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James C Davis

James C Davis

Male 1719 - 1765


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  • Name James C Davis
    Birth 03 Nov 1719  Broadfield, Spotsylvania, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    Marriage Record 25 Dec 1738  [1
    - married Mary Elizabeth Carter 
    Will 16 Feb 1765  Spotsylvania Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Recorded 10/1/1765 
    _MILT 1776 
    Rev War Pension App - S*W8651 - son Thomas W Davis - Sergeant 
    DAR.org See Notes -- #A030703 - S*W8651 - son Thomas W Davis - Sergeant 
    Death Between 16 Feb and 01 Oct 1765  Spotsylvania Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I1816  Butler Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

    Father Thomas Davis,   b. 09 Aug 1693, Spotsylvania Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1747, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    Relationship natural
    Mother Sarah Fielding,   b. 12 May 1695, Northumberland Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Relationship natural
    Marriage Bef 06 May 1718  VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F525  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 03 Nov 1719 - Broadfield, Spotsylvania, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Recorded 10/1/1765 - 16 Feb 1765 - Spotsylvania Co, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Between 16 Feb and 01 Oct 1765 - Spotsylvania Co, VA Link to Google Earth
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    Rev-War-Vet--Davis-Thomas-W-(Sargeant)--(James-C-Davis)

  • Notes 
    • - See book The Descendents of Capt. Thomas Carter of 'Barford' 1652 - 1912 by Dr. Joseph Lyon Miller, M.D.

      - on 12/25/1738 married Mary Elizabeth Carter 12/2/1721 - 1787

      son John Fielding Davis 1/1/1740 - aft 1782 in VA
      - married Martha ???
      son James C Davis 3/5/1741 - 1790 or 1792 Spotsylvania
      son Benjamin Davis 1/10/1743 - 1787 or 1791
      dau Elizabeth Davis 2/22/1745
      son Snead Davis 5/16/1748 - died in infancy
      son William Dale Davis 8/26/1750
      dau Mary Davis 5/24/1753 -- was unmarried in 1792
      son Felix Davis 4/27/1755 - died in infancy
      son Charles Edwin Davis 10/22/1758 -- living in Spotsylvania in 1794
      son Thomas Davis 11/30/1761 - 11/8/1839 in Woodford Co, KY
      - on 5/1/1783 married Susannah Hiatt/Hyatt abt 1763 - d. 3/8/1847
      dau Elizabeth Davis 10/16/1784 - 7/24/1831
      - married Beverly Allen and had sons, Beverly and Lewis
      dau Mary Davis 12/22/1786
      - married James Baker
      son Fielding Davis 5/9/1789 KY - 1871
      - married 1st, Susan Overstreet, and had Thomas, Eliza, Susan, and Dr. Allen Fielding
      - married 3rd, Sarah Brandenberg, in 1854, who died at birth of daughter Anne
      son Larkin Davis 9/27/1791
      - married Griselda Scott
      son Thomas Davis 2/3/1794 - 10/1794
      son Thomas Davis 8/26/1795 - 5/1817
      son William Davis 4/7/1798
      - on 3/17/1825 married Nancey Tillery and had two children
      son John Davis 6/9/1800 - 8/9/1800
      dau Susannah Davis 8/13/1801 - 1867
      - on 10/7/1819 married James Jelf 1/28/1794 - 1861
      dau Finetta Jelf married Thos.Kirby
      dau Elizabeth Jelf married Jos. Lyon
      dau Susannah Jelf married Richard Lancaster
      son Benjamin Jelf
      son Fielding
      dau Eliza Jane Jelf married James Wilson
      dau Clemency Jelf married Robert White
      son Thomas Jelf married Eliza White and Sallie Stephens
      son James Davis 4/17/1804
      dau Dianna Davis 1/17/1806
      son Benjamin Davis 3/1/1809
      dau Sarah Davis 4/26/1811
      - married ??? Stephens
      dau Susan Davis 1813

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      found at https://archive.org/stream/virginiamagazine12bruc#page/n545/mode/2up

      Above is a link to The Virginia Magazine of History and biography (book also downloaded as PDF)
      Below is an excerpt:

      FIELDING AND DAVIS NOTES.
      The Fielding Family of Northumbeland County.
      Contributed by Dr. J. L. Miller, Thomas, W. Va.

      James C. (probably Conway) Davis, second son of Thomas and Sarah, married, December 25, 1738, Mary
      Elizabeth Carter, probably of Spotsylvania county, as they settled in
      that county, and had the following children: Fielding, born January 1,
      1740 ; James, born March 5, 1741, died 1790 ; Benjamin, born January
      '10, 1743, died 1787 ; Elizabeth, born February 22, 1745 ; Snead, born
      May 16, 1748: William, born August 26, 1750; Mary, born May 24,
      T 753 ! Felix, born April 27, 1755 ; Charles Edwin, born October 22,
      1758 ; Thomas, born November 30, 1761, died November 8, 1839, in
      Woodford county, Ky.
      James C. Davis died in Spotsylvania county sometime between February
      and October, 1765. In his will he gives the home plantation of ****
      330 acres to his wife and son James, and leaves the remainder of his
      land (amount not stated) to son Benjamin. Gives Elizabeth, John, and
      James certain personal property, and leaves to his "four youngest children,
      William, Mary, Charles, and Thomas," all his negroes and the
      remainder of his personal property in equal shares. It was valued at
      ^202.i9s.iod.
      Thomas Davis (born 1761), enlisted April 25, 1779, in Capt. Alex. ****
      Parker's company, Col. Richard Parker's regiment, for eighteen months'
      service in the Revolutionary war. He was in the battle of Waxhaws,
      and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, as shown
      by papers filed at the Pension Office. May 1, 1783, he married Susannah
      Hiatt (born February 26, 1765, died November —, 1847), of Welsh descent.
      Sometime prior to May 9, 1789, they moved to Kentucky and
      settled in Woodford county, about twenty miles from Lexington.
      Thomas Davis was a surveyor, and in the next decade he appears in the
      Woodford records frequently ; he also seems to have bought and sold
      large quantities of land in the same county in the same period. Thomas
      and Susannah Davis had the following children : Elizabeth, born October
      16, 1784 ; Mary, born December 22, 1786 ; Fielding, born May 9,
      1789, in Kentucky ; Larkin, born September 27, 1791 ; Thomas, born
      February 3, 1794, died October, 1794 ; Thomas, born August 26, 1795,
      died May, 1817 ; William, born April 7, 1798 ; John, born June 9, 1800,
      died August 9, 1800 ; Susannah, born August 13, 1801, died 1867 ; James,
      born April 17, 1804; Dianna, born January 17, 1806; Benjamin, born
      March 1, 1S09; Sarah Stephens, April 26, 1811 ; Susan, born 1813.
      Elizabeth married Beverly Allen and had sons, Beverly and Lewis.
      Mary married James Baker. Fielding married, 1st, Susan Overstreet,
      and had Thomas, Eliza, Susan, and Dr. Allen Fielding ; 3rd, Sarah
      Brandenberg, in 1854, who died at birth of daughter Anne. Fielding
      Davis was very wealthy, and owned a large number of darkies. Larkin
      married Griselda Scott. William married Nancey Tillery, March 17,
      1825, and had two children. Susannah married, October 7, 1819, James
      Jelf (born January 28, 1794, died 1861), and had : Finetta married Thos.
      Kirby; Elizabeth married Jos. Lyon (my grandparents); Susannah married ** Dr J L Lyons grandparents
      Richard Lancaster; Benjamin, Fielding; Eliza Jane married James
      Wilson; Clemency married Robert White; Thomas married Eliza White;
      and Sallie Stephens.
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      Found at DAR.org on 7/4/2019

      DAVIS, THOMAS W Ancestor #: A030703

      Notice: PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED WITH AT LEAST ONE PREVIOUSLY VERIFIED PAPER - SEE ANCESTOR’S FULL RECORD (WHY?)
      Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, SERGEANT
      Birth: 11-30-1761 SPOTSYLVANIA CO VIRGINIA
      Death: 11-8-1839 WOODFORD CO KENTUCKY
      Pension Number: S*W8651
      Service Source: S*W8651
      Service Description: 1) ALSO PVT; CAPTS ALEXANDER PARKER, WILLIAM EPPES, WILLIAM MILLS, MCCAULEY,
      2) COLS RICHARD PARKER, WILLIAM HETH, ABRAHAM BUFORD, MATHEWS; PRISONER

      Comments
      (Overview)

      1) EL-PATRIOT'S SON JAMES MARRIED ELIZA JEFFERIES, NOT ELIZABETH
      2) BATES. SEE DATACF 9/2014.

      Residence
      1) County: SPOTSYLVANIA CO - State: VIRGINIA

      Spouse
      Number Name

      1) SUSANNAH HYATT

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      Associated Applications and Supplementals

      Nat’l Add Docs Child [Spouse #] Spouse
      Num Vol.
      103202 LARKIN [1] GRISELDA SCOTT Purchase
      174437 LARKIN [1] GRISELDA SCOTT Purchase
      286602 ELIZABETH [1] BEVERLY ALLEN Purchase
      335607 FIELDING [1] SUSAN OVERSTREET Purchase
      361086 MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
      361087 MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
      382080 LARKIN [1] GRISELDA SCOTT Purchase
      390358 ELIZABETH [1] BEVERLY ALLEN Purchase
      402805 MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
      408992 ELIZABETH [1] BEVERLY ALLEN Purchase
      411972 LARKIN [1] GRISELDA SCOTT Purchase
      415843 MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
      437917 ELIZABETH [1] BEVERLY ALLEN Purchase
      437918 ELIZABETH [1] BEVERLY ALLEN Purchase
      458260 ELIZABETH [1] BEVERLY ALLEN Purchase
      538427 EL JAMES [1] ELIZABETH BATES Purchase
      571172 EL JAMES [1] ELIZABETH BATES Purchase
      586302 ELIZABETH [1] BEVERLY ALLEN Purchase
      612573 MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
      628164 S ELIZABETH [1] BEVERLY ALLEN Purchase
      630835 S MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
      659244 S ELIZABETH [1] BEVERLY ALLEN Purchase
      672387 S LARKIN [1] GRISELDA SCOTT Purchase
      643181 599 JAMES [1] ELIZA JEFFERIES Purchase
      659352 623 S JAMES [1] ELIZA JEFFERIES Purchase
      661919 623 S JAMES [1] ELIZA JEFFERIES Purchase
      705419 MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
      711827 S MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
      715642 S MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
      715643 S MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
      726006 S MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
      784381 MARY CARTER [1] JAMES BAKER Purchase
      812523 S FIELDING [1] SUSAN OVERSTREET Purchase
      833132 S ELIZABETH [1] BEVERLY ALLEN Purchase
      684236 894 JAMES [1] ELIZA JEFFERIES Purchase
      936369 LARKIN [1] GRISELDA SCOTT Purchase
      958035 LARKIN [1] GRISELDA SCOTT Purchase
      958036 LARKIN [1] GRISELDA SCOTT Purchase

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  • Sources 
    1. [S48] See Notes.

    2. [S42] Marriage Record Journal.