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George
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My
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North
Carolina
Timeline
South
Carolina
Timeline
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Timeline
Earliest
Known
Ancestors
Angus
and
Nancy
McCutchen
MacLeod
Generation
2
Alexander
and
Sarah
McIntosh
John
N.
McLeod
Alexander
E.
McLeod
Angus
McLeod
Catherine
M.
Mosely
Jane
M.
Davis
Daniel
and
Catherine
McLean
Norman
Margaret
Nancy
and
Roderick
Bethune
Polly
and
John
McKay/McCoy
Betsy
and
Norman
McLeod
Other
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MacLeods
Alexander
MacLeods
Daniel
MacLeods
Norman
MacLeods
James
MacLeod (Marg
Blakely)
Norman
MacLeod
(Virginia
and
Ohio)
Mary
McInnis
McLeod
Von
Hacke
Records
on
MacLeods
Secondary
Research When
not
researching
my
McLeods
and
working
on
the
FTDNA
projects,
these
lines
are
researched.
Wilke
of
Germany/N.Y. Jessup
of
England Checker/Tskeris
of
Greece/N.Y. Abnett
of
England Hudson
of
South
Carolina
Ives
of
South
Carolina
Sideline
Research These
lines
have
married
into
my
family
(primary
and
secondary
lines
of
research
seen
above)
and
are
included
here
to
aid
other
researchers.
I
am
not
currently
researching
these
names;
however,
the
pages
are
updated
as
information
becomes
available.
Arrants
of
South
Carolina Barnes
of
South
Carolina Blyther
of
South
Caroliina Boykin
of
South
Carolina Cook
Family
of
South
Carolina Coombs
of
Maine Checker/Tskeris
Greece
Davis
of
South
Carolina Dennis
of
South
Carolina Freeman
of
South
Carolina Holland
of
South
Carolina Huggins
of
South
Carolina Hurst
of
South
Carolina Jones
of
South
Carolina Josey/Jossey
of
South
Carolina Keretas
of
Greece Medhurst
of
England
Meyers
of
South
Carolina Moseley
of
South
Carolina Rodgers
of
South
Carolina Ross
of
South
Carolina Yates/Yeates
of
South
Carolina
Sumter
South
Carolina
Genealogy Kershaw
South
Carolina
Genealogy County
Kent
England
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Davis
Family
of
Sumter
South
Carolina
This
web
page
has
been
updated
in
May/June
of
2011.
The
original
intent
of
this
site
is
the
same
as
it
has
always
been;
to
provide
a
FREE
tool
for
researchers
to
help
each
other
by
the
sharing
of
information
-
please
support
this
intent
by
helping
to
keep
it
as
accurate
as
possible. The
information
on
this
page
represents
the
combined
efforts
of
several
researchers.
I
have
verified
the
information
by
Wills,
Equity,
Deeds,
Census
and
Cemetery
Records
where
possible.
Where
no
source
is
given,
the
information
is
unproven/unverified.
Additions
and
corrections
are
welcome
(rude
emails
are
not).
When
writing,
please
include
the
Page
Title
and
Web
Address.
Proper
credit
is
always
awarded
to
the
provider
of
information.
Happy
Researching!
Keep
the
circle
of
sharing
intact,
include
the
following
if
you
take
information
for
your
own
records:
!Source:
Lori
McLeod
Wilke;
"Walking
with
ghosts",
Research
2000
-
2011
Generation
One
Thomas
Davis
Sr.
born
Abt.
1740
in
Unknown
died
Abt.
1828
in
Kershaw
District
South
Carolina married
to
Mary
Edwards
born
Abt.
1748
in
Unknown
died
Aft.
1829
Kershaw
District
South
Carolina
in
Kershaw
District
South
Carolina
Children
of
Thomas
and
Mary
1.
Anna
Davis
b.
about
1775
d.
unknown married
to
Haywood
Worrell
b.
about
1771
2.
Keziah
Davis
b.
about
1778
d.
unknown married
to
Daniel
Barfield
b.
about
1773
3.
Thomas
Davis Jr
b.
about
1780
Kershaw
South
Carolina,
South
Carolina
d.
May
8,
1841
Sumter
District
South
Carolina,
South
Carolina
buried
in
Hebron
Cemetery married
to
Ezina
Lee b.
about
1785
possibly
North
Carolina
d.
June
24,
1865
Sumter
County,
South
Carolina
-
Next
Generation
4.
Mary
Davis
b.
about
1790
Kershaw
South
Carolina,
South
Carolina
d.
unknown
married
to
unknown
-
possibly
the
Mary
Atkinson
shown
living
with
Kitsy
Davis
McLeod
in
the
1850
Sumter
District
Census.
5.
Edith
Davis b.
about
1795
Kershaw
South
Carolina,
South
Carolina
d.
After
1860
married
to
John
J.
Meyers b.
about
1794
d.
July
22,
1845
Sumter
District
South
Carolina,
South
Carolina
Generation
Two
Thomas
Davis Jr
b.
about
1780
Kershaw
South
Carolina,
South
Carolina
d.
May
8,
1841
Sumter
District
South
Carolina,
South
Carolina
buried
in
Hebron
Cemetery married
to
Ezina
Lee b.
about
1785
possibly
North
Carolina
d.
June
24,
1865
Sumter
County,
South
Carolina
Note:
Although
all
family
files
show
Ezina
as
a
child
of
Asa
Lee
-
no
source
information
has
ever
been
given
to
confirm
she
was
a
Lee.
If
you
have
information
regarding
the
source
of
the
knowledge
of
this
maiden
name.
Many
of
the
Lees
married
into
the
Boykin,
Davis,
and
Myers
families
so
it
is
quite
likely
that
she
was
a
Lee
but
if
you
have
further
information,
please
email
Members
of
Antioch
Baptist
Church
-
both
of
their
names
are
included
in
the
Minutes
of
a
meeting
held
October
1
1828
under
the
section
tield
Names
of
members
in
fellowship
at
the
first
of
October
1828
(Record
of
Antioch
Baptist
Church,
found
June
30
2003,
Meyers
Family
File,
Camden
Archives
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke)
1850
Census
-
(Zina
living
next
to
son,
Joshua)
37
1049
1049
Davis
Zina
63
F
W
.
2,000
NC
.
.
X
38
1049
1049
Davis
John
18
M
W
Laborer
.
SC
.
X
39
1049
1049
Arrants
Mary
16
F
W
.
.
SC
.
X
(child
of
Gatsby
Davis
and
Johannas
Arrants)
40
1049
1049
Arrants
Wm
13
M
W
.
.
SC
.
X
(child
of
Gatsby
Davis
and
Johannas
Arrants)
41
1049
1049
Arrants
Martha
11
F
W
.
.
SC
(child
of
Gatsby
Davis
and
Johannas
Arrants)
Will
of
Thomas
Davis
Jr.
The
State
of
South
Carolina
Sumter
District
Know
all
men
by
these
presence
that
I,
Thomas
Davis
of
Sumter
District
and
State
aforesaid
being
in
low
health
but
of
sound
disposing
mind
do
hereby
make
this
my
last
Will
and
testament
in
the
manner
and
form
following.
Item
1st
To
my
beloved
wife
Zina
Davis
-
I
will
and
bequeath
my
house
and
plantation,
my
Mill
and
all
my
land
which
I
shall
not
herein
after
bequeath
to
my
several
Children.
And
also
one
negro
girl
named
Sharlot
and
Daniel
and
Visey.
Item
2nd
To
my
son
Daniel
Davis
-
I
will
and
bequeath
the
plantation
and
tract
of
land
on
which
he
now
lives
to
the
dividing
line
between
said
tract
of
land
and
the
tract
of
land
on
which
my
son
Alfred
Davis
now
lives.
And
also
one
negro
man
named
Charles.
Item
3rd
To
my
son
Joel
Davis
-
I
will
and
bequeath
all
that
plantation
and
tract
of
land
on
which
he
now
lives,
lying
East
of
Scape
O'er
Swamp,
reserving
to
my
said
wife
Zina
the
swamp
and
as
much
of
the
up
land
as
may
at
any
time
be
over
flowed
by
the
Mill
Pond
and
a
sufficiency
to
keep
the
mill
Dam
in
good
repair.
And
also
one
negro
boy
named
Wesley.
Item
4th
To
my
Daughter
Gatsby
Arrants
-
I
will
and
bequeath
one
negro
boy
named
Ben.
Item
5th
To
my
son
Abner
Davis
-
I
will
and
bequeath
one
negro
boy
named
Solomon.
Item
6th
To
my
son
Alfred
Davis
-
I
will
and
bequeath
the
plantation
and
tract
of
land
on
which
he
now
lives
from
the
line
deviding
said
tract
from
the
tract
on
which
Daniel
Davis
now
lives
to
a
line
yet
to
be
made
begining
at
the
Atkinson
Grave
Yard
runing
thence
to
the
nearest
point
where
it
will
intersect
with
Mrs.
R.
James
land
and
also
one
negro
boy
named
Dennis.
Item
7th
To
my
Daughter
Kitsy
McLeod
-
I
will
and
bequeath
the
plantation
and
tract
of
land
on
which
she
now
lives
joining
lands
belonging
to
Mrs.
Roxana
James,
Samuel
Grier
and
James
Corbitt
to
a
line
yet
to
be
made
begining
at
my
corner
on
said
Mrs.
James
land
runing
thence
in
a
Northerly
direction
up
the
deep
bottom
until
it
intersects
with
said
James
Corbitts
lands.
And
one
negro
girl
named
Serina.
Item
8th
To
my
son
Darlin
Davis
-
I
will
and
bequeath
the
plantation
and
tract
of
land
on
which
he
now
lives
to
a
line
yet
to
be
made
begining
at
the
foot
of
the
hill
on
the
Children
Croft
line,
runing
thence
by
the
Hyet
Grave
yard,
to
the
head
of
a
branch
making
out
of
Scape
O'er
Swamp
and
all
land
lying
between
said
line
and
Scape
O'er
Swamp.
And
also
one
negro
boy
named
Daniel.
Item
9th
To
my
Daughter
Nancy
Davis
-
I
will
and
bequeath
one
negro
girl
named
Eliza.
Item
10th
To
my
son
Thomas
Davis
-
I
will
and
bequeath
one
negro
girl
named
Luiza.
Item
11th
To
my
son
Joshua
Davis
-
I
will
and
bequeath
one
negro
woman
named
Mary.
Item
12th
To
my
youngest
son
John
Davis
-
I
will
and
bequeath
two
negroes,
one
a
man
named
Daniel
purchased
of
James
Corbitt
and
his
wife
named
Vicy.
All
the
balance
of
my
property
of
every
#
Interlined
before
signed
name
and
discreption
after
my
Just
debts
are
paid
(if
any),
I
do
hereby
will
and
bequeath
to
my
said
Wife
Zina
Davis,
during
her
life
and
at
her
death
the
negro
girl
Sharlot
which
I
have
herein
bequeathed
to
her,
my
said
wife
Zina,
to
go
to
my
youngest
son
John
Davis
and
all
the
balance
of
her
property
to
be
equally
divided
between
my
four
youngest
children
(viz)
Nancy,
Thomas,
Joshua
and
John
Davis.
And
should
either
of
my
four
youngest
children
die
leaving
no
heir
of
body,
then
and
in
that
case,
all
the
property
I
have
herein
bequeathed
to
such
child
thus
dieing
without
Ifsue
to
be
equally
divided
between
all
the
balance
of
my
children.
And
I
do
hereby
nominate
and
appoint
my
wife
Zina
Davis,
Executrix
to
this
my
last
Will
and
testament.
In
witness
whereof
I
have
hereunto
set
my
hand
and
seal
this
eighth
day
of
May,
one
thousand
eight
hundred
and
forty
one.
And
in
the
sixty
fifth
year
of
the
American
Independence.
his
Mark
Thomas
X
Davis
(SEAL)
Signed
sealed
and
acknowledged
In
presence
of
William
H.
Peeble
Randal
McCaskill
Addison
Stuckey
(Recorded
in
Will
Book
D
2
Pge
51)
Recorded
23
day
of
July
1841
W.
Lewis
Ordy
Bundle
110
Pkge
1
Will
found
Sumter
Wills
Project
Children
of
Thomas
Davis
and
Zina
Lee
1.
Daniel
Davis
born
1803
died
1853
married
Abt.
1834
to
Sarah
A
Berry
born
1812
died
unknown
-
burials
unknown
Source
of
parentage-
Will
of
father(Recorded
in
Will
Book
D
2
Pge
51)
Recorded
23
day
of
July
1841W.
Lewis
Ordy
Bundle
110
Pkge
1
1850
Sumter
District
Census
26
1047
1047
Davis
Danl
45
M
W
Planter
1,200
SC
.
.
.
.
.
27
1047
1047
Davis
Sarah
A
38
F
W
.
.
SC
.
.
.
.
.
28
1047
1047
Davis
Eliza
A
15
F
W
.
.
SC
.
.
.
.
.
29
1047
1047
Davis
Herman
11
M
W
.
.
SC
.
X
.
.
.
30
1047
1047
Davis
Caroline
8
F
W
.
.
SC
.
X
.
.
.
31
1047
1047
Davis
Danl
6
M
W
.
.
SC
.
.
.
.
.
32
1047
1047
Davis
Ellen
3
F
W
.
.
SC
2.
Joel
Davis
born
March
09,
1807
died
Bet.
March
1857/58
-
1851
Bishopville,
South
Carolina married
February
14,
1833
to
Lavina
Goff
daughter
of
Lavina
Smith
and
Gates
Goff,
born
May
27,
1811
died
January
15,
1895
Source
of
parentage-
Will
of
father(Recorded
in
Will
Book
D
2
Pge
51)
Recorded
23
day
of
July
1841W.
Lewis
Ordy
Bundle
110
Pkge
1
1850
Sumter
District
Census
16
993
993
Davis
Joel
44
M
W
Planter
2,000
SC
.
.
.
.
.
17
993
993
Davis
Levina
40
F
W
.
.
SC
.
.
.
.
.
18
993
993
Davis
Clerry
K
16
F
W
.
.
SC
.
.
.
.
.
19
993
993
Davis
Garrison
14
M
W
.
.
SC
.
X
.
.
.
20
993
993
Davis
Zina
L
12
F
W
.
.
SC
.
X
.
.
.
21
993
993
Davis
Malitha
10
F
W
.
.
SC
.
X
.
.
.
22
993
993
Davis
Joel
7
M
W
.
.
SC
.
X
.
.
.
(possibly
killed
in
Civil
War)
23
993
993
Davis
Alfred
5
M
W
.
.
SC
.
.
.
.
.
24
993
993
Davis
Mahaley
2
F
W
.
.
SC
Children
of
Joel
Davis
and
Lavina
Goff
i)
Malithia
Davis
born
about
1839
in
South
Carolina
married
Frederick
Daniel
McCaskill,
son
of
Daniel
McCaskill
and
Nancy
Laird
born
25
Aug
1836
in
Kershaw
County
South
Carolina
died
16
Sep
1865
in
CSA
buried
in
Concord
Baptist
Cemetery
Lee
County
South
Carolina
1st
Sgt.
in
Co
G
20th
SC
Inf
-
enlisted
12/7/1861.
Name
listed
on
the
Sumter
Monument
to
the
Confederate
Dead
1860
Sumter
Dist.
#62
Frederick
McCaskill
22
m
Farmer,
Malethia
21
f,
Martha
2
f,
all
born
in
SC.
Record
of
Antioch
Baptist
Chruch
Male
Members
in
full
fellowship
up
to
the
first
of
Nov.
1858
-
name
included
(Record
of
Antioch
Baptist
Church,
found
June
30
2003,
Meyers
Family
File,
Camden
Archives
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke)
Child
of
Malithia
and
Frederick
1.)
Martha
McCaskill
born
in
1858
in
Kershaw
County
South
Carolina
ii)
Garrison
Davis
born
15
Jan
1836
died
on
15
Mar
1909
buried
in
Cedar
Creek
Baptist
Cemetery
Lee
County
South
Carolina
married
on
29
Dec
1859
Frances
A.
Marsh
born
11
Jan
1836
buried
Cedar
Creek
Baptist
Cemetery
Lee
County
SC.
a)
Dora
Davis
married
John
William
Joshua
Boykin
(son
of
James
Maddison
Boykin
and
Mary
Ann
Matilda
Myers)
born
in
1875
died
in
1951
buried
in
Cedar
Creek
Baptist
Church
Lee
County
SC
John
William
Joshua
Boykin
also
married
to
Nancy
E.
Blyther,
granddaughter
of
Robert
Houston
Arrants
and
Eliza
English.
iii)
Mabala
Davis
born
unknown
died
unknown
buried
at
Antioch
Baptist
Church
married
on
March
15,
1860
to
Samuel
Watson
born
unknown
died
unknown
3.
Gatsby
Davis
born
January
17,
1809
died
September
11,
1893 buried at Tiller Ferry Cemetery (Bethany) married
Johannas
Arrants
born
November
11,
1804
died
before 1850 (Sumter County Census 1850) Source
of
parentage-
Will
of
father (Recorded
in
Will
Book
D
2
Pge
51)
Recorded
23
day
of
July
1841W.
Lewis
Ordy
Bundle
110
Pkge
1 - Email dated 9/16/2014 - states that Gatsby's name was spelled "Gatsie" - I have used the spelling as found in the Will of her father (transcribed above). The email also clarified that this Johannas Arrants died in 1846 and was buried at Tiller Ferry Cemetery (Bethany Cemetery), under a tree without a memorial; Gatsie has a footstone nearby, citing Findagrave as the source of that information. The information on Findagrave which claims that Johannas was also buried there was not provided by any documentation but as a story told by a descendant who passed it on to a daughter. Therefore, his place of burial and date of death cannot be considered "proven" without further research - other sources list the 1846 death year as the date of an ancestor of the same name.)
4.
Abner
Davis
born
Abt.
1813
died
1873
Schley
County
Georgia
married
Susan
J
Little
born
1813
died
Abt.
1875
Schley
County
Georgia
Source
of
parentage-
Will
of
father(Recorded
in
Will
Book
D
2
Pge
51)
Recorded
23
day
of
July
1841W.
Lewis
Ordy
Bundle
110
Pkge
1
5.
Alfred
Davis
born
Abt.
1814
died
Unknown
married
Jane
McLeod
born
Abt.
1817
died
Unknown
(Jane
McLeod
was
sister
of
John
N.
McLeod
see
#6
below)
Source
of
parentage-
Will
of
father(Recorded
in
Will
Book
D
2
Pge
51)
Recorded
23
day
of
July
1841W.
Lewis
Ordy
Bundle
110
Pkge
1
Records
of
Jane
McLeod
and
Alfred
Davis
1840
Kershaw/Sumter
District
Census
of
South
Carolina
page
31
-
Head
of
Household
-
Alfred
Davis
-
1
male
0-8;
(Abner)
1
male
20-30;
1
female
20-30
1
slave
male
aged
10-24,
2
agricultural
workers.
neighbors
included
Daniel
McLeod,
Alexander
E.
McLeod,
John
C.
Moseley)
Will
of
Thomas
Davis,
Sumter
County,
Recorded
23
July
1841
in
Will
Book
D
2
pge
51,
Item
6th
To
my
son
Alfred
Davis
-
I
will
and
bequeath
the
plantation
and
tract
of
land
on
which
he
now
lives
from
the
line
deviding
said
tract
from
the
tract
on
which
Daniel
Davis
now
lives
to
a
line
yet
to
be
made
begining
at
the
Atkinson
Grave
Yard
runing
thence
to
the
nearest
point
where
it
will
intersect
with
Mrs.
R.
James
land
and
also
one
negro
boy
named
Dennis.
Record
of
Antioch
Baptist
Chruch
Male
Members
in
full
fellowship
up
to
the
first
of
Nov.
1848
-
Alfred's
name
included
(Record
of
Antioch
Baptist
Church,
found
June
30
2003,
Meyers
Family
File,
Camden
Archives
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke)
1850
Sumter
County,
SC
page
373,
No
Township
listed.,
Federal
Population
Schedule,
SC
1860
Federal
Census
Index
ID
#
SCS5a433614
Sumter
REEL
NO:
M432-859
PAGE
NO:
374A
enumerated
on
30
th
Sept
1850
by
J
W
Stuckey
J
W
Stuckey
Ass't
Marshal,
hand
writtenpage
#747
42
1050
1050
Davis
Alfred
AGE
35
SEX
M
RACE
W
OCCUP.
Miller
.
BIRTHPLACE
SC
.
.
.
.
.
1
1050
1050
Davis
Jane
AGE
31
SEX
F
RACE
W
BIRTHPLACE
SC
2
1050
1050
Davis
Abner
AGE
10
SEX
M
RACE
W
BIRTHPLACE
SC
3
1050
1050
Davis
John
AGE
8
SEX
M
RACE
W
BIRTHPLACE
SC
4
1050
1050
Davis
Harbin
AGE
7
SEX
M
RACE
W
BIRTHPLACE
SC
5
1050
1050
Davis
Nicey
AGE
5
SEX
F
RACE
W
BIRTHPLACE
SC
6
1050
1050
Davis
Robt
AGE
3/12
SEX
M
RACE
W
BIRTHPLACE
SC
7
1051
1051
Davis
Thos
24
M
W
Planter
800
SC
.
.
.
.
.
8
1051
1051
Davis
Kizie
25
F
W
.
.
SC
.
.
.
.
.
9
1051
1051
Davis
Roxanna
3
F
W
.
.
SC
.
.
.
.
.
10
1051
1051
Davis
Thos
7/12
M
W
.
.
SC
.
.
.
.
.
NEIGHBORS:
BROTHER
JOSHUA
DAVIS
WITH
HIS
MOM
ZINA
DAVIS/
JOHN
AND
KITSY
MCLEOD
Record
of
Antioch
Baptist
Chruch
Male
Members
in
full
fellowship
up
to
the
first
of
Nov.
1858
-
Alfred's
name
included
(Record
of
Antioch
Baptist
Church,
found
June
30
2003,
Meyers
Family
File,
Camden
Archives
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke)
1860
Tillers
Ferry
Kershaw
District
Census
of
South
Carolina
October
22
2001
-
Search
at
Ancestry.com
Census
Images
Online
- Alfred
Davis
aged
46
Planter
RE
1,600
Pers.
$200
Born
in
SC
- Jane
aged
43
born
in
SC
- A.T.
aged
20
Laborer
- T.C.
age
19
(probably
John
or
JC
instead
of
TC)
- Sarah
aged
18
- J.
F.
aged
5
Record
of
Antioch
Baptist
Chruch
Members
in
full
fellowship
up
to
1870
-
Jane's
name
included
(Record
of
Antioch
Baptist
Church,
found
June
30
2003,
Meyers
Family
File,
Camden
Archives
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke)
Military
Service
-
1861
-
Served
in
the
15th
Battalion
Co.
D.
with
brother
in
law,
Angus
McLeod
-
men
between
the
ages
of
40
and
50
-
Roster
in
the
Camden
Confederate
Newspaper
-
copy
provided
to
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
by
Donald
Ross
McLeod
Jr.
in
October
of
2000.
Voters
List
- Davis
,
Alfred
...Sumter�
First
Reg.
Prec't.
...
Sumter
Elec.
Prec't
1870
Census
Place:
Kershaw
County,
South
Carolina;
Census
Year
1870,
,
Family
History
Center
Microfilm,
-
Alfred
Davis
Age
56
(born
1814),
Real
Estate
Valued
at
$600
Personal
Prop
valued
at
$300
-
Jane
age
shown
as
51
(born
1819);
-
two
children
living
with
them,
also
illegible,
but
ages
were
16
(born
1854)
and
9
(born
1861)
-.
1880
Census
of
South
Carolina
-
not
yet
found
Family
Lore
states
that
they
moved
to
the
"big
Town"
but
no
knowledge
of
just
what
town
would
constitute
the
"big"
one
has
been
discovered
-
but
the
fact
that
the
town
was
unnamed
seems
to
indicate
Columbia
and
not
Charleston.
Jane
and
Alfred
would
have
been
around
the
age
of
63
in
1880.
Searches
of
Ancestry.com
Census
images
on
line
has
revealed
no
one
fitting
them
or
any
of
their
children.
The
burial
place
of
Jane
and
Alfred
has
not
been
found
either.
We
are
at
a
"brick"
wall
with
Jane
and
Alfred.
Please
email
if
you
have
information
on
this
family.
It
is
possible
that
the
following
is
written
about
one
of
their
descendants....:
Note
the
residence
is
next
to
Ashmore
Calhoun
McLeod's
homestead,
a
nephew
of
Jane
Davis
and
of
Alfred
as
well.
J.O.
Mosely
speaks
of
him
as
a
"kinsmen"
and
names
a
brother
who
resides
in
Columbia.
Please
email
if
you
know
anything
about
this
family..........
J.O.
Mosely,
The
Cleveland
School
Fire
Chapter
18
Mrs.
Walter
Davis
and
children
Leaving
the
old
home
place,
where
we
romped
and
played
and
worked
in
our
boyhood
days,
we
first
came
to
the
home
of
Uncle
Ashmore
McLeod,
where
the
afternon
before
the
fire,
B.
G.
McLeod,
his
wife
and
little
child
were
happy
in
the
contemplation
of
what
life
held
in
store
for
them,
but
the
morning
after
the
home
was
closed
and
it
was
sad
to
pass
it
by
and
no
one
there
to
greet
you,
no
one
to
feed
the
chickens,
who
were
sauntering
about
as
if
in
search
of
Eva;
and
there
sat
the
rocking
chair
on
the
front
porch
just
as
she
had
left
it
on
the
fatal
night.
Out
about
the
barnyard
there
was
no
one
to
feed
the
hogs
or
look
after
the
cows
and
mules,
and
a
look
of
desolation
was
everywhere
in
evidence.
A
few
hundred
yards
away
was
Miller
McLeod's
place,
having
no
one
to
open
unto
you
the
door
that
always
stood
ajar
for
a
friend,
and
that
was
sad.
But
about
400
feet
from
that
spot
we
were
to
meet
a
sadder
picture
still.
For
here
Walter
Davis
had
spent
many
years
in
building
up
a
beautiful
home,
years
he
had
spent
in
toil
for
those
he
loved,
and
now
he
had
been
called
home
to
find
it
vacant
of
his
devoted
wife,
a
sweet
Christian
woman,
and
without
guile,
and
three
sweet
children
swallowed
up
in
the
flames.
Well
the
agony
of
soul
through
which
our
neighbor
and
kinsman
was
passing
is
beyond
description
and
also
beyond
comprehension,
except
to
those
who
have
passed
through
like
sorrow.
There
was
his
fine
Duroc
hogs.
There
was
his
poultry.
There
were
fine
cows,
fresh
in
milk.
There
were
the
beautiful
flowers
in
the
yard,
on
the
porch,
everywhere.
There
were
the
things
about
the
house
placed
in
order
by
the
deft
hand
of
his
own
dear
wife,
and
there
the
tracks
of
his
own
dear
children.
He
had
recently
gone
to
a
tuberculosis
hospital
for
treatment,
and
how
could
he
stand
the
strain
to
his
physical
strength
as
well
as
the
weight
that
was
pressing
down
upon
his
very
soul?
Did
you
ever
hear
a
man
cry
whose
soul
was
in
deep
anguish?
Well,
we
heard
it
on
the
morning
of
our
visit
to
this
home,
that
the
day
before
was
happy,
but
now
desolate,
and
disconsolate,
for
no
words
were
able
to
console
him
and
it
was
a
full
day
before
he
could
see
how
he
could
leave
the
spot
made
hallowed
by
the
work
and
walk
of
his
bosom
companion
and
the
prattle
and
companionship
of
his
children
and
the
flowers
and
things
so
fragrant
with
the
aroma
of
spring,
and
yet
sweeter
still,
with
the
association
of
loved
ones
now
no
more.
But
he
overcame
it
in
due
time
and
before
we
returned
to
our
home
in
the
City
by
the
Sea
he
was
wending
his
way
back
to
the
place
where
a
hope
was
held
out
that
some
day
he
might
be
well
again,
but
with
a
hope
that
was
brighter
and
sweeter
still
that
some
day
he
would
be
reunited
to
those
whom
fate
had
torn
asunder,
and
the
two
bright
children
who
had
been
bereftt
of
a
faithful
mother
were
placed
in
the
home
of
a
brother,
W.
S.
Davis,
of
Columbia,
where
they
will
be
cared
for
as
best
they
can.
But
there
can
be
no
one
to
take
the
place
in
their
little
lives
that
was
so
well
filled
by
their
own
dear
mother,
who
in
every
good
word
and
work
was
superb,
and
many
besides
the
immediate
friends
will
mourn
the
death
of
this
good
woman
and
her
bright
little
lambs
that
Jesus
has
taken
into
his
lap.
Children
of
Alfred
and
Jane
McLeod
Davis
i.
Abner
Davis
b.
1840
in
Sumter
District,
South
Carolina
(aged
10
in
1850
Census)
d.
after
1880
in
Sumter
District
South
Carolina
(?)
possible
marriage:
D120
DAVIS,
ABNER
B415
BELVIN,
FRANCIS
Feb
14
1866
South
Carolina
SC
Mag.
of
Ancestral
Research,
Vol
5,
#
2
(1785-1884)
Possible
Census
Record:
1880
Census
Place
Spring
Hill,
Sumter,
South
Carolina
Family
History
Library
Film
1255241
NA
Film
Number
T9-1241
Page
Number
275B
- Abner
T.
DAVIS
-
Relation
Self-
Marital
M-
Gender
Male
-
Race
W
-
Age
40
-
Birthplace
SC
-
Occupation
Farmer
-
Father's
Birthplace
SC
-
Mother's
Birthplace
SC
- Fannie
L.
DAVIS
-
Relation
Wife
-
Marital
M
-
Gender
Female
-
Race
W
-
Age
33
-
Birthplace
SC
-
Occupation
Keeping
House
-
Father's
Birthplace
SC
-
Mother's
Birthplace
SC
-
Mary
Alice
DAVIS
-
Relation
Dau
-
Marital
S
-
Gender
Female
-
Race
W
-
Age
13
-
Birthplace
SC
O
-
ccupation
At
Home
-
Father's
Birthplace
SC
-
Mother's
Birthplace
SC
- Robert
G.
DAVIS
-
Relation
Son
-
Marital
S
-
Gender
Male
-
Race
W
-
Age
11
-
Birthplace
SC
-
Occupation
At
Home
-
Father's
Birthplace
SC
-
Mother's
Birthplace
SC
- J.
Fletcher
DAVIS
-
Relation
Son
-
Marital
S
-
Gender
Male
-
Race
W
-
Age
8
-
Birthplace
SC
-
Father's
Birthplace
SC
-
Mother's
Birthplace
SC
- Maggie
V.
DAVIS
-
Relation
Dau
-
Marital
S
-
Gender
Female
-
Race
W
-
Age
6
-
Birthplace
SC
-
Father's
Birthplace
SC
-
Mother's
Birthplace
SC
- Nancy
Leona
DAVIS
-
Relation
Dau
-
Marital
S
-
Gender
Female
-
Race
W
-
Age
4
-
Birthplace
SC
-
Father's
Birthplace
SC
-
Mother's
Birthplace
SC
- Jane
Carlien
DAVIS
-
Relation
Dau
-
Marital
S
-
Gender
Female
-
Race
W
-
Age
1
-
Birthplace
SC
-
Father's
Birthplace
SC
-
Mother's
Birthplace
SC
- Nancy
BELVINE
-
Relation
MotherL
-
Marital
W
-
Gender
Female
-
Race
W
-
Age
53
-
Birthplace
SC
-
Father's
Birthplace
SC
-
Mother's
Birthplace
SC
- Thos.
W.
BELVINE
-
Relation
BroL
-
Marital
S
-
Gender
Male
-
Race
W
-
Age
25
-
Birthplace
SC
-
Father's
Birthplace
SC
-
Mother's
Birthplace
SC
- C.
Possey
BELVINE
-
Relation
SisterL
-
Marital
S
-
Gender
Female
-
Race
W
-
Age
22
-
Birthplace
SC
-
Father's
Birthplace
SC
-
Mother's
Birthplace
SC
ii.
John
Davis
b.
abt
1842
in
Sumter
District,
South
Carolina
(aged
8
in
1850
Census)
possible
marriage:
Issue
of
December
10,
1874
Married,
on
the
18th
of
October,
1874,
by
Rev.
J.
E.
Rodgers,
Captain
John
Davis
to
Miss
Sarah
L.
Caraway,
both
of
Sumter,
S.
C.
?????????
Born
cr.
1842,
John
was
of
an
age
to
be
in
service
of
the
Confederacy.
Further
research
needs
to
be
done,
but
a
marriage
year
of
1874
is
not
unreasonable.
Note:
the
1860
Census
shows
a
J.
C.
aged
19
in
Alfred
and
Jane's
home
with
a
Sarah
aged
18
and
and
a
J.F.
aged
6
-
lends
question
to
the
1874
marriage
date
-
further
research
neccessary.
iii.
Harbin
Davis
b.
abt
1843
in
Sumter
District,
South
Carolina
(aged
7
in
1850
Census)
-
not
present
in
1860
census
(aged
17)
iv.
Nicey
Davis
b.
abt
1845
in
Sumter
District,
South
Carolina
(aged
5
in
1850
Census)
-
not
present
in
the
1860
census
-
should
have
been
aged
15
-
possibly
already
married
by
that
year.
v.
Robert
Davis
b.
June
or
July
1850
in
Sumter
District,
South
Carolina
(aged
3/12
in
1850
Census)
-
not
present
in
1860
Census-
would
have
been
aged
9
or
10
-
possibly
deceased
before
1860.
6.
Katherine
Mary
"Kitsy"
Davis
born
Bet.
1815
-
1817
died
Aft.
1880
married
John
N.
McLeod
born
Abt.
1810
died
July
14,
1862
Richmond
Virginia
Antioch
Baptist
Church
(John
McLeod
was
brother
of
Jane
McLeod
see
#5
above)
Source
of
parentage-
Will
of
father(Recorded
in
Will
Book
D
2
Pge
51)
Recorded
23
day
of
July
1841W.
Lewis
Ordy
Bundle
110
Pkge
1
7.
Darling
Davis
born
1823
died
unknown married
Martha
Hyatt,
daughter
of
Charles
and
Sarah
Unknown
Hyatt,
born
1827
died
unknown
Source
of
parentage-
Will
of
father(Recorded
in
Will
Book
D
2
Pge
51)
Recorded
23
day
of
July
1841W.
Lewis
Ordy
Bundle
110
Pkge
1
1850
Sumter
District
Census
-
Sumter
Census
Online
28
1072
1072
Davis
Darling
27
M
W
Planter
700
SC
.
.
.
.
.
29
1072
1072
Davis
Martha
28
F
W
.
.
SC
.
.
.
.
.
30
1072
1072
Davis
Charles
9
M
W
.
.
SC
.
X
.
.
.
31
1072
1072
Davis
Thos
8
M
W
.
.
SC
.
X
.
.
.
32
1072
1072
Davis
Offey
7
M
W
.
.
SC
.
X
.
.
.
33
1072
1072
Davis
Sarah
4
F
W
.
.
SC
.
.
.
.
.
34
1072
1072
Davis
Gatsey
1
F
W
.
.
SC
.
.
.
.
35
1073
1073
Hyett
Sarah
74
F
W
.
.
NC
1850
MARTHA'S
MOTHER
-
Children
of
Darling
Davis
and
Martha
Hyatt
i)
Charles
Davis
b.
about
1841
in
Sumter
District
South
Carolina
(age
9
in
1850
Census)
ii)
Thomas
Davis
b.
about
1842
in
Sumter
District
South
Carolina
(age
8
in
1850
Census)
iii)
Offey?
Davis
b.
about
1843
in
Sumter
District
South
Carolina
(age
7
in
1850
Census)
iv)
Sarah
Davis
b.
about
1846
in
Sumter
District
South
Carolina
(age
4
in
1850
Census)
v)
Gatsey
Davis
b.
about
1849
in
Sumter
District
South
Carolina
(age
1
in
1850
Census)
vi)
Darling
Davis
born
after
1850
died
unknown
married
Mary
E.
Arrants
born
unknown
died
unknown
-
unknown
connection
to
other
Arrants
8.
Thomas
Davis
III
born
March
04,
1827
died
June
01,
1898
Hebron
Cemetery
married
Kizzie
(maybe
Daphne?)
Barnes
born
1827
died
1853
Hebron
Cemetery
BUT
marker
at
Bethlehem
Cemetery
Source
of
parentage-
Will
of
father(Recorded
in
Will
Book
D
2
Pge
51)
Recorded
23
day
of
July
1841W.
Lewis
Ordy
Bundle
110
Pkge
1
Record
of
Antioch
Baptist
Chruch
Male
Members
in
full
fellowship
up
to
the
first
of
Nov.
1858
-
name
included
(Record
of
Antioch
Baptist
Church,
found
June
30
2003,
Meyers
Family
File,
Camden
Archives
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke)
Children
of
Thomas
and
Kizzie
i)
Sally.
A.
Davis
b.
1839
ii)
Thomas
Edward
Davis
b.
1849
d.
cr.
1930
married
Sarah
M.
Beasley
1)
Lina
Olivia
Davis
married
Herschel
Augustus
Stokes
iii)
Roxanne
Davis
b.
1848
iv)
Robert
Davis
b.
1851
9.
Nancy
Davis
born
January
03,
1828
died
February
08,
1857 married
James
Boykin
born
February
14,
1825
died
June
23,
1878
(first
cousins
-
James
was
the
son
of
Zina
Lee's
sister,
Margaret
Lee
and
James
Alexander
Boykin)
Source
of
parentage-
Will
of
father(Recorded
in
Will
Book
D
2
Pge
51)
Recorded
23
day
of
July
1841W.
Lewis
Ordy
Bundle
110
Pkge
1
10.
Joshua
Davis
born
Abt.
1829
died
March
01,
1865
Florence,
SC
married
Mary
Jane
Smith
born
Abt.
1832
died
unknown
Source
of
parentage-
Will
of
father(Recorded
in
Will
Book
D
2
Pge
51)
Recorded
23
day
of
July
1841W.
Lewis
Ordy
Bundle
110
Pkge
1
Member
of
Antioch
Baptist
Church
-
his
name
is
included
in
the
Minutes
of
meetings
held
October
1
1828
and
Nov.
1
1858
under
the
section
tield
Names
of
members
in
fellowship
at
the
first
of
October
1828
(Record
of
Antioch
Baptist
Church,
found
June
30
2003,
Meyers
Family
File,
Camden
Archives
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke)
1850
Sumter
District
Census
34
1048
1048
Davis
Joshua
21
M
W
Planter
800
SC
.
.
.
.
.
35
1048
1048
Davis
Mary
J
F
18
F
W
.
.
SC
.
.
.
.
.
36
1048
1048
Davis
Thos
L
1
M
W
.
.
SC
.
.
.
.
.
37
1049
1049
Davis
Zina
63
F
W
.
2,000
NC
.
.
X
.
.
38
1049
1049
Davis
John
18
M
W
Laborer
.
SC
.
X
.
.
.
39
1049
1049
Arrants
Mary
16
F
W
.
.
SC
.
X
.
.
.
40
1049
1049
Arrants
Wm
13
M
W
.
.
SC
.
X
.
.
.
41
1049
1049
Arrants
Martha
11
F
W
.
.
SC
Record
of
Antioch
Baptist
Chruch
Male
Members
in
full
fellowship
up
to
the
first
of
Nov.
1858
-
name
included
(Record
of
Antioch
Baptist
Church,
found
June
30
2003,
Meyers
Family
File,
Camden
Archives
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke)
11.
Capt.
John
S.
Davis
born
Abt.
1832
died
Abt.
1878 married
December
11,
1851
Margaret
Boykin
born
Abt.
1834
died
unknown
(first
cousins
-
Margaret
was
the
daughter
of
Zina
Lee's
sister,
Margaret
Lee
and
James
Alexander
Boykin)
Source
of
parentage-
Will
of
father(Recorded
in
Will
Book
D
2
Pge
51)
Recorded
23
day
of
July
1841W.
Lewis
Ordy
Bundle
110
Pkge
1
(married
also
to
Sally
Dorrity)
1850
Census
living
with
mother
and
three
of
his
deceased
sister's
children-
see
above
Record
of
Antioch
Baptist
Chruch
Male
Members
in
full
fellowship
up
to
the
first
of
Nov.
1858
-
name
included
(Record
of
Antioch
Baptist
Church,
found
June
30
2003,
Meyers
Family
File,
Camden
Archives
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke)
Unattached
Records
-
1841
-
January
1
1841
Alexander
E.
McLeod
(II
-
3rd
Generation)
mortgaged
property
consisting
of
"all
that
plantation
or
tract
of
land
containing
100
acres
more
or
less
situated
in
Sumter
District
and
State
aforesaid
on
the
west
side
of
Sumter
D
Scape
Or
in
the
fork
known
by
the
name
of
the
Beaverdam
bounded
east
by
Scape
'hore
swamp
South
by
land
belongig
to
W
(or
M)
Whelding
west
by
Harbin
Davis
lands
&
north
by
lands
of
the
estate
of
Wheelding"
to
Roxanna
James,
Sumter
Deed
Book
KK
page
297
&
298-Mortgage
January
1
1841
Alex
McLeod
to
R.
James
accessed
and
copied
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke,
David
J.
Wilke
and
Trish
and
Elizabeth
Brown
on
June
25th,
2004
at
the
Camden
Courthouse,
Kershaw
County
South
Carolina.
How
does
Harbin
Davis
fit
into
this
family?
please
email
-
In
1843,
Jane
McLeod
and
Alfred
Davis
have
a
son
named
HARBIN......perhaps
named
after
the
Harbin
in
the
above
record.
Record
of
Anitoch
Baptist
Church
-
Died,
January
4th,
1884,
of
Consumption,
Brother
T.
A.
Davis,
of
Sumter
County,
S.
C.,
in
the
27th
year
of
his
age.
He
united
with
the
Antioch
Baptist
Church,
Kershaw
county,
in
1879,
and
was
baptized
by
Rev.
J.
E.
Rodgers.
He
joined
with
others
in
forming
Cedar
Creek
Baptist
Church.
He
was
married
January
22d,
1881,
and
leaves
a
wife
and
one
child.
J.
E.
Rodgers.
Issue
of
February
21,
1884
(Birth
Year
of
1857
-
if
you
know
which
Thomas
Davis
this
is,
please
email)
WILL
OF
ELIZABETH
DAVIS
In
the
name
of
God
Amen
I
Elizabeth
Davis
of
the
State
of
South
Carolina
Sumter
District
being
in
perfect
health
of
Body
and
of
Sound
mind
and
Memory
thanks
be
given
unto
God;
Calling
unto
Mind
the
mortality
of
My
Body
and
knowing
it
is
appointed
for
all
once
to
die
do
make
and
ordain
this
my
last
Will
and
Testament
that
is
to
say;
and
first
of
all
I
give
and
recomend
my
Soul
into
the
Hand
of
Almighty
God
that
gave
it
and
my
Body
I
recomend
to
the
Earth
to
be
buried
in
a
decent
Christian
burial
at
the
Discretion
of
my
Executors
Nothing
doubting
but
at
the
general
Resurection
I
shall
receive
the
same
again
by
the
mighty
power
of
God,
And
as
touching
such
Worldly
Estate
Wherewith
it
has
pleas,d
God
to
blefs
me
in
this
life
I
give
Demise
and
Dispose
of
the
same
in
the
following
Maner
and
Form
First
I
give
and
bequeath
unto
my
Son
Lemuel
B
Davis
Two
negro
girls
Tiler
and
Mary
together
with
their
ofspring
and
also
my
buffat
and
case
with
the
bottles
therein
Contain'd
to
him
and
his
heirs
forever
upon
his
paying
two
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
into
the
hands
of
My
Son
Amos
Davis
and
the
Like
Sum
of
two
hundred
and
fifty
Dollars
into
the
hands
of
Sealy
Nichols
Making
in
all
the
Sum
of
five
hundred
dollars.
Item
I
give
and
bequeath
unto
my
Daughter
Frances
Hodge
the
Sum
of
Ten
dollars
as
her
part
of
my
Estate
to
be
paid
unto
her
as
soon
as
my
Executors
hereafter
nam.d
can
Settle
the
businefs
of
the
Estate
Item
the
rest
and
residue
of
my
property
I
will;
and
bequeath
to
be
Divided
share
and
share
alike
among
my
Children
hereafter
nam.d
one
share
unto
my
Son
Amos
Davis
one
share
unto
my
son
Joel
Davis
one
share
unto
my
son
Thomas
Davis
one
share
unto
my
son
Lemuel
B
Davis
and
one
share
unto
my
Daughter
Sealy
Nichols
to
them
and
their
heirs
forever
And
I
do
Constitute
and
ordain
Thos
Davis
and
Lemuel
B
Davis
Executors
to
this
my
last
Will
and
Testament
in
witnefs
whereof
I
have
hereunto
set
my
hand
and
seal
this
18th
July
and
in
the
year
of
our
Lord
one
thousand
Eight
hundred
and
Seventeen
an
in
the
forty
Second
year
of
the
Sovereignty
and
Independence
of
the
Unighted
States
of
America
Elizabeth
x
Davis
(SEAL)
hermark
Signed
sealed
Published
Pronounced
and
Declared
by
the
said
Elizabeth
Davis
as
her
last
Will
and
Testament
in
the
presence
of
us
who
in
her
presence
and
in
the
presence
of
each
other
have
hereto
Subscribed
our
Names
A
N
Bethune
Edward
Wells
William
Montgomery
Recorded
in
Will
Book
AA,
page
167
William
Potts
Ordy
Bundle
28,
Pkge
2
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