In 1810, Samuel Davis was listed in Westmoreland County, Virginia, personal property tax lists, but was not taxed. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1810 Personal Property Tax Book.]

In 1811, Samuel Davis was listed in Westmoreland County, Virginia, personal property tax lists, but was not taxed. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1811 Personal Property Tax Book.]

On 27 October 1816, Fanny Luttrel gave consent to marry Samuel Davis. On 2 November 1816, Samuel Davis and Simon Robinson took out a marriage bond, stating that a marriage to Fanny Luttrell was soon intended. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, Marriage Register 7, items 16-34 and 16-34a.]

1820 U.S. Census, Westmoreland County, Virginia:
Davis, S. Samuel
1 male under 10 [Joseph William Luttrell Davis]
1 male 26-under 45 [Samuel Davis]
1 female 26-under 45 [Fanny Davis]
1 person engaged in manufacture
1 female slave under 14

In 1822, S. Samuel Davis was taxed for 8 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of Travis McGuire, located 4 miles east from the courthouse, “changed from F. Luttrell” [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1822 Land Tax Book.]

In 1823, S. Samuel Davis was taxed for 8 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of Travis McGuire, located 4 miles east from the courthouse. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1823 Land Tax Book.]

In 1824, S. Samuel Davis was taxed for 8 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of Travis McGuire, located 4 miles east from the courthouse. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1824 Land Tax Book.]

In 1825, S. Samuel Davis was taxed for 8 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of Travis McGuire, located 4 miles east from the courthouse. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1825 Land Tax Book.]

In 1826, S. Samuel Davis was taxed for 10 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of Travis McGuire, located 4 miles east from the courthouse. “2 acres added from Wm Butlers land” [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1826 Land Tax Book.]

In 1827, Samuel S. Davis was taxed for 10 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of Wm Butler, located 4 miles east from the courthouse. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1827 Land Tax Book.]

In 1828, S. Samuel Davis was taxed for 10 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of Wm Butler, located 4 miles east from the courthouse. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1828 Land Tax Book.]

In 1829, Samuel S. Davis was taxed for 23 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of Wm Butler, located 4 miles east from the courthouse. “2a added from C Sutton & 12a from Wm Butler by S S Davis instructions” [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1829 Land Tax Book.]

On 29 June 1829, Beckwith Butler and Samuel Davis were bound for the marriage of Beckwith Butler and Elizabeth Smoote. Samuel Davis subsequently witnessed the consent of Elizabeth Smoote. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds Volume 10, items 29-27 and 29-27a.]

In 1830, Samuel S. Davis was taxed for 23 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of Wm Butler, located 4 miles east from the courthouse. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1830 Land Tax Book.]

1830 U.S. Census, Westmoreland County, Virginia:
Davis, Samuel
1 male 5-under 10 [Samuel Davis]
1 male 10-under 15 [Joseph William Luttrell Davis]
1 male 40-under 50 [Samuel Davis]
1 female 40-under 50 [Fanny Davis]
Total 4 people

1830 U.S. Census, Westmoreland County, Virginia:
Davis Samuel S
1 male under 5
1 male 20-30
1 female under 5
1 female 20-30
1 male slave under 5
1 female slave 10-24
Total 6 people

In 1831, Samuel S Davis was taxed for 23 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of Wm Butler, located 4 miles east from the courthouse. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1831 Land Tax Book.]

In 1832, Samuel S Davis was taxed for 23 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of Wm Butler, located 4 miles east from the courthouse. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1832 Land Tax Book.]

In 1833, Samuel Davis was taxed for 23 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of Wm Butler, located 4 miles east from the courthouse. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1833 Land Tax Book.]

On 2 November 1833, William and Teresa Sutton of Westmoreland County sold to Samuel S. Davise of the same. For $25, 4 acres adjoining that of Samuel S. Davise. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, Deed and Will Book 28, pages 106–107.]

In 1834, Saml S. Davis was taxed for 23 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of W Butler, located 4 miles southeast from the courthouse. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1834 Land Tax Book.]

In 1835, Samuel S. Davis was taxed for 27 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of A Butler. “4a added from W. Sutton by deed” [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1835 Land Tax Book.]

In 1836, Samuel S. Davis was taxed for 27 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of A Dozier est. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1836 Land Tax Book.]

In 1837, Samuel S. Davis was taxed for 27 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of Beckwith Butler. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1837 Land Tax Book.]

In 1838, Samuel S. Davis was taxed for 27 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of A Butler. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1838 Land Tax Book.]

On 17 September 1838, Samuel Davis was mentioned, as Samuel S. Davis, as a bordering landowner in a deed from Elizabeth McGuire to Beckwith Butler. [Westmoreland County, Virginia,
Deed and Will Book 29, pages 446–447.]

In 1839, Samuel S. Davis was taxed for 27 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of Beckwith Butler. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1839 Land Tax Book.]

In 1840, Samuel S. Davis was taxed for 27 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of Beckwith Butler. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1840 Land Tax Book.]

1840 U.S. Census, Westmoreland County, Virginia:
Davis, Saml S.
1 male 10-under 15 [Samuel Davis]
1 male 50-under 60 [Samuel Davis]
1 female 40-under 50 [Fanny Davis]
Free colored persons:
1 male under 10 [Ferdinado Figgett]
2 females 10-under 24 [Mary Figgett, Margaret Figgett]
Total 6 people
0 employed in agriculture, 2 in manufacture and trade

In 1841, Samuel S. Davis was taxed for 27 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of Beckwith Butler. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1841 Land Tax Book.]

On 8 June 1841, Samuel Davis was mentioned as a bordering landowner in a deed from William Sutton and Tracy N. Sutton to Beckwith Butler. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, Deed and Will Book 31, pages 34–36.]

In 1842, S. Samuel Davis was taxed for 27 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of B. Butler, located 4 miles southeast of the courthouse. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1842 Land Tax Book.]

In 1843, Samuel S. Davis was taxed for 27 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of Beckwith Butler. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1843 Land Tax Book.]

In 1844, Samuel S. Davis was taxed for 27 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of Beckwith Butler. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1844 Land Tax Book.]

In April, 1844, Fanny Davis filed suit against her husband Samuel Davis: “To the Hon: Jno: Tayloe Lomax, judge of the Cirt Supr Court of law and chancery for the County of Westmoreland on the equity side thereof. Humbly complaining sheweth unto your honour, your complainant Fanny Davis of the said County by Joseph Davis her next friends, [sic] That your complainant is the lawful wife of one Samuel Davis of the said County, and as such, up to the happening of the circumstances which she is about to charge, had co-habitated with him for nearly 30 years. That although the said Saml Davis, has never been a very amiable or exemplary man in his domestic relations yet your complainant has never experienced from him till lately, any treatment which so grossly violated all the rules of decency and property, or which were so subversive of her peace and happiness, as to render it necessary to appeal to the authorities of the law for redress. That for many years, a certain mulatto girl by name Figgitt, has lived in the family of the said Davis, as a servant, and has been housed and reared there. That ever since this girl has attained the age of puberty, a sensible change has taken place in the conduct of the said Samuel Davis toward your complainant, induced as your complainant from such experience well knows and therefore charges, by a growing and improper intimacy between the said Samuel Davis and the said Figgett. That your oratrix has been compelled, to witness under her own roof, scenes, the consequences of this intimacy, which decency forbids her to detail to your honour, and she charges that while she yet lived in the house of her husband, the aforesd mulatto was delivered of a child, the fruit of adulterous intercourse with the said Samuel Davis. Your complainant further charges that the conduct of the said Samuel Davis, although already sufficiently outrageous, became still worse until at last violence was inflicted by him upon your Oratrix, and she was driven from her home, to make more room for the paramour of her husband and her offspring. That your Oratrix has been a homeless wanderer for more than a year, and but for the precarious subsistence afforded her by relatives who themselves are poor, she must have starved – That while your Oratrix has been thus compelled to suffer every privation, the said mulatto has remained under the roof of the said Samuel Davis, has shared his bed and board, and has again been delivered of a child. That the said Samuel Davis as your Oratrix is informed, so far from evincing any contrition glories in his depravity, acknowledges these bastards as his children and threatens to leave them his property to the exclusion of his sons by your complainant, and is still living in open adultery with the aforesaid prostitute. Your oratrix charges that the said Samuel Davis is possessed of a piece of land lying in the said County, has considerable personalty, and money which he either has by him, or has loaned out at interest. That he is a mechanic, and in the enjoyment of a considerable income for a man in his walk of life and capable of supporting his family in decency & much comfort. That your Oratrix is informed and advised that persons in her cimcumstances are entitled under the law of the land to aid of a court of equity — that this honble: court has the power to grant to your Oratrix a competent support out of the property of the said Saml Davis, and to compel him to pay the same. That the wishes of your Oratrix are moderate, and she would have been satisfied had the said Saml. Davis made a provision for her bare subsistence and clothing. All of which ailings and doings of the said Saml. Davis are contrary to equity and good conscience and tend to the manifest wrong and injury of your Oratrix in the premises. In tender consideration of all which, and for as much as your Oratrix is without remedy save in a court of equity where matters of this sort are properly cognizable and relievable, To the end therefore, that the said Saml. Davis may be made defendant to this bill, and make full true and perfect answer on oath to the allegations thereof as though they were severally repeated and he thereto ofically [sic] interrogated that he may be compelled to exhibit a true statement and account of his property and income, that your honour may decree to your Oratrix a competent and suitable maintenance to be paid her by the said Saml. Davis, that he may be compelled to find efficient surety to perform the order of your honour for the payment of the sum which your honour may decree or alimony for your Oratrix, and for such other and further relief in the premises as to your honour may seem fit, and the nature of the case may require, May it please your honour to grant to your Oratrix, the commonwealths writ of exec & &c—” [Loose Papers, Westmoreland County, Virginia.]

On 14 October 1844, Samuel Davis answer the bill against him by his wife Fanny Davis: “The answer of Samuel Davis to a bill exhibited against him in the circuit Supr court of law and chancery for Westmoreland County by Fanny Davis
This respondent reserving all benefit of exception to the bill of the complainant for answer thereunto, or to so much thereof as he is advised it is necessary for him to answer — says that the complainant is his wife, to whom he was lawfully married, and with whom he lived for nearly thirty years. that during the period that the complanant [sic] lived with this respondent, her wants were supplied with a liberality scarcely justified by the limited means of this respondent. Whilst this respondent admits that the relations subsisting between the complanant & himself were not the most harmonious & peaceful, he denies that he ever offered violence to her person or drove her from his home. Her separation from this respondent was voluntary on her part — and whilst this respondent has refused to contribute to her support whilst living from under his roof, he has offered, and is now and at all times willing to afford her all the comforts of his house, whenever she chosses to return to her home.
This respondent having answer begs to be dismissed with his costs &c” [Loose Papers, Westmoreland County, Virginia.]

On 14 October 1844, Samuel Davis filed answer to the bill exhibited against him by Fanny Davis by Joseph W L Davis her next friend. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, Chancery Order Book 1831–56, page 158.]

In 1845, Samuel S. Davis was taxed for 27 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of Beckwith Butler. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1845 Land Tax Book.]

In 1846, Samuel S. Davis was taxed for 27 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of Beckwith Butler. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1846 Land Tax Book.]

On 14 October 1846, in the case of Fanny Davis by Joseph W. L. Davis her next friend against Samuel Davis, by consent of the parties the plaintiffs bill was dismissed. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, Chancery Order Book 1831–56, page 196.]

In 1847, Samuel S. Davis was taxed for 27 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of Beckwith Butler. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1847 Land Tax Book.]

In 1848, Samuel S. Davis was taxed for 27 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of B Butler. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1848 Land Tax Book.]

In 1849, Saml S. Davis was taxed for 27 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of B Butler. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1849 Land Tax Book.]

In 1850, Samuel S Davis was taxed for 27 acres in Westmoreland County. This land was in Cople Parish and bordered that of B Butler, located 4 miles southeast of the courthouse. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1850 Land Tax Book.]

1850 U.S. Census, Westmoreland County, Virginia:
Dwelling 423, Household 423
Saml Davis, 60, male, stone mason, $200 real estate, born in Virginia
Mary Figgett, 30 female, mulatto, born in Virginia
Ferdinando Figgett, 12, male, mulatto, born in Virginia
Margaret Figgett, 10, female, mulatto, born in Virginia
Dwelling 424, Household 424
Joseph Davis, 32, male, farmer, born in Virginia
Ann E. Davis, 25, female, born in Virginia
Warren H. Davis, 3, male, born in Virginia
Dandrige D. Davis, 1, male, born in Virginia
Samuel Davis, 28, male, born in Virginia
Fanny Davis, 60, female, born in Virginia, cannot read or write

In 1857, Samuel Davis Sr held for life 27 acres of land in Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, located 4 miles southeast of the courthouse. The land was described as B[eckwith] Butler’s Estate. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, Land Books.]

In 1858, Samuel Davis Sr held 27 acres of land in fee in Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, located 4 miles southeast of the courthouse. The land was described as B[eckwith] Butler’s Estate. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, Land Books.]

In 1859, Samuel Davis’s land, listed as Beckwith Butler’s estate, was transferred to James R. Courtney in trust. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, Land Books.]

On 27 June 1859, Joseph W. L. Davis recovered in court several sums of money that apparently were owed to Samuel Davis. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, Order Book 1854–60, page 398.]

On 17 April 1860, commissioners for Westmoreland County reported on the division of the lands of Samuel Davis, deceased, and the widow’s assignment of one-third of the land. The land amounted to 25 acres, of which one third, or about 8.5 acres was to go to Fanny Davis, and also a house on one-quarter acre as Maiden land. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, Deed and Will Book 36, page 389.]

He is listed as the father of his son Joseph in Joseph’s marriage to Anne Scott.