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Davis

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1

Scope and Contents

Large file. Contains correspondence between Vockery and JoAnn Hart (with attached pedigree and notes about ancestors), Mike Clark, Betty Hayser Sullivan, James and Marie Moore (with attached maps of Garrard County dictating the location of Davis Cemetery and the property of David Moore's families in 1879), J. Dorothy Edmonson, Carol Covington (with attached copy of the death certificate of Maggie Jane Tays dated 23 February 1922), Hazel Foster Reeves (with included family pedigree), Robert "Bob" F. Tanner (with attached excerpts from a book entitled "Virginia Soldiers of 1776" regarding Jeremiah Davis, Captain Jesse Davis and Charles Davis), Eva Davis Gentry (with attached copy of the will of John Davis dated 24 January 1824), Mary Buchholz (with attached transcription of the obituary of Elizabeth Bentley Davis King and a copy of the will of James Davis dated 25 July 1868 and a copy of a deed of conveyance to Susan Davis dated 28 July 1868), Howard W. Jones, Carol Sparks, Lauri Dooley Miller, Trudy Davis, Robert Nevins, William C. Lathan Jr, Tom Law. Contains many family group records, a copy of the last will and testament of John Davis dated 3 January 1811, a copy of court procession minutes regarding Thomas Davis, a copy of the last will and testament of Edward Davis dated 25 March 1828, a copy of the last will and testament of Samuel Davis dated 3 November 1849 as well as a preceding version dated 19 June 1847, a copy of a deed of conveyance from Samuel Davis with a hand-drawn map of his property with notes of acreage dated 10 - 14 January 1853, a copy of the document conveying the land of the late Samuel Davis to his children dated 17 September 1852, a copy of the last will and testament of John Davis, a deed of conveyance to James Davis and John Hawking dated 15 December 1800, a copy of the last will and testament of Asael Davis dated April 1848, a copy of the court minutes in a lawsuit involving John Davis and Martha W. Prather dated 14 January 1884, a copy of the obituary of Freeman Davis dated 13 March, copies of the guardianship and servant records of William and James Davis (then 14 years old), copies of maps of "the Richmond Precinct" with noted family property lines, copies of a document biographing "Hon. Willard Davis", a copy of a deed of conveyance involving John Davis dated 2 May 1788, a copy of a deed of conveyance involving William Davis dated 27 October 1853, a copy of a deed of conveyance involving Alfred, James, and Absolam Davis dated 30 August 1846, a copy of a deed of conveyance involving James Davis dated 7 December 1817, several in-color maps of Garrard county with property lines as of 1896 as well as a purely geographical overhead view.

Dates

  • Acquisition: 2018-06-04

Creator

Full Extent

From the Collection: 16.28 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository

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