Person:David Davenport (3)

David Davenport (Owner of Davenport Mill on Little River)

• This David Davenport was the son of the older Joseph. This David operated the Davenport Flour Mill during the Revolutionary War. This David's son, was the younger Joseph who was a Loyalist serving with the British during this time.
• After the war the Davenport Mill was destroyed by fire. It is believed to have been burned to the ground by patriot neighbors due to the Davenport's loyalist ties.

The Other David Davenport Served during the Revolution

• This David Davenport was the son of Francis Davenport. This David served with his two brothers Isaac and James below.
• 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".^S3

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.   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.

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