John Davis, was born 3 July 1770, Paquotank County, NC, the oldest of seven children.
At age 18, John left home wth a group of North Carolina Militia on assignment to fight Indians 700 miles west in what is now Middle Tennessee. In 1787 he had received one of the earliest recorded land grants of 3,840 acres located in the the vicinity of Ft. Nashboro (Nashville) on the south side of the Cumberland River. This grant was for services rendered as a Captain in the Continental line. During his lifetime he increased his holdings through purchases and by grant to 7,000 He returned to Pasquotank for his parents and six brothers and sisters.
John was very active in the North Carolina Militia. Early histories of the area tell of scouting expeditions surveying tracks through the wilderness and of many battles with the Indians.
John Davis and General James Robertson, founder of Nashville and father of Middle Tennessee were close friends and related by 2 family marriages. Two Robertson sons married 2 Davis daughters.
In 1900 the publication "The Historians" "He (John Davis) was a generous man, kind to the poor, and lenient with his many tenants. He gave to the public a building site on which now stand a public school house and a church free to all denominations. Davis was a member of no church, but was inclined to the universal doctrine claiming that God is too good to condemn any of his creatures to eternal punishment. He believed that the disobedient would be punished here and hereafter, but not eternally."
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Fanny Grieves Davis, daughter, b. 1801, married David Morris Harding in 1816. His memorial is #54999765
At age 18, John left home wth a group of North Carolina Militia on assignment to fight Indians 700 miles west in what is now Middle Tennessee. In 1787 he had received one of the earliest recorded land grants of 3,840 acres located in the the vicinity of Ft. Nashboro (Nashville) on the south side of the Cumberland River. This grant was for services rendered as a Captain in the Continental line. During his lifetime he increased his holdings through purchases and by grant to 7,000 He returned to Pasquotank for his parents and six brothers and sisters.
John was very active in the North Carolina Militia. Early histories of the area tell of scouting expeditions surveying tracks through the wilderness and of many battles with the Indians.
John Davis and General James Robertson, founder of Nashville and father of Middle Tennessee were close friends and related by 2 family marriages. Two Robertson sons married 2 Davis daughters.
In 1900 the publication "The Historians" "He (John Davis) was a generous man, kind to the poor, and lenient with his many tenants. He gave to the public a building site on which now stand a public school house and a church free to all denominations. Davis was a member of no church, but was inclined to the universal doctrine claiming that God is too good to condemn any of his creatures to eternal punishment. He believed that the disobedient would be punished here and hereafter, but not eternally."
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Fanny Grieves Davis, daughter, b. 1801, married David Morris Harding in 1816. His memorial is #54999765
John Davis, was born 3 July 1770, Paquotank County, NC, the oldest of seven children.
At age 18, John left home wth a group of North Carolina Militia on assignment to fight Indians 700 miles west in what is now Middle Tennessee. In 1787 he had received one of the earliest recorded land grants of 3,840 acres located in the the vicinity of Ft. Nashboro (Nashville) on the south side of the Cumberland River. This grant was for services rendered as a Captain in the Continental line. During his lifetime he increased his holdings through purchases and by grant to 7,000 He returned to Pasquotank for his parents and six brothers and sisters.
John was very active in the North Carolina Militia. Early histories of the area tell of scouting expeditions surveying tracks through the wilderness and of many battles with the Indians.
John Davis and General James Robertson, founder of Nashville and father of Middle Tennessee were close friends and related by 2 family marriages. Two Robertson sons married 2 Davis daughters.
In 1900 the publication "The Historians" "He (John Davis) was a generous man, kind to the poor, and lenient with his many tenants. He gave to the public a building site on which now stand a public school house and a church free to all denominations. Davis was a member of no church, but was inclined to the universal doctrine claiming that God is too good to condemn any of his creatures to eternal punishment. He believed that the disobedient would be punished here and hereafter, but not eternally."
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Fanny Grieves Davis, daughter, b. 1801, married David Morris Harding in 1816. His memorial is #54999765
At age 18, John left home wth a group of North Carolina Militia on assignment to fight Indians 700 miles west in what is now Middle Tennessee. In 1787 he had received one of the earliest recorded land grants of 3,840 acres located in the the vicinity of Ft. Nashboro (Nashville) on the south side of the Cumberland River. This grant was for services rendered as a Captain in the Continental line. During his lifetime he increased his holdings through purchases and by grant to 7,000 He returned to Pasquotank for his parents and six brothers and sisters.
John was very active in the North Carolina Militia. Early histories of the area tell of scouting expeditions surveying tracks through the wilderness and of many battles with the Indians.
John Davis and General James Robertson, founder of Nashville and father of Middle Tennessee were close friends and related by 2 family marriages. Two Robertson sons married 2 Davis daughters.
In 1900 the publication "The Historians" "He (John Davis) was a generous man, kind to the poor, and lenient with his many tenants. He gave to the public a building site on which now stand a public school house and a church free to all denominations. Davis was a member of no church, but was inclined to the universal doctrine claiming that God is too good to condemn any of his creatures to eternal punishment. He believed that the disobedient would be punished here and hereafter, but not eternally."
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Fanny Grieves Davis, daughter, b. 1801, married David Morris Harding in 1816. His memorial is #54999765
