Ancestry of
William Davis
(1758–1845)
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- 1st Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 1
- Father:
- Thomas William Davis
- Mother:
- Tacy Crandall
- Birth Date:
- 21 Mar 1758
- Birth Location:
- Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 6 Jan 1845
- Death Location:
- Salem, Harrison, West Virginia
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Seventh-Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison, West Virginia
- Notes:
Revolutionary War veteran
of Green Brier Run, West Virginia
aka “Green Brier Billy”
William Davis
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Marriages for William Davis
- Spouse:
- Elizabeth Johnson
- Marriage Date:
- ABT 1780
- Marriage Location:
- prob. New Jersey
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Sources for William Davis
- 1 Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A030724 and #A030723.
- 2 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/11/2020).
- 3 West Virginia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1853-1973, Death record for daughter Tacy Jeffrey.
- 4 West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971, Marriage record for Joseph Jeffreys and daughter Tacy Davis.
- 5 Crandall, John Cortland, Elder John Crandall of Rhode Island and his Descendants, Woodstock, New York: Unknown (1949), 24.
- 6 Fitz Randolph, Corliss, A History of the Seventh Day Baptists in West Virginia: Including the Woodbridgetown and Salemville Churches . . ., Plainfield, New Jersey: The American Sabbath Tract Society (1905), 401-402.