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(28) James Davis (my 4th great-grandfather) was born on 08 Jul 1761 in Fauquier, Virginia. It is reported by some that his parents were Thomas Davis and Sarah (Harrison) Davis, but I do not have good evidence of this. James was a private in the Revolutionary War.
Most of the information below was provided by James Davis’s pension file (R.2745), as reported by the Quartermaster General of the War department.
James Davis was born in Fauquir County, Virginia. James volunteered in Wilkes County, North Carolina and served as a private with the North Carolina troops as follows:
- Three months in Captain John Keys’ Company
- Five months in Captain Smith’s Company of Rangers
- Six weeks in pursuit of Tories under Colonel Cleveland
- Three months in Captain Gordon’s Company, Colonel Walbury’s Regiment, and was in the Battle of Eutaw Springs.
- Six weeks in Captain Pendleton Isbel’s Company.
- Served under John Sevier in the last battle of the Revolution, The Battle of Lookout Mountain in Tennessee.
After the Revolution, many veterans received land grants western Carolina, in the territory which would become the state of Tennessee in 1796. James likely received one of these grants since he moved to Greene County, North Carolina. Green County was formed in 1783 and was named after Major General Nathanael Greene. James Davis, served under Greene in the Battle of Eutaw Springs, in 1781.
James Davis and Mary Brumley married on 31 Aug 1786 in Greene County, according to Tennessee marriage records.
In 1814, James Davis fathers a child, (14) Barney Davis - my 3rd great-grandfather, with his consort (29) Sarah Eastridge, my 4th great-grandmother. Sarah is covered in much more detail in the profile of Barney Davis.
He was granted a pension on 28 Aug 1832, in Hamilton County, TN. At the time he was 71 years old.
In the 1840 census, James is listed as a veteran. Four of his sons also served in the Tennessee Militia, and a number of his grandsons fought for the Union during the Civil War.
On 9 Dec 1843, James Davis died in Hamilton County, Tennessee. He was 82 years old. On 9 Oct 2004, the John Sevier Chapter and the Benjamin Cleveland Chapter of the Sons of The American Revolution, assisted in a ceremony marking his grave.
On 19 Apr 1845, Jame’s wife, Mary Brumley, died in Snow Hill, Hamilton County, Tennessee. She was 79 years old. She was buried next to her late husband, James Davis.
James Davis and Sarah (Eastridge) Davis:
James Davis and Mary (Brumley) Davis:
- James M.
- Sullivan W. Sr.
- Phillip
- John Wesley Davis Sr.
- Benjamin Franklin Davis
Sources:
“Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revoluiton, Vol. 1,” by Zella Armstrong, 1933, p. 10.
“Early Hamilton Settlers,” by John Wilson, (https://www.chattanoogan.com/2001/11/6/14587/Several-Davis-Families-Settled-Early.aspx)
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