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Note: N283 Neff, Hansen, Carstensen, Dirks, Eggerichs, Bowers, Heath, Richmondand related families
Entries: 3182 Updated: Wed Sep 17 2003 Contact: Mary S.Neff msneff@@optonline.net
Abbrev: Clark/Davis Family Bible
Author: Mary Davis Clark
Text: Bible published 1812
Front leaf:
Lydia=Ann was Born the 4th day of July 1819 (1820 was crossed out)
Jane was Born the 10th day of November 1823 and lived three months anddied
IN was Born the third day of March 1824 (1825 was crossed out)
Jessy Davis was Born the 27th day of November 1825 (1826 was crossedout)
(in Pencil) Family of John Clark and Mary Davis
Back side
Joseph Culberson was Born the 1st day of august 1828
pencil: Son of John Clark & Mary Davis
The pencil notations are in a different handwriting
2nd from back page: John Clark his book, May the second 1824(different handwriting from front)
Two pages of a different kind of paper inserted in the back, possiblytaken out of an earlier
Bible, only 1 and 1/3 pages still exist. But Harold Neff (1897-1974)saw all of them and copied
the information into his notebooks. Not sure if the handwriting is thesame as in the front, or
even if it's the same for both pages.
Front side:
Jesse Davis was born the 10 Day of August 1770 and maried the 23 Dayof May: 93
Sarah Davis his wife was born the 9 day of December: 1772
Mary Davis their first Child was born the 7 Day of may 1794
Lydia Davis was born the 3 Day February: 1796
Elizabeth & Esther Davis was born the 22: Day of January 1798
Henry Davis was born the 24 Day of December 1799
Sarah Davis was born the 7 Day of April: 1802
Back side:
James Davis was born the : 30 Day of November : 1804
Priscilla Davis was born the 13 Day of July : 1807
Rachel Davis was born the 13 Day of November: 1809
Jesse Davis was born the 16 Day of July 1812
John: H: Davis was born the 30 Day of May: 1815
The missing information at the top of the fragment is:
Henry Davis, born 15 June 1732, wife Ruth born 10 April 1737
Their children:
Hannah Davis, born 26 September 1757
Sarah Davis, born 10 March 1760
James Davis, born 1 November 1762
Rachel Davis, born 23 March 1765
Henry Davis was born the 10 of September 1767 and deceased the 3 ofFebruary 1776
The fragment:
... Davis was born the 10 of September 1767 and deceased the 3 ofFebruary 1776
Jesse Davis was born the 10 day of august 1770
Margaret Davis was born 21 of Septtember 1773
Ruth Davis was born the 12 of april 1777
Mary Davis was born the 15 of December 1779
back side, just one thing --
Samuel Davis was born the 17 Day of November 1767
(Harold Neff never figured out how Samuel Davis fits.)
Title: Preble County Common Pleas Court Records
Author: Bowers and Short
Page: p. 73
Text: 4-3-1834 - James Davis, et al. vs. John Davis, et al. Petition for Partition. Filed 3-28-1834. Land, part SE 1/4 Section 13, Township5, Range 3. Jesse Davis, dec'd, died about 14 yrs. ago. Widow, Sarah Davis. Heirs: James Davis; Jesse Davis; Mary Clark; Nathaniel Harris and Sarah his wife; George Drayer and Precilla his wife; Stephen Wysong and Rachel his wife; Henry Davis; Lydia wife of Richard Kinnaman; Elizabeth wife of Newel Williams; Esther wife of Collings Thorp; and John Davis, a minor. (17 & 126).
1837: purchased 160 acres in
1840: 4 girls but I can only acct for 3 at that time. Madison Co, IN
1850: Margaret 3 b IA. So they moved from IN to IA between 1844-1847.
3 Oct 1850 Linn COUNTY IOWA
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RES# FAM# NAME AGE SEX OC. BIRTHPL
929 949 DAVIS, Henry P 50 M FarmerNorth Carolina
DAVIS, Elizabeth L.37 F IN
DAVIS, Hannibal B. 20 M Farmer IN
DAVIS, James W. 17 M Farmer IN
DAVIS, Eliza J. 15 M IN
DAVIS, Prudence B. 13 F IN
DAVIS, Sarah M. 10 F IN
DAVIS, Jesse M. 8 M IN
DAVIS, John C. 6 M IN
DAVIS, Margaret C. 3 F Iowa
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Iowa Census, 1838-70
Name: Henry P. Davis
State: IA County: Linn County Township: Marion Township Year: 1852
Page: 041 Database: IA 1852 State Census Index
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Davis, Davis ``Marion
Davis, Hanible Marion
Davis, Hannah Marion
Davis, Henry P. Marion
Source: 1856 State Census Linn County Index
Contributed by, Kathleen Weatherwax©2003
All rights reserved
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http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ia/county/linn/census/1856statecensus.htm
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Wikipedia:The following history supports what grandpa Harold Petersontold me about Henry moving to a place in Iowa close to an Indian reservation. Cornelia's son was born in Waverly.
Waverly is a city in Bremer County, Iowa just northwest of Linn County.
[edit] Early Waverly History
Indian Reservation: The first permanent residents of Waverly weresettled there against their will. Because of their alleged assistancegiven to Chief Blackhawk during the Blackhawk War (1832) the Winnebagowere forced to cede their lands east of the Mississippi and to move toNeutral Ground in what is now northeastern Iowa. They were to receive$270,000 ($10,000 per year for 27 years) and were required tosurrender several of their tribesmen accused of murdering whitesduring the war. At that time there were three tribes living in thearea, the Winnebagoes numbering about 500, the Mesquakie numberingabout 100 and the Pottawattomies numbering about 50. With Iowastatehood in 1846, the Winnebago were moved again. In an 1845 treaty,the Winnebago exchanged their Iowa lands for the 800,000 acre LongPrairie (Crow Wing River) reserve in Minnesota and $190,000. In 1848 adetachment of United States troops from Fort Atkinson came to enforcethe removal. All tolled, between 1840 and 1863 the Winnebagoes weremoved five times. They were pushed first to northeastern Iowa, then toLong Prairie, Minnesota, then to Blue Earth, Minnesota, then to CrowCreek, South Dakota. In 1865, after the constant upheaval cost 700tribal members? lives, the current Winnebago Reservation in Nebraskawas established by the treaties of 1865 and 1874. The tribe lost morethan two thirds of this land in the General Allotment Act of 1887. By1913, only 120,000 acres of cropland, woodland, and pasture remained.The tribe is federally recognized and organized under the 1934 IndianReorganization Act. The Winnebago Tribe established a constitution in1936 which was amended in 1968.
Early Settlement: Frederick Cretzmeyer is credited with being thefirst settler in Waverly, having purchased 160 acres in 1852, he builta log hut in on the East side of the Cedar River (or what was oncecalled the Red Cedar River). Soon more homes were constructed as othersettlers arrive with some of their later homes built just over thehill, behind what is now the recycling center. William PattersonHarmon came to Waverly in the spring of 1853 with the idea ofestablishing a town and a saw mill. He purchased most of what is nowWaverly from the United States Government for $1.25 an acre. The areawas incorporated as a town in June 185
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1856 Marion, Linn, IA census Ancestry.com
Roll: IA_59 Line: 15 Family Number: 437
Henry P Davis 56 NC farmer
Elizabeth L Davis 43 IN
James W Davis 22 IN
Sarah Davis 16 IN
Jessee M Davis 14 IN
John C Davis 11 IN
Margaret Davis 9 IA
Cornelia Davis 7 IA
Elizabeth E Davis 2 IA
July 1860: Jackson, Linn, Iowa Post Office: Valley Farm
Occupation: Farm Tenant; value of real estate: $0. Personal estate:$175, considerably smaller than that of
his neighbors. (i.e., $1200,$285, $350, $640, $630)
Henry P Davis 60 NC
Elizabeth L Davis 43
Jesse Davis 17
John Davis 15
Margaret Davis 12
Cornelia Davis 9
Eveline Davis 6
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Valley Farm is the PO nearest them in 1860
It was a post office from 1854 to 1872 in the western part of section16, Jackson Township.
Spource:USGS National Mapping Informationhttp://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=466177
Feature Name: Valley Farm
State: Iowa County: Linn
USGS 7.5' x 7.5' Map: Coggon
Latitude: 421515N Longitude: 0913430W
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Land Records:
DAVIS, HENRY IN Madison 10/23/1834 Indianapolis 14943IN0640__.170
DAVIS, HENRY P IN Madison 8/10/1837 Indianapolis 28029IN3020__.315
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At the Linn Co. Gene. Libr. One of the volunteers helped me hunt through everything. There was no record of Elizabeth Berry Davis or Henry Pegg Davis. Source: Pauline Copper email 4-22-2007
Burial search: Not in Linn Co.; checked all 66 cemeteries listed for Linn Co.Prepared for the American History and Genealogy Project. athttp://www.usgennet.org/usa/ia/county/linn/cem/cemt.htm
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