Cynthia “Santha” Davis Williams
Birth 1793
Virginia, USA
Death 1835 (aged 41–42)
Breathitt County, Kentucky, USA
Burial Calhoun Cemetery
Breathitt County, Kentucky, USA
Cynthia Davis was the daughter of John Davis. She married Coleman 'Colby' Williams, son of Sarah Williams Hogg who married Stephen Hogg. A marriage bond was issued to Coleman and Cynthia on 9-23-1811 in Letcher Co. then Floyd Co. The bond date was found in the book, "Annals of Floyd Co. Ky. 1800-1836 by Charles C. Wells.
Cynthia had one brother, Evan Davis and sister Jenny Davis who did not marry. She also had a sister, Nancy Davis who married Thomas Calhoun. Their eight children were all born in Letcher Co.
Around 1835, the Back, Williams, Hogg and Davis families moved to Breathitt Co and settled in the Quicksand Creek area. In 1837 Coleman Williams Purchased 100 acres on Quicksand Creek. and another 80 acres for $200. He settled his family on this land about 10 miles from the mouth of Quicksand Creek
Cynthia was probably born around 1790 in Virginia and died between the 1840 and 1850 census.
Colby had a second marriage to Sarah Fugate, widow of Benjamin Fugate on 4-4-1852 in Breathitt Co.
These are the children of Coleman Williams and Cynthia Davis:
Gilbert Williams 1812 m Nancy Sparks
Henry Williams 1814 m Nancy McDaniels
Wyatt Williams 1816-1878 m Nancy Lyttle
Sally Williams 1819 m Matthew Combs
Stephen Williams 1822-1896 m Sarah Back
Elizabeth Williams 1823 m James Calhoun FAG#65629265
James Williams 1827-1901 m Mary Fugate, Susannah York and Millie Haggins FAG#64250435
Diancy Williams 1829-1861 m Evans Calhoun
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