Thank you soooo much! I am very grateful for this information, and especially for your help. When I suggested that Nashville was where many of these people lived, I meant the Nashville area. My mother has said in past conversations that the davidsons were from Petersburg. So I guess she was right. Are u sure that Madeline Davidson, also known as Mattie that was on that census sheet, was the correct Madeline Davidson? I am confused as to why Emma Massey was white on the 1880 census and why she was black on the census where it shows her married to Levi Davidson. Emma Massey from my understanding was Irish and Native American. My grandmother only knew of her being Irish though. She may have passed as being black inorder to mary Levi who I know was very darkskinned. Madeline Davidson was married to John Sidney Knott they lived in Tennessee and were probably married there. Do they show him as head of a household? Would you happen to have other records or census records from other stateds? I'm curious to know.

Again, Thankyou for all of the information and thankyou for dedicating your time!

Charles Warner