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Note: ROBERT Y. DAVIS was probably the child originally known as "SAMUEL DAVIS" when he was born. Robert Davis was a well known figure in the black community in Warren County.He apparently was very intelligent and had many dealings with the white landowners in expanding his holdings. There were land transactions for the purchase of land in Marmaduke, a section of Fishing Creek Township, which he purchased from the Duke family who were well- to- do landowners and some of the founding fathers of Warren County. Robert died in 1938 of heart complications, and upon the urging of his sister, ENOLIA DAVIS, when it was apparent that he probably would not recover, he wrote a will dividing up his property among his children. .
ROBERT Y. DAVIS started out working as a farm laborer in the cotton and tobacco fields around Warren County, and later became the owner of a successful sawmill in the area. With the money he was earning as a laborer, he attended North Carolina A & T University in Greensboro, where he learned not only the practical agriculture and mechanic arts which were part of the curriculum, but also became skilled in business and mathematics that enabled him to become a prominent businessman in and around Warrenton. He managed to buy and sell several properties in Warren County and among them was the land he bought in the Marmaduke community that became his family homeplace. Around 1910, he built the Little Zion Baptist Church across from his home and it became the family church and cemetery, where many generations of Davis family members are now buried, including Robert Y. Davis himself.
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From copy of Property Tax Records due- (held by Connie Davis)
LAND TRANSACTIONS:
Tract No. 1 - 73 Acres - ROBERT Y. DAVIS from W. G. EGERTON, August 17, 1904.
Book 70, Page 1, Warren County Registry.
Tract No.2 - 53.1 Acres - R.Y. DAVIS, J. G. ELLIS & Others, November 15, 1927.
Book 129, Pg. 315. Warren County Registry. Tract No. 3 - 9.8 Acres - R. Y. DAVIS. " At his Death...", located on State Road No. 1507 known as DUKE Property.
Warren County Registry.
(Total Acres: 135.9
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WORLD WAR I DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD
Serial Number: 537 - Order Number: A2120
Name: ROBERT YOUNG DAVIS
Address: Marmaduke, Warren, N.C.
Age: 41 - Date of Birth: March 16, 1877
Race: Negro
Citizen: Native Born
Occupation: Farming
Nearest Relative: HATTIE C. DAVIS
Address: Marmaduke, Warren, N.C.
Signed: ROBT YOUNG DAVIS
Height: Tall - Build: Medium - Color of Eyes: Black - Color of Hair: Black
Signature of Registrar: D. L. ROBERTSON
Date: Sept. 12, 1918
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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)
(An explanation of the abbreviations used in this document:
ADMINISTRATOR DE BONIS NON (administrator d.b.n.) - An administrator appointed by the court to administer the decedent’s goods that were not administered by an earlier administrator or executor. If there is no will, the administrator bears the name administrator de bonis non (abbr. administrator d.b.n.), but if there is a will, the full name is administrator de bonis non cum testamento annexo (abbr. administrator d.b.n. c.t.a.).
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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.
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ROBERT's portion of his father's Estate as divided in 1907 (see file of JAMES TRIP DAVIS for complete transcription):
Lot No IV. bounded as follows, Beginning at stone in MRS. JAS. T. DAVIS' line, 20L from the S.W. Corner, thence S 11 1/4 W. 4C 43L to a cedar stake with pine & oak pointers in MARY E. POWELL's line, thence N. 71 1/4 - 12C 40L to a stone with dogwood & sweet gum pointers in GARTHA SHEARIN's line, thence along said SHEARIN's line N. 11 1/4 E. 4C 43L to a stone with dogwood & sweet gum pointers MAGGIE WATSON's S.W. Corner, thence S. 71 1/4 E. 12C 46L to the beginning containing 5 1/4 acres more or less, this lot we value at $49.67 & charge the same with $8.00 to be paid to lot No. 2 and allot the same to ROBERT DAVIS.
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