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Note: Baldwin Co., GA created in 1803 from Indian Lands ceded in 1802 & 1805 and part of Hancock Co. County seat: Milledgeville
Monroe Co., GA created in 1821 from Indian Lands. County seat: Forsyth Butts Co., GA created in 1825 from parts of Henry & Monroe Counties. County seat: Jackson *
1790 Census - Edgefield District, SC
Tolliver Davis, pg. 67
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1800 Census - Union District, SC
Tollyaris Davies, pg. 235
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Rev War Soliders - Lottery Draws - Georgia
Name Date Land Lot Number District Section Lottery Year County Residence County Drawn
Toliver ��Davis 2/ 3 /1831 82 2 0 1827 Baldwin County Carroll County
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1805 Georgia Land Lottery
Persons Entitled to Draws
Tolliver Davis (1)
This encompassed Creek Indian lands just west of the Oconee River ceded to the state in 1802 and a small strip of land in the southeast section of the state.
Authority: Act of May 11, 1803
Date of Drawing: 1805
Counties
Baldwin: 5 Districts (1-5)
Wayne: 3 Districts (1-3)
Wilkinson: 5 Districts (1-5)
Size of Land Lots
Baldwin: 202 � acres
Wayne: 490 acres
Wilkinson: 202 � acres
Grant Fee
$ 8.10 per 202 � acre lot
$19.60 per 490 acre lot
Person Entitled to Draw
Bachelor, 21 years or over, 1 year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States - 1 draw
Married man with wife and/or child, 1 year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States - 2 draws
Widow with child under 21 years, 1 year residence in Georgia - 2 draws
Orphan or family of orphans under 21 years, with father dead and mother dead or remarried - 1 draw
How do I find the names of the winners?
1805 Card File, in records of the Georgia Surveyor General (microfilm).
All cards are filed alphabetically. Information includes the name of each participant, county of residence, notation as to blank or prize draw, lot number, district number, and county in which the land was located.
1805 Georgia Land Lottery, by Virginia S. and Ralph V. Wood. (Cambridge, Mass.: Greenwood Press, 1964.)
This book gives the names of the participants and whether they drew a blank or a prize. If the person drew two blanks, then he or she did not win any land in this lottery. This is the only lottery that lists the unfortunate drawers.
1805 Georgia Land Lottery: Fortunate Drawers and Grantees, by Paul K. Graham. (Decatur, Ga: The Genealogy Co., 2004.)
Includes names of fortunate drawers and grantees of reverted lots.
Where will I find more information on the lottery?
Georgia Land Surveying History and Law, by Farris Cadle. (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1991.)
The Georgia Surveyor General Department, by Marion Hemperley. (Atlanta: Georgia Secretary of State, 1982.)
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April 1822 - Baldwin Co., GA per indenture filed in Monroe Co., Ga.
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March 1827 - Monroe Co., GA per Revolutionary War pension application
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REPRINT of OFFICIAL REGISTER of LAND LOTTERY OF GEORGIA 1827
66th DAY'S DRAWING - May 22, 1827
BALDWIN.
page 204
Fortunate Drawers: Toliver Davis, R. S.,
Captains District: Bivins
Number: 82
District: 2
County: Carroll County
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1810 Census - not located
presume GA; it was destroyed
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1820 Census - Baldwin Co., GA
Toliver Davis, pg . 22
John Davis, pg. 28
Thomas Davis, pg. 32
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1830 Census:
Rutherford Co., NC
Toliver Davis, pg. 447
Monroe Co., GA
DAVIS BENJAMIN 177
DAVIS DAVID D 186
DAVIS THOS 190
DAVIS THOS W. 196
CUTHBERT, JOHN A 196 < atty for Tolliver
DAVIS ARCHI 200
DAVIS RICHARD 200
DAVIS JESSE 202
DAVIS FRANCIS 206
DAVIS CHARITY 210
DAVIS JOHN T 211
DAVIS HIRAM 215
DAVIS JOHN 216
DAVIS BALDWIN 223
DAVIS HUGH 227
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Nov 1834 - Monroe Co., Georgia per letter to U. S. Pension Office
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1840 Census - District 595, Monroe Co., GA; pg. 149
Toliver Davis
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1850 Slave Schedules
Toliver Davis District 46, Lafayette, Missouri
Toliver Davis Camp Creek and Broad River, Rutherford, North Carolina
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North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
Tolaver Davis - Penelope Davis in Surry Co. 27 Jul 1786 Bond: Pouncey Michel << Toliver has daughter named Penelope
Toliver Davis - Caty Logan in Rutherford Co. 6 June 1830 Wit: R. K. Wilson
Toliver Davis - Sarah Bland in Rutherford Co, 4 Sept 1835 Bond: Berryman H Durh Wit: J M Webb
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Monroe County GaArchives Military Records.....Pensioners Census 1840
Revwar - Pension
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Pensioners Census
Census of Pensioners 1840
pg. 146
Names of pensioners for Ages Names of heads of families with whom
revolutionary or pensioners resided June I, 1840
military services.
MONROE COUNTY
Tolover Davis - - 84 Tolover Davis (b. ca 1756)
Additional Comments:
A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services; with their Names,
Ages and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshals of the
Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census.
Washington: Printed by Blair and Rives (1841)
File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/monroe/military/revwar/pensions/pensione77nmt.txt
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Muster and Pay Rolls of the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783.
Virginia Line--10th Regiment
Lieutenant Alexander Ewing's Company, December 7, 1780.
A Muster Roll of Lieut Alexander Ewing's Company at this Station Chesterfield under the Command of Colo. William Davies Dec. 7th, 1780.
Name: Toliner Davis
Rank: Private
Enlistment Date: Aug 1777
Residence: Virginia
from wikipedia.com:
The 10th Virginia Regiment was raised on December 28, 1775 in western Virginia for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston. Most of the regiment was captured at Charlestown, South Carolina on May 12, 1780 by the British and the regiment was formally disbanded on November 15, 1783.
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Georgia Pension Roll of 1835
REPORT FROM
THE SECRETARY OF WAR
IN RELATION TO THE PENSION ESTABLISHMENT
OF THE UNITED STATES
1835
COPIED AND INDEXED
BY
WILLIAM R. NAVEY
P. O. BOX 251
HOLLY RIDGE, NC 28445-0251
REPORT
FROM THE
SECRETARY OF WAR
IN OBBEDIENCE TO
RESOLUTIONS OF THE SENATE OF THE 5TH AND 30TH OF JUNE, 1834
AND
THE 3RD OF MARCH, 1835
IN RELATION TO THE
PENSION ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON
PRINTED BY DUFF GREEN
1835
TOLLIVER DAVIS
MONROE COUNTY
PRIVATE
VIRGINIA CONT'L LINE
$96.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$449.03 AMOUNT RECEIVED
JANUARY 14, 1829 PENSION STARTED
AGE 72 (b. ca 1757)
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FamilySearch:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=ancestorsearchresults.asp
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"Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files," abstracted by Virgil D. White, c. 1990
pg. 911
DAVIS, Tolaver or Tolliver, S37879, VA line, appl 10 March 1827 Monroe Cty GA aged between 65 & 70, in 1827 sol referred to children: Penelope aged between 25 & 30, Polly 24, Patsey 20, Charley 18 & Emely 14 also a grandson Thomas F Gallahor aged 10 lived with him.
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1910 Census - Botetourt Co., VA Miracode Index;
ED 0053, Visit 0309
Chesley A. Davis, 41, VA
Ollie R. Davis, 31, VA, wife
Joseph H. Davis, 7, VA, son
John A. Davis, 4, VA, son
Jessie P. Davis, 2, VA, son
Tolliver A. Davis, 52, VA, cousin
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