Josiah DAVIDSON -- b. 1802 VA
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Re: Josiah DAVIDSON and Susannah HUGHES
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Posted: 27 Jun 2008 11:06PM GMT |
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Unfortunately, the professional researcher reported to me that the original marriage bonds for that time period were destroyed, and all that is available are transcriptions that were made many years "after the fact." It is one of those transcribed records that shows "Jonah." I remain rather confident, however, that this should actually have been "Josiah" Davidson (and I remain confident that this was the same Josiah Davidson who was on the 1850 Fulton Co., KY census).
The other Josiah Davidson who married Suky Hughes was very PROBABLY a son of the John Davidson who moved to Smith/Wilson Co., TN shortly after he had appeared on the 1810 Buckingham Co., VA census. I believe that this was actually John Benning Davidson, a son of Charles Davidson and his unknown wife, and a grandson of Edward Davidson (whose wife at his death around 1794 was Agnes Mosby...she may or may not, however, have been the mother of Charles Davidson). Edward Davidson left Buckingham and moved to Bedford/Campbell Co., VA by about 1780, but his son Charles stayed behind in Buckingham, until Charles moved to "next-door" Cumberland Co., VA (he apparently worked as an overseer for the wealthy George Carrington family/estate there, since Charles' tax was paid one year by the Carrington estate in the late-1780s).
It appears that Charles Davidson was dead before the 1810 VA census was issued, and it looks like his son John Benning Davidson obtained land back in Buckingham Co., VA in the 1790s. It seems certain that John Benning Davidson and his unknown wife (wives?) had a son named Micajah Davidson (born about 1808....a descendant gave me a record of Micajah's life that states that Micajah was born in Buckingham Co., VA in 1808 and then his parents moved to Smith Co., TN around 1810). It seems that they also had a son named John Davidson "Junior" (probably the oldest son), and it would make sense if they also had another son named Josiah Davidson, since that given name was used at least THREE other times in this overall Davidson family.
As I recall, the 1810 Buckingham census showed John Davidson with four apparent sons, all under the age of 10, as well as one apparent son who was a teenager (probably John Davidson "Junior"), plus two apparent daughters and an apparent wife. As I recall, a John Davidson and a younger John Davidson can both be found on the 1820 Wilson Co., TN census, and the total number of people in those two households combined was about equal to the total number of people who were in the single household of the older John Davidson in Buckingham in 1810.
The bottom line is: the more I look, the more likely it seems that the Josiah Davidson who married Suky Hughes was out of the "Buckingam Davidsons" (Family 10 on the DNA website) versus out of the "Prince Edward Co., VA Davi(d)sons" (Family 5 on the DNA website). There had also been a marriage back in the 1760s or 1770s between a William Davidson of Buckingham/Family 10 and a Martha Baker who lived in Prince Edward Co., VA (PECo). As such, there was already some "history" of a "Buckingham/Family 10 Davidson" marrying someone from PECo.
Comments/questions?
The other Josiah Davidson who married Suky Hughes was very PROBABLY a son of the John Davidson who moved to Smith/Wilson Co., TN shortly after he had appeared on the 1810 Buckingham Co., VA census. I believe that this was actually John Benning Davidson, a son of Charles Davidson and his unknown wife, and a grandson of Edward Davidson (whose wife at his death around 1794 was Agnes Mosby...she may or may not, however, have been the mother of Charles Davidson). Edward Davidson left Buckingham and moved to Bedford/Campbell Co., VA by about 1780, but his son Charles stayed behind in Buckingham, until Charles moved to "next-door" Cumberland Co., VA (he apparently worked as an overseer for the wealthy George Carrington family/estate there, since Charles' tax was paid one year by the Carrington estate in the late-1780s).
It appears that Charles Davidson was dead before the 1810 VA census was issued, and it looks like his son John Benning Davidson obtained land back in Buckingham Co., VA in the 1790s. It seems certain that John Benning Davidson and his unknown wife (wives?) had a son named Micajah Davidson (born about 1808....a descendant gave me a record of Micajah's life that states that Micajah was born in Buckingham Co., VA in 1808 and then his parents moved to Smith Co., TN around 1810). It seems that they also had a son named John Davidson "Junior" (probably the oldest son), and it would make sense if they also had another son named Josiah Davidson, since that given name was used at least THREE other times in this overall Davidson family.
As I recall, the 1810 Buckingham census showed John Davidson with four apparent sons, all under the age of 10, as well as one apparent son who was a teenager (probably John Davidson "Junior"), plus two apparent daughters and an apparent wife. As I recall, a John Davidson and a younger John Davidson can both be found on the 1820 Wilson Co., TN census, and the total number of people in those two households combined was about equal to the total number of people who were in the single household of the older John Davidson in Buckingham in 1810.
The bottom line is: the more I look, the more likely it seems that the Josiah Davidson who married Suky Hughes was out of the "Buckingam Davidsons" (Family 10 on the DNA website) versus out of the "Prince Edward Co., VA Davi(d)sons" (Family 5 on the DNA website). There had also been a marriage back in the 1760s or 1770s between a William Davidson of Buckingham/Family 10 and a Martha Baker who lived in Prince Edward Co., VA (PECo). As such, there was already some "history" of a "Buckingham/Family 10 Davidson" marrying someone from PECo.
Comments/questions?