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Note: th many other black families, on the land of "BALDY" & CAROLINE DAVIS. This was probably ARCHIBALD H. DAVIS, shown born about 1833, in North Carolina, in the 1870 census.
Although JAMES DAVIS shown as JAMES POWELL in 1900, indicates his birthdate as Feb.1842, the previous census records point to his birthdate as being about 1839, which is the date I have applied to him.
I believe that the "T" in JAMES name in 1880, may have been for "TRIP" since that was a nickname that ran through the DAVIS family in the early days, possibly after him.
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Now have proof that there were more family members that I didn't know about:
Abstracts of Wills, Warren County, North Carolina (GoldenWest Marketing Genealogy,5812 Temple City Blvd,Temple City,CA 91780-2112), 1845 -1902; #138 .
SUMNER DAVIS - 14 July 1898 - Sept. Ct 1898 - WB 51/509
Wife: MARY - 25 acres of land, containing the house, for her lifetime, and at her death to my grandson EDDIE GREEN. Residue of land, being 49 acres, to my grandson EDDIE GREEN. If the said EDDIE should die without heir, I give the 74 acres, at my wife's death, to be divided between my brothers JAMES T. DAVIS, THOM (THEM?) DAVIS, and JERRY DAVIS.
Ex. Brother JAMES T. DAVIS
Wit> M. T. DUKE, S.R. DUKE, JERRY ALSTON
(Probate indicates the estate included 73 acres of land. Heirs were the widow MARY DAVIS, EDDIE GREEN, JERRY DAVIS (alias FOOTE), GARFIELD DAVIS, HENRY DAVIS, BEN DAVIS and ALICE DOWTIN (wife of ED DOWTIN).
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THEODORE "TRIP" DAVIS and his children were former slaves of PETER R. DAVIS, of Warren County who died in 1850. The following are records from the Estate of PETER R. DAVIS, along with brief entries from records concerning the P. R. DAVIS' family, including his parents, grandparents, and his siblings who were the benefiaries of his estate.
Confirmed these relationships and ages from the Estate Records of PETER R. DAVIS, May Court 1850. State Archives CR.100.508, Warren County Will Book 41. List of Negroes and their ages, as well as known on the 1st of January 1850 belonging to PETER R. DAVIS Estate, those born up to 1st Nov. 1850:
(Names that are starred **** are my DAVIS ancestors)
PENNY, 90 DANIEL, 67 JIM BRACY, 67 X CHARLES HAMILTON, 59 LEGACY GLOSTER, 64 DICK, 56 LEWIS, SNOW, 55 HARRY, 55 SY, 52 ISHAM-MACKLIN, 51 JOE, 46 GUILFORD, 46 TRIP, 44 **** MOSES (YANCY), 41 ISHAM (YANCY) LEWIS-TARVER, 40 JOHN, 67 SAM-POWELL, 64 GRANDISON, 39 JIM, slow, 35 DANIEL, son of John, 28 WASHINGTON, 33 DANIEL, son of Daniel, 27 BOB, son of Daniel, 25 PETER X Jr, son of POLLY, 30 ALEXANDER, son of Polly, 33 WILLIAM, son of Polly, 28 ALLEN, son of Polly, 26 SIMON, son of Polly, 24 ISRAEL, son of Polly, 22 X KINCHEN, 38 Legacy LITTLE-GRACE, 62 ELIZA, daughter of Little Grace, 29 MARY, daughter of Little Grace, 37 HENRY , son of Little Grace, 27 GEORGE-LODY(?) , son of Little Grace GLASGOW (AMBROSE), 21 X CELY (died in 1846), 59 MARY, daughter of Cely, 39 SUCKEY, daughter of Cely, 36 THAMER, daughter of Cely, 32 ELSY, daughter of Cely, 30 JUDY, daughter of Cely, 21 X JULIA (died in 1842), 40 SYLVY, daughter of Julia, 29 MAHALY, daughter of Julia, 26 WILLIS, son of Julia, 24 REBECCA, daughter of Julia, 22 PHIL, son of Julia, 16 POLLY DANCY, 50 RODY, 60 ELIZA, bought of DRAKE, 38 PAT , bought of Tho J. DAVIS, 38 ARTHUR, child of Pat , 22 FRANK child of Pat, 21 ESTER, 42 **** AGGY, 45 52 in number over MARIAH-MACON, 55 MARTHA, child of Mariah, 28 JIM, son of Mariah, 26 PATRICK, son of Mariah, 24 LUCY JOHNSON, 39 DINAH, 60 NANCY, daughter of Dinah, 34 VICE, daughter of Dinah,, 27 EMELINE, daughter of Dinah, 25 DELIAH, daughter of Dinah, 23 KEMP, son of Deliah, 1 GLASGOW, Senr, 66 MARY POWER, 28 HANNAH, 58 CHANY, daughter of Julia X Died, 13 SANDY, son of AGGY, 18 X MATTHEW, son of Aggy died in 1849 ALFRED, son of ELIZA, 18 TOM, son of ESTER, 20 **** SUMMER, son of Ester, 18 **** JERRY, son of Ester, 15 **** JIM, son of Ester, 10 **** DAVY, son of Ellen, 19 LOUISA, daughter of Ellen, 13 AARON, son of Julia, 10 CUFFY, son of Pat, 19 SALLY, daughter of Pat, 17 HENDERSON, son of Pat, 13 FANNY, daughter of Pat, 4 SPENCER, son of Pat, 2 NANCY, daughter of Pat, 1 month EPHRAIM, Child of Lucy Johnson, 16 CHARLOTTE, Child of Lucy Johnson, 13 PHOEBY Child of Lucy Johnson, 11 SOLOMON, Child of Lucy Johnson, 8 BECKY, daughter of Nancy, 18 LUANA, daughter of Nancy, 16 DANIEL HAWKINS, son of Nancy, 14 CLARA, daughter of Nancy, 12 ANGELINA, daughter of Nancy, 9 AMANDA, daughter of Nancy, 7 BRITTANIA, daughter of Nancy, 5 NED, son of Nancy, 2 WILLIS, son of Nancy, 2 months ORRAN, son of Mary Lynn, 18 45 in number AGNES, daughter of Mary Glasgow, 17 HESTER, daughter of Mary Glasgow, 15 MINERVA, daughter of Mary Glasgow, 12 VICTORIA, daughter of Mary Glasgow, 9 MARY GRACE, daughter of Mary Glasgow, 6 MARTHA ANN, daughter of Mary Glasgow, 4 ADAM, son of Glasgow, 1 JANE, daughter of Sucky, 17 LEN, son of Sucky, 15 NORVELL, son of Sucky, 11 FRANCES, daughter of Sucky, 9 HANSON, son of Sucky, 7 HUGH, son of Suckey, 4 LITTLE-LEWIS, son of Sucky, 2 SARAH, daughter of Suckey, 1 month ARTHUR, son of Dinah, 17 WILLIAM HENRY, son of Mary POWER, 9 HAYWOOD, son of Mary Power, 6 HORACE, son of Mary Power, 4 HARRIET, Daughter of Mary Power, 2 HARRIETT, daughter of Elsy, 16 MILLY, daughter of Elsy, 11 CASWELL, son of Elsy, 9 WINNEY, daughter of Elsy, 7 CELY ANN, daughter of Elsy, 4 JANE, daughter of Elsy, 2 MARY, daughter of Elsy, 3 months MILLY, daughter of Eliza and Ellick, 12 ELIZABETH, daughter of Eliza and Ellick, 10 MARGARITT, son of Eliza and Ellick, 5 ALEXANDER, son of Eliza and Ellick, 3 GRACE, daughter of Sylvy, 12 CHARLES, son of Sylvy, 10 DELHA, daughter of Sylvy, 4 BEN JORDAN, son of Sylvy, 4 months JULIANN, daughter of Mahala, 11 CHARLOTTE, daughter of Mahala, 7 DICK, son of Mahala , 5 SYRUS, son of Eveline, 9 DURELL, son of Eveline, 3 Dionysia, son of Eveline, 2 DAWSON, son of Delila, Died in 1848, 5 WESLEY, son of Judy, 6 SALUDA, son of Judy, 5 TOM, son of Judy, 3 JIM, son of Martha Macon, 10 GEORGE, son of Martha Macon, 8 ARTHUR, son of Martha Macon, 6 THOMAS, son of Martha Macon, 2}Twin ESAW, son of Martha Macon, 2 }Twin X SIMON, son of Becca, 2, died in June 1850 ELLEN, daughter of Betty, who is dead, 3 BETSY Ann, daughter of Betty, 1 LILLY, daughter of Vice, 3 PEGGY, daughter of Vice, 1 month PAUL, son of Emily, 3 RALPH, son of Emily, 6 months LOUISA, daughter of Becca, 2 SARAH, daughter of Becca, 1 month RANSON, son of Luana, 1 month HENRITTA Sommervill, 38 POLLY, daughter of Henritta, 10 SABRINA, daughter of Henritta, 8 FANNY, daughter of Henritta, 6 TONY, son of Henritta, 4 ANN, daughter of Thamer, 2 VIRGINIA, daughter of Aggy, 2 MARCUS GEORGE, son of Sally, 2 months ROBERT PETE, son of DELIAH, 2 BALAAM about, 70 WILLIS HAYWOOD, 44 DINAH, 60 given to Jacob Davis 52 45 59 6 164 Total List of Negroes Feby Court 1851 Recorded Pursuant to Order Page 117 Jno W. White Clk
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In Will Book 41, Pg. 90-91:
In obedience to an order of Court for Warren County made at the November Term 1850, we the undersigned commissioners met on Monday the 16th day of December and proceeded to divide the negroes belonging to the Estate of Peter R. Davis deceased as follows (viz):
Among the slaves who went to the following:
Lot No.1 to MRS. ELIZABETH PITCHFORD's 4 children (PETER's sister ELIZABETH, whose husband, STERLING PITCHFORD, died in 1822):
JERRY - Valued at $650
Lot No. 2 to JOHN B. POWELL (husband of PETER's sister NANCY):
TRIPPE - Valued at $350
Lot No. 3 to DR. STEVEN/STEPHEN DAVIS (brother of PETER):
TOM - Valued at $800
Lot No. 4 to the children of MRS. POLLY KEARNEY (sister of PETER R. DAVIS):
SUMMER - Valued at $800
ESTHER - Valued at $200
JIM - Valued at $400
MARY POLLY DAVIS was married to EDWARD KEARNEY on June 5, 1815 in Warren Co.,NC.
EDWARD KEARNEY's will, probated May 1868, made no mention of his wife, so I assume she was dead by that time. Their children named in his will were HENDERSON KEARNEY & JANE HOOPER, not mentioned was daughter AMANDA, who had married SAMUEL DAVIS on March 11, 1847 Warren Co., although SAMUEL was mentioned as being EDWARD's son-in-law. Of interest is that SAMUEL DAVIS (son of BURWELL DAVIS) was living next door to my other ancester, LOUIS DAVIS, b. 1827, family in 1880.
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Further research on the slaveowners family shows that PETER R. DAVIS was the son of MATTHEW T. DAVIS & MARY MADDRAY-DAVIS, and that the widow MARY DAVIS received a number of slaves upon her husband's death in 1827, namely GEORGE, SEALEY, EASTER, ISHAM, TEMPERANCE, & REAMUS, it's very possible that EASTER was ESTHER, especially since that was what she was called on JAMES DAVIS marriage license.
MATTHEW T. DAVIS was the son of PETER DAVIS (d. 1804) & HANNAH TURNER (d. 1826) DAVIS, all of these families were of Warren County, North Carolina.
(see file of THEODORE TRIP DAVIS for more complete details on slaveowners of all members of the family)
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SUMMER DAVIS INVENTORY, 1904
Warren County, North Carolina Accounts 1891-1914
Pg. 226
The following is an inventory of the personal property belonging to the Estate of SUMNER DAVIS, deceased, late of Warren County, which has come into my hands as the Administrator, a.b.n.c.t.a, of said SUMNER DAVIS, deceased. Viz:
Amount turned over to me by H. A. Boyd, Commissioner, being balance of the proceeds from sale of the Sumner Davis land sold by him under order of Court in the Special Proceedings entitles JAMES T. DAVIS, Executor of SUMNER DAVIS vs MARY DAVIS et al ________________$128.46
ROBERT Y. DAVIS
Admr. d. b. n. c. t. a.
of Sumner Davis, deceased.
Sworn to and subscribed
Before me this 15th day
of August 1904.
J. R. RODWELL
D.C.S.C.
(See the file of SUMNER DAVIS for more details on the specifics of his will and estate)
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NOTES by Deloris Williams.
James Trip Davis, Jerry Davis (a.k.a. Jerry Foote) & Thomas Davis Sr. were the brothers of Sumner Davis, who died July 14, 1898. In Sumner’s will, he left his property to his wife, Mary, his grandson, Eddie Green, and his 3 brothers.
Thomas Davis Sr. died in August 1898, and his heirs were his surviving children Henry, Ann, William, Alice, Simon Trip, Benjamin, Thomas and Garfield Davis.
James Trip Davis died between February & October 1902, and his son, Robert Y. Davis, took over the administration of the Estate of Sumner Davis.
On August 15, 1904, Robert Y. Davis, received $128.46 from the Estate of Sumner Davis, and on August 17, 1904, Robert Y. Davis purchased back the 73 acres of land that had been sold to W. G. Egerton in 1902 from the Estate of Sumner Davis. That 73 acres was among the property that Robert Y. Davis left to his own heirs when he died in 1938.
Note: JAMES DAVIS, then known as "JOHN DAVIS", appears to have been sharecropping in 1870 along wi
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