, is now in Richmond County, North Carolina. Subsequently Cartlidge was appointed a Magistrate of Anson County and sat on the Quarterly County Court, when he was not off trading with the Indians.

• 28 Nov 1757 - Deed: James Terry, of Anson County, to James Downing, for L20, the tract on the north side of Hitchcock's Creek granted to said Terry on 26Nov1757, adjoining John Webb's corner... /s/ James Terry. Wit: M. Brown, Isaac "X" Davenport. (Anson County, NC, Deeds 1:311)

Isaac Davenport, by later evidence in South Carolina, where he was identified as Isaac, Sr., surely was a younger brother of Joseph and Francis Davenport. This document suggests that he had accompanied his brother to Anson County to assist with the Daugherty Estate settlement. James Terry had been one of the appraisers of the Nathaniel Daugherty, Decd., estate. Morgan Brown, the other witness, had land up the Pee Dee from Edmund Cartlidge.

• ------ 1758 - Tax List: Among those assessed on extant Lists of Taxables for Rowan County for this year: Isaac Davenport.. [Ratliff, Clarence E. (comp.), North Carolina Taxpayers, 1701-1786 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1989), 52)

Isaac, son of Isaac, Decd., was apparently on his own or was heading the household for his Aunt Phoebe (see 1762 below). This was his only appearance in Rowan tax records. He appeared in no Court records, but may have been the Isaac Davenport who witnessed two Rowan deeds a decade later (see below).

• 20 Jan 1758 - Deed: Francis Davenport to John James, yeoman, both of Anson County, for L20 Proclamation Money, 200 acres adjoining Edmund Cartlidge on Cartlidge's Creek and on a drain of Hitchcock Creek... /s/ Francis Davenport. Wit: John Cole, M. Brown. (Citation Missing)

Less than two months after obtaining the grant, Francis sold the Anson County land and returned to Granville County (see below). The Daugherty family apparently moved north above the Granville Line into Rowan County. That Francis did not intend to settle in Anson is indicated by the fact that he did not sell the Old Isaac Davenport plantation in Granville County, and was still assessed for it in 1771 (when he was already in South Carolina). Daugherty, on the other hand, had completely sold out in Granville before he appeared in Rowan or Anson.

• 18 Sep 1758 - Deed Witness: Joseph Davenport and Daniel Pegram witnessed the deed of Robert Caller to Potter Kimball for land in Granville County, adjoining William Hutchens, Thomas Green, the Governor's line. (Gwynn, C:518)

• 25 Nov 1758 - Deed: Joseph Davenport, of Granville County, to Thomas Akin, of Lunenburg County, Virginia, for L25, 150 acres in Granville County on Little Island Creek... /s/ Joseph Davenport. Wit: Daniel Weldon. (Gwynn, C:442)

• 18 Mar 1760 - Entry: Joseph Davenport obtained a warrant for 700 acres in Granville County directed to Thomas Person to survey the sought land on waters of Flat Creek and Island Creek, joining Raglin "where he lives", including the West Road and the Fork of Little Island Creek. Survey returned as executed by Dan Weldon. [Back of warrant endorsed: "Granted 24 July 1761"] (Hoffman II, No. 2587)

The survey was made on 28Aug1760, but only 660 acres of vacant land could be found. There was no adjacency available on Flat Creek waters, hence the plat was limited to both sides of Island Creek, joining Williams. Josiah Mitchell and Charles Williams carried the chains for Thomas Person.

• 26 Aug 1760 - Grant: Granville to Jacob Gray, 239 acres in St. John's Parish, Granville County, on a branch of Flat Creek, joining on both sides of the Hico Road and Joseph Davenport. Platted 24May1754 by Sherwood Haywood, deputy surveyor, with chains carried by Joseph Davenport and Josiah Mitchell. (Hofmann I, No. 1593; North Carolina Grants 11:367)

• 22 Sep 1760 - Survey: Francis Davenport and Moses Quarles carried the chains for a survey by Joseph John Williams of 577 acres in Granville County for Thomas Person, on both sides of the Nap of Reeds Creek. A grant for this land was made on 27Jul1761. (Hofmann I, No. 2600; North Carolina Grants 14:38)

This land was on Tar River waters. Other than witnessing a deed or carrying survey chains for Joseph, Francis had no association with Island Creek of the Roanoke waters.

• 2 Dec 1760 - Grant Witness: Joseph Davenport and Thomas Lowe witnessed the grant by Lord Granville's agents of 610 acres in Granville County, on both sides of Crooked Creek, to James Alford. (Hofmann I, No. 1307; North Carolina Patents,11:307))

• 13 Dec 1760 - Land Entry: Thomas Person entered 700 acres in Granville County, joining Francis Davenport. (Hofmann II, No. 3488)

• 13 Dec 1760 - Warrant: Thomas Person obtained a warrant for 700 acres in Granville County, adjoining Francis Davenport. (Hofmann II, No. 3487)

These warrant appear to have been returned as two surveys which were both granted on 27Jul1761 (see below). Both of the above warrants concerned land on Upper Tar River waters.

• ------ 1761 - Tax List: Among those assessed on the extant List of Taxables for Rowan County for this year: Phoebe Daugherty and sons, Isaac Daugherty, William Daugherty. [Ratliff, Clarence E. (comp.), North Carolina Taxpayers, 1679-1790 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1987), 51)

These were possibly the widow and sons of Nathaniel Daugherty who was probated in Anson County in 1757. To be identified as taxables (polls), the sons had to be of age 16 or older. None of these Daughertys had land in Rowan County through 1785, none were mentioned in Rowan County Court Minutes during the same period. If these were Nathaniel's family, their whereabouts after this date is enigmatic.

• 24 Jul 1761 - Grant: Granville to Joseph Davenport, 660 acres in Granville County on both sides of Island Creek, joining Williams' line. Platted 28Aug1760 by Thomas Person, surveyor, with chains carried by Josiah Mitchell and Charles Williams. (Hofmann I, No. 1511); North Carolina Grants 11:349; Gwynn, E:122)

• 25 Jul 1761 - Grant Witness: Joseph Davenport and Thomas Lowe witnessed a Granville grant to John Rowe of 433 acres in Granville County on both sides of Island Creek, joining Davenport's corner, Tyne, Clanton, and Glover. (Hofmann I, No. 2653; North Carolina Grants, 14:53)

• 27 Jul 1761 - Grant: Granville to Thomas Person, 560 acres in Granville County on both sides of the Middle Prong of Tar River, joining Davenport, Lashley, a meadow, and Fowler. Surveyed 23Sep1760 by Joseph John Williams with chains carried by Thomas Fowler, Hezekiah Hobgood. (Hofmann I, No. 2620)

"Davenport" was Francis Davenport living on the Old Isaac Davenport plantation.

• 27 Jul 1761 - Grant: Granville to Thomas Person, 460 acres in Granville and Orange counties on the north side of the Middle Prong of Tar River and on the north side of the Cattail branch, joining Bumpas' corner, Davenport, Fowler, a meadow, Parker, and said branch. Surveyed 19Apr1761 by Joseph John Williams with chains carried by Richard Fowler and Jonas Parker. (Hofmann I, No. 2624)

Both of the two preceding grants concerned Francis Davenport on the old Isaac Davenport plantation. Person's 460-acre grant places the Old Davenport place close to the present Granville-Person county boundary, on both sides of the Middle fork of Tar River with Sheltons Creek to the east, and about nine miles WWNW of Oxford, county seat of Granville.

• 14 Oct 1761 - Deed: John Glover, Jr., of Granville County, to Benjamin Miller, of Rowan County, and David Mitchell, of Granville County, joint buyers, for L300, 270 acres in Granville County on branches of Island Creek and Flat Creek, and on both sides of county road called Daugherty's Lot, at Josiah Mitchell's corner... /s/ John Glover, Jr. Wit: Christmas Ray, Josiah Mitchell, Thomas Craft. (Granville County, NC, Deeds, E:20)

• 11 Feb 1762 - Deed: John Rowe, wife Judith, to Joseph Davenport, all of Granville County, for L10, 150 acres in Granville County on Davenport's line at Tyne's line... /s/ John Rowe, Judith "X" Rowe. Wit: David Mitchell. (Gwynn, F:169)

• -- Jun 1762 - Deed: John Rowe to John Glover, Jr., for L35, 212 acres on both sides of the Hico Road on Island Creek. a grant to said Roe in 1760, adjoining Tyne, Glover, Clanton, Mitchell and Davenport... /s/ John Rowe. Wit: Edward Moore. (Gwynn, E:264)

• 21 Sep 1762 - Warrant: Augustine Davis obtained a warrant for 700 acres in Granville County directed to Thomas Person, surveyor. Land to be obtained on Little Island Creek, adjoining William Cook, Joseph Davenport, and Absalom Davis. [Back of warrant endorsed: "Granted 1Mar1763"] (Hofmann II, No. 2590))

There is no Granville grant recorded for Augustine Davis, nor does the name appear in Granville land records before 1766. He does appear on Granville tax lists after that year. Absalom Davis was located on Michael's Creek, a fork of Island Creek, to the west of Joseph Davenport, and made three conveyances of land there before 1766.

• 10 Feb 1763 - Deed: Josiah Mitchell, wife Elizabeth, to James Mitchell, all of Granville County, for L60, 100 acres in Granville County on Island Creek... /s/ Josiah Mitchell, Elizabeth "X" Mitchell. Wit: None. Acknowledged by said Josiah in Granville County Court. (Granville County, NC, Deeds, F:84)

Included only because it identifies Josiah Mitchell's wife by name, for consideration of her possibly being a sister to Joseph and Francis Davenport. The other possibility being that Joseph Davenport's wife was a Mitchell.

• 11 Aug 1763 - Deed: Joseph Davenport to Nathaniel Harris, both of Granville County, for L30 Virginia, 300 acres in Granville County on branches of Little Island Creek, adjoining Williams–being the tract granted to said Davenport from Earl Granville’s agent on 24Jul1761.... /s/ Joseph Davenport. Wit: Edw Stabler, Christopher "X" Morgan, John Williams, Jr. (Granville County, NC, Deeds, H:390)

• 14 Feb 1764 - James Wallace to Joseph Davenport, both of Granville County, for L25, 161 acres in Granville County on Little Island Creek... /s/ James Wallace. Wit: Michael Satterwhite, William Potter. (Gwynn, F:482)

Joseph Davenport's oldest daughter Rebecca married Bartlett Satterwhite.

• 15 Aug 1764 - Sheriff's Deed: Reuben Searcy, Sheriff of Granville County, to John Williams, Jr., of Halifax County, Virginia, for highest bid at public venue of 300 acres on Little Island Creek and 100 acres adjoining the dividing line between Joseph Davenport and Josiah Mitchel. Said land formerly belonging to Josiah Mitchell and sold by Court Order to satisfy a judgement of L262/15 obtained by against said Josiah by David Mitchell... /s/ Reuben Searcy. Wit: [None abstracted]. (Gwynn, G:261)

• 21 Jan 1765 - Deed: William Clayton, Jr., wife Betty, to Larkin Johnson, all of Granville County, for L40, 375 acres on the north side of Jonathan's Creek, joining James Yancey, John Baines, Larkin Johnston--being a tract said William bought of Jeremiah Clayton... /s/ William Clayton, Jr., Betty "X" Clayton. Wit: Haydon Prior, Joseph Davenport. (Gwynn, G:307)

• 10 Apr 1767 - Deed: Thomas Lanier to Robert Lanier, both of Granville County, for L15 Proc, 600 acres in Granville County on both sides of the Lick branch, adjoining Davenport, Davis, Upshaw... /s/ Thomas Lanier. Wit: William Byars. (Granville County, NC, Deeds, H:286)

• 24 Aug 1767 - Deed: James Mitchell, Jr., wife Frances, to Benjamin Harrison, all of Granville County, for L20 Virginia, 50 acres on Little Island Creek, adjoining the mouth of the Reedy branch and Ragland... /s/ James Mitchell, Jur., [no wife signs]. Wit: Joseph Davenport, Joseph Arnall. (Granville County, NC, Deeds, H:461)

• 3 Feb 1768 - Deed: Nathaniel Harris to Michael Satterwhite, both of Granville County, for L100 Proc, 572 acres in Granville County on waters of Little Island Creek, adjoining said Harris, Michael Murry, Michael’s Creek, Davenport... /s/ Nat Harris. Wit: Reuben Searcy, Joseph Williams. (Granville County, VA, Deeds, H:391)

• 17 Apr 1768 - Deed: Richard Fowler, Sr., to Richard Fowler, Jr., both of Granville County, for L150 Proc, 150 acres in Granville County on branches of Tar River, adjoining Davenport on two sides–a grant to said Fowler, Sr., by Earl Granville’s agents... /s/ Richard "R" Fowler. Wit: James Wilson, William Oakley. (Granville County, NC, Deeds, H:510)

• 8 Nov 1768 - Deed: Joseph Davenport to Charles Kennon, both of Granville County, for L375 Proc, 611 acres in Granville County on both sides of Island Creek, adjoining Mitchell... /s/ Joseph Davenport. Wit: William Potter, Robert Lanier. (Granville County, NC, Deeds, H:494)

• 29 Nov 1768 - Deed: Joseph Davenport to John Walker, both of Granville County, for L15 Proc, 34 acres in Granville County on the Lick branch, adjoining Lanier, said Walker... /s/ Joseph Davenport. Wit: Willliam Potter. (Granville County, VA, Deeds, H:495)

• 2 Dec 1768 - Deed: Joseph Davenport, wife Jemima, to Moses Overton, all of Granville County, for L50 Virginia, 360 acres in Granville County on both sides of Island Creek [description all in metes and bounds]... /s/ Joseph Davenport, Jemima "I" Davenport. Wit: Reuben Searcy, John Satterwhite. (Granville County, VA, Deeds, I:1)

• 6-7 Feb 1769 - Lease and Release: Gilbert Gibson, planter, wife Phoebe, to Joseph Davenport, planter, all of Berkley County, for L150 currency, 400 acres on the north side of Saluda River, on a branch called Little River--being a grant to said Gibson on 7Feb1767... /s/ Gilbert Gibson, Phoebe "X" Gibson. Wit: Jacob "X" Brooks, William Stevens, Gibson "X" Jones. Proved before Barnabas Arther, JP, 18Feb1769. Recorded in Charleston 11Mar1769. (Langley, Clara A., South Carolina Deed Abstracts 1719-1772, Vol. IV, 1767-1773, Book I-3--E-4 (Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1984)

This was the first appearance of Davenports in South Carolina records. During the Colonial Period and prior to 1785 all deeds in South Carolina had to be recorded in Charleston. As a result, because of the distance and hazardous frontier conditions (both Indians and criminal White gangs preyed on travelers), many backcountry deeds were not recorded until counties operational under State governance were erected in 1785. As evidenced by later deeds that follow, there were a number of Davenport grantor or grantee conveyances that were never recorded. This is the only deed with a Davenport principal that was recorded in Charleston.

• c. May 1769 - Tax List: Among those assessed on extant lists of Taxables for Granville County for this year: Francis Davenport, Josiah Mitchell. [Ratliff, Clarence E. (comp.), North Carolina Taxpayers, 1701-1786 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1989), 52, 140]

By this time, Joseph Davenport and his son-in-law Bartlett Satterwhite had moved to Little River of Saluda waters in South Carolina. Francis does not appear to have moved until two years later. Josiah Mitchell did not move to South Carolina, but some of the Mitchells apparently did.

• 8 Jun 1769 - Deed: John Nation, Jr., wife Elizabeth, to Christopher Nation, all of Rowan County, for L100 Proclamation money, 260 acres between Polecat Creek and Deep River--a grant of 22Feb1759 to John Nation... /s/ John "X" Nation, Jr., Elizabeth "E" Nation. Wit: Isaac Davenport, William Milliken (Rowan County, NC, Deeds, 7:187)

If this was Isaac Davenport, son of Isaac, Decd., he was approximately 55 miles SW of his father's Granville plantation, then owned by his brother Francis, and he was consorting with Quakers. There was no Isaac Davenport in Colonial North Carolina Quaker records. All others identified in this deed were documented there.

• 8 Jun 1769 - Deed: Christopher Nation, wife Elizabeth, to John Nation, all of Rowan County, for L100 Proclamation money, 174 acres on Polecat Creek, adjoining the Widow Lamb--part of a 401-acre grant to John Nation on 18Apr1761... /s/ Christopher Nation, Elizabeth "E" Nation. Wit: Isaac Davenport, William Milliken. (Rowan County, NC, Deeds, 7:166)

Conveyance made same day as item above. Same comment. The land involved in both of these deeds was near the line between Rowan and Orange counties, went into Guilford County in 1771 and then into Randolph County in 1779.

• 19 Aug 1769 - Deed: Joseph Davenport, wife Jemima, to Solomon Walker, all of Granville County, for L35 Virginia, 200 acres in Granville County on the Lick branch, adjoining Charles Kennon, Clayton... /s/ Joseph Davenport, Jemima "I" Davenport. Wit: William Potter, John Walker, John Satterwhite. (Granville County, NC, Deeds, I:135)

• 7 Nov 1769 - Precept (Entry): Bartlett Satterwite, 200 acres in Craven County on the waters of Little River, bounded NE by George Goggans, SW by Gilbert Gibson [Joseph Davenport], and NW by Samuel Mason. Surveyed 1Jan1770 by John Caldwell, (Motes, Jesse H. III, and Motes, Margaret P., Laurens and Newberry Counties, South Carolina: Saluda and Little River Settlements 1749-1775. Neighborhood Maps, and Abstracts of Colonial Surveys and Memorials of Land Titles (Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1994), 63. Hereafter Motes.)

Bartlett Satterwhite was a son-in-law of Joseph Davenport, married to his daughter Rebecca. He apparently accompanied Joseph in moving from Granville County, North Carolina, to Little River of Saluda, Ninety Six District, South Carolina. In order to obtain a precept, the petitioner had to appear personally in Charleston, no agents and no exceptions. Later steps in the process were accomplished by the surveyor, who had to personally take the survey plat to Charleston and attest to its accuracy, and by an agent who could pay the necessary fees for the grant in Charleston (oft times the surveyor would serve as that agent), and take receipt of the Grant Certificate from the Quit Rent Office. Unlike North Carolina, South Carolina was scrupulous in assuring that the King received his due. Therefore, all grants went from the Governor's Council directly to the Quit Rent Office where they were recorded. When the grantee or his agent collected the grant, a signature was required attesting to receipt and acknowledging the obligation to pay the King his annual due. In South Carolina as in North Carolina, surveyors worked off of earlier surveys, cited the landowner for whom the adjoining survey had been done, for that was the reference that the Surveyor General in Charleston used for checking purposes.

• 5 Dec 1769 - Precept (Entry): William Davenport, 200 acres in Craven County on a small branch of Saluda called Little River, bounded SW by John Davis, SE by Matthias Lepcap, and SW by John Spiller. (Motes, 57)

Joseph Davenport had only one son, namely David. Francis Davenport's eldest son was James. This William Davenport was clearly a member of the Isaac Davenport, Decd., family. Inasmuch as he was the last to appear in public records, he was most likely the youngest brother of Joseph, Francis, and Isaac. This entry indicates that he had likely moved to South Carolina with his eldest brother Joseph, for here he took up land down Little River, but near Joseph. William was the only one of the early Newberry Davenports who was illiterate.

• 15 Feb 1770 - Memorial (Grant): Governor of South Carolina to Bartlett Satterwhite, 200 acres in Craven County on waters of Little River, bounded by Daniel Goggans, Gilbert Gibson [Joseph Davenport], and Samuel Mason. Quit Rents accepted on 12Mar1771 by Frederick Glover. (Motes, 63)

• 5 Feb 1771 - Precept (Entry): David Davenport. 200 acres in Craven County of waters of Little River, bounded N by William Burton, NE by Joseph Davenport, and by vacant land. Survey certified on 12Mar1771 by John Caldwell, DS. (Motes,110)

This was David, only son of Joseph, taking up vacant land adjacent to his father.

• c. May 1771 - Tax List: Among those assessed on extant lists of Taxables for Granville County for this year: Francis Davenport, Josiah Mitchell. [Ratliff, Clarence E. (comp.), North Carolina Taxpayers, 1679-1790 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1989), 51, 133)

There were no further Davenport appearances in Colonial Granville tax records.

• 5 May 1771 - Memorial (Grant): Governor of South Carolina to David Davenport, 200 acres in Craven County on waters of Little River, bounded by Benjamin Burton and Joseph Davenport. Grant delivered 3Feb1772 to John Satterwhite. (Motes,110)

• 7 May 1771 - Precept (Entry): Joseph Davenport entered 175 acres in Craven County on a branch of Little River called Rocky Creek, bounded NW by William Dodgeon and William Burton, west by Joseph Davenport, NE by Francis Davenport, and N by Joseph Campbell. (Motes, 57)

Brother Francis had obviously arrived in South Carolina, although he had yet to obtain title to land.

• 18 May 1771 - Memorial (Grant): Governor of South Carolina to William Davenport, 200 acres in Craven County on a small branch of Saldua called Little River, bounded by John Davis, Matthias Lepcap, and John Spiller. (Motes, 57)

• 4 Feb 1772 - Precept (Entry): Isaac Davenport entered 300 acres in Berkley County on waters of Little River, bounded SW part by vacant land, John Stephens, and John Newton; SE by Robert Johnston; NE by John Wright and vacant land; and southwest by George Hayworth. (Motes, 57)

Isaac, third son of Isaac, Decd., brother of Joseph, Francis, and William arrived on Little River concurrent with Francis, took up land near, but not adjacent, to his brothers.

• 24 Dec 1772 - Memorial (Grant): Governor of South Carolina to Isaac Davenport, 100 acres in Berkley County on waters of Saluda, bounded on all sides by vacant lands. Originally surveyed for George Heyworth on precept dated 6Nov1770 . Survey certified by Patrick Cunningham on 16Nov1770. Assigned to Isaac Davenport and certified by Order of Council 1Dec1772. Resurvey certified by Patrick Cunningham on 20May1773. (Motes, 56)

Possibly impatient to become a freeholder, Isaac Davenport bought and perfected into a grant a survey done for a neighbor which had preceded his survey. Heyworth's survey bounded Isaac's entry.

• 17 Apr 1773 - Deed: Frederick Glover to Thomas East[land], both of Ninety Six District, for [?], 250 acres on Beaverdam Creek of Saluda, bounded by Joseph Davenport, Daniel Goggans, John Davis, and Mr. [William] Rhodes--a grant to said Glover dated 2Feb1773... /s/ Frederick Glover. Wit: John "X" Beal, William "X" Martin. Recorded 29Apr1794. (Newberry County, SC, Deeds B:671)

This land was in Davenport hands by 1779 (see below).

• 5 May 1773 - Memorial (Grant): Governor of South Carolina to Isaac Davenport, 300 acres in Berkley County on waters Little River, by vacant land, John Stephens, Robert Johnson, John Wright, and George Heyworth. (Motes, 56)

• 5 May 1773 - Memorial (Grant): Governor of South Carolina to Joseph Davenport, 175 acres in Craven County on a branch of Little River called Rocky Creek, bounded by William Dungeon, William Burton, Joseph Davenport, Francis Davenport, and Joseph Campbell. (Motes, 57)

• 16 May 1773 - Deed: Joseph Campbell, planter, late of Craven County, to Francis Davenport, of Craven County, for [?], 100 acres on waters of Little River--part of 350-acre grant to said Campbell on 2May1770.... /s/ Joseph "X" Campbell. Wit: George Goggans, James Campbell, James Davenport. Proved by James Campbell on 8May1773 before John Caldwell, JP. Recorded 1Oct1799. Newberry County, SC, Deeds, D:390)

This deed was recorded twenty-six years later. Witness James Davenport was Francis' eldest son. There was no survey of the boundary between Craven and Berkeley counties in the South Carolina backcountry. The line was supposedly a straight line diagonal to the northwest from the Atlantic Ocean to the extent of the Colony. On that basis, this land was technically in Berkeley County, but backcountry folks generally considered that everything north of the Saluda-Congaree-Santee rivers was in Craven County. The question was moot, for all deeds had to be registered in Charleston.

• 5 May 1773 - Memorial (Grant): Governor of South Carolina to Isaac Davenport, 300 acres in Berkley County on waters of Little River, bounded on W and NW by vacant land, SW by John Stephens and John Newton, SE by Robert Johnson, NE by John Wright, and SW and W by George Heyworth. Survey certified by Joshua Wright on 19Aug1773. (Motes, 56)

The survey adjoining SW by W had been done for George Heyworth, but it was owned by Isaac Davenport at this time.

• 7 Oct 1773 - Grant Receipt: Joseph Davenport was in Charleston on this date and signed a Quit Rents Office receipt for two grants to his younger brother Isaac Davenport and one grant for himself (see above). (Motes, 56-57)

• 27 Feb 1778 - Purchase: Elisha Brooks, Sr., bought a cask of flour from Capt. Davenport. (Newberry County, SC, Estates, Box 355, Pkg. 11)

This item appears as a claim against Brooks' Estate in 1782. The Captain Davenport here was surely Joseph Davenport, who operated a flour mill on Little River at the mouth of Mudlick Creek. During the Occupation of South Carolina by the British Army in 1780-81, Davenport's Mill served as a headquarters for the Little River Regiment, Ninety Six Brigade, King's Loyal Militia of the British Army.

• 26 Jun 1778 - Deed: Francis Davenport to James Davenport, planter, both of Berkeley County, for [?], 100 acres on the north side of Little River--part of a grant of 250 acres to Daniel Goggans on 7Apr1770, who conveyed said 100 acres to said Francis on 15Feb1776... /s/ Francis Davenport. Wit: Bartlett Satterwhite, John Boyd. Proved by said Bartlett before John Satterwhite, JP, 15Mar1779. (Newberry County, SC, Deeds B:681)

Here Francis made a freeholder of his eldest son James. Witness Bartlett Satterwhite was married to Joseph Davenport's eldest daughter Rebecca. The Goggans to Davenport deed was never recorded. Witness John Boyd was also a son-in-law of Francis.

• 4 Nov 1779 - Deed: Thomas Eastland to James Davenport, both of Ninety-Six District, for [?], 250 acres on Beaverdam Creek of Saluda, bounded by Joseph Davenport, Daniel Goggans, John Davis, and Mr. Rhodes--a grant to Frederick Glover dated 2Feb1773, who conveyed to said Eastland... /s/ Thomas Eastland. Wit: Bartlett Satterwhite, Francis Davenport. Proved by Francis Davenport on 22Mar1780 before J. Hays, JP. Recorded 2May1794. (Newberry County, SC, Deeds B:675)

Thomas Eastland cited daughter Susannah Davenport in his LW&T probated 17Jul1815. Subsequent evidence identifies her as the wife of Jonathan Davenport, who was the son of James Davenport, and the grandson of Francis Davenport, Sr.

• 14 Jun 1780 - British Army Service: Following the Surrender of Charleston in mid- May, 1780, British agents spread into the South Carolina backcountry, rallying Tories to the King's Standard. Tory sympathy on Little River was strong. A Loyal Militia was quickly raised, officer commissions were given on the spot and companies and regiments were rapidly recruited to full strength with each backcountry district constituting a brigade. Unlike the Patriot Militia, Loyal Militiamen were paid regularly. The long established Eighteenth Century British Army had an engrained administrative procedure of Muster Rolls, Pay Rolls, and Pay Roll Receipt Rolls that scrupulously accounted for every farthing expended from the King's treasury. Hence, there are redundant records on file in London archives as to who took the King's shilling in South Carolina during the American Revolution, when they were paid--with receipts required, and for what service was done. Among those South Carolina Loyal Militiamen redundantly documented on those various rolls were the men of Major Patrick Cunningham's Little River Regiment, Ninety Six Brigade, for the period from 14Jun1780 through 13Dec1780. Included thereon were:

Privates

Davenport, David

Davenport, James

Davenport, Isaac

Davenport, Joseph

Source: Clark, Murtie June, Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, Vol. I, "Official Rolls of Loyalists Recruited from North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana," 257, 261, 267. Hereafter cited as Clark.

These would have been the younger men in the family, for Joseph, Sr., Isaac, Sr., James (eldest son of Francis, Sr.), and David, only son of Joseph, Sr., were all freeholders of substance and stature, were unlikely to have served as common soldiers. James, Isaac, and Joseph were paid for the 183 days in 1780, did not appear on later rolls, but Joseph may have been in a prisoner-of-war camp in Virginia, having been at King's Mountain. Cornwallis in Charleston wrote Clinton in New York that after the Rebels had destroyed Ferguson's Corps at King's Mountain (7Oct1780) that the heart had gone out of backcountry Tories, that he would be hard pressed to get a 100 Militiamen to answer a call to duty (see Draper). David Davenport did not abandon the Royal Standard until March of 1782 (see below), six months after Cornwallis surrendered and nine months before the British evacuated Charleston.

• 20June1780 - A British Soldier's Diary: Lieutenant Anthony Allaire, King's American Volunteers, a Regiment of British Army Regulars recruited in New Jersey, kept a diary throughout his participation in the Southern Campaign, 5Mar1780-29Nov1780. During that time, he was among those detailed to join Major Patrick Ferguson's Special Corps of Regulars and Militia, and was among those captured at the Battle of Kings Mountain on 7Oct1780. Taken a prisoner-of-war, he escaped at the Moravian town of Salem, North Carolina, while being marched to Virginia. Furtively he made his way back to the British Fort at Ninety Six, South Carolina, then went on to Charleston, where he rejoined his regiment and marched north with Cornwallis in 1781. The portion of Allaire's Diary embracing the prelude to King's Mountain and its aftermath was published as Appendix A in Dr. Lyman C. Draper's King's Mountain and It Heroes (Cincinnati, 1881). In recounting his narrative of his days in South Carolina, Allaire mentioned the later Newberry Davenports:

"Tuesday, 20th [June]. Got in motion and marched to Davenports, fourteen miles. He was formerly a Captain of Militia under [Royal] Government. He has the name of a Tory from his neighbors; but many of his actions were doubtful.

"Wednesday, 21st. Lay encamped at Davenports, Little River.

"Thursday, 22nd. Got in motion at twelve, and marched ten miles to the fording place, Saluda River, and crossed the men and baggage in a scow, and forded the horses; continued our march six miles to Ninety Six, where we halted. It is a village or country town--contains about twelve dwelling houses, a courthouse and a jail, in which are confined about forty Rebels, brought in by the friends to Government, who have just now got the opportunity, and gladly embrace it, many of them having been obliged before this to hide in swamps to keep from prison themselves... (Draper, 498-499)

The Davenport on Little River who had been a Captain of Militia during the Royal Government was Joseph Davenport, Sr. Davenport's Mill subsequently became the headquarters of the Little River Regiment, Ninety Six Brigade, King's Loyal Militia, in which four Davenports served. King's Captain of Militia Joseph subsequently accepted a commission as a Magistrate under the Occupation, retook the Oath of Allegiance to the British Crown. Allaire's questioning of Joseph's loyalties demonstrated an ignorance of what had already occurred among backcountry Tories, for the four Davenports, including Joseph, Sr.'s grandson Joseph, had enlisted in the King's Loyal Militia a week previously. Later, young Joseph would be among those Militia who joined a detachment of the Royal Americans, including Lt. Allaire, to constitute Major Patrick Ferguson's Special Corps, a provisional unit ordered by Cornwallis to make sallies and forays into the backcountry, to attack the Rebels on their home ground, and to pacify the frontier by force. Like Allaire, Joseph Davenport was one of those captured at King's Mountain, where Ferguson and two-thirds of his Corps were killed or wounded.

In later years, the facts that they had been Tories and on the British side at King's Mountain were surely Davenport family skeletons, best forgotten. Were it not for the musty British Army records dug out of London archives and published in the 1980s, the Newberry Davenport military role in the Revolution likely would have been swept under the rug for all time. Francis Davenport, Jr., a son of Francis, Sr., appears among identified South Carolina Patriots, but this was for State Militia service in 1782, after Cornwallis had surrendered at Yorktown in October 1781. Many of the common soldiers who served with North Carolina and South Carolina state troops against the British in South Carolina in 1782 were former King's men, doing Patriot service in return for pardons or amnesty for having previously been Tory partisans or Loyal Militia.

After Cornwallis left South Carolina to attack Virginia from the South in early 1781, Tory control of the backcountry gradually began to deteriorate. When Greene brought the Continental Army back south after Guilford Courthouse to attack the British stronghold at Ninety Six in mid-1781, Patriots took retribution on those who had given aid and comfort to the British Army. Davenport's Mill on Little River was burned to the ground. Joseph Davenport did not rebuild, but leased the site to McKie, who rebuilt and milled. In 1803, Joseph's grandson Joseph Davenport, of King's Mountain stigma, sold the mill site out of the family.

• 7 Oct 1780 - Battle of King's Mountain: Among the soldiers of Major Patrick Cunningham's Regiment, Little River Militia, who were detached to serve with Major Ferguson's Special Corps, and was paid for same, was Joseph Davenport. A separate Muster Roll certifies that Joseph Davenport's service was from14Jun1780 until 13Dec1780. (Clark, 254, 267)

That Joseph Davenport was taken prisoner at King's Mountain is a deduction. Major Ferguson was killed at King's Mountain and his Special Corps was destroyed. There was no Ferguson and no Special Corps thereafter. The British Army did not pay for service in nonexistent commands. But Joseph Davenport received pay as a member of Ferguson command through 13Dec1780, two months after King's Mountain. The most likely deduction is that he was a prisoner-of-war, held in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and later exchanged. As such he was yet charged to Ferguson's Corps and remained on the British Army payroll. Whatever occurred, he participated no further in the Loyalist Militia, drew no further Army pay.

• 13 Dec 1781 - British Army Service: On 1Jul1781 David Davenport enlisted as a Private in Colonel William Young's Corp, Little River Militia, Ninety Six Brigade, for six months service. When his service ended after five months on 6Dec1781, and he was paid on 13Dec1781, he was a Private in Colonel Thomas Pearson's Little River Regiment, Ninety Six Brigade. (Clark, 299, 331)

The Little River Regiment, King's Loyal Militia, ceased to exist in December 1781. Cornwallis had surrendered at Yorktown, the War for Independence had been won, although the British presence in South Carolina continued for another year. From this point on, it was a matter of a gradual British withdrawal into a defensive perimeter around Charleston. There were several battles fought, notably Eutaw Springs, a bloody affair, but it was mostly continuous skirmishes between the withdrawing British and the Patriots dogging their heels. The British held Charleston until December, 1782. Some Loyal Militia units, reduced to token numbers, continued to serve until that date, when they either left with the British, ultimately settling in Nova Scotia, or returned to their homes to face the wrath of their neighbors who had been Patriots. Tory sympathy had been strong throughout the Revolution on Little River, hence returning Loyalists there, now American citizens having to live down their Tory deeds, were among friends of like disposition. But there were no Public roles for Davenports in Newberry County for the next forty years.

• 7 Mar 1782 - British Army Service: David Davenport joined Colonel Robert English's Regiment, First Camden Militia, stationed within the English defense perimeter at Charleston. He apparently did not care for what he found, for he remained only six days and left, did not collect his pay--although he was identified as being owed for six days service. (Clark, 118)

By this time, the Loyal Militia had fallen apart. There was no Little River Regiment in Charleston, so David had joined another unit. The bitter end Militiamen were gradually merged into composite units as desertions increased. That David had not enlisted is indicated by the fact that he was not identified as a deserter after departure. Comings and goings were rather loose, for the cause was lost. The fact that David was owed for six days on Army books attests to the preciseness with which British Army Paymaster records were kept.

At Charleston, the British were hard-pressed by Tory refugees, primarily Loyal Militia officers, who having led armed conflict against their neighbors, had been forced to flee with their families to seek protection within British lines. Much Tory enmity followed the departing King's Army, for the Brits offered sanctuary and welfare only to Loyal Militia officers and their families, and to those few rankers and common soldiers, who had completely burned their bridges with Carolinians by remaining in British Army pay until the bitter end in December 1782. There was no succor for those Loyalists who were forced to remain with their families and face the wrath of their victorious neighbors. South Carolina was an uncomfortable place for former Tories in the 1780s, although there was an Act of Amnesty.

• 22 Jan 1784 - Probate: Estate of Elisha Brooks, Sr., late of Ninety Six District, Decd. Buyers at Public Sale of Estate were Joseph Davenport, 350 acres; John Phillips, 150 acres; other items were bought by Francis Brooks, Buck Brooks, Elisha Brooks [Jr.], Dudley Brooks, John Wyld, Nathaniel Spragg, John Holloway, David Davenport, Frederick Glover, John Satterwhite, John Phillips, and Joseph Davenport. (Newberry County, SC, Estates, Box 355, Pkg. 12)

Brooks, who engaged in a wagon hauling partnership with John Satterwhite, Sr., between the South Carolina backcountry and Charleston from 1772-1779, was from Lunenburg County, Virginia, had been a neighbor of Joseph Davenport's on Flat Creek waters, Granville County, North Carolina, in the late 1760s. Bartlett Satterwhite, Joseph Davenport's son-in-law, was one of the appraisers of the estate in 1782. John Satterwhite was a merchant, was either the father or brother of Bartlett Satterwhite, Joseph Davenport's son-in-law. In the first Revolutionary legislature election in South Carolina, John Satterwhite was named one of the five representatives from Ninety Six District. Three of those then elected subsequently were ardent Tories, including Robert Cunningham, who after serving as a State Senator, took a King's commission as Brigadier General, Ninety Six Brigade of the Loyal Militia. No Satterwhites appeared on rolls of the Loyal Militia. They apparently sat out the War until 1782 when John Jr. and Bartlett Satterwhite, Jr., sons of John Satterwhite, both earned later citations as South Carolina Patriots, for their service as State Militia after Cornwallis was defeated. Elisha Brooks, Jr. (d. 1804) was a Lieutenant in State Troops in the siege of Ninety Six, which occurred in 1781 after Cornwallis had left the Carolinas to invade Virginia.

• 5 Aug 1788 - Probate: Last Will & Testament of Joseph Davenport, made this date, probated 16 May 1791. Named daughter Rebecca Satterwhite to have 200 acres where she lives, Negro Dick, and bed; Jemima Satterwhite, daughter to Bartlett Satterwhite and Rebecca Satterwhite, to have Negro girl Annekey; daughter Amy Phillips to have Negroes James and Aggy, and certain chattel; granddaughters Edna and Jemina Goode, daughters of Samuel and Jemima Goode, to have Negroes Dina and Silva when Jemima shall arrive at age 16; grandson Joseph Phillips, son of John and Amy Phillips, to have Mulatto boy Bob; grandson Joseph Davenport, son of David and Hannah Davenport, to have L80 from Robert Gilliam and Benjamin Cobb, and 250 acres including the east side of the land whereon I now live, a bed, and a horse; Violet Welch [no identification], to have L3 per year for her natural life, a cow, a calf, and beef--to live in a small room in my house for as long she lives, and 250 pounds of flour and 100 pounds of beef and pork yearly; everything else to son David. Executors: Son David Davenport, friends William Moore, James Caldwell... /s/ Joseph Davenport. Wit: John Thomas Scott, Starling Dixon, Alexander McMullen. (Newberry County, SC, Wills A:112)

• 25 Dec 1788 - Deed: Joseph Davenport, wife Margaret, to James Davenport, planter, all of Newberry County, 100 acres on Little River, bounded in part by said James and said Joseph--part of a grant to Daniel Goggans on 7Apr1770, who conveyed said 100 acres to Francis Davenport, who conveyed same to said Joseph on 15Feb1786... /s/ Joseph Davenport, Margaret "X" Davenport. Wit: William Caldwell, James Caldwell, Harris Gilliam. Proved by Harris Gilliam before William Caldwell, JP, 26Dec1789. Recorded 6May1794. (Newberry County, SC, Deeds, B:678)

This appears to have been Joseph, son of David, grandson of Joseph, Sr., for the Will of Joseph, Sr., made four months previously mentioned no wife. Neither Goggan's deed to Francis Davenport nor Francis Davenport's deed to Joseph Davenport were recorded either in Charleston or Newberry County.

• 26 Dec 1789 - Witness: David Davenport witnessed and proved deed of William Anderson, of Edgefield County, to Benjamin Long, of Newberry County, for land on Little River, Newberry County. (Newberry County, SC, Deeds, A:934)

• 29 Nov 1790 - Slave Sale Bill: Richard Selden, of the State of Virginia, and James Cresswell, of the State of South Carolina, to James Davenport, of the State of South Carolina, for [?], two slaves... /s/ Richard Selden, James Cresswell. Wit: John Wallace, William Griffin. Proved by John Wallace before Robert Gillam on 4Mar1794. (Newberry County, SC, Deeds B:634)

• 17 May 1791 - Probate: Estate of Joseph Davenport, late of Newberry County, Decd. Inventory by Warrant of Appraisement filed by Starling Dixon, Robert Gilliam, and Alexander McKee. (Newberry County, SC, Estates, Box 355, Pkg. 38)

Joseph, Sr., had died. A wealthy estate including 13 Negroes, farm animals, households goods and furniture, smithy tools, and a gun.

Last Will Testament of Joseph Davenport ^S2

• DEVINPORT, JOSEPH OF NEWBERRY COUNTY, NINETY SIX DISTRICT, WILL TYPESCRIPT (MSS WILL: ESTATE RECORD BOOK A, PAGE 112) (2 FRAMES). South Carolina Department of Archives and History Web Site

Probated on the 16th of May 1791 , Newberry County, South Carolina

5 Aug 1788 Last Will & Testament of Joseph Davenport, made this date, probated 16 May 1791. Named daughter Rebecca Satterwhite to have 200 acres where she lives, Negro Dick, and bed; Jemima Satterwhite, daughter to Bartlett Satterwhite and Rebecca Satterwhite, to have Negro girl Annekey; daughter Amy Phillips to have Negroes James and Aggy, and certain chattel; granddaughters Edna and Jemina Goode, daughters of Samuel and Jemima Goode, to have Negroes Dina and Silva when Jemima shall arrive at age 16; grandson Joseph Phillips, son of John and Amy Phillips, to have Mulatto boy Bob; grandson Joseph Davenport, son of David and Hannah Davenport, to have £80 from Robert Gilliam and Benjamin Cobb, and 250 acres including the east side of the land whereon I now live, a bed, and a horse; Violet Welch [no identification], to have £3 per year for her natural life, a cow, a calf, and beef—to live in a small room in my house for as long she lives, and 250 pounds of flour and 100 pounds of beef and pork yearly; everything else to son David. Executors Son David Davenport, friends William Moore, James Caldwell... Sig: Joseph Davenport. Wit: John Thomas Scott, Starling Dixon, Alexander McMullen. Will Book A, page 112 17 May 1791 Estate of Joseph Davenport, late of Newberry County, Decd. Inventory by Warrant of Appraisement filed by Starling Dixon, Robert Gilliam, and Alexander McKee. Estates, Box 355, Pkg. 38

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.   DEVINPORT, JOSEPH OF NEWBERRY COUNTY, NINETY SIX DISTRICT, WILL TYPESCRIPT (MSS WILL: ESTATE RECORD BOOK A, PAGE 112) (2 FRAMES)., 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)

3.   Davenport, John Scott. The Newberry Davenports: Extracts & Abstracts from Primary Sources, Chronological Compilation and Editing, with Annotations in Italics.
4.   A Dialogue of Possible Interest to the Newberry Davenports.
   
   Correspondence between Dr. John Scott Davenport and Robert “
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   Dr. John Scott Davenport writes:
   
   Bob:
   
   Would appreciate copies of the Isaac Davenport (son of Francis Davenport, Sr., of Crosswick, West Jersey) data that led you in the waterman's direction. My initial reaction between reading Francis, Sr.'s LW&T and how well he had provided for his younger son Isaac and the identification of Isaac Davenport, waterman, of Gloucester County, NJ, as that son was "no way". A waterman was very low on the Colonial occupational scale, essentially either carried and delivered water, did odd jobs around the water's edge—certainly was not of the social calibre that Isaac, son of Francis, Sr., would have been considering the education, the land, and the financial resources that his father had left him. I'll get into this further below.
   
   When I traced Isaac Davenport, I used Hinshaw's Quaker volume for Pennsylvania. I tracked Isaac from the Burlington MM to one of the Pennsylvania MM, and then, as I remember (I have to get out my notes, for I did this research almost thirty years ago), to the first Virginia MM in the Shenandoah Valley. We have Isaac, Joseph, and Francis Davenport signing a petition in 1738 relative to a road to Joost Hyte's Mill--on one of the forks of the Shenandoah River (in then Orange County, VA), if my memory serves me correctly. We have NC evidence that Isaac Davenport petitioned for land in Edgecombe (then the County with an open boundary to the West) in 1745 and that Joseph Davenport, heir-at-law (eldest son) to Isaac, Decd., was awarded the land in 1749--which by then was in Granville County.
   
   In North Carolina, I found Francis Davenport on Cartledge;s Creek of the PeeDee in Anson (now Montgomery) County in 1755. Edmund Cartiledge and his brother John, were notorious Quaker Indian Traders on the Susquehanna (then Chester, later Lancaster County, Pennsylvania) who were disowned and cast out of the the Friends because they killed an Indian who was stealing from them. John Cartiledge died in the early 1720s, shortly after being disowned, but Edmund continued trading with the Shawnees on the Pennsylvania frontier until the early 1740s when he shifted his business to the Cherokees and established his trading post on a draught of the PeeDee which quickly became known as Cartiledge's Creek. Cartiledge was one of the powers on the Southwest North Carolina Frontier by 1750 was a land speculator as well as Indian Trader, was a Justice of the Peace and a presiding Magistrate of the Anson County Court. The previous Quaker connection of both Edmund Cartiledge and Isaac Davenport in Pennsylvania suggested to me that that relationship might explain the association of Francis Davenport, a young man, with Cartiledge, surely age 60 by the time of the Cherokee War. When Francis sold out on Cartilege's Creek, he retreated northeast to Granville County, but did not locate near his brother Joseph. Their lands were at least 20 miles apart. Yet, they were apparently in close contact from then on--in both North and South Carolina. They carried chains for each others surveys, witnessed each others deeds, etc..
   
   It was about this time in my pursuit of Isaac Davenport and his sons Joseph and Francis, that I discovered that my roots were Virginia and not Pennsylvania. I had already done research on the NEWBERRY DAVENPORTS in South Carolina, but when I found where I belonged, I ceased to pursue the Quaker - rooted Davenports.
   
   I do know that the Joseph and Isaac Davenport were men of stature and achievement, operated both a store and a mill on Little River of the Saluda. Davenport's Store and Davenport's Bridge are both mentioned in South Carolina backcountry histories. Joseph, I believe, was a Justice of the Peace, and held the King's commission during the British Occupation of South Carolina in 1780-1782. Their children married among the quality gentry of the area. And while the Davenports were not Quakers in South Carolina, they were associated with a number of persons who were Friends.
   
   In short, in terms of social quality the family of Isaac Davenport of Granville County, NC, as exhibited by his progeny in the Newberry County, SC, was much more compatible to the social level of Francis Davenport, Sr., of Burlington County, NJ, than was that of Isaac Davenport, waterman, of Gloucester County, NJ. Considering the wealth in terms of land and inheritance that Francis, Sr., devised to his son Isaac, Isaac would have had to have fallen into total disaster to have ended up the waterman that the Isaac of Gloucester was when he died.
   
   That's my first reaction. Am I wrong?
   
   Jersey Doc