Person:James Davis (327)

He was a member of Company D, 1st Regiment, Georgia Reserve and was paroled at the close of the war at Macon, Georgia. James Asa Davis was a guard at the Andersonville Military Prison during the latter stages of the Civil War. This was the prison where thousands of Union soldiers died while prisoners of war. The Davis family farm was in the path of Sherman's march through Georgia. Their fruit trees were cut down by Union troops who also took their cattle. They knew Sherman's troops were coming so they buried all the food they could so they could survive. James Asa Davis didn't want any of his daughters to marry. After each one of them married, he took to bed and remained there for a while to mourn his loss.

MARRIAGE LICENSE OF JAMES A. DAVIS AND SALLIE MCCURRY

Marriage License. Georgia. Hart County. TO ANY MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL, JUDGE, JUSTICE OF THE INFERIOR COURT OR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE: You are hereby authorized to join Mr. James A. Davis and Miss Sallie McCurry in the Holy state of matrimony according to the constitution and laws of this state and for so doing this shall be your sufficient license and you are hereby required to return this license to me with your certifice hereon of the fact and date of the marriage. Given under my hand and seal this 2nd., day of January 1868. F. B. Hodges, Ordinary. CERTIFICATE GEORGIA HART COUNTY: I do certify that Mr. James A. Davis and Miss Sallie C. McCurry were duly joined in matrimony by me this 7th day of Jan. 1868. F. B. Hodges, Ordinary.

A RECORD OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES ASA DAVIS.

GEORGIA, HART COUNTY. TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF ORDINARY OF SAID COUNTY: The petition of Mrs. Sarah C. Davis, respectfully showeth that J. A. Davis late of said County, departed this life on the 8th, day of August 1907, leaving your petitioner, his widow, and ______________ minor children, surviving him, and she prays your Honorable Court in conformity with the statute in such case made and provided, to appoint five discreet and proper persond to act as appraisers in setting apart to your petitioner and her _______________ minor children as aforesaid, the sum necessary in their judgment for support and maintenance for the space of twelve months from the death of the said J. A. Davis of your petitioner and her children, either in money or such property as may be selected by your petitioner at a fair valuation to be made by said appraisers. And, also, to set apart a sufficient amount of household furniture for the use of your petitioner and her children. And, further, to require said appraisers to return to you for record their proceedings. And your petitioner will ever pray, etc. Mrs. Sarah C. Davis, Petitioner.

HART COUNTY COURT OF ORDINARY. AT CHAMBERS October 28TH, 1910. Upon the foregoing application of Mrs. Sarah C. Davis, the widow of J. A. Davis deceased, for the appointment of appraisers to set apart to said widow and her __________________ minor children, a sum necessary for their support and maintenance for the space of twelve months, out of the estate of said J. A. Davis deceased, and, also, to set apart for use of said widow and children, a sufficient amount of household furniture. It is ordered that C. H. N. Brown, Thos. A. Maxwell, H. H. Mewborn, Moses H. Fleming, and Geo. Burden be and they are hereby appointed appraisers, and they, or a majority of them, are hereby empowered to set off and assign to the said Mrs. sarah C. davis, widow of J. A. Davis, deceased, late of said County,and her ___________________ minor children, out of the estate of the said deceased, a sum necessary for the support and maintenance of said widow and children for the space of twelve months; and, also a sufficient amount of household furniture for the use of said widow and children. And the said sum so set apart as aforesaid to be either in money or such property as the widow may select, at a fair valuation, to be made by said appraisers; and if, upon a just appraisement of the estate, the same does not exceed five hundred dollars, you will set the whole apart. Further ordered, that the said appraisers return to me for record all their proceedings in the premises.

Given under my hand and official signature, this 28th, day of October, 1910. W. B. McMullan, Ordinary

GEORGIA, HART COUNTY. TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF ORDINARY OF SAID COUNTY: We the undersigned, appointed by the Honorable the Ordinary of said County of Hart to assess and set apart a sum necessary for the support and maintenance of the widow and minor children of J. A. Davis, deceased, for the space of twelve months, either in money or such property as the said widow and children the sum of One Thousand, and No/100 Dollars, which the said widow has selected, to take as follows: Seventy five acres of land more or less lying and being in 1118th, District G.M. of Hart County Georgia, Joining lands of T.A. Maxwell, J.F. Olbon, and J.H.H. Mewborn, and better described by two plats, one made March, 3rd, 1904 by Wess Cleveland, and the other made January, 17th, 1903 by R.L.B. Shirley. Also one mair about 13 yrs old sorrel color, valued at $50.00. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands, and seals, this 31st, day of October, 1910. C.H.N. Brown [L.S.] T.A. Maxwell [L.S.] Moses H. Fleming [L.S.] Geo. S. Burden [L.S.] Appraisers.

HART COURT OF ORDINARY. AT CHAMBERS November, term 1910. It appearing that the appraisers appointed to set apart a year's support for Mrs. Sarah C. Davis, widow of J. A. Davis, late of said County, deceased, have filed their return. It is ordered that citation issue and be published as provided by law. W. B. McMullan, Ordinary

HART COURT OF ORDINARY. December, 5th, 1910.

The report of the appraisers appointed to set apart to the widow and minor children of J. A. Davis, the provision allowed by law, being read, and the Court being satisfied that the same is in due form, and properly made, and citation having been issued and published, and no objection being filed, it is ordered that the same be admitted to record, and stand as the judgment of this Court. W. B. McMullan

1. ↑ Georgia, Hart County, Marriage Records, White A-B-B 1854-1898.
2. ↑ Wylanne Harper Coup to William A. Coup.
3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Richard Marion Rice Bible, printed 1815, in the possession of Margaret Rice Pierce, Lawrenceville, Georgia.
4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 United States, Department of Commerce, Census Bureau. 1850 Census, Georgia, Elbert County - W. C. Davis. (Name: 1850 Census, Series M432, Roll 68, Page 366; Georgia, Elbert County, Elbert District, 3 August 1850, Page 366, Line 14, Dwelling 38, Family 38;).
5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 United States, Department of Commerce, Census Bureau. 1860 Census, Georgia, Hart County, Bio Post Office - William C. Davis. (Name: 1860 Census, Series M653, Roll 126, Page 393; Georgia, Hart County, McCurry's District, Bio Post Office, 4 June 1860, Page 4, Line 14, Dwelling 40, Family 40;).
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} United States, Department of Commerce, Census Bureau. 1870 Census, Georgia, Hart County, McCurry's District, Amandsville - Asa Davis. (Name: 1870 Census, Series M593, Roll 157, Page 291; Georgia, Hart County, McCurry's District, Amandsville Post Office, 22 June 1870, Page 52, Line 39, Dwelling 383, Family 376;).
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} United States, Department of Commerce, Census Bureau. 1880 Census, Georgia, Hart County, 1118 General Militia District - Asa Davis. (Name: 1880 Census, Series T9, Roll 151, Page 640B; Georgia, Hart County, 1118 General Militia District, 21 June 1880, Page 38B, Line 6, Dwelling 146, Family 148;).
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} United States, Department of Commerce, Census Bureau. 1900 Census, Georgia, Hart County, McCurry's Militia District 1118 - James A. Davis. (Name: 1900 Census, Series T623, Roll 204, Page 331; Georgia, Hart County, McCurry's Militia District 1118, Supervisor's District 8, Enumeration District 52, Sheet 16A, 25 June 1900, Line 24, Dwelling 291, Family 296;).
9. ↑ ^9.0 9.1 Family records.
10. ↑ United States, Department of Commerce, Census Bureau. 1880 Census, Georgia, Hart County, 1118 General Militia District - Asa Davis. (Name: 1880 Census, Series T9, Roll 151, Page 640B; Georgia, Hart County, 1118 General Militia District, 21 June 1880, Page 38B, Line 6, Dwelling 146, Family 148;).

    _FOOT: United States, Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 1880 Census, Georgia, Hart County, 1118 General Militia District - Asa Davis, (1880 Census, Series T9, Roll 151, Page 640B; Georgia, Hart County, 1118 General Militia District, 21 June 1880, Page 38B, Line 6, Dwelling 146, Family 148).