Person:James Davis (277)

Bible Records of James Davis

James Davis (23 December 1793 - 06 May 1872) is the son of James Davis and his wife Margaret Dunlap. James Davis Sr. is believed to have come to the Town Fork area of present day Stokes County, North Carolina with his father William Davis. The family purchased large tracts of land along the Dan River near present day Danbury.

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   James Davis
   Birth 23 Dec 1793
   Surry County, North Carolina, USA
   Death 6 May 1873 (aged 79)
   Stokes County, North Carolina, USA
   Burial
   Davis Graveyard
   Danbury Township, Stokes County, North Carolina, USA
   
   Son of James and Margaret Dunlap Davis. Husband of Elizabeth McAnally Davis. Father of 13 known children.
   
   From the book, "Death Notices from the Peoples's Press" (Salem, North Carolina)
   1851-1892:
   
   DAVIS, James, Esq., May 5 or 6, 1873. at his residence at Red Shoal, Stokes County, near Danbury, in the 79th or 80th year of his age, after a protracted illness of three months. Mr Davis was a worthy and highly respected citizen. He professed religion at Laurel Hill Campmeeting in August 1849 and attached himself to the Methodist Episcopal Church. (5-15 73, 5-29 73)
   
   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17352753/james-davis