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John Davis, was born 3 July 1770, Paquotank County, NC, the oldest of seven children.

At age 18, John left home wth a group of North Carolina Militia on assignment to fight Indians 700 miles west in what is now Middle Tennessee. In 1787 he had received one of the earliest recorded land grants of 3,840 acres located in the the vicinity of Ft. Nashboro (Nashville) on the south side of the Cumberland River. This grant was for services rendered as a Captain in the Continental line. During his lifetime he increased his holdings through purchases and by grant to 7,000 He returned to Pasquotank for his parents and six brothers and sisters.

John was very active in the North Carolina Militia. Early histories of the area tell of scouting expeditions surveying tracks through the wilderness and of many battles with the Indians.

John Davis and General James Robertson, founder of Nashville and father of Middle Tennessee were close friends and related by 2 family marriages. Two Robertson sons married 2 Davis daughters.

In 1900 the publication "The Historians" "He (John Davis) was a generous man, kind to the poor, and lenient with his many tenants. He gave to the public a building site on which now stand a public school house and a church free to all denominations. Davis was a member of no church, but was inclined to the universal doctrine claiming that God is too good to condemn any of his creatures to eternal punishment. He believed that the disobedient would be punished here and hereafter, but not eternally."

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Fanny Grieves Davis, daughter, b. 1801, married David Morris Harding in 1816. His memorial is #54999765

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John Lewis Davis
1770-1853


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  1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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  2. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday July 30, 1770

  • The temperature on July 30, 1770 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1770: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
    • June 19 » New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reign. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
    • July 5 » The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
    • August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
    • August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
    • November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

Day of death July 7, 1853

  • The temperature on July 7, 1853 was about 26.3 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1853: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 4 » After having been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, Solomon Northup regains his freedom; his memoir Twelve Years a Slave later becomes a national bestseller.
    • January 19 » Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
    • April 16 » The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane.
    • July 25 » Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californio bandit known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed.
    • October 4 » The Crimean War begins when the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
    • December 31 » A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London, England.


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