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From: "John B. Lisle" <>
Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON-L] McConnell & Davidson
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 21:08:16 -0400
In-Reply-To: <39397DC6.AAD9CB35@postoffice.swbell.net>


Robert,

Thank you for this data. I did not have all of these details!

(1) I would like to follow up on your previous posting. I have a lot of
respect for Robert Stephen Hand's genealogy, but I am quite uncomfortable
with his assignment of John and George as sons of William of Armagh. I
suspect that John and George - based in part that their first known sons
were named George - had a father named George. The family seems to have
followed Scottish naming conventions. I also believe that Samuel is either
another brother or cousin. or maybe an uncle. His family and John's
family were quite close. I had a posting on this a few months ago.

(2) George is known to have died about 1760. His will is available. He
had a son George named in the will who seems to have disappeared from the
record. He could be the George who bought land in Tryon Co. It could also
be that John's son George purchased that land as he seems to have had
fairly extensive land holdings.

(3) The Jennings - Davidson genealogy talks about a part of Samuel's
family. I have a suspicion that Samuel had a son Samuel and it was the
father that went to NC/SC but the son stayed in VA.

(4) Thank you and Virginia for providing additional input to Bonita. These
Davidson's are a very difficult family to sort out. And a lot of spurious
data has been published by well meaning people over the past 100+ years
that is just plain wrong and primary evidence easily refutes it. But there
are other conjectures that cannot be proved or refuted based on the data
that has surfaced to date.

john.


At 04:51 PM 2000-06-03 -0500, wrote:
>I thought I would send this along also.
>
>SAMUEL and JOHN DAVISON, both acquired
>land in Beverley Manor, Orange (Augusta in 1745) County, VA on the same
>date in 1739.
>Both had children baptized at Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church in the
>1740's.
>
> ORANGE CO., VA DEED BK. #3 1738-1744 4-5 June
>1739. Pgs. 242-247. Wm. Beverley, Gent. of Essex Co. to Samuel Davison
>of Orange
>Co., lease and release (consideration blank) 353A in Beverley Manner on
>the south fork of Shenandore river, corner to Capt. James Pattin. (Refer
>to map of Beverley Manor). Signed by Wm. Beverley, witnessed and proven
>by same three persons who witnessed deed to John Davison--(See below).
>28 June 1739.
>
>5 June 1739 Pgs. 237-242. Wm Beverley of Essex Co., Gent. to John
>Davison of Augusta Co. lease and release for 23 pd. 11 sh.
>current money, 785A, part of Manner of Beverley, at Christie's white
>oak. (Actually, John Christian's).
>
> GEORGE and SAMUEL went in the 1760's as some records show, to Tryon
>Co.,
>NC which became part of Mecklenburg and Lincoln Cos., NC and Camden
>Dist., SC. There was an ongoing border dispute between NC and SC and
>when it was settled, SAMUEL fell into York Co., Camden Dist., SC. Deeds
>to his land were recorded in Mecklenburg Co., NC and in York Co., SC.
>(Some abstracts listed below). SAMUEL'S home was only a few miles from
>King's Mtn. where an important victory over the British was fought.
>Sons, WILLIAM, JAMES, and BENJAMIN participated and were given
>Revolutionary grants in Western NC where they settled. SAMUEL remained
>in York Co. where he died in 1787.
> Some Land Records of SAMUEL DAVIDSON,
>Crown Grants, Wm. Tryon, Royal Governor, #871, Bk. 18, Pg. 30l.
>
>26 Sept 1766. SAMUEL DAVIDSON, 300A in Mecklenburg on both sides of
>Turkey Creek including mill seat, joining JAMES BRYSON'S.
>
> Crown Grants, Gov. Tryon, Royal Governor. Patent Bk. 23, Pg.
>43.
>
>26 Apr 1767. SAMUEL DAVIDSON, 35A in Mecklenburg on Bullock's
>Creek joining Curtis Caldwell, Wright's line, Moore's beginning,
>(a point), nearly with
>Stephenson's line and the foot of a mountain.
>Sources:
>1. Camden Dist., SC Wills & /Administrations, 1781-1787. (SAMUEL)
>2. "The McConnell Families" by Benjamin McConnell. (JAMES)
>3. Cemetery Records of Morgan Co., TN. (WILLIAM)
>4. Methodist Bishop Asbury's journal entry of 13 Nov 1800, also another
>dated 7 Nov
>1802. (BENJAMIN) 5. DAR Records and
>History of the Gullick Family. (BENJAMIN) 6.
>Camden Dist., SC Wills &
>Admin. dated 1 Jan 1788 show advances made to widow (not named) &
>to JOHN
>GULLICK in the right of his wife, REBEKAH & to WILLIAM
>DAVIDSON.
>7. " Roster of Soldiers & Patriots Buried in TN."
>(WILLIAM) 8.
>Tombstones of BENJAMIN & ANN in Davidson River Cemetery, Boilstown
> Twp., Transylvania Co., NC:
> BENJAMIN DAVIDSON A. D.
>NC Troops Rev. War D. 1833 Aged 85
>(No dates
>shown) (Handcarved stone)
>
>Robert Winslow Davidson
>
>
>
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