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Family: Capt. Benjamin Davis / Reochie Ligon-xx (F1156)

m. 08 Nov 1829

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  • Capt. Benjamin Davis Male
    Capt. Benjamin Davis

    Birth  10 Apr 1801  KY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  29 Mar 1862  Hopkins Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    St Charles, Hopkins Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage  08 Nov 1829  [1]   
    Father  John Davis | F737 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Elizabeth Tolbert | F737 Group Sheet 

    Female
    Reochie Ligon-xx

    Birth  10 Aug 1806  VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Aft 1880   
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  • Notes 

    • Children:

      dau Mary Jane Davis 7/22/1830 KY - 8/18/1898
      - on 12/21/1852 Hop Co KY mar. James Moore Nisbet 2/11/1829 - 8/5/1915 both Hop Co KY
      - ** See death certificate
      - son of James Nisbet Jr. 1796 SC - 1881 and Mary Ann Pritchett Butler 1800 VA
      James Moore's siblings:
      bro Samuel Rhea Nisbet 2/12/1822 KY - 8/6/1884
      sis Agnes Jane Nisbet 6/6/1825 KY - 1/2/1877,
      - on 12/16/1846 in Hopkins Co, KY married Benjamin Lewis Rash 1820 KY - 1912 KY
      - son of Stephen Rash and Martha Berry
      bro John Crittenden Nisbet 1831 KY
      bro William Alexander Nisbet 1833 KY,
      - on 6/28/1870 married Nancy Jagoe - dau of Benjamin Jagoe and Mary K Linkley
      sis Laura Ann Nisbet 1839 KY,
      - abt 1869 married James W Pritchett 1841 KY,
      - son of Horace Pritchett 1804 VA - 1894 and Lucy W Goodloe 1805 KY - 1887 Hop Co KY
      sis Virginia Franklin Nisbet 1842 KY
      KY Hopkins Co marriages:
      Marriage Record for James M NISBET
      Spouse: Mary Jane Davis
      Date: 21 Dec 1852
      B/G: Groom
      County and State: Hopkins Co. KY
      dau Laura Catherine Nisbet 12/3/1857 KY - aft 4/4/1930
      dau Annie R Nisbet 1861 - 1906
      dau Martha Ann Davis 1833 KY
      - on 12/9/1865 in Hopkins Co, KY married William M Steward/Stewart 1825 KY
      dau Tabitha Caroline Davis 6/20/1834 - 8/8/1913 both in Hopkins Co, KY
      - ** See her findagrave.com page **
      - on 10/12/1856 in Madisonville, Hopk Co KY mar. Lewis Hampton Davis 6/15/1831
      - 3/12/1912 both Hop Co KY
      - son of Thomas C Davis 2/14/1803 - 12/4/1894 both in Hopkins Co, KY
      and Elvira Fox 5/18/1813 - 4/15/1903 both in Hopkins Co, KY
      - son of Harrison Davis 1769 and Patsy Crockett b. abt 1783
      - dau of Nosh Fox 1776 Shenandoah, VA - bef 1860 Hopkins Co, KY
      and Cynthia Laffoon 1781 Surry Co, NC - 12/24/1860 Dobson, Surry, NC
      KY marriage index:
      Marriage Record for Tabitha C Davis
      Spouse: Lewis H Davis
      Date: 9 Oct 1856
      B/G: Bride
      County and State: Hopkins Co. KY

      - Based on marriage and death dates evidently Tabitha and Lewis divorced since he didn't die
      until 1912 and she married Christopher Gilbert Franklin on 2/23/1869

      - on 2/23/1869 in Hopkins Co, KY married Christopher Gilbert Franklin 1843 KY
      - son of James Ashley Franklin 8/1/1808 KY and Rebecca Jackson 2/18/1813
      KY Hopkins Co marriages:
      Name Spouse Date Book Page
      Franklin, C.G. Davis, Tabitha C. 23 Feb 1869 TT33 63
      Christopher's siblings:
      sis Elender Franklin 1829 KY
      - bef 1850 married Willis A Dockery 1824 NC
      - son of John Dockery and Hulda A Watson
      bro John Franklin 1831 KY - married Emily Wadlington
      bro Steven Ezel Franklin 1832 KY
      - on 7/7/1853 in Hopkins Co, KY married Emily O Southard 1830 KY
      - dau of Eli Southard 1805 VA and Rachel Foley 1803 KY
      bro James Ashley S Franklin 3/11/1834 KY - 8/5/1911 Hopkins Co, KY
      - on 2/23/1853 Hop Co KY mar. Nancy H Southard 12/11/1832 - 10/21/1910 Hop Co KY
      - ** See her findagrave.com page **
      - dau of Fielding Southard and Elizabeth Griffin
      sis Rachel Elizabeth Franklin 1837 KY
      - on 1/30/1855 in Hopkins Co, KY married William H Burton, Jr 1837 KY
      - son of William H Burton, Sr 1798 VA and Nancy ??? 1810 NC
      sis Nancy Franklin 1840 KY
      - on 7/17/1856 in Hopkins Co, KY married William T Southard 1835 KY
      - son of Eli Southard 1805 VA and Rachel Foley 1803 KY
      sis Zerilda Franklin 1/10/1847 KY
      bro Logan R Franklin 1/10/1847 Hopkins Co, KY - 4/13/1927
      - ** See his findagrave.com page **
      - on 2/28/1866 in Hopkins Co, KY married Hannah Roseline Franklin 1847 - d. bet 1874 - 1880
      - dau of William D Franklin and Rebecca Dockery
      - his findagrave says they had no children
      - 2nd wife Mildred's findagrave says their children were Cyntha J, James W., & Sarah E
      - abt 1880 married Mildred Jane Dunbar 12/15/1852 KY - 7/19/1928 Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY
      - ** See her findagrave.com page **
      - dau of William Dunbar and Martha McNeal
      - their children Annie M 9/3/1881, Bertha L 11/15/1884, and Logan A
      sis Matilda Franklin 1/7/1849 KY
      ***** Steven and Nancy married brother & sister Emily O and William T Southard
      KY marriage index:
      Marriage Record for Tabitha C Davis
      Spouse: Lewis H Davis
      Date: 9 Oct 1856
      B/G: Bride
      County and State: Hopkins Co. KY
      dau Judith Frances Davis 1837 KY - 1881
      - on 1/5/1859 in Hopkins Co, KY married Joseph Edward Baker 11/1837 Hopkins Co, KY
      - 1/27/1926 Fort Worth, Tarrant Co, TX
      - ** See his findagrave.com page **
      - son of William Richard Baker 1815 KY - 1864 and Mary M Whitfield 1819 KY - aft 1880
      - son of Richard S Graham b. Ireland - d. 1838 & Hannah Gill 1785 SC - 1862 Hopkins Co, KY
      Joseph's siblings:
      sis Susan Vibella Baker 1838 KY - 1907
      - ** See her findagrave.com page **
      - on 5/16/1855 in Hopkins Co, KY married Eldred Grover Davis 1832 KY - 1885
      - son of William M Davis 1815 - 1864 and Missaniah Earle
      bro James Lewis Baker 7/10/1840 KY - 4/2/1887 - abt 1864 married Frances Head 1846 KY
      - ** See his findagrave.com page **
      - dau of William Head 1804 SC - and Harriett ??? 1814 GA
      bro Columbus B Baker 9/10/1843 KY - 4/6/1881
      sis Augusta Baker 1846 KY
      bro Whitfield S Baker 2/14/1848 KY - 7/25/1870
      bro Harvey Dixon Baker 1850 KY
      sis Sallie Baker - married Cyrus Rufus Graham 1844 KY
      - son of Harvy Graham 1808 KY and Mary Ann Baker 8/5/1822 KY - 1/18/1877
      - son of Richard S Graham b. Ireland - d. 1838 & Hannah Gill 1785 SC - 1862 Hop Co KY
      - dau of James Baker and Sarah Davis 1774 - 1846
      son Richard T Davis 1/15/1838 KY - 1/1/1922 Christian Co, KY
      - ** See his findagrave.com page **
      - ** See death certificate **
      - married Mollie T Johnson
      - 1880 census lists him as age 43, boarder, living with Charles D Woodruff and Cynthia Caroline Davis
      - in St Charles, Hopkins Co, KY
      dau Catherine L M Davis 1841 KY - on 5/31/1866 in Hopkins Co, KY married Omar S Brown
      dau Lucretia Margaret Davis (1843-1848) KY - 1926
      - on 10/7/1861 Hop Co KY mar. Marcus D Brown 1835 KY - 1919
      dau Eudora/Medora A Davis 1849 KY
      - on 3/22/1871 Hop Co KY mar. William Jasper Woodruff 2/4/1841 - 11/4/1915 both Hop Co KY
      - son of Robert Woodruff 8/28/1809 SC - 5/6/1885 and Sallie Davis 2/6/1807 - 9/20/1852
      - son of Samuel Nathaniel Woodruff 1766 Hopkins Co, KY - 1845
      and Mary Dinsmore 1774 Hopkins Co, KY
      - dau of Harrison Davis 1769 and Patsy Crockett b. abt 1783
      KY Hopkins Co marriages:
      Name Spouse Date Book Page
      Woodruff, Wm. J. Davis, Dora 22 Mar 1871 TT34 95

  • Sources 
    1. [S42] Marriage Record Journal.


 

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