Robert Davis & Rebecca Singleton
Information for this family was
submitted by Sandra Winegar,
daughter of Hugh W. Davis
Robert
Davis was born on 26 December 1803 in Georgia and died on 20 April 1898 at the
age of 94 in Henry County, GA. Robert was buried in Conkle Cemetery near
Mt. Carmel Methodist Church on a through road beyond the Green Mitchell place
and Hasting's Bridge Road. When Robert was 25 he married Rebecca Singleton
on 28 Dec 1828 in Henry County, GA. Rebecca was the daughter of Hezekiah
Singleton and Martha. Rebecca was born on 6 Feb 1814 in Georgia and died
in Henry County on 15 April 1883 at the age of 69. Rebecca is also buried in
Conkle Cemetery.
Rebecca
Singleton Davis Tombstone
Robert
Davis Tombstone
Robert &
Rebecca Davis had the following children -
Adeline, b.
ca 1831
Emeline, b.
27 Dec 1833
Joseph, b
ca 1837
Elizabeth,
b ca 1838
Mary, b ca
1839
Jesse F., b
25 July 1845
John
Hamilton, b ca 1848
Balsom, b
ca 1849
Paulina, b
ca 1853
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Adeline
married George Kimball in Henry County, GA on 18 July 1853 when she was 22
years old.
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Emeline was born 27 Dec 1833 and married
William Alls in Henry County on 29 May 1853 when she was 19. She died in Henry
County, GA on 30 July 1902 at the age of 68. She is buried in Old Mt.
Carmel Cemetery (Conkle Cemetery).
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Joseph was born ca 1837 in Georgia.
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Elizabeth was born ca 1838 in
Georgia.
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Mary was born ca 1839 in Georgia.
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Jessie F. was born on 25 July 1845
in Georgia. Jessie F. Davis first married Nancy. On 25 July 1886
when Jessie was 41 he married Nancy Farmer. Jessie died on 29 Aug 1922
at the age of 77. (**It is unknown if these two Nancy's are the same person or
two different wives**)
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John Hamilton was born in May of
1848 in Georgia.
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Balsom was born ca 1849 in Georgia.
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Paulina was born ca 1853 in Georgia.
Second Generation
John
Hamilton Davis was born in May of 1848 in Georgia.
John H.
married Eliza Jane Green on 8 Nov 1866 in Henry County, Ga. She was born
ca 1848. John & Eliza Jane had the following children - Sara B., b ca
1867; James G., b ca 1870; and Charles A. b ca 1872.
John H.
second married Katherine Louisana Price on 11 Jan 1877 in Henry County, Ga when
he was 28 years old. Katherine was the daughter of Elijah E. Price and
Mary Eliathah Wesley and was born Sept 1861 in Alabama. Katherine died in
Georgia on 30 April 1915 at age 53 and is buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery in East
Point, Ga. Katherine and John H had the following
children - Henry, John Calvin "Cal", Lilla Belle, Percy E., Robert H. (b ca 1878
in Henry County, GA), Riley C. b ca 1879, Mamie b ca 1885, Berry Lawrence
(1890-1970), Clarence b ca 1890 and Homer b ca 1894.
John
Hamilton Davis died in Georgia about 1931 at the age of 82. He is buried
in Mt. Zion Cemetery in East Point, GA.
Sketch of John
Hamilton Davis done by his Grandson, Hugh Davis
John Hamilton Davis
Third Generation
James
G. Davis, son of John Hamilton Davis & Eliza Jane Green had the following
children -
Elmer
and Sammy
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Charles
A. Davis, son of John Hamilton Davis & Eliza Jane Green married Fronie ? and had
the following children - Jimmy & Bertha.
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Henry
Davis, son of John Hamilton Davis & Katherine L. Price, married first Laura and
had one child, Robert Davis. Henry second married Clara and had one
child, Perry.
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John
Calvin "Cal" Davis, son of John H. & Katherine L. Davis, married Pearl and had
the following children - Joe, Luther "Luke", Maybelle and Katherine.
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Lilla Belle Davis, daughter
of John H. & Katherine L. Davis, first married Unknown and had one child, Mattie
Ethel. Lilla Belle second married Dooley and had Lester, Chester and
Edward.
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Percy E. Davis, son of John
H. & Katherine L. Davis, married Goldie and had the following children - Riley,
Hunter, Paul, Mary Ellen, Scott, Harry, Lorena, Elvie and Katherine.
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Riley C. Davis, son of John
H. & Katherine L. Davis, married Unknown and had one child, Lillian Davis.
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Mamie
Davis, daughter of John H. & Katherine L. Davis married Cates McDougal and had
the following children, Zell and Melvin McDougal. Mamie was born in Jan 1885 per
the 1900 census.
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Berry
Lawrence Davis was born on 6 Sept 1890 in Henry Co., GA to John H. & Katherine
L. Davis. Berry Lawrence died in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA on 12 Jan 1970.
He was 79 years old and is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, East Point, GA.
On 24 Dec 1915 when Berry was 25, he married Grace May Bradshaw, daughter of
Charles Fisher Bradshaw & Virginia Gertrude Walden, in Atlanta, Fulton Co., Ga.
Grace was born 15 Jan 1894 in Concord, NC and died in Birmingham, Alabama on 9
May 1970 at the age of 76.
They
had two sons - Hugh William & Jack Bradshaw Davis.
B. L. Davis
Grace Bradshaw
Hugh William Davis
Jack Bradshaw Davis
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Clarence Davis was born in December of 1890 per the 1900 census. He
married Lucy and they had the following children - Nellie Mae & Fannie Kate
Davis.
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Homer
Davis was born in Sep 1894 per the 1900 census. Homer married Unknown and had
the following children - Norton, Elsie, Etheridge and Billy.
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