John Davis and Nancy
Hamilton
At this point, our information
about John Davis and Nancy Hamilton is pretty thin.
According to "Early Times in Clinton County", John Davis
married Nancy Hamilton on 4 July 1820 in Cumberland County,
Kentucky. Census records for their children indicate that
John was born in Tennessee ("Early Times" puts his
birthplace as Sevier County). Nancy was born in Virginia,
although we do not yet know which county; after John's
death, probably around 1841, she married John Roberts, who
then also died by 1850.
John Davis was the son of another John Davis, a
Revolutionary War veteran, who was the son of yet another
John Davis. (To help distinguish the three, we will refer
to them as John Davis I, John Davis II, and John Davis
III.)
Nancy (Hamilton) Roberts continued to live in Clinton
County after John Roberts' death; she is enumerated there
in 1850 with children Angeletta, James K., and Serena. In
1860, she is in the household of John Roberts (48, possibly
a stepson), with Angeleta; and in 1870, she is living with
her son, James K. Davis.
An 1868 mortgage/deed identifies John Davis and Nancy
Hamilton as husband and wife, and also names five of their
eight children: Elizabeth Dennis, wife of John I. Dennis of
Clinton County, KY; Hamilton Davis; the "wife of B.
Branham" (whom we know from various Clinton County vital
records is Lavina Davis); James K. Davis; and Serena Sloan,
wife of Charles Sloan. The census seems to indicate that
Angeletta is also a daughter, leaving two other children
yet unidentified. (According to the deed, John Davis
bequeathed a 100-acre tract on Otter Creek in Clinton
County to his wife and children; John Dennis, his
son-in-law, had by 1868 acquired five of the "undivided
ninths" of the original tract and used it as security for a
mortgage.)
John Davis (b. ca
1799, TN - d. ca 1840, probably in Clinton, KY)
m.
ca 1820, (possibly Cumberland Co,
KY)
Nancy
Hamilton (b.
1799, VA - d. between 1870/1880, probably Clinton, KY)
The children of John Davis and Nancy Hamilton are:
i.
Hamilton Davis (1822,
possibly Cumberland Co KY - d. after 1880, Ada Co, Idaho);
m. Celina (last name unknown)
ii.
(?) Green B. Davis (1824,
KY - aft 1850); lived next door to Nancy Roberts in 1850
iii.
Lavina Davis (1826,
KY - July 1898); m.
Barnabas Branham
iv.
Elizabeth Davis (ca
1830, KY - d ?); m. John Dennis
v.
Angeletta Davis (1835,
KY - aft 1860)
vi.
James K. Davis (1837,
KY - ca. 1911); m. Lucy unknown
vii.
Serena Davis (1840,
Clinton KY - d aft 1850); m. Charles Sloan
viii. unknown child
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