Grady Davis

Notes:

Lawson and Alice appear in the 1910 Cleveland County census in #6 township with 5 of 6 children indicated as still living. Manerva Davis is living with them.

James married Amanda Harrill on 5 Dec 1878 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Amanda was born in 1857; died in 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Cemetery: Big Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Rutherford County, NC
• Military Service: Civil War (CSA)

Notes:

Simon Davis (Nathan's Uncle) served as bondsman for Nathan Davis's marriage to Menerva Daves.

Nathan was the last of the Davis boys to go into the Civil War in the 40 to 45 call and did not live long.
- Taken from CIVIL WAR HISTORY by James C. Elliott.

Listed in North Carolina Troops: 1861-1865 as N. F. Davis. Enlisted on April 20, 1864 and died near Danville, Va. on or about August 17, 1864 of chronic diarrhea. Served in Co. B, 34th Regiment, the same one that Hamby and Simon was in but neither would have been there by the time Nathan got there.

Appears in 1860 Cleveland County, NC census.

Nathaniel married Menerva Daves on 28 Feb 1854 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Menerva was born on 28 Apr 1828 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; died on 10 Jun 1911 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Minerva Daves LDS AFN 2JSJ-LX). Her father was Jimmie Daves (AFN BSPZ-66)
Name is listed as Ursula in the 1850 Cleveland County census.

Notes:

Married:
This marriage is documented in Rutherford Co. Marriages 1779-1868. Simon Davis served as bondsman. This Simon is probably his younger brother. Witnessed by M. O. Dickerson.

Notes:

William and Sarah raised 16 children on a large farm between Polkville and New House. The home was a large two story house that burned sometime around 1835-1836 while "Hamby" was a baby.

In trying to get all the possessions out of the house, the mattresses were rolled up and thrown out the upstairs window and then later carried away from the house. After the house was engulfed in flame, the family realized Hamby was missing and believed he was lost in the fire. Shortly they heard a baby crying and found Hamby rolled up in one of the mattresses that had been thrown out an upstairs window.

The Davis family farm was handed down to Melena Francis "Fannie" Davis who married Jackson Scoggins and raised three children. Charlotte Lee the oldest married John Jiles Greene and continued on the family farm. Daughter Loulean (Lula) and husband Will Swink moved back in with Charlotte and continued on the farm after Charlotte's death in 1941. The Swinks eventually sold the farm.

"Fannie" Davis was Jackson's second wife. His first wife was Sarah "Sally" Scoggins who had 11 children.

Tombstone in family graveyard has date of death as July 16, 1876
Family history sheets completed by Biddie Ruppe state July 16, 1846
The 1850 Cleveland Co. census does not show William so the family sheets are probably correct. The tombstones were not set until sometime in the 1960 - 1970 timeframe.

William married Sarah "Sally" Womack on 5 Mar 1812 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Sarah (daughter of Anderson Womack and Frances "Fannie" Dobbins) was born on 6 Sep 1793 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; died after 1866 in New House, Cleveland County, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birthdate on the tombstone is 1791. Buried in the Greene-Davis family cemetery located approximately 5 miles from Polkville on Stagecoach Trail Road between Polkville and New House. A family history sheet compiled by Biddie Barnett Ruppe indicates Sally's death as June 27, 1850.

The 1850 Cleveland Co. census shows Sarah as widowed living with the following family members still living with her: Susan (33), Sarah "Sally" (26), Melena Francis (22), Simon D. (16), Abraham H. (15), William A Philbeck (10), and Abram Womack (45) apparently her brother a blacksmith. William Philbeck is apparently the son of Susan and John Philbeck.

The 1860 Cleveland Co. census shows Sarah as an invalid living in the same house as her daughter Sarah P. (36) another daughter Phoebe C. McKinney (32), Mary J. Davis (7), William A. Philbeck (19), William P. Davis (11), William A. Davis (10), and Cela S. Davis (8).

Her will located in the NC State Archives is dated March 14, 1866.

Notes:

Married:
Bondsman - Anderson Womack & Robert Randall
Witness - Drury Dobbins