Person:Josiah Davisson (1)

Josiah Davisson was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Advisory on Josiah Davidson

Some sources claim that this John Davisson is a son of Daniel Davisson and Phoebe Harrison, but that appears to be a different Josiah Davidson.

Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 2, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Davisson, Josiah - born 10/15/1759 near Princeton, New Jersey; moved with parents to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, thence to West Augusta District of Virginia (now Harrison County); entered service 1777 at Nutters Fort, Virginia; left army in 1781; granted Pension age 73 in Harrison County, Virginia in 1832; dropped from Pension rolls in 1834 when Pension Office found he deserted army; query letter in file states soldier married 1788 to Amy Shinn, further Josiah (Davisson) of [Revoltionary War Pension Application] F-8301, above [in this source], married Lucretia Shinn; query letter in file states soldier was born in Augusta County, Virginia [Note: appears unlikely]. F-8307, R770.

[Note: the relationship between this Josiah Davisson and the other (younger) Josiah Davisson is undetermined.