Person:Josiah Davisson (3)
Josiah Davisson
b.4 Oct 1767 Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
d.Mar 1845 Harrison, West Virginia, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Est 1745
  1. Andrew Davidson, Jr.1746 - 1782
  2. Emelia Davisson1749 -
  3. Mary Davisson1752 -
  4. Joseph Davisson1754 - 1815
  5. John Davisson1757 -
  6. Hannah Davisson1760 - 1802
  7. Sarah Davisson1764 -
  8. Josiah Davisson1767 - 1845
Spouse and Children
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m. 7 Jun 1785
  1. John Benjamin Davisson1798 - 1879
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Facts and Events
Name Josiah Davisson
Gender Male
Birth[1] 4 Oct 1767 Middlesex, New Jersey, United StatesMillstone River
Marriage 7 Jun 1785 Harrison County, Virginiato Lucretia Shinn
Death[2] Mar 1845 Harrison, West Virginia, United States
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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 - entered service 1781 in Clarksburg, Virginia; granted Pension age 68 in Harrison County, Virginia, in 1838; married 1787 at age 17; children mentioned but not named; original records lost when office of Federal Clerk in Clarksburg razed by fire in 1836; soldier later dropped from Pension rolls after Pension Office determined he was too young to have served in Revolutionary War. F-8301, R770.
References
  1. ↑ Davison, Arthur Henry. History and genealogy of Davison, Davisson, Davidson families. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977)
    pp. 163-164.

    From a fly leaf of a book (no indication of how old the book was):
    "Andrew Davison children by his wife Elizabeth.
    ... Josiah Davison, born October 4, 1767."

  2. ↑ Josiah Davisson, in FamilySearch Family Tree.

    no source for death date

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