3. Levi Davis b: January 15, 1752 in Prince George Co., Maryland
+Lydia
Kearns b: December 20, 1756 in
Bietigheim, Wurttemberg,
Germany Number
of children: 7
4. Stewart
Davis b: 1801 in Stokes
Co.,
NC d: January 1852 in
Belleville, St. Clair Co., ILL Mitchell Farm
Amann Number of children: 14
+ Lydia Arney b: 1812 in
Overton Co, TN d: March 10,
1890 in Belleville, St. Clair Co., ILL
Number of children: 6
5. Wesley Davis b: Mar 01,
1822 Overton Co., Tennessee d: Feb 14, 1892 Rickman, Overton Co.,
Tenn.
+Margaret Copeland b: Jan 12, 1828 Overton Co., Tennessee d: Jul 14,
1878 Overton Co., Tennessee
6. Jefferson Josiah Davis b:
Feb 17, 1854 Oak Hill, Overton Co., Tenn. d: Jul 25, 1928
+Ellen Singleton (my line comes through this marriage)
2nd Wife of Jefferson Josiah Davis: +Elizabeth Phy
7. John Benton Davis (My Grandfather), b. 1882, TN died 1963, Mesa, AZ
+ Mary Francis Pippin, born
in 1882 in Jackson Co., TN. She died 1962 in Cookeville, TN.
* The Forrest line is very interesting and can be traced to the 1400’s in England. Elinor (Elanore) Forrest was of the Forrest line that was among the earliest settlers in Jamestown.
* Lydia Swearingen was first cousin to Marmaduke Van Swearingen. Marmaduke, according to some researchers is the white boy captured by the Shawnee Indians who went on to become the infamous Blue Jacket, fiercest of the Shawnee War Chiefs.