June 1768 Louisa County Tithables, Trinity Parish. Henry Gambill [Jr.], Jack Smith Davenport, Jouett Davenport, 3 Tithes
Jack Smith Davenport was the third son of “John the Bankrupt” and wife Mary Smith, and was a first cousin to Henry Gambill. Jouett Davenport was the eldest son of James of Martin, Sr., and another first cousin of Gambill. Both Jack Smith and Jouett were either working for or apprenticing with Gambill, who was married to Charlotte Jouett, sister to James of Martin, Sr.’s wife. This was a working household that contained no slaves. Henry Gambill was a millwright by craft, as was Jouett Davenport. Jack Smith subsequently went to Charlotte County, married an heiress, became a planter and freeholder, and then was mortally wounded at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, in Guilford County North Carolina, in 1781. Jouett Davenport became a millwright who worked in Hanover and Louisa counties. He was dead by 1777 and apparently died without heirs. Jouett had surely lived with his parents in Albemarle during their interlude from the Davenport Ford plantation.
