Re: Wilson Davis/Pleasant Davis brothers from TN to TX (Clay, Grayson, Montague co)
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Wilson Davis/Pleasant Davis brothers from TN to TX (Clay, Grayson, Montague co)
Charlene Mundy 4/22/05
Go to the following site, type in Davis, Wilson, Confederate.There are 19, but only the first two were from TN.
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/
You might post a query on the Civil War forum, see if anyone knows where those two Regiments originated.It might help to decide which is your Wilson Davis.
1880 census Miegs Co, TN, looks like Ples still in TN:
NameRelation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Pleasant DAVISSelfMMaleW56TNFarmerTNTN
Sarah DAVISWifeMFemaleW52NCKeeping HouseNCNC
Amand J. DAVISDauSFemaleW18TNTNNC
John N. DAVISSonSMaleW15TNWorking On FarmTNNC
Lawrence J. DAVISSonSMaleW14TNWorking On FarmTNNC
Mary M. DAVISDauSFemaleW12TNTNNC
Charles F. DAVISSonSMaleW10TNWorking On FarmTNNC
Martha DAVISDauSFemaleW8TNTNNC
Peter W. FORKNERCousinSMaleW23TNLaborerTNTN
Cuff ELDRIDGEOtherSMaleB22TNLaborerTNTN
There is a Wilson Davis, divorced, up in Hawkins Co, TN 1880 census:
James ALLENSelfMMaleW30TNFarmerTNTN
Mary E. ALLENWifeMFemaleW29TNKeeping HouseTNTN
Paralee ALLENDauSFemaleW2TNAt HomeTNTN
William ALLENBrotherSMaleW22TNFarm LaborerTNTN
Wilson DAVISOtherDMaleW60TNFarm LaborerTNTN
Since Wilson and Ples were in Monroe Co, TN in 1860, I think I'd look for divorce record in that county, see if it fits Wilson and Elizabeth data.
Have you checked the cemeteries on the Grayson Co, TX GenWeb on the archived site?http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/grayson/graystoc2.htmhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/grayson/graystoc2.htm
There are 117 entries for Davis, so I didn't go through them, but you might want to.Maybe one of his children or his brother erected a headstone for Wilson.
Happy Hunting (^_^)