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  • Name William E Davis-xx
    Birth 08 Jun 1761  VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    _MILT 08 Oct 1832  [1] 
    Rev War pension w8657 - William E Davis 
    Will 18 Aug 1834  Hopkins Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    William E Davis Will Recorded 2/1/1838 in Book 4 - p. 54-55 
    Death 06 Feb 1838 
    DAR.org 24 May 2019 
    See Notes -- #A030730 - S*W8657 - DAVIS, WILLIAM E - Sergeant 
    Findagrave.com 24 May 2019 
    See Notes 
    Person ID I4093  Butler Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

    Family Anna Loving,   b. 23 Apr 1766, Powhatan, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 21 Jun 1860, Hopkins Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 94 years)
    Marriage 10 Nov 1780  Wilkes Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    • Date is 11/15/1780 in pension app
    Notes 

    • Children:

      son John Davis 6/23/1782
      son James L Davis 2/3/1784 NC
      - on 1/30/1817 Hop Co KY mar. Nancy Moore Morton 1787 VA
      son James C Davis 1829 KY
      - bef 1843 married ??? - evidently died bef 1850 since not listed on census
      - 1850 state census lists him as age 21,living with son Thomas at parents house
      son Thomas B Davis 1843 KY
      - on 6/26/1862 Hop Co KY mar. America G Davis 1846 KY
      - dau of Vincent Fugate Davis 3/3/1791 KY - 1/11/1892
      and Susannah L Sisk 12/3/1807 NC or SC - 10/17/1866 Hop Co KY
      - son of William E Davis 6/8/1761 VA - 2/6/1838
      and Anna Loving 4/23/1766 VA - aft 6/21/1860 Hop Co KY
      - dau of Robert Barney Sisk Sr. 12/20/1775 NC - 6/21/1856 Hop Co KY
      and Morning ??? b. abt 1780 NC - d. aft 8/25/1856
      - 1850 census - James-age 65, Nancy-age 63, James C-age 21, Thomas B-age 7
      - in District 1 Hopkins Co, KY
      dau Elizabeth Davis 10/29/1786 - aft 6/25/1860 - (1865-see below)
      - 1860 census lists her as age 73, living with dau Elizabeth & James Russell
      - in Hopkins Co, KY
      - 1850 census lists her as age 64, living with son Daniel Crittenden Fox
      - in Hopkins Co, KY
      - on 8/29/1803 married married Daniel Fox 12/1784 Wilkes Co, NC - 12/13/1848 Hopkins Co, KY
      - son of Titus Fox and Elizabeth Wright
      - ** See his findagrave.com page later **
      dau Louanna Fox 1810 KY
      - on 10/25/1827 in Hopkins Co, KY married George Wyatt Jr. 1810 KY
      - son of George Wyatt Sr. 1764 SC - 10/29/1855 and Delilah Nations 1767 NC
      son William Elbert Wyatt 1828 KY
      - on 3/29/1849 in Hopkins Co, KY married Hulda J Oldham 1828 KY
      dau Julia F Wyatt 1850 KY
      - on 1/10/1871 in Hopkins Co, KY married Samuel Jeff Oldham - d. bef 1880
      son Theodore M Wyatt 1854 KY
      son George F Wyatt 1856 KY
      son Samuel W Wyatt 1859 KY
      son Leander O Wyatt 1864 KY
      son Daniel Finis Marion Wyatt 1830 KY
      dau Catharine Wyatt 1837 KY
      dau Elizabeth I Wyatt 1837 KY
      - bef 3/18/1853 married William Lamson 1831 - 1855
      dau Martha J Lamson 3/18/1853 - 11/30/1886
      - on 12/3/1872 Hop Co KY mar. William Harrison Dockrey 9/21/1852 KY
      - 7/11/1938 Union Grove, KY
      - son of Watson Dockrey 1824 NC - 9/6/1893 and Serene Carver Franklin
      - they married 10/14/1851 in Hopkins Co, KY
      - son of John Dockery and Hulda A Watson
      - Watson Dockrey later on 1/31/1850 Montgomery Co, TN mar. Martha Burton 1831 KY
      - dau of William H Burton, Sr 1798 VA and Nancy ??? 1810 NC
      dau Amy Virginia Dockrey 8/12/1873 KY - 8/14/1953
      - on 10/15/1889 married William Albert Franklin 1/29/1869 KY - 1/13/1952
      son Edward Ashmore Dockrey 8/16/1877 KY - 7/14/1954
      son Daniel William Dockrey, Sr. 1/16/1881 KY - 9/19/1974 Hopkins Co, KY
      - on 10/15/1902 Christian Co, Ky mar. Carrie Lee Bobbitt 1884 - 11/4/1975 Hop Co KY
      son Roy Lee Dockrey 10/30/1903 Kellys, KY
      dau Pearl Matlarene Dockrey 10/5/1905 Providence, Webster Co, KY
      dau Ola Eugene Dockrey 6/26/1908 Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY
      dau Katherine Imogene Dockrey, 5/4/1914 Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY
      - married William Obediah Utley
      son Ronald Kay Utley
      son Joel Delmont Utley
      dau Ruby May Laverne Dockrey 6/10/1922 Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY
      son Daniel William Dockrey, Jr. 8/4/1928 Orange Co, FL
      - in Henderson Co, KY mar. Beverly Ann Harris 6/14/1929 Madisonville, Hop Co KY
      - dau of Freeland Harris and Georgia Elizabeth Myers
      son Henry Westley Dockrey 2/24/1886 KY
      dau Lou Annie Dockrey 5/4/1886 KY - abt 1893
      son Daniel William Lamson
      son George Newton Wyatt 1839 KY
      son Charles C Wyatt 1841 KY
      son Finis Marion Wyatt 1845 KY
      son Frelinghuysen Wyatt 1847 KY
      son Thornton Bassett Wyatt 1848 KY
      son Zalmon K Fox 1820 KY - 1855
      - on 12/24/1837 in Hopkins Co, KY married Rebecca Brown 1821 KY - 6/22/1898
      dau Eliza J Fox 1840 KY
      dau Mary A Fox 1842 KY
      dau Elizabeth D Fox 1843 KY
      - on 2/14/1867 in Hopkins Co, KY married Daniel Lafayette Clark 1838 KY
      - son of Cyrus Clark 1815 - 1871 and Hannah C Gray 1813 - 1878
      - son of George W Clark and Eunice Franklin
      son John C Fox 1845 KY
      son Daniel G Fox 1846 KY
      dau Lou Anna Fox 1848 KY
      dau Thena Fox 1850 KY
      dau Elizabeth J Fox 1823 KY
      - married James Jefferson Russell b. abt 1824 KY, son of ??? Russell and Nancy ??? 1805 KY
      son John J C Russell 1846 KY
      dau Ann M Russell 1849 KY
      son Daniel Crittenden Fox 5/12/1826 Dalton, Hopkins Co, KY - 7/6/1884 Hopkins Co, KY
      - ** See his findagrave.com page later **
      - married Margaret Ann Russell 5/24/1825 - 12/30/1894 both in Hopkins Co, KY
      son Daniel Francis Fox 1853 - 1936
      dau Thenis A Fox 1857 - 1894 - married ??? Glenn
      dau Dora Fox 1859 - 1935 - married ??? Bell
      son John Fox 1866 - 1890
      son Loving Davis 2/13/1789
      son Vincent Fugate Davis 3/3/1791 KY - 1/11/1892
      - 1850 census - Vincent F-age 43, Susan-age 43, 5 children
      - in District 1, Hopkins Co, KY
      - 1860 census - Vincent-age 52, Susan L-age 52, 3 children, m-law Ann-age 94
      - Hopkins Co, KY
      - 1870 census - Vincent F-age 62, Delina-age 36, and 1 other
      - Precenct 2, Hopkins Co, KY
      - 1880 census - Vincent-age 72, Delina-age 44
      - District 2, Hopkins Co, KY
      - on 4/30/1826 Hop Co, KY mar. Susannah L Sisk 12/3/1807 NC or SC - 10/17/1866 Hop Co, KY
      - dau of Robert Barney Sisk Sr. 12/20/1775 NC - 6/21/1856 KY
      and Morning ??? b. abt 1780 NC - d. aft 8/25/1856
      - son of Daniel Sisk - d. 10/7/1780 and Rachel Lovin - d. 1807
      dau Mary Elizabeth Davis 12/3/1828 KY - 3/23/1899
      - on 3/12/1846 in Hopkins Co, KY married Thomas Harmon Ashby 3/22/1817 KY - 5/19/1888,
      - son of Jonathan Ashby and Lavincy Harmon
      dau Susan Ashby 1848 KY - on 7/20/1870 in Webster Co, KY married J Maxwell Clayton
      dau Martha Ashby 6/7/1849 KY - 5/7/1926 - married James Andrew Brown
      dau Emmaline P Ashby - on 4/24/1873 in Webster Co, KY married Aaron K Adams 1847 KY.
      - son of William Samuel Adams 1811 KY - 1854 and Susan Frances Slaton 1815 KY - 1905
      dau Louisa A Davis 8/22/1830 KY - 4/17/1869
      - 12/20/1846 Hop Co, Ky mar. Andrew Jackson Sisk 5/10/1827 - 3/24/1911 both Hop Co, KY
      - son of Ebenezer B Sisk 8/22/1802 SC - 8/26/1854 Hopkins Co, KY
      and Mary Polly Fox 7/14/1799 SC - 6/13/1859 KY
      - son of Robert Barney Sisk Sr. 12/20/1775 NC - 6/21/1856 Hopkins Co, KY
      and Morning ??? b. abt 1780 NC - d. aft 8/25/1856
      dau Sarah Ellen Sisk 1847 KY
      - married 9/27/1867 James Washington Woodward
      - son of James E Woodward & Rachel C Clark
      son Lewis C Sisk 4/26/1849 KY - 11/5/1876
      - married Nancy E Price 1846 KY
      - dau of John J Price 1823 TN and Eleanor Sisk b. abt 1824 Hopkins Co, KY
      - they married on 6/7/1841 in Hopkins Co, KY
      - dau of Robert Barney Sisk Sr. 12/20/1775 NC - 6/21/1856 KY
      and Morning ??? b. abt 1780 NC - d. aft 8/25/1856
      son William Jackson Davis 10/20/1833 Hopkins Co, KY - 1/2/1901
      - married Mary Milinda Vance 9/16/1838 McLean Co, KY - 7/10/1882
      dau Martha L Davis 9/8/1836 Hopkins Co, KY - 7/20/1895 Clay Co, AR
      son Hoz Thomas Davis 1841 KY
      son H S Davis 1842 KY
      dau America G Davis 1846 KY
      - on 6/26/1862 in Hopkins Co, KY married Thomas B Davis 1843 KY
      - son of James C Davis 1829 KY and 'Unknown Mother'
      - son of James L Davis 2/3/1784 NC and Nancy Moore Morton 1787 VA
      - son of William E Davis 6/8/1761 VA - 2/6/1838
      and Anna Loving 4/23/1766 VA - aft 6/21/1860 Hopkins Co, KY
      son Benjamin W Davis 1847 KY
      dau Susan E Davis 1850 KY

      - on 8/24/1867 in Hopkins Co, Ky Vincent married Delina Minerva Sisk 1836 TN
      - dau of William F Hampton Sisk 1807 SC - bet 1850-1860
      and Nancy Dillender 1810 TN -9/23/1855 Hopkins Co, KY
      - son of Robert Barney Sisk Sr. 12/20/1775 NC - 6/21/1856 Hopkins Co, KY
      and Morning ??? b. abt 1780 NC - afy 8/25/1856
      son William P Davis 5/23/1793 SC - aft 1860
      - on 3/26/1816 Hop Co KY mar. Dorcus Baker 1796 SC
      son Caleb M Davis 1836 KY - on 4/14/1851 Hop Co KY mar. Susan F Jackson 1833 TN
      son William M Davis 1852 KY
      dau Mary E Davis 1860 KY
      - 1850 census - age 17, single, living/working on William Barton farm
      - in Hopkins Co, KY
      son David Davis 1838 KY
      - 1850 census - William-age 56, Dorcus-age 55, David-age 12
      - in District 1, Hopkins Co, KY
      - 1860 census - William-age 65, Darcus-age 64, C M-age 24, Susan F-age 29, 2 g-children
      - in Hopkins Co, KY
      dau Mary Davis 9/7/1795 NC
      - on 8/14/1813 Hop Co KY mar. Richard Parker Sr. 1790 Gates Co, NC
      - son of Peter Parker 1/1762 Chowan, now Gates Co, NC
      - 7/16/1836 Old Hopkins, now Webster Co, KY
      and Sarah Barnes 11/1762 Chowan, now Gates Co, NC
      - 11/13/1836 Old Hopkins, now Webster Co, KY
      son Wiley Parker 5/12/1814 KY - 10/27/1851
      - on 2/20/1840 Hop Co KY mar. Elmira Graham 10/27/1815 KY - 8/23/1899
      - dau of Richard S Graham b. in Ireland - d. 1838 and Hannah Gill 1785 SC - 1862 KY
      Elmira's siblings:
      bro Harvy Graham 1808 KY
      - on 1/3/1839 Hop Co KY mar. Mary Ann Baker 8/5/1822 KY - 1/18/1877
      - dau of James Baker and Sarah Davis 1774 - 1846
      sis Paulina Graham 1810 KY - on 12/28/1830 Hop Co KY mar. John Linton Peyton 1809 TN
      sis Olivia Graham 1823 KY - on 10/3/1839 Hop Co KY mar. Elijah E Baker 1815 KY
      - son of James Baker and Sarah Davis 1774 - 1846
      son Joseph N Baker 1847 KY - on 3/1/1872 Thurston Co, WA mar. Charity Caroline Brewer
      son William L Baker 1850 KY - on Jan 7 ? in Thurston Co, WA mar. Catherine Lee Rutledge
      bro Cyrus Graham 1826 KY
      - on 11/14/1847 Hop Co KY mar. Marion Woodward Parker 1831 KY
      - dau of Benjamin Parker 8/14/1798 NC - 3/31/1866 KY
      and Mary Howard Jennings 5/4/1805 VA - 9/11/1889
      - son of Peter Parker 1762 - 1836 and Sarah Barnes 1762 - 1836
      son Theodore M Graham 1848 KY
      bro Leroy Graham 1826 KY
      - on 10/10/1849 Hop Co KY mar. Alice Calames Parker 5/11/1833 KY - 4/18/1863
      - dau of Benjamin Parker 8/14/1798 NC - 3/31/1866 KY
      and Mary Howard Jennings 5/4/1805 VA - 9/11/1889
      - son of Peter Parker 1762 - 1836 and Sarah Barnes 1762 - 1836
      sis Zereldah Graham - d. bef 1850 - married Moses Clift 1817 TN - aft 1850
      son Janius Clift 1841 KY - on 12/20/1865 in Hopkins Co, KY married Sarah E Shannon
      - 1850 state census lists him as age 9,living with Grandmother Hannnah Graham
      dau Hannah S Clift 1845 KY
      - 1850 state census lists her as age 5,living with Grandmother Hannah Graham
      - on 2/23/1870 Hop Co KY mar. David Dinsmore Davis 1838 KY
      - son of Israel Davis 3/16/1814 KY - 4/3/1880
      and Dicy Woodruff 1/26/1820 KY - 9/17/1908
      - dau of David Woodruff 1789 - 1841 and Elizabeth Jones 1793 - 1868
      sis Elvira Graham 1830 KY
      - on 11/8/1848 Hop Co KY mar. Robert A Harris 1820 TN - 1879
      son Adolphus F Harris 1849 KY
      dau Mary G Parker 1842 KY
      dau Hannah G Parker 3/1844 KY - 9/5/1930
      - on 12/13/1866 Hop Co KY mar. William Thomas Scott 11/10/1845 KY - 6/6/1910,
      - son of Adam D Scott 6/23/1811 NC - 10/19/1889
      and Jemima Howard 3/4/1821 NC - 5/5/1889
      William's siblings:
      sis June Scott 1841 KY
      sis Laura Ann Scott 1846 NC - 1891 - on 9/13/1876 Hop Co KY mar. John Taylor Gill
      - John had prev. been mar. to Laura's sister Mary C Scott
      sis Mary C Scott 6/14/1848 KY - 7/11/1874 - on 10/13/1863 mar. John Taylor Gill
      - after Mary's death John mar. her sister Laura Ann Scott
      sis Elizabeth Scott 1849 KY
      dau Eliza G Parker 1848 KY
      son Orleans B Parker 1850 KY
      son William Harrison Parker 1819 KY
      - 2/10/1852 - on 12/21/1840 Hop Co KY mar. Caroline Sisk 1825 KY
      - dau of Hezekiah Sisk 10/22/1799 SC - 3/7/1862 & Anna Alice Sisk 1803 NC - aft 1840
      - son of Robert Barney Sisk Sr. 12/20/1775 NC - 6/21/1856 Hop Co KY
      & Morning ??? b. abt 1780 NC - d. aft 8/25/1856
      - dau of Timothy Sisk Jr. 8/1/1762 VA - 9/2/1838 NC & Anney Jenkins 11/1762 VA
      dau Virginia B Parker 1843 KY - on 3/4/1862 Hop Co KY mar. Cannon J Adcock
      - son of John C Adcock and Elizabeth ???
      dau Evaline G Parker 4/8/1846 KY - 4/8/1924
      - on 11/20/1863 Hop Co KY mar. John R Peyton 3/22/1842 KY - 7/11/1920
      - son of William Lloyd Peyton 1819 TN and Sally Davis 1821 KY
      - they mar. 10/5/1837 Hop Co KY
      - son of George Yelverton Peyton abt 1778 VA - 9/11/1854 & Frances Morris 1781 VA
      - dau of William P Davis 1791 NC, listed living with her & William Peyton on 1850 Census
      William's siblings:
      sis Lucy Peyton 1800 KY
      - 1850 state-census lists her as age 50,living with bro William Peyton
      bro John Linton Peyton 1809 TN
      sis Sarah Peyton 1811 TN
      - 1850 state-census lists her as age 39,living with parents George and Frances Peyton
      bro George Yell Peyton 1816 KY
      sis Martha E Peyton 1818 TN - on 7/25/1840 Hop Co Ky mar. Larkin Hill
      - 1850 state-census lists her as age 32,living with parents George and Frances Peyton
      John R's siblings:
      bro George W Peyton 1839 KY - bef 1884 mar. Jane E Hill 1840 KY
      - dau of John B Hill 1797 KY and Margaret Witherspoon - they mar. bef 1840
      - son of James Hill and Jane Bone
      - George W later on 12/4/1884 Hop Co KY mar. Parthenia C Howard
      sis Lucy Ann Peyton 8/3/1844 KY - 8/5/1894
      - on 10/24/1860 Hop Co KY mar. Aurelius Clay Baldwin 6/1834
      - 1910 both in Coiltown, Hop Co KY
      - son of Hiram Baldwin 1794 SC and Rebecca Bishop 1796 SC
      - son of Edward S Baldwin and Drucilla Trigg
      - dau of James Bishop and Martha ???
      bro Thompson P Peyton 1846 KY - married Martha E Hill, dau of John Hill and Mary F ???
      bro Theadore M Peyton 4/8/1847 KY - 4/27/1913
      - on 2/9/1870 Hop Co KY mar. Elizabeth J Hill 9/30/1846 KY - 6/23/1913
      - dau of John B HIll 1797 and Elizabeth Witherspoon
      sis Helen E Peyton - on 9/30/1869 Hop Co KY mar. William H Walker 1846 TN
      - son of William E Walker 1809 TN and Mary A ??? 1814 TN
      son Cornelius Parker 1848 KY - on 9/4/1870 Hop Co KY mar. Lucy F Adcock
      - dau of John C Adcock and Elizabeth ???
      son William Harvey Parker 1850 KY - on 2/2/1882 Hop Co KY mar Minerva A Boyd
      son Rains Parker 1824 NC - bef 1849 mar. Martha A ??? 1832 KY
      dau Lillie Parker 1849 KY
      dau Sarah Parker 1830 Hop Co KY
      - on 10/12/1852 Hop Co KY mar. James M Williams 1828 Hop Co KY
      son Richard Parker Jr. 1832 Hop Co - on 6/30/1855 Hop Co KY mar. Nancy Franklin 1838 Hop Co KY
      - dau of Caleb E Franklin 6/26/1799 SC - 1/3/1856 and Catherine Davis 6/11/1800
      - dau of William E Davis 6/8/1761 VA - 2/6/1838
      and Anna Loving 4/23/1766 VA - aft 6/21/1860 Hop Co KY
      son Samuel Parker 1838 KY
      - 1850 census - Richard-age 60, Mary-age 56, 3 children
      - in District 1 Hopkins Co, KY
      dau Rebecca Davis 10/9/1797 KY
      - on 8/13/1843 Hop Co KY mar. Edward Franklin 1825 KY
      son Jeremiah Franklin 1843 KY - mar. Nancy C Utley 1843 KY
      - dau of John Utley 1812 VA - 1857 and Sarah M Herron 1816 SC or NC - 1864
      - son of David Utley 1781 Goochland, VA - 10/5/1851 Hop Co KY
      and Jane McLendon 1795 VA - 1855
      dau Mary Franklin 1849 KY
      dau Catherine Davis 6/11/1800 - 1/6/1859
      - on 6/26/1819 Hop Co KY mar. Caleb D Franklin 6/26/1799 SC - 1/3/1856
      son James Weakley Franklin 11/7/1825 KY - 5/17/1912
      - on 12/26/1845 Hop Co KY mar. Caroline Fox 1827 KY - d. bef 1/10/1856
      dau Parthenia Elizabeth Franklin 1846 KY
      - on 3/25/1868 Hop Co KY mar. Steven Newton Franklin 10/17/1840 KY
      - son of Stephen Dee Franklin 11/19/1810 Hop Co KY - 2/19/1856
      and Temperance Nuckles Mason 8/4/1817 Caldwell Co, KY - 12/19/1892
      son Talbot R Franklin 1848 KY

      - James later on 1/10/1856 Hop Co KY mar. Martha E Southard 9/29/1833 KY - 6/7/1898
      - dau of Eli Southard 1805 VA and Rachel Foley 1803 KY
      - son of Fielding Southard and Elizabeth Lindsey
      dau Mary A Franklin 1828 KY - on 1/28/1847 Hop Co KY mar. James Young 1824 KY
      son James C Young 1848 KY
      dau Martha J Franklin 1831 KY
      son Ary Newton Franklin 1833 KY
      son Israel N Franklin 1836 KY
      dau Nancy Franklin 1838 Hop Co KY
      - on 6/30/1855 Hop Co KY mar. Richard Parker, Jr. 1832 Hop Co KY
      - son of Richard Parker Sr. 1790 Gates Co, NC and Mary Davis 9/7/1795 NC
      - son of Peter Parker 1/1762 Chowan, now Gates Co, NC
      - 7/16/1836 Old Hopkins, now Webster Co, KY
      and Sarah Barnes 11/1762 Chowan, now Gates Co, NC
      - 11/13/1836 Old Hopkins, now Webster Co, KY
      - dau of William E Davis 6/8/1761 VA - 2/6/1838
      and Anna Loving 4/23/1766 VA - aft 6/21/1860 Hopkins Co, KY
      son Esias Earl Franklin 1840 KY
      - 1850 census lists her age 50, spouse Caleb D-age 51, 5 children
      - living in District 1, Hopkins Co, KY
      dau Hannah Davis 5/1/1801
      dau Thena Davis 2/17/1804
      son Jacob Bonapart Davis 7/21/1807 - 1843
      - on 2/11/1834 Hop Co KY mar. Nancy Perimon Sisk 1818 - 1856
      dau Mary Ann Davis 1837 Hop Co KY - bef 6/9/1900
      - on 1/26/1857 Hop Co KY mar. William Milton Woodruff 10/11/1835 Hop Co KY
      - 6/2/1910 Dennis, Parker, TX
      - son of Levi Woodruff 5/5/1815 Palmer, Hop Co KY - 9/24/1890 St Charles, Hop Co KY
      and Elizabeth Ann R Laffoon 5/19/1818 Earlington, Hop Co KY - abt 1915 KY
      - son of Samuel Nathaniel Woodruff 1766 Hop Co KY - 1845
      and Mary Dinsmore 1774 Hop Co KY
      - dau of Rutherford Laffoon 6/11/1782 Surry Co, NC - 2/26/1876
      and Sarah Hill 6/1/1792 SC - 10/7/1852 Earlington, Hop Co KY
      dau Nancy E Woodruff 1858 KY
      dau L M Woodruff 1860 KY
      son David L Woodruff 1863 KY
      dau Lillie F Woodruff 1866 KY
      son Robert E Woodruff 11/1867 KY

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      Daniel Fox

      Birth: Dec., 1784
      Wilkes County
      North Carolina, USA
      Death: Dec. 13, 1848
      Hopkins County
      Kentucky, USA

      Daniel Fox was the son of Titus Fox and Elizabeth Wright. He married Elizabeth Davis August 29, 1803.

      Family links:
      Children:
      Daniel Crittenden Fox (1826 - 1884)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Burial:
      Brown Cemetery
      Slaughters
      Hopkins County
      Kentucky, USA

      Created by: karen flick
      Record added: Jul 07, 2007
      Find A Grave Memorial# 20332866
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      Daniel Crittenden Fox

      Birth: May 12, 1826
      Dalton
      Hopkins County
      Kentucky, USA
      Death: Jul. 6, 1884
      Hopkins County
      Kentucky, USA

      Family links:
      Parents:
      Daniel Fox (1784 - 1848)

      Spouse:
      Margaret Ann Russell Fox (1825 - 1894)*

      Children:
      Daniel Francis Fox (1853 - 1936)*
      Thenia A. Fox Glenn (1857 - 1894)*
      Dora Fox Bell (1859 - 1935)*
      John Fox (1866 - 1890)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Burial:
      Prospect Cemetery
      Hopkins County
      Kentucky, USA

      Created by: Shelia Hart
      Record added: Nov 19, 2011
      Find A Grave Memorial# 80689440
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    Family ID F1519  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 08 Jun 1761 - VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 Nov 1780 - Wilkes Co, NC Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - William E Davis Will Recorded 2/1/1838 in Book 4 - p. 54-55 - 18 Aug 1834 - Hopkins Co, KY Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 

    • - ** See marriage notes for list of children **

      - ** See Anna Loving's notes **

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      DAVIS, WILLIAM Ancestor #: A030730

      Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): SERGEANT
      Birth: 6-8-1761 VIRGINIA
      Death: 2-6-1838 HOPKINS CO KENTUCKY
      Pension Number: S*W8657
      Service Source: S*W8657
      Service Description: 1) ALSO PVT; CAPTS PLEASANT HENDERSON,
      2) JOEL LEWIS, COLS HENDERSON, CLEVELAND

      Residence
      1) County: WILKES CO - State: NORTH CAROLINA

      Spouse
      Number Name

      1) ANNA LOVING

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      Associated Applications and Supplementals

      Nat’l Num Add Docs Child [Spouse #] Spouse
      Vol.
      671589 VINCENT F. [1] SUSANNA SISK Purchase
      707750 761 ELIZABETH BETSY [1] DANIEL FOX Purchase
      877405 1001 KATHERINE [1] CALEB D. FRANKLIN Purchase
      901905 1152 ELIZABETH BETSY [1] DANIEL FOX Purchase
      711182 1189 KATHERINE [1] CALEB D. FRANKLIN Purchase
      = Supporting documentation available
      = Descendants list available for this member and this ancestor
      = Descendants list available for this member but not this ancestor
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      William Davis

      Birth: 8 Jun 1761 USA
      Death: 6 Feb 1838 (aged 76) USA
      Burial: Flat Creek Cemetery, Mortons Gap, Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA
      Memorial #: 25172086

      Bio:
      Revolutionary Soldier.

      Southern Campaign
      American Revolution Pension Statements
      Pension application of William Davis W8657 Anna fn44NC Transcribed by Will Graves rev'd 2/22/10

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      [fn p. 15] Kentucky, Hopkins County Be it remembered that heretofore to wit at a Court held for the County aforesaid at the Courthouse in the town of Madisonville on the eighth day of October 1832 the following entry upon others was made in the minutes of said Court, Viz. “William Davis a soldier of the revolution & applicant for a pension this day produced in Court his declaration under an act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 and subscribed and made oath to the same and the certificate of John Bourland & Barnabas Sisk thereunder written was also subscribed & sworn to in open Court. Whereupon the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Bourland who subscribed to the certificate above named is a clergyman of the County of Hopkins and that Barnabas Sisk who also subscribed the same is a resident in the same County & is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.” I Samuel Woodson clerk of the Court before the County of Hopkins aforesaid do certify that the foregoing is a full and complete transcript of an entry in the minutes of said Court. I further certify that the paper hereto attached marked A is the original declaration agent in said entry as having been subscribed & sworn to by the said William Davis and the certificate thereof under written subscribed by John Bourland & Barnabas Sisk is the original certificate subscribed & sworn to by them as mentioned in said entry. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my said Office the 10th day of October 1832 and in the 41st year of the Commonwealth. S/ Sam Woodson

      A State of Kentucky, County of Hopkins

      On this 8th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Court of the County aforesaid now sitting William Davis a resident of the County & State aforesaid aged 71 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. That in the year 1779 in Wilkes County in the State of North Carolina where he then resided he volunteered and served a tour of three months in guarding the Commissioners appointed to run the dividing line between the States of Virginia & North Carolina where he served under Captain Pleasant Henderson & Colonel __ Henderson – that he joined the Commissioners & Surveyor on Holston River and proceeded with them to the top of Cumberland mountain where he was discharged & returned home having served out his full term of three months – he received a written discharge signed as he believes by his Colonel but have lost the same. He states that the service thus performed by him was perilous on account of the hostile Indians infesting the Country through which they passed & that he was before he volunteered and as an inducement for him to volunteer were promised by his Militia Officers as credit for a tour of three months in the then War waged by England against the United States. He states that in March or April 1780 at Wilkes County aforesaid he substituted for one Matthew Sparks for three months under Lieutenant William Reynolds, Captain James Henderson, Colonel Brickle & General Caswell of the North Carolina Militia that he was appointed Orderly Sergeant in his Company and in that capacity served out his tour – that he marched to the Santee in hearing of the guns of Charleston where General Lincoln [Benjamin Lincoln] was then besieged by Sir H. Clinton but was prevented from getting into the City by the besieging Army –

      that he remained in the vicinity of Charleston until Lincoln surrendered when he was marched to Cross Creek in North Carolina & discharged having served out his full term of three months – he does not recollect that he received a written discharge for this tour but if he did he has lost the same. He states that afterwards in the year 1780 he equipped himself as a Dragoon & in that capacity volunteered – and served various short tours in that and the succeeding year – that is to say, Six weeks under Colonel Cleaveland [sic, Benjamin Cleveland] on New River against the Tories. Three weeks under Captain Joel Lewis & Colonel Cleveland principally in Burke County North Carolina against the Tories. Two months under the same Officers principally near Broad River against the Tories. Six weeks under Captain Allen & Colonel Benjamin Hearn of North Carolina Militia on New River against the Tories. 1781 –

      Three months lacking a few days under Captain Joel Lewis, Major Micajah Lewis & Colonel Cleveland rendezvoused at Wilkes Courthouse marched thence to King's Mountain, was in the battle at that place saw there the Americans Colonels Shelby, Sevier & Campbell. Seven weeks under Captain Joel Lewis & Colonel Benjamin Hearn & Colonel Cleveland on New River against the Tories. Seven weeks under Captain Joel Lewis & Colonel Cleveland on Broad River in pursuit of the Tory Col. Bryant – was joined by Captain Erwin's Company of North Carolina Militia on this tour. At the Seven weeks under Captain John Beverly & Colonel Cleveland served near the Shallow Ford of the Adkin [sic, Yadkin River] & towards the Pedee [River]. Two months on Deep River in North Carolina under Captain John Beverly – Captain Samuel Johnson's Company of North Carolina militia was along went in pursuit of the Tory Colonel Fanan [sic, David Fanning.] Four weeks under Captain Allen & Colonel Benjamin Hearn – at and near Hoosa [Horse ?] Town near the Yadkin River was taken prisoner by the British but made his escape. Eleven who weeks under Captain Beverly served principally on the waters of Deep River in pursuit of the aforesaid Tory Colonel Fanning. He states that the aforesaid several tours together make two years one month & three weeks which he faithfully served his Country in the Revolutionary War. He states that he received no written discharge as a Dragoon – he further states that he was born in the Eastern part of Virginia in the year 1761, that after Governor Dunmore left that State he (this applicant) removed to Wilkes County aforesaid in North Carolina & continued to live there during the War. That after peace was concluded he removed [to] Pendleton District in South Carolina & from thence to Hopkins County Kentucky where he now resides. He further states that he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services.

      He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State. Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid. S/ Wm Davis [John Bourland, a clergyman, and Barnabas Sisk, a neighbor, give the standard certification.] [fn p. 12: on February 13, 1843 in Hopkins County, Kentucky, widow, Anna Davis, 76, filed for her pension; states her maiden name was Anna Lovan (sometimes spelled Loving); that her husband died in Hopkins County, Ky on Feb. 6, 1838; married in Wilkes County, NC on the 15th Nov. 1780] [fn p. 21: on September 6, 1856, in Hopkins County Kentucky, Anna Davis, 90, filed for her bounty land entitlement as the widow of William Davis.] [fn p. 9 Family Record: very faint in places] William Davis was born [illegible] the 8 [illegible] Anna Davis was Born the 28 April 1766 John Davis the son of Wm and Anna Davis was born in June the 23 1782 James Davis was born February 3 1784 Bitte Davis was born October 27 1786 Loving Davis was born February 13 1789 Pleasant Davis was born in March the 3 [?] 1791 William P. Davis was born May the 29 [? last digit unclear] 1795 Rebekak Davis was born in october 11, 17?? ?ke Davis was born June 7 180? ?annah Davis was born May the 11 1801 [?] ?na Davis was [born] in February the 17 1804 ??? Davis was born in July the 21 day 1807 [another entry completely illegible]

      [fn p. 41: Elizabeth Fox, 77, a citizen of Hopkins County Kentucky gave testimony in support of the application of Anna Davis for a widows pension stating that she knew William Davis and Anna Davis were married in Wilkes County North Carolina on November 15th 1780 "she knows that it was in November and in the year that the battle of King's Mountain was fought. She recollects this from the circumstances that herself and the said Hannah were well acquainted & very intimate being cousins & the said Deponent being the sister of the said William Davis. She herself was married in the August previous to the marriage of the said Hannah. She was present at the said marriage of the said Anna with said William Davis & witnessed the ceremony." This deposition is attested February 22, 1843]

      [fn p. 42: Hannah Allen, 75, a citizen of Hopkins County Kentucky gave testimony that she is the sister of Anna Davis and knows that her sister married William Davis in November 1780 in Wilkes County North Carolina having been present at the ceremony. This deposition is attested February 22nd, 1843.]

      Created by: Cowboy (46854858)
      Added: 10 Mar 2008
      URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25172086
      Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 May 2019), memorial page for William Davis (8 Jun 1761–6 Feb 1838), Find A Grave Memorial no. 25172086, citing Flat Creek Cemetery, Mortons Gap, Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Cowboy (contributor 46854858) .
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      found at findagrave.com bef 5/24/2019

      William Davis

      Birth: Jun. 8, 1761, USA
      Death: Feb. 6, 1838, USA

      Revolutionary Soldier.

      Burial:
      Flat Creek Cemetery
      Mortons Gap
      Hopkins County
      Kentucky, USA

      Created by: Cowboy (inactive)
      Record added: Mar 10, 2008
      Find A Grave Memorial# 25172086
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      Birth: Jun. 8, 1761, USA Death: Feb. 6, 1838, USA Revolutionary Soldier. Burial:Flat Creek Cemetery Mortons GapHopkins CountyKentucky, USA Anna LovingBirth 28 Apr 1766 in Powhatan, Powhatan, Virginia, United States Death Living Death 8 Jun 1838 in Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
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  • Sources 
    1. [S43] Military documents.

    2. [S46] See Documents.

    3. [S41] Marriage License.

    4. [S42] Marriage Record Journal.


 

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