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Facts and Events
| Name |
William S. Davis |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
3 Sep 1816 |
Tennessee |
| Marriage |
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to Martha Unknown |
| Occupation? |
From 1836 to 1882 |
Farmer |
| Other[3] |
1838 |
5th Dist., Roane Co., TennesseeTax List |
| Census[5][6] |
1840 |
Roane Co., Tennessee |
| Other[4] |
1840 |
15th Dist., Roane Co., TennesseeTax List |
| Other[7] |
30 Jun 1844 |
15th Dist., Roane Co., TennesseeSchool Population Lists |
| Census[9] |
1850 |
Crittenden Co., Kentucky |
| Property[10][11][12][13][14][15][27] |
Bet 18 Mar 1854 and 10 Nov 1855 |
Jefferson, Illinois, United StatesSect. 26 SWSW, Sect. 35 NENW, Sect. 35 NWNW |
| Residence[8] |
From 1855 (about) |
Illinois, United States |
| Census[8] |
1860 |
Jefferson Co., Illinois |
| Other[16][17] |
From 18 Oct 1864 to 11 May 1865 |
IllinoisRecruit, 31st IL US Inf., E Co. Military Service |
| Other[18] |
1865 |
Webber Twp., Jefferson Co., IllinoisSect. 35 NENW Land Sale |
| Census[19] |
1870 |
Jefferson Co., Illinois |
| Occupation[20] |
From 1870 to 1873 |
Webber Twp., Jefferson Co., IllinoisJustice of Peace |
| Other[21] |
1878 |
Webber Twp., Jefferson Co., IllinoisSect. 35 S1/2NWNW Land Sale |
| Other[22] |
1879 |
Webber Twp., Jefferson Co., IllinoisSect. 34 SENE Land Purchase |
| Census[23] |
1880 |
Jefferson Co., Illinois |
| Death[2] |
9 Mar 1882 |
Jefferson Co., Illinois |
| Burial[2] |
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Mt. Olive Cem., Webber Twp., Jefferson Co., Illinois |
| Other[24] |
1882 |
Webber Twp., Jefferson Co., IllinoisSect. 26 SWSW Land Sale |
| Other[25] |
1882 |
Webber Twp., Jefferson Co., IllinoisSect. 34 SENE Land Sale |
| Other[26] |
1882 |
Webber Twp., Jefferson Co., IllinoisSect. 35 N1/2NWNW Land Sale |
1850 Census (Jefferson County, IL)
Not in it.
1850 Roane Co., Tennessee Census
DAVIS, Adeline, under Family # 768
DAVIS, Anne E., under Family # 388
DAVIS, Benj. F., Family # 1733
DAVIS, Charles, Family # 1526
DAVIS, David, Family # 888
DAVIS, George, Family # 917
DAVIS, George, Family # 956
DAVIS, George, Family # 1584
DAVIS, James, under Family # 768
DAVIS, James S., Family # 714
DAVIS, James, Family # 1494
DAVIS, John B., Family # 302
DAVIS, John, Family # 164
DAVIS, John, Family # 1465
DAVIS, Mary A., under Family # 768
DAVIS, Robert, Family # 1218
DAVIS, William, Family # 1485
He came to Jefferson County in 1855. Perhaps he was in Wayne Co. in 1850. There is a Wm. Davis in the 1850 Wayne Co. census
No Esmons or Martha Etta Davis Henry are listed in the Guion Miller Indian Roll at the National Archives website which lists all eastern Cherokee Indians. There is a Davis family on the Chapman Roll from 1851 living in Hamilton Co., TN. There are two Wm. Davis' listed in the 1830 Wayne Co., TN census and one in the 1820 Wayne Co., TN census.
There is a Wm. Davis listed as a Revolutionary War Pensioner in Monroe Co., TN. There are 6 Wm. Davis' living in Monroe Co., TN in the 1820 Census and 17 others: Adam, Benjamin, George, James, John R., Jonathon, Lewis, Micaljah, Nathan, Peter, Peter R., Samuel, Sarah, two Thomas', and Wesley. There is a record on the Tngenweb site for a Jonathon Davis who died April 25, 1854 in Monroe County. It said he was 19th inst. in the 72nd year of his age (which would have him born in 1782). There are three Davis' buried in Clemmer Cemetery in Monroe Co., TN which is10 miles north of Madisonville. There is also a Davis Cemetery on Coker Creek but all the graves listed were post-1891.
Question: Could the William Davis living with Wm. and Anna Davis Ford Esmon in the 1850 Monroe Co., TN census be the oldest child of William S. and Martha Davis? Perhaps at age 17, he wasn't interested in moving to Illinois with his parents so he stayed with his aunt and uncle? Or perhaps he stayed with his aunt and uncle to help them move at a later date? This would put Wm. and Martha's marriage date back to about 1832 which would mean that Wm. was 16 years old and Martha was 20! That makes Wm. a little young.
References
- ↑ rootsweb.com/~iljeff. Mt. Olive Cemetery Gravestone Transcriptions
Sep 1999. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 rootsweb.com/~iljeff. Mt. Olive Cemetery Gravestone Transcriptions.
- ↑ Tax Lists of Roane County Tennessee 1833-1840
p. 117.
5th District 1838
Davis, Wm. S. 1WP (Wm. Esman is also listed on this page.)
- ↑ Roane Co., Tennessee 1830 & 1840 Census and Tax Lists.
p. 123.
William Davis - WP1 15th District
- ↑ Roane, Tennessee, United States. Roane, Tennessee, United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule.
DAVIS, Britton - Page 52
DAVIS, Charles - Page 24
DAVIS, David - Page 47
DAVIS, George - Page 6
DAVIS, George - Page 15
DAVIS, James - Page 22
DAVIS, Lawson B. - Page 12
DAVIS, Lewis - Page 39
DAVIS, Owen - Page 47
DAVIS, William - Page 23
DAVIS, Wm. J.S. - Page 46
- ↑ Roane Co., Tennessee 1830 & 1840 Census and Tax Lists.
p. 76.
Wm. Davis 00001-1001
Males: 1 20-30 yrs.; Females: 1 under 5; 1 15-20 yrs.
- ↑ Roane County Tennessee Scholastic Population Lists 1838-1861
p. 42.
15th District as of last day of June. Children over 6 under 21.
Wm. Davis 1
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Jefferson, Illinois, United States. Jefferson, Illinois, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Census.
Wm. S. Davis is listed in Webber Township. He is 44 years old and born in TN (1816). He is a farmer who has $400 worth of real estate and $225 worth of personal goods. He is listed with wife, Martha, 4 children: George D., Nancy J., Anna F., Mary J. and 2 boarders: George C. (age 27) and Caroline (age 19) Miller. George is a carpenter with $150 personal property, born in Germany. Caroline was born in MO. (I forgot to check if Caroline could be his daughter.)
The daughter's birth locations indicate that the move must have been made about then. Though they do no show in the 1850 Jefferson Co. census, so they may have settled elsewhere in IL first.
- ↑ Crittenden, Kentucky, United States. Crittenden, Kentucky, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
Dist. , p. 492, 16 Sep 1850.
House 575 Family 575
Davis, William S. age 34 b. TN Wool Carder
Martha age 38 b. TN
George M. D. age 6 b. TN
Nancy J. age 5 b. TN
Ann F. age 3 b. TN
Isabella age 1 b. IL
Next door is Alfred & Margaret Moore, Joseph & Julia Stephenson and John and Nancy Franks also from TN. This county is across the river from IL's Hardin County, near Shawneetown.
- ↑ Bureau of Land Management. Land Patent Records. (www.glorecords.blm.gov)
Doc# 20030, 1 Mar 1855.
Wm. S. Davis of Jefferson County buys SWSW Sect. 26 in T2S, R4E. 40 acres on 3/1/1855 at Shawneetown, IL. Doc# 20030 IL1950_.211. This is located at the southern corner of Bluford.
- ↑ Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database. (http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/data_lan.html).
Purchaser: DAVIS WILLIAM S
Residence of Purchaser: JEFFERSON
Social Status:
Legal Description:
Aliquot Parts or Lot: SWSW
Section Number: 26
Township: 02S
Range: 04E
Meridan: 3
County of Purchase: JEFFERSON
Details of Sale:
Acres: 40.00
Price per Acre: 1.25
Total Price: 50.00
Type of Sale: FD (Federal Sale)
Date of Purchase: 03/18/1854
Volume: 112
Page: 091
- ↑ Bureau of Land Management. Land Patent Records. (www.glorecords.blm.gov)
Doc#23019, 10 Nov 1855.
Wm. S. Davis buys 40 acres in Jefferson County, NENW Sect. 35, T2S, R4E at Shawneetown, IL. Doc#23018 IL1990_.144
- ↑ Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database. (http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/data_lan.html).
Purchaser: DAVIS WILLIAM S
Residence of Purchaser: JEFFERSON
Social Status:
Legal Description:
Aliquot Parts or Lot: NENW
Section Number: 35
Township: 02S
Range: 04E
Meridan: 3
County of Purchase: JEFFERSON
Details of Sale:
Acres: 40.00
Price per Acre: .13
Total Price: 5.00
Type of Sale: FD (Federal Sale)
Date of Purchase: 11/18/1854
Volume: 112
Page: 164
- ↑ Bureau of Land Management. Land Patent Records. (www.glorecords.blm.gov)
Doc#22590, 10 Nov 1855.
Wm. S. Davis buys 40 acres at NWNW Sect. 35, T2S, R4E on 11/10/1855 at Shawneetown, IL. Doc#22590 IL1980_.408 This is located just south of sect 26. and is under a lake in 1999.
- ↑ Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database. (http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/data_lan.html).
Purchaser: DAVIS WILLIAM S
Residence of Purchaser: JEFFERSON
Social Status:
Legal Description:
Aliquot Parts or Lot: NWNW
Section Number: 35
Township: 02S
Range: 04E
Meridan: 3
County of Purchase: JEFFERSON
Details of Sale:
Acres: 40.00
Price per Acre: .13
Total Price: 5.00
Type of Sale: FD (Federal Sale)
Date of Purchase: 10/25/1854
Volume: 112
Page: 154
- ↑ Illinois in the Civil War. (www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw).
The 31sr Regiment, "Dyer's Regimental History"
Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1-26. March to the sea November 15-Jan. 14. Salkehatchie Swamps Feb. 1-5. Barker's Mills, Whippy Swammp, Feb. 3. Binnaker's Bridge, South Edisto River, Feb. 9. Orangeburg, North Edisto River, Feb. 11-12. columbia Feb. 15-17. Battle of Bentonville, N.C. March 20-21. Occupation of goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April `4. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19.
"Adjutant General's Report"
Willliam would have joined the regiment while it was with Shrman in the mock pursuit of Hood upon his invasion of Tennessee. Retracing its steps, the regiment reached Atlanta on the 13th of November, and on the 15th it there began with Sherman the triumphant march to the sea...it arrived the 10th of December 1864 at Savannah. Here the regiment went into camp on the rice plantation of Dr. Owen...On the 4th of January 1865, the 31st bade farewell to Savanahh, and shipped on the steamer Harvest Moon, and after the novel experience and sight of a sea voyage, disembarked at Beaufort, South Carolina, where it remained...until the 13th...On the 30th of January, the march began through the Carolinas,...and the regiment came out of the swamps, out of the pine forests, "out of the wilderness," the men ragged, dirty, many of the baregooted, to Goldsborough, North Carolina, where it arrived the 24th of March 1865, and where letters from home and news from the world were received...the men who for 54 days had been without communication with home or the world, and were weary with long marching and fighting. On the 14th of April 1865, the regiment was with the army at Raleigh, North Carolina...the regiment formed part of the host to which (Johnson's army) surrendered. On the 9th of May, the regiment was at Richmond; on the 19th at Alexandria.
- ↑ Illinois State Archives. Illinois Civil War Veterans Database. (www.ilsos.net/cgi-bin/archives/civilwar).
Wm. S. Davis Recruit E Co. 31 IL US INF Enlisted 10/18/1864 Drafted. Discharged May 11, 1865 Wounds.
- ↑ Jefferson County Recorder. Jefferson County Grantee/Grantor Records.
1865 Wm. S. sells to Wm. Essman heirs 40 acres for $250. Sect. 35 NENW.
- ↑ Jefferson, Illinois, United States. Jefferson County, Illinois 1870 census.
Wm. S. Davis is listed in Webber Township. He is 54 and was born in TN (1816). He is a farmer with $800 personal property and $470 worth of real estate. He is listed with his wife, Martha, and son, George M. D. age 20.
- ↑ History of Jefferson County, Illinois. (1883).
Jefferson County History - 1883
W. S. Davis is listed as Justice of the Peace for Webber Township from 1870-73. (This could also be his son.)
- ↑ Jefferson County Recorder. Jefferson County Grantee/Grantor Records.
1878 Wm. S. sells S1/2NWNW Sect. 35 to his son G.M., 20 acres for $5.
- ↑ Jefferson County Recorder. Jefferson County Grantee/Grantor Records.
1879 Wm. S. buys from Aetna 40 acres for $280. Sect. 34 SENE.
- ↑ Jefferson, Illinois, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Census
17 Jun 1880.
William is listed as House #73 on pg. 6 of Webber Township. He lives next to his son, G. M. Davis. He is age 64, born in Tennessee, father was born in North Carolina and mother was born in Pennsylvania. Listed with wife, Martha, age 68 born in Tennessee, father born in Tennessee and mother born in North Carolina.
- ↑ Jefferson County Recorder. Jefferson County Grantee/Grantor Records.
Wm. sells Sect. 26, SWSW to White for $200.
- ↑ Jefferson County Recorder. Jefferson County Grantee/Grantor Records.
1882 Wm. sells SEct. 34 SENE to Moore for $200. Moore is his son-in-law.
- ↑ Jefferson County Recorder. Jefferson County Grantee/Grantor Records.
1882 Wm. S. sells 20 acres to his son G.M. for $200. N1/2NWNW Sect. 35.
- ↑ Note the date discrepancy in the land purchase sources - some say 1854 and some say 1855 for the same purchase.
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