Lewis Davis

1780 -

• Name	Lewis Davis
  Birth	1780	Moore County, NC   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1830	Hawkins County, TN
  Census	1840	Hawkins County, TN
  Census	1850	Hawkins County, TN
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Hardy Davis,   b. Bef 1755  (Father)  Sally  (Mother)
  Notes	1802, Apr 30 -- Criminal Actions, Randolph County, NC Box 6 Bill of complaint of John Gilliam accuses William Gatlen of making a false oath. Suckey Davis, John Holden, Betsey Holden, Harday Davis and Lewis Davis were witnesses for the state. Jesse Gatlin, Betsey Gatlin, James Gatlin and Edward Gatlin were witnesses for the defense. Thomas Cash and Huke Smitherman bound for Gatlin. 1807, Jul 2 -- Deed Book 11 Page 185, Randolph County, NC Hardy Davis (of Moore County) deeded Lewis Davis 5 tracts [75, 300, 50, 50, 50 acres] located on Bear Creek. 1807, Nov -- Criminal Actions, Randolph County, NC Box 6 Presentment of Lewis Davis on a charge of assaulting Susanna Davis, Oct 20, 1807. Peter Davis was a witness. 1808, Jul 16 -- Deed Book 13 Page 84-85, Randolph County, NC Lewis Davis deeded Hardy Davis Jr. (of Moore County) a tract located on Meadow Branch adjoining John Cannon, his own line and Smitherman. 1817, Feb 26 -- Deed Book 13 Page 269-270, Randolph County, NC Lewis Davis (of Hawkins County, TN) deeded John Cassady 2 tracts located on Fork Creek [1] 75 acres adjoining Cost [2] 100 acres Thomas Cost Junr. and Latham. H. Moffitt and Peggy Moffitt were witnesses. 1817, Feb 28 -- Deed Book 13 Page 170-171, Randolph County, NC Lewis Davis (of Hawkins County, TN) gave his power of attorney to Peter Davis (of Moore County) to sell all his land located in Randolph County. 1830 -- Census, Hawkins County, TN Page 7-B Lewis Davis (50-60) 1M 1F (20-30) 1F (15-20) 2M 1F (10-15) 1M 1F (5-10) 1M 1840 -- Census, Hawkins County, TN Page 218-B Lewis Davis Ser. (60-70) 1F (50-60) 1M (20-30) 1M 1F (15-20) 1M 1844, Sep 10 -- Notice, The Raleigh Register [Raleigh, NC] Newspaper Sheriff's Sale -- on fourth Monday in September next, will be sold at the courthouse in Carthage, the following tracts of land for taxes due for 1842 and 1843: 52 acres for Lewis Davis on Bear Creek. Alex. Kelly, Sheriff. 1850 -- Census, Hawkins County, TN Page 389-B Lewis Davis 69 M, Farmer, Born in NC Sarah Davis 72 F, Born in NC Mary Davis 31 F, Born in TN Sarah Davis 13 F, Born in TN Thomas Davis 12 M, Born in TN Jackson Davis 10 M, Born in TN Margaret Davis 7 F, Born in TN Matthew Davis 5 M, Born in TN
  Person ID	I36750	Moore County Wallaces
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Hardy Davis,   b. Bef 1755
  Mother	Sally
  Family ID	F11565	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1780 - Moore County, NC Census - 1830 - Hawkins County, TN Census - 1840 - Hawkins County, TN Census - 1850 - Hawkins County, TN  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  1798 Land Grant, Moore County, NC #1552 - Lewis Davis

  
  

• Sources

  [S1323] Rick Phillips [edwinp269@yahoo.com], 15 Apr 2013. Lewis Davis is my ancestor. He states in his 1813 enlistment (age 33) for the War of 1812, that he was born in Moore Co NC