Person:Francis Davenport (7)

Francis Davenport

• Newberry Co. Deed Book C, p. 273; WPA p. 21; May 18, 1795

Articles of agreement between Francis Davenport and Mary Turner, of the State and County aforesaid, are as follows that the above said Mary Turner doth covenant grant & agree to and with the said Francis Davenport in manner and form following that in cas the said Francis davenport and said Mary Turner shuld marry the said Mary Turner doth agree to & with the said Francis Davenport not to request any of said Davenport's estate that said Davenport & his former wife hat gotten after said Francis Davenport's decease further than it is his pleasure to give her. In witness whereof each partie have interchangedbly set our hands and seals this 20th day of September One thousand Seven hundred and Ninety four. Signed Francis Davenport, Mary Turner (her A mark). Test. Isaac Davenport, Martin Chester. Proved by Isaac Davenport, Jr. before Charles Griffin, J.P. (see Newberry County Estates for - 1) estate of Francis Davenport, Sr., 1803: Box 5 Pkg. - mentioned are wife Mary, son David Davenport, daughter Fanny Griffin, son William Davenport, grandson Francis Boid/Boyd, and David Turner son of my wife; 2) estate of William Turner, Sr. 1790: Box 361 Pkg. 45 - mentioned are wife Mary and children William, Rebecca, Rhoda, Edward, Absalom, David, Susannah, and Ann Turner.

Will of Francis Davenport^S1

Will of Frances Devenport

In The Name of God Amen

I Frances Devenport being of Sound Mind and Memory Knowing the Certainty of Death and the Uncertainty of Life do Make this My Last will and Testament in Manner & form following (Viz)

First, My Desire is that all My Just Debts be paid

Item: My Desire is that My wife Mary Shall have a Negro Man Named Peter Likewise a horse Called Litefoot & Two Cows & Calves & Stock of Hogs & Sheep all to be hers During her Natural Lifetime or widowhood, Likewise I give to My Wife all My Housil Furinture to dispose of as She Sees Cause at her Death Likewise the Corn that is Now growing & half the Tobacco That’s Now growing I give to My wife Mary.

Item: I give to My son David Devenport One Hundred Acres of Land adjoining David & James Devenport’s Land

Item: All the Rest of My Lands I give to My Wife Mary Forever to dispose of as she pleases at her Death.

Item: I give to My Daughter Fanny Griffin One Feather bed & Furniture that She now has in her possession & a Cow & Calf & five pounds in Money,

Item: I give to David Turner (son of My Wife) a Nohorn Heifer,

Item: I leave all the Rest of My property to be Sold Except a Horse Cald Dick, I give to My Son David Devenport,

Item: I give to My Grand Son Francis Boid Ten Pounds,

Item: Then the Balance of the Money to be Divided between my Two sons William & David Devenport,

Item: and all the Rest of My children I have paid of & given Them their full Portion,

Item: Lastly, I Appoint and Leave James Devenport and Bartlet Satterwhite Senior As Executors to this My Last Will & Testament in witness I hereunto Set My hand This Twenty Third Day of July Seventeen Hunndred and Ninety Eight.

In the presence of

Jacob Crosswhite

Isaac Devenport

Rhoda Turner

Signed: Frances Deavenport

Recorded in Will Book “D” page 40.

Proved (No Month) 15th, 1803.

Test. Samuel Lindsey, O. N. D.

(Recorded Date Not Available).

(Original Will Not in Files of Probate Judge).

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.   DEVENPORT, FRANCES, WILL TYPESCRIPT, NEWBERRY COUNTY (MSS WILL: ESTATE RECORD BOOK D, PAGE 40) (1 FRAME). , 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)

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