Josiah DAVISSON
1744 - 1825 (80 years)
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Name Josiah DAVISSON Born 1 Dec 1744 Augusta Co (now Rockingham Co), VA 
[1] Gender Male Military Captain, Revolutionary War Died 9 Sep 1825 [1] Buried Baptist Cemetery, Monroe Twp, Preble Co, OH [1] Notes - Went by the names Davison or Davidson in Rockingham Co, and Davisson in Harrison Co, VA and Preble Co, Ohio.
Children by first wife, Edith: Daniel, Abigail, Phebe (or Phoebe), William, Ann, Reuben, Jesse, and Edith.
Children by second wife, Nancy Ann: Absalom, Hannah, Jonathan William, Josiah, Mary, and Amaziah.
In 1778, he was named the first sheriff of Rockingham Co. He was a Captain of the Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War. He moved from Rockingham Co to Harrison Co ca 1795, then to Ohio in 1813.
Person ID I6607 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 1 Aug 2016
Father Daniel DAVISON, b. CA 1716, Wading River, Long Island, NY , d. 1750, Augusta Co (now Rockingham Co), VA (Age ~ 34 years) Mother Phebe HARRISON, b. 1728, New Jersey , d. 1807 (Age 79 years) Family ID F2336 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Edith HERRON (OR HERRING), d. Mar 1801 Married CA 1771 Augusta Co (now Rockingham Co), VA [1] Children + 1. Phebe Ann DAVISSON, b. 29 Dec 1776, Rockingham Co, VA , d. 24 Jun 1849 (Age 72 years)Family ID F2331 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Nancy (Ann) WILLIAMS, b. 30 Jul 1772 Married 23 Oct 1801 Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV [1] Family ID F2332 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Went by the names Davison or Davidson in Rockingham Co, and Davisson in Harrison Co, VA and Preble Co, Ohio.
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Sources - [S444] The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, Russell Lee Davisson, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993)), p. 119.
- [S444] The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, Russell Lee Davisson, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993)), p. 119.