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Facts and Events
John Davis was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Information on John Davis in Augusta County, VA
NOTE: The original records for this page were consolidated and belonged to other Davis men of Augusta. I have done my best to extract the records that did not belong on this page.
John's wife's name is Eleanor per Augusta County court records and based on depositions naming son Samuel Davis [see below]. There is a record in Kegley's Virginia Frontier, p. 340 for William Davis wherein it states William Davis moves to the Forks "adjoining the widow Davis" but no first name is provided for his mother:
- "William Davis survey for 100 acres adjoining the widow Davis in Forks of James"
This John Davis could be related to Robert Davis of Back Creek, in the Beverley Manor, based solely on proximity in Augusta County, Virginia. Although they're both listed as neighboring William King, there are no records that confirms a relationship between John Davis & Robert Davis of Beverley Manor. Robert Davis moves from the Back Creek, in the Beverley Manor, to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina c1756 at the same time, John Davis moves to the Forks of the James. According to Virginia magazine of history and biography: Virginia. History Records, page 194 "There seems to have been a general exodus in the early 1750's from the Beverley Manor neighborhood" with numerous neighboring families selling out and removing to the Waxhaw settlement of NC/SC and/or to the Borden Grant and lands south of the Borden Grant.
Also neighboring William King & Robert Davis was David Davis of the Calfpasture to Mossy Creek, North River Shanandoah. David Davis was the first to move from Beverley Manor as he is found patenting lands on Mossy Creek c1741. No deeds or records are located that ties together David, Robert & John except that all three Davis men owned lands neighboring William King per the 1745-46 Augusta Road Orders as found AUGUSTA COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1745-1769:
- 11 February 1745 O. S., p. 8 -- Ordered that William Smith and Robert Gay be Overseers from David Davis Mill to the top of the Mountain above William Kings and it is ordered that they clear the same according to Law.
- 20 August 1746 O. S., p. 72 -- John Trimble, William King and Morice Ofrield Pursuant to an order of Court to them directed returned that they have marked and laid of the most convenient way from the top of the North Mountain to William Kings and from thence to the Court House. Ordered that Robert Davis be Overseer of the road from the North Mountain to William Kings (Already marked and laid of by John Trimble and others) and that the following Tithables work on the sd Road Viz George Kill Patrick, Hugh Young, James Young, Samuel Kinkead, James Mills, William Mills, Robert McClellan, William McFeeters, Andrew Pickens, James Clark, Jacob Lockart, Henry Crestwell, and John Trishell, and it is further ordered that the sd Tithables clear and keep the sd road in repair according to Law.
- 20 August 1746 O. S., p. 73 -- Ordered that John Brown be Overseer of the road from William Kings to the Court House as already marked and laid of by John Trimble and others and that the following Tithables work on the sd Road Viz Hugh Spears, James Phillips, John Spears, John McKenney, James Bell, Samuel Wallace, Thomas Peary, George Vance, William McClintock, John Bartley, James Montgomerie, John Davis, Patrick Martin and Thomas Killpatrick and it is further Ordered that with the sd Tithables clear and keep the sd road in repair according to Law.
Records of John Davis in Augusta County, VA
- From Chalkley's "AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS, ORDER BOOK No. 1"
- August 20, 1746 -- (73) John Brown to be overseer of same road from King's to C. H. with following tithables: Hugh Spears, John McKenney, Thomas Peary, John Bartley, Patrick Martin, James Phillips, James Bell, George Vance, James Montgomery, Thomas Kill Patrick, John Spears, Saml. Wallace, Wm. McClintock, John Davis.
- Vol. 1 - MAY 20, 1747. - (193) Thos. Paxton, James McClung, Isaac Taylor, Gilbert Campbell, Wm. Hall and Andrew McNabb recognized that their wives, as above, appear as witnesses: William Lusk in behalf of Agnis Grey; Saml. Davis in behalf of his mother, Eleanor Davis; Moses McClure in behalf of his mother, Agness McClure; Andrew Hays in behalf of his mother, Rebecca Hays; Silas Hart in behalf of Esther Lyle. Acknowledged themselves as above. Wm. Henry also acknowledged as above.
- There are 2 Davis families in the area of Augusta that later became Rockbridge. You can differentiate between the two families based on location. This Davis family was C-5 on the Borden Map, North River to the Beverley Manor line to the Great Road [by Isaac Taylor's plantation] whereas the other Davis family was SW Borden, between the James River/North River and the Buffalo and was located at A-6 on the Borden Map.
Estate Records for John Davis
References
- ↑ CHALKLEY'S CHRONICLES; Vol 3
Page 159.
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