Person:John Davis (60)

Listed in the 1830 Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Census, page 314 as J M Davis. In the household are: 1 male under age 5, 1 male age 20-29, 1 female age 20-29. A Burgess (age 50-59), Daniel (age 30-39), Edward (age 50-59), Jno (age 40-49), Lewis (age 15-20), William (age 50-59), Samuel (age 20-29), Thomas (age 30-39), Thomas (age 15-20), and Willis (age 20-29) are in the same county.

Listed in the 1840 Chickasaw County, Mississippi Census, page 58 as John M. Davis. In the household are 1 male age 5-9, 1 male age 10-14, 1 male age 30-39, 2 females under age 5, 2 females age 5-9, 1 female age 20-29. Also in Chickasaw County this year is Lewis Davis, age 20-29 and family, living two doors down from John; Thomas Davis, age 30-39 and family, listed on page 59; an Elizabeth Davis, age 40-49 as head of the household for her 8 children listed on page 62; J.W.H. Davis, age 20-29 and wife, listed on page 62 next to Elizabeth; and a William Davis, age 40-49 and family, listed on page 64.

Listed in the 1850 Chickasaw County, Mississippi Census, Western Division, enumerated September 3rd, page 702, Dwelling 15, Household 15 as John M. Davis, age 44, born NC. With Francis, age 41, born SC; Thomas B., age 21, born AL; Mary A., age 19, born AL; Martha J., age 16, born AL; Elen M., age 13, born AL; Sarah F., age 11, born AL; Robert W., age 8, born MS; Harry E., age 5, born MS; Unnamed child, age 1, male, born MS. 2 doors away is Samuel J. Davis, age 25, born SC and wife Jane A., age 23, born SC. Lewis is also nearby, age 40, born SC, with his family. At this point, it looks like the male child age 5-9 in the 1840 census has died.

Listed in the 1860 Calhoun County, Mississippi Census, Hopewell P.O., Enumerated July 6th, page 21, Dwelling 138, Household 137 as John W. Davis, age 53, Farmer, born SC. With Francis, age 41, born SC, cannot read or write; Sarah, age 20, born AL; Robert, age 17, born MS; William, age 12, born MS; James, age 10, born MS; Thomas Davis, age 31, Constable, born AL. Next door to Bridget Moore, age 26, born AL, with her children and a Virginia Davis, age 5, born MS. Also near Jane Davis, age 34, born AL and her two children.

Listed in the 1870 Calhoun County, Mississippi Census, Township 22, Range 9 East, Enumerated August 9, 1870, Dwelling 155, Household 155, as John M. Davis, age 64, Farmer, born NC. With Francis, age 61, born SC; Sarah, age 31, born AL; James, age 19, born MS; Alice, age 15, born MS; Sarah, age 18, born MS. There is a plus sign in the box marked "Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, or idiotic" for Sarah. She's listed out of chronological order.

Nearby is a Benjamin (maybe Davis) and the family of Thomas (maybe Davis)--last names are difficult to read. In same district and range are Sebron B. Davis, age 48, born SC; Sydney Davis, age 30, born AL; John W. Davis, age 26, born MS; and son William.

There are records of a Samuel B. Davis, born about 1797 in NC and his family in the 1850 Jackson County, AL census...maybe a brother?

Possible brother: Lewis born about 1810, SC Thomas born bet. 1800-1810