DAVIS, Daniel M.

Notes:

Daniel Davis, Jr. signed up for military service at age 18 on January 25, 1862.
He was in Company C, 17th Regiment of the Army of Confederacy. He was released
on May 16, 1865 in Alabama. Some documents say that he lost his leg during the
war.

Daniel married WOODS, Mary C. 4 Jun 1879, Buncombe County. Mary (daughter of WOODS, Cagle and Sarah E.) was born 1855, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; died 1895, Candler, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; was buried 1895, Pisgah Meth. Ch., Buncombe, North Carolina, United States. [Group Sheet]

1. DAVIS, Manuel was born 3 Jun 1880, Candler, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; died Aug 1964, Candler, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States.
2. DAVIS, Betty was born 24 Oct 1882, Candler, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; died 22 May 1965, Lived Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States.
3. DAVIS, Jefferson was born 23 Jun 1887, Candler, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; died 26 Mar 1909, Candler, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States.
4. DAVIS, Elbert was born 15 Nov 1888, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; died 27 Jun 1983, Marietta, Georgia.

Notes:

Possibly buried in old Davis Family cemetery off Pisgah View Drive.

Daniel — WARREN, Marey. Marey (daughter of WARREN, James and DAVIS, Hannah) was born 1799, North Carolina; died 23 Jul 1865, Candler, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried at Pisgah Methodist Church off Pisgah Highway.

Notes:

Little is known about Uriah Davis II (JR) before he arrived in Iredell County.
Several researchers have all thought that he came from Maryland.

Neil Davis - I have connected him to the Uriah Davis from Maryland by their records. He is thought to be buried in the Davis Family Graveyard located on the mountain side above what is known as the old J. Warren property and is accessed by Pisgah View Drive off Pisgah Highway at the Church of God.

I have in my possession a plat of the property around the graveyard with location of this graveyard. Records of an annexation of extra land to Iredell County show that Uriah Davis owned a farm along the Catawba River around 1800. Thanks to the research of Richard and Cleone Davis from Ocoee, Florida, I have received copies of land transfers by Uriah Davis in Iredell County around Yadkin and Catawba rivers.

A copy of a land transfer from Uriah II to Uriah William Davis Sr. his son.

Land Deeds:

18 Dec 1797. State Grant #194 to Benjamin Bentley, 100 acres on South Yadkin and haw branch, Beginning four paces from the beginning of Uriah Davis....stake in Adam Hall's line....Uriah Davis line.


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| Benjamin Bentley |
Adam | 100 acres |
Hall | |
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| | Uriah Davis
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Land in North Carolina, Rowan County Area:

F. Glenn Davis - Uriah Davis Jr (II)
He acquired a great deal of land through military grants, some 2500 acres. He helped man a primary fort 1 of 4 in the NC valley which helped him earn the military grants for his future family.

His family in the Rowan County Area built the first church, called Davis Chapel.

He was very religious and put the fear of God in his children.
Lead and organized most religious revivals in the summertime during his time leading the groups in prayer and song.


Birth:
1834 - Union - Ga Census Record
Uriah - b 1813 NC
Margaret - b 1813 NC

Uriah — ELIZABETH. was born , Maryland; died Abt 1803, Buncombe County. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Elizabeth the wife of Uriah Davis II may very well be buried in the old Davis
Graveyard on Pisgah View Drive off Pisgah Highway. I do not have any records to
prove this but Uriah Davis II is supposed to be buried there.

Notes:

James Warren, husband of Hannah Davis is buried at Pisgah Methodist Church off
Pisgah Highway. I have land records that show James was the son of Robert Warren
and grandson of William Warren of the original Rowan County, NC. Robert Warren's
wife was Mattie Morgan. I don't know what William Warren's wife's name was. That
can probably be found in the marriage records in Salisbury courthouse. That will
probably be my next trip.

James — DAVIS, Hannah. Hannah (daughter of DAVIS, Uriah and Margaret) was born 1766, Of, North Carolina; died UNKNOWN, Of, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried , Pisgah Meth. Ch., Buncombe County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Hannah Davis, wife of James Warren is buried at Pisgah Methodist Church off
Pisgah Highway.

Notes:

Before being sent to America.
Uriah Davis - he was found guilty for stealing 2 cows.
England - Old Bailey - Englandcentral criminal court on 23rd Feb 1732, found guilty punishment was transportation to the Americas / Banishment.
 
45, 46. Uriah Davis and John Edlin, of Hammersmith , were indicted for stealing 2 Heifers, value 4 l. 10 s. the Goods-of Marmaduke Bramly , Jan. 28 .
 
Joseph Sleath . Davis brought the Heifers to Smithfield, and desir'd me to sell 'em for him. Edlin came with him,but stood at a little distance, and did not speak to me.
 
Marmaduke Bramly . Those were my Heisers, and the same that I had lost. The Jury acquitted Edlin, and found Davis guilty .
 
Uriah Davis - said he was tricked into selling stolen goods, by another that asked for him to sell on their behalf since they where on the way to a larger town for a fee. He did so while he and his friend was on the way into town.
 
Perverting justice, 25th May 1732
 
Shortly after he was sent to the America’s another court case came up. Where it refers to the fact that Uriah was framed for his crimes and not guilty?
 
 
Common Practice – Convict Slaves to America
 
England moving convicts to Americas:
In regards to Patapsco merchantship - 1732
 
Guidelines by the British Crown regarding moving convicts as temporary slaves "Convict Servant" to the Americas.
 
With the transportation of any"convict servant" the Crown had previously acquired a "property in the service of the body of the convict" by the act of the sentencing or reprieving a prisoner to transportation. Under regulations, this property was then let to a merchant prepared to carry a convict across the Atlantic, and such a merchant in effect sold the convict servant for a market price. Skilled men fetched a better price than unskilled, women got a lower price. The merchant was sometimes obliged to carry older felons, and had virtually to give them away to whoever would take them. But the legal effectuality of the transportation was independent of the "servant's" sale price; the sale could not proceed till the effectuality of the transportation had been proved.
 
    Once the prisoners had been disposed of in the colonial labor market,the effectuality of the transportation was noted by colonial authorities. The colonial counter-signature was regarded and required at Treasury in London as proof of the equality of the transportation, then the merchant was paid his due. During the 1720s, possibly at the instigation of Jonathan Forward, the British Government began, or continued, to pay a bounty - £3 each for women, £5 each for men - as a continued incentive for merchants transporting felons across the Atlantic. But the payment of the incentive was often delayed.
 
      "Effectual" meant that all legalities were observed regarding the convict being delivered properly to North America and to legal authorities there. The felon was not allowed to return to England until their period of servitude-in-banishment completed. It meant that after delivery in England to a contractor, the prisoner was in the hands of private enterprise - mere fodder sold into the colonial labor market.This subsidy of transportation was all the interest the British Government took in felons after they were sentenced and put on a vessel. On the basis of the contracts they were given, John Stewart and Campbell later acquired a secure hold on the convict service their house did not relinquish until forced to do so by the American Revolution. Coldham regards Stewart as the most efficient contractor, providing greatest stability to the system.
 
 Intricate research by mostly American historians reveals some of the commercial complexities involved. ([57]) For example... Capt. Darby Lux and Thomas Peters of Glasgow were linked in the matter of the transportation to Annapolis and Maryland. Daniel Crawford, and his subsequent freedom being transacted after payment by one Govan (1728-1731).This was a not-unusual case of a convict regaining freedom by arranging for friends or other agents to "purchase" his or her period of servitude.([58]) Defoe had early identified this flaw in system in Moll Flanders,literally pouncing on it, almost with glee, because it provided such good opportunities for a picaresque plot. The problem Defoe pointed to was confusion about justice in the nature of the punishment. Was the punishment in being exiled, or being kept to servitude while exiled, or both? That problem remained to affect discussion, long later, of transportation-into-servitude to Australia.
 
 
EMIG:
DATE FEB 1731/32
Patapsco merchant ship
 
Uriah Davis was sentenced in February of 1732 to be transported from Middlesex, England to Annapolis or Baltimore,Maryland,  He is said to have been sent on the PATAPSCOE or PATAPSCO merchant ship, which left England in April of 1732and arrived in Annapolis in
October of 1732.
 
[ Departing England April 1732 ship Patapsco Merchant Capt. Darby Lux for Maryland. (Coldham). Probably for Forward. ]
 
It is believed Uriah Davis – being a ship captain already or close to that level at skill, purchased his freedom before even landing in America. 
 
The will of Uriah Davis of Baltimore,Maryland lists his children and wife(no last name). The will is dated October 31, 1767 and is re witnessed on February 1, 1768.
 
It lists his time of death as March23, 1768. It also states that his widow renounces the Davises in the will and takes what the law gives her. A copy of this will is in the possession Neil Davis, and a copy of a court record where Uriah Davis was tried for begetting a bastard child on the body of Mary Watkins. It also lists his wife and children by name.
 
In August of 1740 he was tried for"begetting a child on the
body of Mary Watkins".  This was in Baltimore, Maryland. 
His child with Mary Watkins may have been his daughter Susannah Davis.
 
His will was written on October 31,1767 and names his land as Uriah's Abode and Uriah's Addition.
 
It was proven on February 1, 1768,in Baltimore, so he died apparently in January of 1768.
 
His wife is listed as Margaret, she later married a John Brown (by 1770).  another ship captain in competition with him. Later went back to court and fought his will.  That stated she got nothing if she remarried another man.
 
Uriah Davis and John Brown having been Captains of schooners making trips from Maryland to Rhode Island and from Rhode Island to Barbados and from Rhode Island back to Maryland.
 
Uriah as a ship captain:
Vessel: Industry
Company: Edward Arnold
Captain: Uriah Davis
20 Tons, Square Ship
Rhode Island to Newport 10 Oct 1750
Information from: Shipping in Annapolis from 1748-1775 History Book
 
Later generations accounts his trade was sea captain with the regular route between Rhode Island and Maryland.
 
Uriah's Children:
 
All 11 of them where named biblicalnames, Soloman, Joshua, Rachel, Diana, Uriah, Shadrack, Meshach, Abednego and others.
 
 Finding evidence of Uriah Davis in England before court trial:

Uriah Davies:
1743: Court Case: Mannors of Urishay and Michael Church Eskley
Uriah Davis - he was a juror for the case.
* this was in the time period of Uriah Davis still being in England, was it our Uriah Davis is unknown.

John Williams - 1738 Will and Statement
17 July 1738
He left money for goddaughter Edith, daughter of Uriah Davis.
Location: Michael Church Eskley

Both of these documents suggest he may have been married before being banished to another women "Edith" and had children "Edith".

Someone had a connection that he was married t an "Edith" which is possible, since that was the habit to name children after parents.

Uriah — Margaret. [Group Sheet]

Robert — MORGAN, Mattie. [Group Sheet]