WILLIAM FAILSON "Long Billy" DAVIS
| BIRTH: March 16, 1783 Rutherford Co., NC MARRIED: Sarah Womack November 5, 1812 DEATH: July 6, 1876 Cleveland Co., NC |
CHILDREN Nancy Davis John Davis Anderson Womack Davis James O. Davis Susanna D. Davis William Jackson Davis Phillip Pinkney Davis Nathaniel Failson Davis Sarah F. Davis Mary Ann Davis Malena Fannie Davis Phoebe C. Davis Thomas Allen Davis Willis Davis Simon Drury Davis Abraham Hamby Davis |
BORN September 8, 1813 August 2, 1814 October 25, 1815 February 28, 1817 March 9, 1818 September 25, 1819 February 5, 1821 November 25, 1822 October 25, 1823 February 4, 1825 June 9, 1826 June 7, 1828 October 29, 1829 January 12, 1831 December 27, 1833 July 25, 1835 |
DIED October 14, 1849 July 27, 1902 April 4, 1865 July 27, 1895 March 6, 1913 September 2, 1916 1851 September 1, 1906 |
| PARENTS: Phillip Davis (1755 - 1800) Mary Ann Clayton |
GRANDPARENTS: Nicholas Davis Catherine Whiting |
Billy Davis was a farmer and a merchant. It can be assumed from his nickname that he was a tall man. He and his wife are buried in the Davis Cemetery in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
