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Note: CENSUS DATA: The 1850 census record, Carroll Co., GA, 11th Div., taken 22 August 1850, shows J. J. Davis, 24, born TN and Betsy Davis, 27, born SC. Also shown were: Mary Davis, age 3, dau. and Georgia Davis, age 2, dau. John is listed as a farmer with $700 in real estate holdings. Living with them was Emeline McAlister, age 21, born SC. Emeline McAlister (Syrena Emaline McAlister) was the sister of Betsey McAlister Davis NOTE: J. J. and family are living next door to his father, mother and siblings
CENSUS DATA: The 1860 census record of July 4, 1860; Page 21 (503, Hickory Level, Carroll Co., Ga. shows Jan (John) J. Davis, age 34, born Tennessee and Elizabeth Davis, age 35, born SC. Living with them are six children: Mary E. Davis, dau., age 13; Georgia A. Davis, dau., age 11; Susan C. Davis, dau., age 9; "Jas T" Davis, son, age 7; Sarah L. Davis, dau., age 3; and "S (N) J", i.e., Nancy Jane Davis, dau., age 1. John is listed as a farmer with $3500 in real estate holdings.
CENSUS DATA: The 1870 census record of July 2, 1870; Page 73 (166), Carrollton, Carroll Co., GA. shows John J. Davis, age 45, and Elizabeth McCollister Davis, age 46. Living with them are eight children: Mary, dau., age 22; Susan, dau., age 19; James, son, age16; Sarah, dau., age13; Nancy, dau., age 11; Jackson, son, age 8; John, Son, age 7 and L. dau., age 3. Also, James M. herring, 19, farm hand and Eli Davis, 23, born Ga are living in the home. Daughter Georgia A. Davis is shown living in household next her parents, married to Wm. M. Allen and with a young son named Aleymos, age 6 mos, born about 1870.
CENSUS DATA: Between 1870 & 1880 John J. Davis and his family moved from Carroll Co., Ga to Wood Co., TX. The 1880 census record of June 4, 1880; Page 62, Precinct 4; SD=2; ED=127, Wood Co., TX. shows John J. Davis, age 54, born Tennessee and M. E. i.e., Elizabeth McCollister Davis, age 55, born SC. Living with them are Sarah L. Davis, dau., age 21; "Jane", i.e., Nancy Davis, dau., age 19; "J. J.", i.e., Jackson J. Davis, son, age 17; and Hannah, female, age 12. All children born GA. Louisa Davis, age 75, mother of John J., born VA, Bat Davis, grandson, age 2 and a servant named Oury Thomson also lived in the household. Louisa Davis was shown as being born in Virginia as were her mother and father. John Jefferson's brother, Lafayette N. Davis and family live a few houses away. ----------------------------------------------------------- MILITARY SERVICE: Information in the Carroll County, Georgia Heritage Book, 1826-2001, indicates that John J. Davis served in the Civil War in Company I, 5th Georgia Infantry (Information submitted by Paula Ann Brock, 1590 Welcome Rd., Cullman, AL.) Also, the book, "Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Ga, Vol. I" shows that John Jefferson Davis enlisted as a private on September 25, 1862 in Muscogee Co., GA and surrendered in Greensboro, N.C. on April 26, 1865; died in 1894 and is buried in Bethel Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Temple, GA. ------------------------------------------------------------- BURIAL LOCATION QUESTIONS: Speculation existed about the death and burial location of John Jefferson Davis because his Confederate grave marker is in Bethel Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Temple, GA. Between 1870 & 1880 he and his family moved to Wood Co., TX. The placing of his Confederate grave marker in Bethel Primitive Baptist Cemetery in Temple, GA. created some confusion. The probability is that he died in and is buried in Texas.
--------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: The following information submitted by: Paula Allen Brock, 1590 Welcome Road, Cullman, AL 35058 JOHN JEFFERSON DAVIS: John and Elizabeth had seven known children as follows: (1 ) Georgia Ann born 3 June 1849, died 20 October 1913, married 15 April 1869 to William Marcus Allen born 9 August 1849, died 30 January 1916, Carroll County, Georgia; (2) John Thomas (Bud) married Kate Chambers 25 October 1877, Carroll County; (3) John Jefferson, Jr. born 3 March 1865, died 18 August 18 1929, married Florence Jane Hebisen; (4) Hannah married William (Bill) Wallace; (5) Sally first married (?) Raines, second married John Wallace; (6) Jane married (?) McLaughlin; and (7) Ann Kate married (?) Herrin.
John Jefferson Davis's Confederate Gravemarker was placed in the Old Bethel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery located between Highway 20 and Highway 78, Southwest of Holly Creek, in Temple, Georgia."
--------------------------------------------- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current John Jefferson Davis Birth: 1826 Tennessee, USA Death: 1894 Georgia, USA
Enlisted in Company I., 5th Georgia Infantry, Confederate States Army - September 25, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina - April 26, 1865.
He married Elizabeth McCollister born 1823 died 1907.
They had the following children born in Carroll County, Georgia: Mary E. Davis born 1847 Susan Davis born 1851 Georgia Ann Davis born 5 Jun 1849 died 20 Oct 1913 - married William Marcus Allen born 9 Aug 1847 died 30 Jan 1916 James T. Davis born 1853 Sarah L. Davis born 1857 Nancy Jane Davis born 1859 John Davis born 1863 Hannah Davis born 1867
Inscription: Co I, 5th GA Inf, CSA
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