Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: Nathan J. DAVIS / Keziah DAVIS (F15012)

m. 8 May 1816


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  • Nathan J. DAVISFather | Male
    Nathan J. DAVIS

    Born  24 Nov 1797  New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  15 Apr 1891  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  8 May 1816  [1]  Harrison Co, (W)VA  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Elizabeth "Eliza" DAVIS | F18533 
    Married  22 Jan 1863  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  William G. "Jarsey Billy" DAVIS | F17634 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Catharine JOHNSTON | F17634 Group Sheet 

    Keziah DAVISMother | Female
    Keziah DAVIS

    Born  5 Sep 1796   
    Died  14 May 1862   
    Buried    Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Joseph DAVIS | F7585 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Hannah SUTTON | F7585 Group Sheet 

    Catharine DAVISChild 1 | Female
    + Catharine DAVIS

    Born  22 Feb 1817   
    Died  7 Nov 1878   
    Buried    St. Anne's Catholic Cemetery, Long Run, Industrial, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Ehud DAVIS | F15011 
    Married  26 Feb 1835  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Joseph J. DAVISChild 2 | Male
    + Joseph J. DAVIS

    Born  8 Nov 1818   
    Died  12 May 1892   
    Buried    Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Sarah "Sally" DAVIS | F19569 
    Married  13 Apr 1837  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Ruthie R. HARRIS | F19570 
    Married  2 Jun 1853   

    Jane DAVISChild 3 | Female
    Jane DAVIS

    Born  5 Dec 1822   
    Died  Jan 1844   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Sylvester HUGHES | F19468 
    Married  15 Apr 1842  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Cornelius S. DAVISChild 4 | Male
    + Cornelius S. DAVIS

    Born  8 Aug 1824   
    Died  3 Dec 1909   
    Buried    Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Elizabeth SUTTON | F20588 
    Married  8 Aug 1848  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location

    William Riley DAVISChild 5 | Male
    + William Riley DAVIS

    Born  20 Sep 1829   
    Died  31 Mar 1901   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Permelia DAVIS | F18535 
    Married  17 Aug 1852  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Rachel DAVISChild 6 | Female
    + Rachel DAVIS

    Born  17 Jun 1833   
    Died  14 Jan 1871  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Thomas D. WATSON | F21817 
    Married  10 Aug 1854  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Ananias DAVISChild 7 | Male
    + Ananias DAVIS

    Born  4 Sep 1837   
    Died  14 Mar 1906   
    Buried    Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Nancy MCCLOY | F18776 
    Married  7 Dec 1859  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Sep 25 1850:
      Nathan K. (sic) Davis, 52, farmer, cannot read/write; Keziah, 54, cannot read/write; William, 20, farmer, cannot read/write; Rachel, 16; Ananias, 12; Hickman S. Hansford, 1. All born in Virginia except Nathan, born in New Jersey.
      (NOTE: Hickman S. Hansford is presumably Francis H. Hansford (1849-1885), son of David W. Hansford and Julia Cooper.)

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, (W)VA, enumerated Jul 3 1860:
      Nathan J. Davis, 62, b. New Jersey, farmer; K. Davis (female), 64, b. Virginia; Leah Hansford, 12, b. Virginia; H. Hansford (male), 10, b. Virginia.
      (NOTE: Leah F. Hansford was the daughter of David W. Hansford and Julia Cooper. Her mother having died prior to the 1850 Census, and her father not yet having remarried, Leah was enumerated that year in the household of Ephraim Bee.) [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 53.

    2. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >).