Alexander DAVIDSON Malinda Parmelia DAVIDSON Sophrona DAVIDSON Cyrenia Ameline DAVIDSON Napoleon Bonaparte DAVIDSON Mary Jane DAVIDSON Malissa DAVIDSON Thomas Jefferson DAVIDSON Henrietta Elizabeth DAVIDSON William L DAVIDSON Sarah Leeper MILLER Obediah S DAVIDSON Henrietta Jane CLAYTON Mini tree diagram
Thomas B DAVIDSON

Thomas B DAVIDSON3,5,1,2

29th May 17833,4,5,2 - 3rd Mar 1864

Life History

29th May 1783

Born in Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina.3,4,5,2

1815

Married Sarah Leeper MILLER in Lawrence County, Alabama.4,18

8th Apr 1818

Birth of daughter Malinda Parmelia DAVIDSON in Marshall County, Tennessee.1,2

11th Nov 1819

Birth of daughter Sophrona DAVIDSON in Bedford County, Tennessee.1,2

25th Jan 1821

Birth of daughter Cyrenia Ameline DAVIDSON in Marshall County, Tennessee.6,1,7,8,9

15th Sep 1823

Birth of son Napoleon Bonaparte DAVIDSON in Bedford County, Tennessee.10,2

5th Sep 1827

Birth of daughter Mary Jane DAVIDSON in Marshall County, Tennessee.2

about 1828

Birth of daughter Malissa DAVIDSON in Tennessee.3

10th Mar 1829

Birth of son Thomas Jefferson DAVIDSON in Tennessee.11,12,13,3

24th Dec 1832

Birth of daughter Henrietta Elizabeth DAVIDSON in Bedford County, Tennessee.14,15,16,3,2

21st Dec 1835

Birth of son William L DAVIDSON in Marshall County, Tennessee.17,3,2

20th Jan 1841

Death of son Napoleon Bonaparte DAVIDSON in Marshall County, Tennessee.2

7th Feb 1853

Death of son William L DAVIDSON in Marshall County, Tennessee.17,2

1860

Resident in District 5, Marshall, Tennessee.5

3rd Mar 1864

Died in Belfast, Marshall, Tennessee.1,2

(most likely)

after 3rd Mar 1864

Buried in Round Hill Cemetery, Belfast, Marshall County, Tennessee.1,2

UNKNOWN

Died

(less likely)

Notes

  • The wife of Thomas B Davidson reported by most sources is Sarah Leeper Miller.  The Davidson of Tennessee Genealogy (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/Dzmrtenn.html) has a different name:
    "Mr. DAVIDSON married Margaret (Margaret Sarah?) CLAYTON. Margaret was born 1799 in Tennessee."

    (One or more genealogy sources also report this person as Thomas James instead of Thomas B.)

    It appears this source has placed Thomas Jefferson Davidson in another family of Davidsons who also moved to Arkansas County, Arkansas.  Information provided on the other family of Davidsons is good and detailed.  But Thomas Jefferson has been incorrectly reported as a son of this family.  I present source information in this genealogy that indicates his provenance.

    These Davidsons do appear to be related, due to similar names and birth places.  But I have not been able to find the intersection point with the Davidson line of Thomas Jefferson and his father Thomas B (born Iredell Co NC), grandfather Alexander and great grandfather Joseph.  The genealogies providing fairly extensive information for this line lack a Davidson man who was married to Margaret Clayton, though there are Claytons in the line.

    Compare this to the 1850 census, where the wife of Thomas Davidson (father of Thomas J Davidson) is named Sarah, age is 53 yrs old  (b abt 1797) and born in South Carolina.  See more discussion on this in the Notes for Thomas Jefferson Davidson.

    In line with the incomplete details, lack of previous generations and lone status of the Davidson Family Genealogy, there appears to be some confusion in that source.  I am following the other family information to report Sarah Leeper Miller as the wife of Thomas B Davidson and mother of Thomas Jefferson Davidson.

    1850 Federal Census, Marshall County, Tennessee, 14 November, Subdivision 53, page 3, Hse/Fam #37
    Thos Davidson 67 M Farmer $3250 Real Estate born North Carolina
    Sarah Davidson 53 F b SC
    Malicy [Malissa] Davidson 22 F born Tennessee
    Thos J Davidson 21 M born Tennessee [married Sarah "Sallie" Wakefield]
    Elizabeth Davidson 17 F born Tennessee
    William L Davidson 15 M born Tennessee

    Some genealogies have earlier generations.  The parents of Thomas B Davidson was Alexander Davidson and Jane Henrietta Clayton, or Henrietta Jane Clayton.  There seems to be a connection with the Claytons that relate to the Davidsons of Alabama who later moved to Arkansas County, Arkansas, where we find Thomas B's son Thomas Jefferson Davidson.

    The mother of Milus and Clayton and Alexander Davidson was Margaret T Clayton.  Milus Davidson married Sophronia Carpenter.  Her cousin Eleanor Carpenter married Obediah S Davidson, another son of Alexander and thus a brother of Thomas Davidson  Eleanor and Obediah got married in Lawrence County, Alabama, where Milus and his siblings were living with their widowed mother Margaret Clayton Davidson.  We do not have the name of Margaret's husband.  This would help tie these two Davidson groups together firmly.

    By 1860, no more children are left at home with Thomas and Sarah.  They are still in Marshall County, Tennessee, and live in Belfast until their death.

    1860 Federal Census, Marshall County, Tennessee, 1 June, District 5, PO Belfast, page 1, Hse/Fam #2
    Thos Davidson 77 M Farmer $10,000 Real Estate $3200 Personal b NC
    Sarah Davidson 62 F b SC

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    Thomas B Davidson
    Birth May 29, 1783 Rowan County, North Carolina
    Death Mar 3, 1864 Belfast, Marshall County, Tennessee

    Parents:
    Alexander Davidson (1745 - 1818)
    Henrietta Jane Clayton Davidson (1750 - 1816)

    Spouse Sara Leeper Miller Davidson (1798 - 1874)
    Children:
    Malinda Pamelia Davidson Davis (1818 - 1887)
    Sophrona Davidson Chapman (1819 - 1885)
    Cyreenia Ameline Davidson Coffey (1821 - 1896)
    Napoleon Bonaparte Davidson (1823 - 1841)
    Mary Jane Davidson Hardin (1827 - 1903)
    Henrietta Elizabeth Davidson Wood (1832 - 1905)
    William L. Davidson (1835 - 1853)

    Siblings:
    Sarah Davidson Sharpe (1777 - 1839)
    Joseph Donelson Davidson (1779 - 1859)
    Elizabeth Henrietta Davidson McAdams (1789 - 1855)
    Alexander James Davidson (1791 - 1848)
    Obadiah S Davidson (1798 - 1866)

    Burial Round Hill Cemetery, Belfast, Marshall County, Tennessee

    Created by Gerald Staggs Dec 07, 2011
    --  Find A Grave Memorial #81673126, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=81673126
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Sources

  • 1. Ancestry Trees
    • Clayton Genealogy, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clayton&id=I14454
  • 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • 3. 1850 Federal Census, Marshall County, Tennessee
    • 14 November, Subdivision 53, page 3, Hse/Fam #37
  • 4. Ancestry Trees
  • 5. 1860 Federal Census, Marshall County, Tennessee
    • 1 June, District 5, PO Belfast, page 1, Hse/Fam # 2
  • 6. 1880 Federal Census, Bedford County, Tennessee
    • 8 June, Civil District 19, Enumeration District 13, page 11-12, Hse #10 (no Fam #)
  • 7. 1870 Federal Census, Bedford County, Tennessee
    • 2 September, District 19, PO Palmetto, page 6-7, Hse #44, Fam #43
  • 8. Ancestry Trees
    • Clayton-Howard, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=-1535400147&tid=4845574
  • 9. 1850 Federal Census, Bedford County, Tennessee
    • 30 November, District 19, page 397 (scan p 199), Hse/Fam #9
  • 10. One World Tree (sm)
    • http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=6067513&st=1&ftm=1
  • 11. 1870 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
    • 7 July, Prairie Township, PO Saint Charles, page 23 (scan p 95), Hse/Fam #183
  • 12. RootsWeb Trees
  • 13. 1860 Federal Census, Crawford County, Arkansas
    • 30 June, Richland Township, PO Van Buren, page 52, Hse #348, Fam #346
  • 14. 1880 Federal Census, Marshall County, Tennessee
    • 8 June, Civil District 5, Enumeration District 136, page 10, Hse/Fam #88
  • 15. 1860 Federal Census, Marshall County, Tennessee
    • 1 June, Civil District 5, PO Belfast, page 2, Hse #101, Fam #111
  • 16. 1870 Federal Census, Marshall County, Tennessee
    • 23 July, Civil District 5, PO Lewisburg, page 14, Hse #101, Fam #111
  • 17. Ancestry Trees
    • Khammyllha, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=-1853757884&tid=2206654
  • 18. Ancestry Trees
    • Johns Family, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2271503&id=I66

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