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Capt. Benjamin Davis

Capt. Benjamin Davis

Male 1801 - 1862  (60 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Davis
    Title Capt.
    Birth 10 Apr 1801  KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850  District 1, Hopkins Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    age 49,wife Rochior? 
    Census-State 1850  District 1, Hopkins Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    age 49,wife Rochia 
    Census 1860  Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    age 59,wife Rashia 
    Census-State 1860  Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    age 59,wife Reodine 
    Will 25 Mar 1862  Hopkins Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Recorded 6/13/1862 in Book 10 - p. 499-500 
    Death 29 Mar 1862  Hopkins Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Probate 13 Jun 1862  Hopkins Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Exec Bond, recorded in Exec Bonds 1852-1898 
    Findagrave.com 28 Jun 2016 
    See Notes 
    Burial St Charles, Hopkins Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Christian Privilege Cemetery
    Person ID I968  Butler Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

    Father John Davis,   b. 1770   d. Bef 1850 (Age < 79 years)
    Relationship natural
    Mother Elizabeth Tolbert,   b. 1774   d. Bef 1850 (Age < 75 years)
    Relationship natural
    Marriage Abt 1795 
    Family ID F737  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Reochie Ligon-xx,   b. 10 Aug 1806, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1880 (Age > 75 years)
    Marriage 08 Nov 1829  [7] 
    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
    Family ID F1156  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Apr 1801 - KY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - age 49,wife Rochior? - 1850 - District 1, Hopkins Co, KY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus-State - age 49,wife Rochia - 1850 - District 1, Hopkins Co, KY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - age 59,wife Rashia - 1860 - Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus-State - age 59,wife Reodine - 1860 - Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Recorded 6/13/1862 in Book 10 - p. 499-500 - 25 Mar 1862 - Hopkins Co, KY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Mar 1862 - Hopkins Co, KY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - Exec Bond, recorded in Exec Bonds 1852-1898 - 13 Jun 1862 - Hopkins Co, KY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - St Charles, Hopkins Co, KY Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
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  • Notes 

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

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      found at findagrave.com on 6/28/2016

      Benjamin Davis

      Birth: Apr. 10, 1801
      Death: Mar. 29, 1862

      Family links:
      Children:
      Richard L. Davis (1838 - 1922)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Burial:
      Christian Privilege Cemetery
      Saint Charles
      Hopkins County
      Kentucky, USA

      Created by: Quietly Resting
      Record added: Mar 30, 2014
      Find A Grave Memorial# 127151391
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  • Sources 
    1. [S25] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S7] 1850 United States Federal Census.

    3. [S30] KY,Hopkins Co,1850 Census.

    4. [S8] 1860 United States Federal Census.

    5. [S31] KY,Hopkins Co,1860 Census.

    6. [S43] Military documents.

    7. [S42] Marriage Record Journal.


 

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