{"id":101,"date":"2011-09-12T02:06:53","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T06:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pasquotank\/?p=101"},"modified":"2022-02-18T07:39:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T12:39:46","slug":"davis-bible-notes-joshua-davis-1831-1886","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pasquotank\/davis-bible-notes-joshua-davis-1831-1886\/","title":{"rendered":"JOSHUA DAVIS (1831-1886) Bible Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>DAVIS\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Bible Notes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MARRIAGES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Joshua Davis and Lavania Davis, 3 June 1852<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Minuard J. Sawyer to Margaret K. Davis Oct. 23 ____.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Joshua Davis to Eliza A. Simpson 14 Jan 1875<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">David J. Smithson to Nancy Davis 5 Dec 1878<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Joshua Davis to Margaret E. Scott 16 Jan 1879<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Phillip G. Pritchard to Mary E. Dailey 20 Oct 1881<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>______________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><strong>BIRTHS:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Joshua Davis, son of Adam Davis and Martha his wife, was born 13 Jan 1831.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Lavania Davis, daughter of John Davis and Keturah his wife, was born 13 Jan 1833.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><strong>Children of Joshua and Lavania Davis:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Margaret born 15 April 1856<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Luther W. born 28 Mar 1858<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Nancy born 20 April 1860<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Mary E. born 25 Sept 1862<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Martha born 25 July 1866<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Keziah born 4 Feb 1869<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>______________________________________________________<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Mary Lavinia, daughter of M. C. Sawyer and Maggie his wife, was born 4 Aug 1874.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Eliza Ann Simpson, daughter of Robert Simpson and Eliza his wife, was born 9 Mar 1850.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Martin Davis, son of Joshua Davis and Eliza his wife, was born 25 Apr 1876.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Effie Sawyer, daughter of Minuard J. Sawyer and Maggie his wife, was born 13 Sept 1879.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Margaret W. Sawyer, daughter of M. J. Sawyer and Maggie his wife, was born 24 Nov 1878.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Margaret E. Scott, daughter of M. Scott and Phoebe his wife, was born 19 Oct 1854.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Martin T. Davis, son of Joshua Davis and M. E. his wife, was born 20 Dec 1879.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Eldon M. Davis, son of Joshua Davis and M. E. his wife, was born 7 Dec 1881.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>______________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEATHS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Lavania Davis, wife of Joshua Davis, died 18 July 1873.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Luther W. Davis, son of Joshua Davis and Lavania, died 15 Oct 1879.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Mary B. Pritchard, wife of Phillip G. Pritchard, died 30 March 1880.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Clifford Pritchard, son of Phillip Pritchard and Mary his wife, died 17 July 1885.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Joshua Davis died 27 May 1886.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Eliza Ann Davis, wife of Joshua Davis, died 26 April 1876.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Martin S. Davis died 23 June 1876.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Sanford Davis, son of Joshua and Mary E. Davis, born and died 22 July 188<\/span>?.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Source: North Carolina Bible Records \u2013 Compiled by Wilma Cartwright Spence and Edna Morrisette Shannonhouse (1973).<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong>\u00a0Joshua Davis was born in Perquimans County, North Carolina. His father died when he was about 15 years old. Soon after the death of his father he and his two younger brothers, Adam and Edmond, went to live with their older brother, Captain Warren Davis, and his wife, Jane Rebecca McCaughey, who lived just across the river in\u00a0Pasquotank County. Joshua Davis remained the rest of his life in Pasquotank County, although he owned land from his birthplace in the Little River\/New Hope section of Perquimans County.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Joshua Davis&#8217;s will was written 7 May 1884 and probated 3 June 1886.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">&#8211;Susan C. Griffin<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAVIS\u00a0 Bible Notes MARRIAGES: Joshua Davis and Lavania Davis, 3 June 1852 Minuard J. Sawyer to Margaret K. Davis Oct. 23 ____. Joshua Davis to Eliza A. Simpson 14 Jan 1875 David J. Smithson to Nancy Davis 5 Dec 1878 Joshua Davis to Margaret E. Scott 16 Jan 1879 Phillip G. 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