Doddridge County Roots

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1791 - 1873 (81 years)

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Name	Joshua J. DAVIS
Birth	5 Jul 1791	New Jersey [1, 2]
	"Davis - The Settlers of Salem W.Va.," p. 53, reports birth date as June 7 1791. But in Joshua J. Davis's "Declaration for Pension," he states that he was age 79 as of July 5 1870. The Davis book also reports his death date as April 1873. But his military file contains a statement by his wife Delila Clark, in her application for a widow's pension, that he died on May 5 1873.
Gender	Male
Military	From 16 Nov 1812 to 15 Apr 1813 [1]
	Pvt, Virginia Militia under Capt John McWhorter, War of 1812
	Sworn statement by Joshua J, Davis, dated 23 Oct 1850, on file at the National Archives as part of his War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application .... that he was a private in the company commanded by Captain McWhorter in the first regiment of Virginia militia commanded by Col. John Connell in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June A.D. 1812. That he volunteered at Clarksburg on or about the 1st day of September A.D. 1812 for the term of six months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of six months, and was honorably discharged at Camp Meigs [Perrysburg, Ohio] on the 29th day of March A.D. 1813... https://www.fold3.com/image/307401423 www.fortmeigs.org
Census	1850, 1860	Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Residence	Apr 1872	Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV [3]
Death	5 May 1873	Doddridge Co, WV [1, 2]
Notes	Several land grants pertaining to Joshua J. Davis are on file at the Library of Virginia. These were all located in present-day Doddridge County, which at that time was still part of Harrison County. 31 Aug 1848, 50 acres on Morgans Tarkiln Run http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/LXVJDL86KDAXFDNV2F8GLVKKDQX8HEIF4PLYIRSK7GQTGBAX6G-11716?func=full-set-set&set_number=001342&set_entry=000001&format=999 30 Dec 1842, 50 acres on Morgans Tar Kiln Run a drain of Buffaloe Calf Run http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/LXVJDL86KDAXFDNV2F8GLVKKDQX8HEIF4PLYIRSK7GQTGBAX6G-11718?func=full-set-set&set_number=001342&set_entry=000002&format=999 30 Nov 1842, 30 acres on Sleepy Run a branch of the Buckeye Fork of Middle Island Creek http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/LXVJDL86KDAXFDNV2F8GLVKKDQX8HEIF4PLYIRSK7GQTGBAX6G-11720?func=full-set-set&set_number=001342&set_entry=000003&format=999 30 Sep 1838, 100 acres on Buckeye Fork http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/LXVJDL86KDAXFDNV2F8GLVKKDQX8HEIF4PLYIRSK7GQTGBAX6G-11722?func=full-set-set&set_number=001342&set_entry=000004&format=999 30 Oct 1838, 100 acres on Buffaloe Calf Run http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/LXVJDL86KDAXFDNV2F8GLVKKDQX8HEIF4PLYIRSK7GQTGBAX6G-11724?func=full-set-set&set_number=001342&set_entry=000005&format=999
Person ID	I43650	Doddridge County Roots
Last Modified	26 Feb 2017

Father	William G. "Jarsey Billy" DAVIS, b. 7 May 1762, New Jersey d. 10 Apr 1840, Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA (Age 77 years)
Mother	Catharine JOHNSTON d. 1800, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, NJ
Family ID	F17634	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Catherine MAXSON, b. Nov 1797, Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA d. 27 Jan 1856 (Age ~ 58 years) [4]

Marriage 2 May 1812 Harrison Co, (W)VA [2]

Children

+	1. Sarah "Sally" DAVIS, b. 3 Sep 1816 d. 17 Apr 1853 (Age 36 years)
	2. Mary DAVIS, b. 7 May 1819 d. 7 May 1819 (Age 0 years)
+	3. Drusilla DAVIS, b. 26 Jun 1820
+	4. Lemuel DAVIS, b. 25 Nov 1822 d. 1 Apr 1900 (Age 77 years)
+	5. Elizabeth DAVIS, b. 11 Feb 1825, Doddridge Co, (W)VA
+	6. Zebulon DAVIS, b. 21 Feb 1827, Harrison Co, (W)VA
	7. Elisha DAVIS, b. 27 Jul 1829 d. 31 May 1830 (Age 0 years)
+	8. Permelia DAVIS, b. 27 May 1831 d. 15 Jun 1908, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 77 years)
	9. Emily DAVIS, b. 3 Sep 1835 d. 6 Oct 1835 (Age 0 years)
	10. Johnson DAVIS, b. 4 Nov 1836 d. 2 Jan 1856 (Age 19 years)
+	11. Clarinda DAVIS, b. 4 Jul 1839, Harrison Co, (W)VA
>	12. Timothy K. DAVIS, b. 3 Oct 1842, Harrison Co, (W)VA d. 29 Jan 1921, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV (Age 78 years)
	13. Joshua James DAVIS, b. CA 1844

Family ID F17640 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Delila CLARK, b. CA 1825, Harrison Co, (W)VA d. 3 Apr 1898 (Age ~ 73 years)

Marriage 12 Jun 1856 Harrison Co, (W)VA [2, 5]

Notes

1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 8 1880:
Delila Davis, 60, widowed, housekeeper, unable to read or write; son James W, 22, single, farmer, unable to write; dau Contentie A, 16, unable to write; dau Catharine, 15, unable to write.

Children

+	1. James W. DAVIS, b. 2 Dec 1857 d. 25 Mar 1918, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 60 years)
+	2. Elizabeth Rachel DAVIS, b. 30 Jun 1859 d. 17 Aug 1892, Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 33 years)
+	3. Content Delilah DAVIS, b. 6 Mar 1862 d. 6 Sep 1926, Rosemont, Taylor Co, WV (Age 64 years)
>	4. Catharine DAVIS, b. 12 Aug 1864, Doddridge Co, WV

Family ID F20283 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Documents
43650_DAVIS_JoshuaJ_WarOf1812Pension-BountyLandWarrantApplication_Page40.jpg

Sources

[S43] War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815 [database on-line], (National Archives & Records Administration, Ancestry.com, Fold3.com), https://www.fold3.com/image/307401423.
[S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 53.
[S37] Historical Military Records, (www.fold3.com).
[S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 20.
[S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 6 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=252200&Type=Marriage.
Identified as Joshua J. Davis, widower, 66, b. East Jersey, son of William & Catherine Davis; and Delila Clark, single, 30, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Thomas & Elizabeth Clark. Married Jun 12 1856 in Harrison County. Ceremony performed by Peter Davis.

Joshua J. DAVIS