DAVIS FAMILY CONNECTION
(Rev) James Davis, Sr., and Davis-Ligon-Bridges
Posted at genforum.com by: john bristol Date: September 18, 2001 at 16:26:58
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This information is extracted from the website referenced herein. It has
been too long since anyone has bothered to put this information on a
forum:
The family that concerns me the most is James Davis, Jr, and Martha
Ligon, which has often been attached to by those who have not been able
to find this information so easily which would have corrected their
researches.
Nancy Davis, dau of James, Jr and Martha was the wife of William
Bridges. They were the parents of Ambrose Davis Bridges. Martha married
Caleb Hall after the death of James, Jr.
Family of William and Nancy (Davis) Bridges:
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This additional info put here from other sources to fill in some gaps:
Davis family was from Lincoln Co VA by my ancient source.
GENFORUM MESSAGES:Click
Martha was born 7/11/1780 and d. 9/6/1854, m. James Davis 6/21/1795.
The marriage between James Davis and Martha "Legin" June 21, 1795 is
listed in the Mercer County KY Register Volume 20 Page 15.
#242, #146, #150 LIGON Forum
#53 BRIDGES Forum
William Bridges married Nancy Davis on 6 Apr 1820 in Hopkins County, KY.
They moved to MO after that, and Ambrose Davis Bridges came through that
line.
World Connect GEDCOM:
GEDCOM
DESCENDANCY CHART
GEDCOM
Davis, James CIRCA 1740/50 Virginia MAY 1808 Hopkins County, Kentucky
hkhart
1 Thomas DAVIS b: 8 AUG 1693
+ Sarah FIELDING b: 12 MAY 1695
2 Richard DAVIS b: 15 JUL 1725 d: 7 OCT 1809
+ Sabina HARISON
3 Joseph DAVIS b: CIRCA 1740/50 d: 19 OCT 1821
+ Elizabeth GRAYSON
4 Israel DAVIS d: 3 FEB 1815
4 Benjamin DAVIS
+ Nancy COGHILL
4 Thomas G(rayson) DAVIS
+ Lucy M. BROOKS
4 Priscilla DAVIS b: 11 JUN 1787 d: 6 FEB 1880
+ James MARTIN
5 Benjamin G. MARTIN b: 6 JAN 1805
+ Alphia LYNN
+ Bettie LOVING
5 Martha Ann MARTIN b: 1826 d: 1913
+ George Washington MILLER
5 Sarah B. MARTIN
+ Charles CURD
5 Elizabeth G. MARTIN
+ Washington HOOD
5 Hulda F. MARTIN
+ George Washington INGRAM
5 Reuben James MARTIN
+ Harriet WILLIAMS
+ Margaret WATKINS
5 Nancy Jane MARTIN
+ Thomas N. INGRAM
5 Levi Walter MARTIN
+ Mary P. LOVELACE
+ Joanna BOONE
5 Priscilla MARTIN
5 Samuel McGowan MARTIN
+ Nancy T. BAUCUM
5 Joseph Thomas MARTIN
+ Catherine Maltilda FARRIS
3 (Rev) JAMES DAVIS, Sr., b: CIRCA 1740/50 d: MAY 1808
4 Benjamin DAVIS
4 Harrison DAVIS b: CIRCA 1769
+ Martha SMITH
5 Lewis DAVIS b: 30 SEP 1809 d: BEF 1845
+ Martha EZELL
6 Thomas C. DAVIS b: ABOUT 1837
6 Lewis Hampton DAVIS b: 13 JUN 1840 d: 26 SEP 1923
+ Margaret MEDLOCK b: 9 JAN 1845 d: 18 OCT 1920
7 Ida M. DAVIS b: ABOUT 1871
7 John A. DAVIS b: ABOUT 1875
7 Sarah DAVIS b: ABOUT 1876
7 Unknown DAVIS b: ABOUT 1880
4 JAMES DAVIS, Jr., b: ABOUT 1772 d: BY 1802
+ Martha LIGON b: 1780 d: 1854 [md. 2 Caleb Hall]
5 James L. DAVIS
5 Nancy DAVIS [md. WILLIAM BRIDGES]
4 Robert DAVIS b: 14 SEP 1777 d: AUG 1844
+ Deborah HORNBUCKLE
4 Polly DAVIS
+ Pearson NEWSON
4 Sally DAVIS
+ John PARKER
4 Patsy DAVIS
+ John ROBERTSON
4 Nancy DAVIS
+ Joseph MONTGOMERY
4 Delicia DAVIS b: CIRCA 1778/9
+ Robert MCGARY d: BY 24 FEB 1809
5 Hugh MCGARY
5 Nancy MCGARY
5 Harrison MCGARY
4 Elizabeth DAVIS
+ William R. MCGARY
4 Richard DAVIS
3 Richard DAVIS b: ABOUT 1746 d: OCT/NOV 1812
+ Ann CHILES b: 7 NOV 1755 d: 28 JUL 1849
4 Susannah DAVIS b: 4 MAY 1774
4 Elizabeth DAVIS b: 14 SEP 1776 d: 7 OCT 1869
+ Thomas MORTON b: 25 SEP 1764 d: 3 MAY 1844
5 Samuel MORTON b: ABOUT 1796 d: 1865
+ Minerva Wright GORDON b: 1805 d: 3 MAY 1848
6 Nancy Childs MORTON b: 31 JUL 1821 d: 22 JAN 1858
+ Isaac E. WALKER
7 Katherine Margaret WALKER b: ABOUT 1855
+ Isaac E. SCHOLLARS
8 Aaron John SCHOLLARS b: ABOUT 1898
6 John G. MORTON b: 8 JUN 1822
+ Nancy E. YOUNG
7 David A. MORTON b: 10 JUN 1850
+ Mary H. ASHBY
5 Priscilla D. MORTON b: 23 DEC 1803
+ Willoughby ASHBY b: 1793 d: 1835
6 Josiah Jackson ASHBY
+ Sarah Wheaton ROSS
7 Charles Willoughby ASHBY b: 4 NOV 1850 d: 23 JAN 1898
7 Sanford Lee ASHBY b: 14 APR 1852
7 Medor ASHBY b: 7 NOV 1853 d: 1932
7 Lillian Parthena ASHBY b: 10 AUG 1855 d: 20 NOV 1857
7 Millard Filmore ASHBY b: 18 MAR 1858 d: 7 MAR 1936
7 Josiah Jackson Jr. ASHBY b: 7 NOV 1859
7 James Shackleford ASHBY b: 5 SEP 1861 d: 1920
7 Wheaton Ross ASHBY b: 31 MAY 1863 d: 10 AUG 1916
7 Perneta Ross (Rose) ASHBY b: 24 MAY 1865 d: 11 OCT 1941
+ E. Frank WALLER b: 1855 d: 1891
8 Willoughby Forsythe WALLER
8 Frank E. WALLER b: 27 AUG 1892 d: 2 AUG 1939
+ James Karr RAMSEY
7 Alice Bell ASHBY b: 1867 d: 1950
7 Benjamin J. ASHBY b: 9 SEP 1869 d: 31 DEC 1891
6 Henry Clay ASHBY
+ Frances STEPHENS
6 Thomas Enoch ASHBY b: 22 NOV 1833 d: 1 MAR 1870
+ Mary Jane CRABTREE b: ABOUT 1833 d: 1916
7 Carolie ASHBY
7 John Willoughby ASHBY b: ABOUT 1853 d: 1933
+ Beatrice WASHINGTON
+ Lura C. HOBGOOD
7 William Emsley ASHBY b: ABOUT 1857
+ Martha J. HOWELL
7 Lorenzo Laton ASHBY b: ABOUT 1860 d: AUG 1941
+ Cora BRANSON b: 19 JAN 1860 d: 31 JAN 1917
8 Jessie Louise ASHBY b: 12 MAR 1896 d: 1 MAR 1919
+ James Herschel HICKMAN
+ Kate WASHINGTON
7 Franklin Morton ASHBY b: 16 NOV 1863 d: 19 MAR 1930
+ Lucy Amanda DUNVILLE
+ Jennie BOURLAND
7 Cora ASHBY b: 1865 d: 6 DEC 1881
7 Henry Masillon ASHBY b: ABOUT 1868
+ C. F. BUCHANAN
7 Thomas Enoch ASHBY b: MAR 1870
5 Thomas MORTON b: 25 DEC 1805 d: 22 MAY 1871
+ Mary Elizabeth GRADY b: 1810 d: 22 AUG 1884
6 Mandelbert Mansfield MORTON b: 25 OCT 1832 d: 22 FEB 1913
+ Melvina England FUGATE b: 6 FEB 1852 d: 18 JUN 1890
7 Stafford Phillip MORTON b: 5 SEP 1881 d: 4 AUG 1953
+ Virginia Love WALKER
7 LeVert MORTON b: 12 JAN 1883 d: 17 APR 1951
+ Polk Lafoon SHAW
7 Annastasia Lilith MORTON b: 13 MAR 1884 d: 12 DEC 1973
+ John William ELLIOTT
7 John Newman MORTON b: 3 JUL 1885 d: 10 OCT 1972
+ Nina SOUTHARD
7 James Lakeman MORTON b: 30 NOV 1886 d: JAN 1968
+ Mary Magdaline SISK
7 Helen Gardener MORTON b: 6 AUG 1888 d: 11 JAN 1976
7 Simon Bolivar MORTON b: 8 FEB 1890 d: 11 JUN 1890
6 Narcissa MORTON b: 6 MAY 1834 d: 25 DEC 1864
+ Andrew Jackson SISK
7 Thompson H. SISK b: ABOUT 1861
7 Mary Elizabeth SISK b: ABOUT 1863
6 Josephine MORTON b: 1836 d: 24 FEB 1857
6 Hulda MORTON b: 27 JAN 1840 d: 4 APR 1913
6 Anna MORTON b: ABOUT 1842
5 H. H. MORTON b: 4 MAY 1813
+ Julia A. LITTLEPAGE
5 Oliver H. Perry MORTON b: 6 JUL 1815 d: 11 JAN 1905
+ Susan Quintine WHITFIELD b: 10 FEB 1823 d: 23 OCT 1873
6 Alanza W. MORTON b: ABOUT 1840
+ Estella YOUNG
6 Athaliah MORTON b: ABOUT 1842/45 d: BEFORE 1867
+ Robert A. TALIAFERRO b: 7 MAR 1836 d: 27 JUN 1871
6 Edithe W. MORTON b: ABOUT 1846
+ Benjamin W. DAVIS b: ABOUT 1839
7 Susan DAVIS b: ABOUT 1867
6 Nancy MORTON b: ABOUT 1846/47
6 William MORTON b: ABOUT 1848/49
6 Needham Perry MORTON b: 12 APR 1851 d: 9 NOV 1927
+ Elizabeth A. GRADY
7 Oliver L. MORTON b: ABOUT 1874
7 Lilburn G. MORTON b: ABOUT 1877
6 Eldred George W. MORTON b: ABOUT 1850/55
+ M. J. GRIFFIN
6 Inez MORTON b: 7 NOV 1857 d: 6 FEB 1879
+ N. A. WHITFIELD
6 Jemima MORTON b: ABOUT 1867
6 Belle MORTON
6 Matilda MORTON
4 Thomas Chiles DAVIS b: 31 DEC 1779 d: 22 JAN 1813
+ Elizabeth Dabney CHILES
4 Susannah DAVIS b: 12 DEC 1782 d: 20 JAN 1851
+ Edward Hampton EARLE b: 1780 d: 1853
4 Priscilla DAVIS b: 8 MAR 1785 d: 1802
4 William DAVIS b: 9 JUN 1789 d: 4 FEB 1848
+ Missianiah EARLE b: 4 APR 1795 d: 25 MAR 1840
5 Hulda Ann DAVIS
5 Eldred G. DAVIS b: 1832
+ Susan B. BAKER b: ABOUT 1838
4 Nancy DAVIS b: 23 OCT 1791
+ Dixon GIVENS b: 3 JUL 1784
3 Thomas DAVIS b: CIRCA 1750/60 d: DEC 1842
3 John DAVIS b: 1752 d: AFTER 1828
Please refer to the cited references for questions about anything except the Ambrose D. Bridges family.
John Bristol
DAVIS-LIGON-HALL-ISSUES and RECORDS
Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, p. 160, April 1955
Martha Hall, age 74, b. Virginia, d. 1854, of liver disease, parent:
Thomas Ligon
Another record: Martha (Ligon) Hall, b. 7-11-1780, ? , VA, d. 9-6-1854,
Hopkins Co., KY, m. (1) James Davis, Jr., 6-21-1795, d. 1800, Henderson
Co., KY [CHILDREN:
James, b. 1799 and Nancy, b. 1800, d. 1838, m. William Bridges, 4-16-1820
in Hopkins Co., KY.] and m. (2) Caleb Hall before December, 1802.
Another record: married 6-21-1795, Mercer Co., KY
Another record: James, Jr, from Lincoln Co, VA to Henderson C., KY to
Mercer Co, KY.
Another record: James, Sr., m. ? Miller; died in May, 1808 on his
return from Louisville to Madisonville, KY.
Another note: CHILDREN of James DAVIS, Sr and ___________Williams:
Harrison, Polly, Benjamin, Robert, Sally, Betsey, Patsey, JAMES,
Delicia, John.
Polly m. Pierson Newson, Sally m. John Parker, Betsey m. William R.
McGary, James m. Martha (Patsy) LIGON, Delicia m. Robert Montgomery.
NOTE SAYS: See FC for (1850) Thomas Ligon's age, b. in VA. [age
speculated to have been b. between 1750 and 1760]
Re: UPDATE on VA/KY/IL Family History
Posted by: Jennie O'Connor Magan Date: July 28, 2000 at 20:58:16
In Reply to: Re: UPDATE on VA/KY/IL Family History by Barbara Guinn
9590 of 13019
Barbara:
I am descended from Leonard Hall and Joanna Letton.
I descend through Caleb Hall, Sr., of Bourbon County, KY, proof: Copies
of Real Estate transactions there regarding property that belonged to
Leonard Hall. Caleb Hall, Sr., was married three times, the first wife
is unknown and she was the mother of my Caleb Hall, Jr. The Elizabeth
Mastin that Caleb, Sr. married in Bedford was a widow. Her surname was
Forqueran. Caleb, Sr., and Daniel Boone surveyed land in Kentucky for
Leonard Hall. After Elizabeth died, Caleb, Sr., married a third time and
this was who he was married to when he died and probably why his other
children were not mentioned in his will. I do know that he had a son,
Mahlon.
Caleb Hall, Jr., lived in Henderson County, KY, as an adult and with him
for a while was his brother, Mahlon, that I believe moved to Illinois.
Caleb, Jr., married a widow, Martha 'Patsy' (Ligon) Davis and they spent
their lives in Hopkins County, KY, where Martha 'Patsy' was a charter
member of the Grapevine Christian Church where she and Caleb, Jr., are
buried. Caleb, Jr., was quite successful in Hopkins County, KY. I then
lose the Hall name, being from their daughter, Elizabeth, that married
Turner O'Bryan.
Unless I have made a typographical error, all of the above information
is correct. I have been to Bedford County, Virginia, and copied the Hall
records that are in the Courthouse there. I went to a Historical Society
there and they gave me some hints as to who Leonard 's parents were. On
this forum, I do not want to say. Contact me personally if you would
like to get that information from me.
I look forward to hearing from you and hope that finally we can solve
the Hall riddle.
Also, a book, very well documented was written about Leonard Hall's
life, a copy I saw in Frankfort, Kentucky, that has everything in it
very well documented.
Sincerely,
Jennie O'Connor Magan
Re: Leonard Hall & Joannah Letton
Posted by: Jennie O'Connor Magan Date: November 01, 1999 at 18:21:41
In Reply to: Re: Leonard Hall & Joannah Letton by Harry E. Hall 5902 of
13019
Hello:
There were two Caleb Halls. The first one was Caleb Hall, son of Leonard
Hall and Johanna Letton. He is the one that married Elizabeth
(Forqueran) Mastin in 1756 in Bedford County, Virginia. Their son, Caleb
Hall was born in 1758 and he married Martha "Patsy" (Ligon) Davis in
1802 in Henderson County, Kentucky.
Caleb, Sr., and wife Elizabeth lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky. They
both died there. Elizabeth's father died there in 1798.
Caleb, Jr., and wife, Martha "Patsy" lived after 1807 in Hopkins County,
Kentucky, where both of them died and are buried in Madisonville,
Hopkins County, Kentucky.
I had to pack up my genealogy records for a short time or I would have
the dates, etc.
Please contact me if you would like more information.
How are you related to me? Caleb, Jr. is my 3rd great grandfather. My
family generations have about 40 years between each so I go back quickly.
Sincerely,
Jennie O'Connor Magan
Re: Thomas & Ann Ligon of VA - dau. Martha
Posted by: Jennie O'Connor Magan Date: November 09, 1999 at 16:49:41
In Reply to: Re: Thomas & Ann Ligon of VA - dau. Martha by john bristol
236 of 576
John:
It is wonderful to know that there is another person out there that is
interested in Martha "Patsy" Ligon. I am descended from her second
marriage to Caleb Hall, Jr.
In a Hopkins County, Kentucky, History book that I saw in our local
library, A Hall family from Madisonville, KY, stated that Martha "Patsy"
Ligon was descended from a Thomas and Ann Ligon. I have since searched
and searched for a connection to the Virginia Ligons.
I have copies of the originals that I will document below, the
information that I have on Martha "Patsy," as follows:
MERCER COUNTY, KENTUCKY COURT ORDER BOOK #1, 1786-1790, AUGUST 25TH,
1795, PAGE 186: "Deed of gift to James Davis, Jr., by Thomas Legin. Was
proven by Charles Webber and James Davis, Sr."
PAGE 499: "Road repairs ordered that the following hands help to keep
the road in repair. Includes a list of many men and James Davis, James
Davis, Jr., Harrison Davis, several other surnames mentioned."
* * * * * * * * *
MERCER COUNTY, KENTUCKY REGISTER VOLUME 20, PAGE 15: "Marriage of James
Davis and Martha Legin, June 21, 1795." (Book 1, page 38)
* * * * * * * * *
April 28, 1834, Martha (Patsy) Ligon Davis Hall was a charter member of
the Grapevine Christian Church on McLeod Lane in Madisonville, Hopkins
County, Kentucky. (She and Caleb Hall, Jr., are buried there.)
* * * * * * * * *
HENDERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, WILL BOOK A, 1799-1821, pAGE 12-14: James
Davis will, 1808.
Page 364: HALL TO DAVIS EXECUTOR.
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"EARLY KENTUCKY WILLS" BY King, page 102: James Davis, 7 Oct 1800.
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COMPARE THESE TWO DEEDS:
Charlotte County Deed Book 3 (1771-1777) page 181
4 November 1772-Deed of gift from Thomas Liggon, of Charlotte Co. to my
friend, John Bridges, of the same county, for love and affection (he
having married my daughter, Mary) of two Negro girls named Anneal and
Suckey, two negro boys named Tom and Peter...
KENTUCKY DEPT. LIBRARIES & ARCHIVES, Frankford, KY, pages 491-2:
"Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Leggin of the County of
Mercer and State of Kentucky for and in consideration of the Love and
affection which I bear to my son in Law James Davis Jr. and my Daughter
Patsy Davis wife of the said James and for deserved other considerations
me hereunto moving have given granted bargained or sold unto the said
James Davis Jr. by these presents do give grant Bargain or sell unto him
the said James Davis all and singular my goods of chattels rights of
credits where of I am ... or ... of the following ... To wit Lucy Viney
Judith and Arthur and three feather Beds and furniture three horses and
fine head of cattle To have and to hold the slaves above mentioned and
their Increase if also all the goods and chattels above mentioned as the
only property of him the said James Davis to his only ...use and behoof
and to the use of no other person whatever In Witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 8th day of August 1795
Signed sealed and delivered in presents of
James Davis )
Charles Webber) Thomass X Leggin (Seal)
Benjamin Davis)
Mercer ... August County Court 1795
This indenture was proved to be the act of Deed of Thomas Leggin a party
thereto by the oaths of Charles Webber & James Davis Witnesses
thereto and entered into recorded.
Teste
Thomas Allen CC
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MERCER COUNTY, KENTUCKY, TAX LISTS, ROLL 008156: 1794, May 15 Thomas
Ligon 1-4335
1796, April 18 Thos. Liggon 1-4245
1799, June 24 Jas. Davis 1---1-
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Please let me hear from you.
Sincerely,
Jennie O'Connor Magan
Re: Thomas & Ann Ligon of VA - dau. Martha
Posted by: Pat Brasher Date: June 06, 1999 at 22:12:09
In Reply to: Thomas & Ann Ligon of VA - dau. Martha by Jennie O'Connor
Magan 146 of 576
Have Martha Legin marrying James Davis on June 21, 1795 Minister Rice in
Mercer County Ky. (I think it is KY register volume 15 but not sure of
volume) I also know that in Mercer Co. Records there is a deed of a gift
to James Davis Jr. from Thomas Legin. My friend is making a copy of the
volumes and page numbers. I will list them as soon as I receive them.
Hope that this helps. Pat