William and Mary were married at Old St. Paul's Church in Norfolk on March 1, 1770. William Davenport is said to have come to this country with Lafayette "to help with the struggling colonies in the war for their independence" . Perhaps that is why I have not been able to trace him further back in Virginia!! William Davenport was present at the burning of Norfolk by Lord Dunmore in January 1776, and continued to serve until the Siege of Yorktown in 1781. William was granted 4000 acres of Bounty Land in the Military District of Kentucky in recognition of his Revolutionary War Service as an officer. This land he signed over to George Mathews for "value received of him" on November 6, 1784.
At some point after the war, William was assigned by the government to negotiate a treaty with the Creek Indians in West Georgia (became Tennessee in 1791) and reportedly was killed by them as per the following account which appeared in the Augusta, Georgia "Gazette" – "On the 5th day of July 1787 a party of Creek Indians killed Captain William Davenport, Agent for the Government in Georgia, wounded three Chickasaws that were with him and took a white companion prisoner. The people are drawing together in large stations and doing everything necessary for their defense. (Thank you to Gayle Weiss for some additional bio information.)
At some point after the war, William was assigned by the government to negotiate a treaty with the Creek Indians in West Georgia (became Tennessee in 1791) and reportedly was killed by them as per the following account which appeared in the Augusta, Georgia "Gazette" – "On the 5th day of July 1787 a party of Creek Indians killed Captain William Davenport, Agent for the Government in Georgia, wounded three Chickasaws that were with him and took a white companion prisoner. The people are drawing together in large stations and doing everything necessary for their defense. (Thank you to Gayle Weiss for some additional bio information.)
William and Mary were married at Old St. Paul's Church in Norfolk on March 1, 1770. William Davenport is said to have come to this country with Lafayette "to help with the struggling colonies in the war for their independence" . Perhaps that is why I have not been able to trace him further back in Virginia!! William Davenport was present at the burning of Norfolk by Lord Dunmore in January 1776, and continued to serve until the Siege of Yorktown in 1781. William was granted 4000 acres of Bounty Land in the Military District of Kentucky in recognition of his Revolutionary War Service as an officer. This land he signed over to George Mathews for "value received of him" on November 6, 1784.
At some point after the war, William was assigned by the government to negotiate a treaty with the Creek Indians in West Georgia (became Tennessee in 1791) and reportedly was killed by them as per the following account which appeared in the Augusta, Georgia "Gazette" – "On the 5th day of July 1787 a party of Creek Indians killed Captain William Davenport, Agent for the Government in Georgia, wounded three Chickasaws that were with him and took a white companion prisoner. The people are drawing together in large stations and doing everything necessary for their defense. (Thank you to Gayle Weiss for some additional bio information.)
At some point after the war, William was assigned by the government to negotiate a treaty with the Creek Indians in West Georgia (became Tennessee in 1791) and reportedly was killed by them as per the following account which appeared in the Augusta, Georgia "Gazette" – "On the 5th day of July 1787 a party of Creek Indians killed Captain William Davenport, Agent for the Government in Georgia, wounded three Chickasaws that were with him and took a white companion prisoner. The people are drawing together in large stations and doing everything necessary for their defense. (Thank you to Gayle Weiss for some additional bio information.)
