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From: Bob Drennan <>
Subject: Re: [ILBOND] Davis Family
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 21:43:14 -0700
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Sandy

Thank you for the reply.

Well, you are absolutely right. The Davis family is hard to track and
with a name like James Davis it is even harder.

The James M[onroe] Davis that I believe that I am looking for was born
in Illinois in 1817. He would have been my g-g-grandfather. I believe
that his family was from Tennessee and that they probably arrived in
Illinois about 1815. I cannot find him in the 1850, 1860 or 1870 census
but I believe that I found my great-grandfather and his sister living
with their aunt. I say believe because the census is a little screwy.
She was 9 y. o. in 1850. The census record can either look like a 7 or
a 9. My g-grmdfather is listed with the correct first name and the
correct age but the name Morris is used for the surname.

I have traced most of the Davis families in Montgomery county in an
attempt to track my Davis family or to assure myself that the ones I
track are not my line. That is my attempt here with James M. Davis in
Bond county.

They were poor dirt farmers and never owned land so there is no
probate.

Thank you for your information. This may help me try and discern your
Davis line when I find them in the census.

Have you tried the Davis Clearinghouse about your line?

Good hunting to you.

Bob Drennan
Sandy London wrote:
>
> Hi, Bob!
>
> I'm not sure if we're in the same line of Davises or not. (Davis is almost
> as complex as Jones or Smith, I think.) Two of my Sanderson ancestors
> married Davis women and the two generations coalesce in Bond County. In
> 1838, Edward D. Sanderson married Judith Davis, d/o John and Frances Davis,
> in Barren County, KY. In the 1840-41 time period, they moved north to
> Illinois, along with several of Judith's siblings and their husbands. They
> used apparently used money from the sale of her father's estate.
>
> John G. Davis, a brother of Judith settled in Bond County. After time spent
> in Madison and Effingham Counties and the death of his wife, Edward D.
> Sanderson and two surviving sons, James Cowan and George William, ended up
> living with John G. and his family.
>
> James Cowan married Lucy Ann Davis, a d/o William Davis and Lucy Ann Nance
> Davis,
> in 1866. This William Davis was the son of a John T. Davis, who was
> reputedly a Baptist minister in the first decade of the 19th century in
> Trigg and Christian Counties, KY. William was born in KY about 1810.
>
> Does any of this sound as if it may connect with your William Davis?
>
> :) Sandy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bob Drennan <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 6:13 PM
> Subject: [ILBOND] Davis Family
>
> > The History of Montgomery/Bond County states that James M. Davis, Thomas
> > M. Davis and William Davis were all brothers.
> >
> > "James M. Davis, always characterized himself as 'old settler'...was
> > engaged in merchandising in Greenville."
> > "Thomas M. Davis, brother of above, no living seven miles north of
> > Greenville, was a Captain in the civil war, from Bond County; resides
> > now on his farm."
> >
> > Is there anyone researching this line?
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Bob Drennan
> >
> >
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