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William Henry Davidson

Male Abt 1872 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Henry Davidson was born about 1872 (son of Jefferson Oliver Davidson and Nancy C. "Nannie" Travis); and died.

    Notes:

    County Judge of Sabine County. (White and Toole, p 87).

    Family/Spouse: Mary Melton. Mary was born about 1872; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    On the "Davidson, Richard and White, Ruth Benina Descendancy Chart" 61 pages, handwritten by one of their children from the Sabine County Historical Society, they were listed as the parents of Oliver Eugene, Randy, and James Mark Davidson.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jefferson Oliver DavidsonJefferson Oliver Davidson was born about 1846 in Alabama (son of William Madison Davidson and Martha Claiborne Goodrich); died on 25 Dec 1926 in Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Known as "Oley."

    Robert Cecil McDaniel notes that he was Sabine County Commissioner from 1895-1898.

    In 1910 and 1920, he was widowed and living with members of his extended family.

    (Research):
    Census Listings:

    1880 Census

    Oliphar DAVIDSON Self W Male W 35 AL Farmer TN VA
    Mary Lee DAVIDSON Dau S Female W 9 TX AL MS Wm.
    Henry DAVIDSON Son S Male W 8 TX AL MS
    Martha C. DAVIDSON Mother W Female W 66 VA TN TN
    Source Information:
    Census Place Sabine, Texas
    Family History Library Film 1255325
    NA Film Number T9-1325
    Page Number 219C

    1910 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, Pr 1
    Enumerated 30 Apr 1910
    SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 11B
    Hemphill and Homer Road
    184-186
    White, Robert W Head m W 27 m1 7 Tx Tx Ala Farmer
    White, Florence B Wf F W 27 m1 7 3/3 Tx Tx Tx
    White, A. V. Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
    White, William C Son M W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
    White, Lafayette Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
    185-187
    White, Thomas J Head M W 37 m2 7 Tx La Ala Farmer
    White, Nettie H Wf F W 39 m1 7 2/2 Ala Ala Ala
    White, Francis V Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Ala
    White, George F Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Ala
    186-188
    White, John M Head M W 27 m1 2 Tx La Ala Farmer
    White, Kate Wf F W 23 m1 2 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
    White, Corra Son M W 1 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx
    White, Aary A Mother F W 62 Ed 11/7 Ala Ala Tenn
    Davidson, Jefferson O Uncle M W 64 Wd Ala Ala Tenn

    1920 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
    Enumerated 27 and 28 January 1920
    SD 226 ED 168 Sheet 22A Stamped 115
    424-446
    Carlton, Martha A Head F W 43 Wd Tx La Ala Farmer
    Carlton, Eugene Son M W 18 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
    Carlton, Ary E Dt F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
    Carlton, Ethel B Dtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
    Davidson, Jefferson O Uncle M W 74 Wd Ala Miss Miss

    Jefferson married Nancy C. "Nannie" Travis. Nancy (daughter of John Travis and Mary Raborn) was born about 1846 in Mississippi; died before 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Nancy C. "Nannie" Travis was born about 1846 in Mississippi (daughter of John Travis and Mary Raborn); died before 1880.
    Children:
    1. Mary Lee Davidson was born on 5 Jan 1871 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Jan 1934 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
    2. 1. William Henry Davidson was born about 1872; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Madison Davidson was born in 1808 in Tennessee; died on 15 Aug 1863 in Texas.

    Notes:

    Per "1850 Census Sabine County, Texas with added Family Information and Corrections," William Madison Davidson owned 16 slaves. Per OLDTIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS he fought along with his son-in-law Amazia Vardeman White in Company F, 11th Texas Infantry. He died on the way home, somewhere near Marshall, and the irony of it was that he volunteered after he was past the age of 55, in anothers place, in exchange for a slave.

    He was said by White and Toole to be the son of William "Squire Billy" DAVIDSON and Jane BIRDWELL, and a brother of Blackburn Davidson, who married Harriet Goodrich. White and Toole show him as a grandson of Wm. Davidson, b ca 1755, in N.C., lived to be 96. When members of his family loaded their wagons in 1849, and departed for Texas, never to return, the old grandfather, nearly blind, stood by the side of the road and waved until they were out of sight. He had begged to be taken to Texas with them. SABINE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, pps 84-87, contains details of various early Davidson families settlers in Pennsylvania, Virginia and the Carolinas. Gen. Samuel Houston was the grandson of a Margaret Davidson. Thomas Whitfiled Davidson, a Texas state senator and Lietut. Governor, was claimed as a relative of Jefferson Oliver Davidson of Sabine County (personal interview with Beulah Davis Hughes). (White and Toole, p 87).

    Other researchers show him instead as a son of William DAVIDSON (born 1779 Va, d. 1860 Texas) and Nancy ALBRIGHT (born 1779 Va), and an Uncle of Blackburn Davidson.

    William married Martha Claiborne Goodrich about 1839. Martha (daughter of Thomas Benton Goodrich and Martha Smith) was born on 22 Jan 1814 in Virginia; died on 18 Nov 1895; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Martha Claiborne Goodrich was born on 22 Jan 1814 in Virginia (daughter of Thomas Benton Goodrich and Martha Smith); died on 18 Nov 1895; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Lived with her son, Jefferson Oliver Davidson, at the time of the 1880 census.

    Children:
    1. Thomas Benton Davidson was born before 1840 in Alabama; and died.
    2. Mary Josephine Davidson was born on 9 Jun 1840 in Alabama; died on 3 Jun 1918; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
    3. William Richard Davidson was born on 21 Feb 1844 in Alabama; died on 31 Aug 1927.
    4. 2. Jefferson Oliver Davidson was born about 1846 in Alabama; died on 25 Dec 1926 in Sabine County, Texas.
    5. Ary Adney "Addy" Davidson was born on 17 Aug 1847 in Alabama; died on 24 Nov 1910 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
    6. Martha Ann "Puss" Davidson was born about 1851 in Texas; and died.

  3. 6.  John Travis was born about 1803 in Barnwell District, Orange County, South Carolina (son of John D. Travis, Jr. and Isabelle Graham); died in in Amite County, Mississippi.

    Notes:

    From the JERUSALEM CHURCH CHURCH BOOK, Mississippi Territory of Amite, 29 Feb 1812

    This church was located near the present town of Gillsburg. Organized 29 Feb 1812, when Mississippi was Indian Territory. This transcription is courtesy of Mrs. Alva McEwen, McComb, Mississippi.

    May 1825: John Travis, Nancy Travis by experience Apr 1827: Brother and Sister Travis restored Jan 1829: Brother and Sister Travis reported for non-attendance Mar 1829: Brother and Sister Travis excluded Mar 1830: Grievance of John Travis with Joseph Raborn. Travis charged Raborn lied to hsi wife, and persuaded her to leave him. His wife was a Raborn. Apr 1830: Raborn not guilty, John Travis excluded. Aug 1830: John Travis restored. Joseph Raborn dismissed. Nov 1844: John Travis letter of dismission June 1854: John and Mary Travis (wife) charged with disorderly conduct Aug 1854: John Travis reunited

    (Census information courtesy of Nanci Presley-Holley)

    CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: MS COUNTY: Amite REEL NO: M432-368 PAGE NO: 92BREFERENCE: Enumerated 12 Dec 1850 by Henry Flowe

    ==================================================================== 33 611 611 Travis John 46 M Farmer 1,000 S.C. 34 611 611 Travis Mary 38 F Amite Co Miss 35 611 611 Travis Simeon 72 M Waggon Maker 3,740 Amite Co Miss 36 611 611 Travis Simpson 20 M Farmer Amite Co Miss 37 611 611 Travis John Q. 17 M Farmer Amite Co Miss X 38 611 611 Travis Joseph 14 M Amite Co Miss X 39 611 611 Travis Mary A. 12 F Amite Co Miss X 40 611 611 Travis Amos 10 M Amite Co Miss X 41 611 611 Travis Henry 8 M Amite Co Miss X 42 611 611 Travis Sarah A. 5 F Amite Co Miss

    CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: MS COUNTY: Amite REEL NO: M432-368 PAGE NO: 93A REFERENCE: Enumerated 12 Dec 1850 by Henry Flowe

    ============================================================================ 1 611 611 Travis Martha A. 5 F Amite Co Miss 2 611 611 Travis Nancy A. 3 F Amite Co Miss 3 611 611 Travis Julia A. 3/12 F Amite Co Miss

    Nanci's note: Who is the Simeon Travis, age 72, living with John D. Travis?

    Living close by -- but unknown relation at this time:

    13 608 608 Raborn Sarah 40 F La 14 608 608 Raborn Clorinda 21 F Amite Co Miss X 15 608 608 Raborn Agena 19 F Amite Co Miss 16 608 608 Raborn Joseph 13 F Amite Co Miss 17 608 608 Raborn Henry 11 M Amite Co Miss 18 608 608 Raborn John 9 M Amite Co Miss

    CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: MS COUNTY: Amite REEL NO: M432-368 PAGE NO: 93B REFERENCE: Enumerated 13 Dec 1850 by Henry Flowe

    ============================================================================ 8 619 619 Raborn Simpson 33 M Farmer 80 Amite Co Miss 9 619 619 Raborn Mary 21 F Pike Co Miss X 10 619 619 Raborn Wm 10 M Amite Co Miss X 11 619 619 Raborn Demarius 9 F Amite Co Miss X 12 619 619 Raborn Edward 7 M Amite Co Miss X 13 619 619 Raborn Mary C. 6 F Amite Co M

    John married Mary Raborn on 19 Jul 1827 in Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi. Mary (daughter of Rev. Joseph Raborn, II and Sarah ???) was born about 1812 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Mary Raborn was born about 1812 in Mississippi (daughter of Rev. Joseph Raborn, II and Sarah ???); and died.

    Notes:

    Sabine County, Texas 1870 Census

    612/612 Travis, Mary 58 F W Miss
    , Martha 25 F W Miss
    , William E. 15 M W Miss

    Children:
    1. Simon Travis was born about 1828; and died.
    2. Simpson Travis was born in Aug 1830 in Amite County, Mississippi; and died.
    3. John Quincy Travis was born on 30 Dec 1832 in Amite County, Mississippi; died about 1907.
    4. Joseph Travis was born about 1834; and died.
    5. Mary Travis was born about 1838; and died.
    6. John Amos Travis was born between 1839 and 1841 in Mississippi; died after 1920.
    7. Henry Travis was born about 1842; and died.
    8. Sarah Ann Travis was born about 1845; and died.
    9. Martha Travis was born on 11 Aug 1845; died on 18 Nov 1921 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
    10. 3. Nancy C. "Nannie" Travis was born about 1846 in Mississippi; died before 1880.
    11. Julia Ann Travis was born about 1850; and died.
    12. James H. Travis was born after 1850; and died.
    13. William E. Travis was born about 1855; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Thomas Benton Goodrich was born before 1792; and died.

    Notes:

    Probably the son of James Thomas Goodrich and wife Ruth Benton. The Goodrichs were from England to Va. (White and Toole, p 61).

    Thomas married Martha Smith. Martha was born before 1792; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Martha Smith was born before 1792; and died.
    Children:
    1. Harriet Goodrich was born after 1808; and died.
    2. 5. Martha Claiborne Goodrich was born on 22 Jan 1814 in Virginia; died on 18 Nov 1895; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
    3. John Smith Goodrich, Sr. was born before 1841; and died.

  3. 12.  John D. Travis, Jr. was born about 1761 in Virginia (son of John D. Travis, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Wilson); died about 1840 in Amite County, Mississippi.

    Notes:

    Jules Hurst emailed on 20 Sept 2000 that "John D. Travis came to Amite Co, Mississippi in 1807 from Edgefield District South Carolina with his wife Isabella Graham and his two spinster sisters, Patsy and Cecelia....John D. Travis was William Barrett Travis (of Alamo fame) great uncle. It is said that William Barrett stopped in Amite County and visited with John D. on his way to the Alamo. John D was a brother to Colonel Wm. Barrett's grandfather."

    John married Isabelle Graham in 1786 in Burges Creek, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. Isabelle was born in 1768 in South Carolina; died in 1838 in Amite County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Isabelle Graham was born in 1768 in South Carolina; died in 1838 in Amite County, Mississippi.

    Notes:

    Said to be a daughter of Dominick GRAHAM and Isabelle CANNON. Jesse Marion Travis, Jr. of Sabine County, Texas shows her instead as Isabelle CANNON.

    Children:
    1. Cannon Travis was born in 1787 in Barnwell District, Orange County, South Carolina; and died.
    2. Walter Travis was born about 1789 in Orange County, South Carolina; and died.
    3. Thomas Travis was born about 1791 in Barnwell District, Orange County, South Carolina; died about 1834 in Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi.
    4. William Harrison Travis was born about 1794 in Orangeburg County, South Carolina; died about 1869 in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana.
    5. Wilson Travis was born about 1797 in Orangeburg County, South Carolina; died on 2 Oct 1833 in Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi.
    6. Ellen Travis was born about 1799 in Orangeburg County, South Carolina; and died.
    7. 6. John Travis was born about 1803 in Barnwell District, Orange County, South Carolina; died in in Amite County, Mississippi.

  5. 14.  Rev. Joseph Raborn, II was born about 1779 (son of Joseph Raborn and Ann ???); died after 1850.

    Joseph married Sarah ???. Sarah was born before 1790; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Sarah ??? was born before 1790; and died.
    Children:
    1. Richard Raborn was born about 1805; and died.
    2. Martha Raborn was born about 1807; died about 1840.
    3. George Washington Raborn was born about 1809; died before 1844.
    4. 7. Mary Raborn was born about 1812 in Mississippi; and died.
    5. Quincy Raborn was born about 1813 in Amite County, Mississippi; and died.
    6. Henry Raborn was born about 1815 in Amite County, Mississippi; died about 1886.
    7. Elzy Raborn was born about 1816; and died.
    8. Julia Ann Raborn was born about 1819; died before 1860.
    9. Joseph Raborn, III was born about 1823 in Mississippi; and died.
    10. Sarah Raborn was born about 1826 in Mississippi; and died.
    11. Octavia Raborn was born about 1825 in Mississippi; died after 1850.


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