Genealogy for
Berthia A. Davis
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Berthia A. Davis
1836 - 1925
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Berthia A. Davis was born about 1836 somewhere in Georgia and died about 1925 in Dale Co., Alabama. Dates for birth and death are estimated. She lived to be about 89 years old.
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 | Census | 1/1/1840 | District 553 GA (Decatur County) | 4 yrs old | The family of Thos A. Davis is described on page 4, line #17 as: MALES: one under the age of 5, three between 5-10 years old, one between 20-30, and one between 30-40. FEMALES: two under 5 years old, one between 10-15, and one between 40-50. There are a total of 9 people living in the home and they own no slaves. His brothers, L. C. and Jonas B., are listed on page 7 of the census with their families.
| Additional information about Decatur County, GA around 1840: Map of Decatur County, GA created around 1839 -- one year before the 1840 Census. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 10/26/1850 | Southern Division AL (Dale County) | 14 yrs old | | #140: Thomas A. Davis (age 44, born in GA), Jersey (age 46, born in GA), James M. (age 19, born in GA), Woody R. (age 17, born in GA), John L. B. (age 15, born in GA), Bethia A. (age 13, GA), Thomas A. (age 12, GA), Anna J. (10, GA), Joseph E. (7, AL), Rhoda E. (5, AL), Sinena E. (3, AL), Jersey (2, AL). Thomas states his occupation as farmer and estimates the value of his estate to be $100. The three oldest sons also state they are farmers. All of the children age 10 and older attended schools in the last year. Thomas and Tensey cannot read or write. |
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| Age | Date | Event |
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| 1 |
1837 |
The Second Creek war begins in 1836. In 1837 The Battle of Hobdy's Bridge becomes the last indian battle in AL. |
| 4 |
1840 |
Alabama reports a total population of 590,756 on the 1940 Federal Census. This includes 335,185 whites, 255,571 blacks, 253,532 slaves, zero Native Americans, and others. |
| 14 |
1850 |
State population=771,623.
The 1850 Federal Census reveals the
White population=426,514;
African-American population=345,109;
Slave population=342,844;
Free black population=2,265;
Urban population=35,179;
Rural population=736,444;
Cotton production in bales=564,429;
Corn production in bushels=28,754,048;
Number of manufacturing establishments=1,026. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 1 |
1837 |
Mcon and Dade Counties are formed. |
| 2 |
1838 |
Chattooga County formed |
| 11 |
1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
| 14 |
1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
| 15 |
1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
| 16 |
1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
| 17 |
1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
| 18 |
1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
| 20 |
1856 |
Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed. |
| 21 |
1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
| 22 |
1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
| 34 |
1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
| 39 |
1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
| 69 |
1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
| 76 |
1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
| 78 |
1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
| 81 |
1917 |
Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed. |
| 84 |
1920 |
Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed. |
| 88 |
1924 |
Peach County is formed. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 3 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
| 8 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
| 17 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
| 20 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 23 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 29 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 33 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 41 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 43 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 53 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 59 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 61 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 64 |
1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
| 64 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 65 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 66 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 67 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 68 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 70 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 70 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 70 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 76 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 77 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 78 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 87 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 87 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 88 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 25 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
| 26 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 46 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 49 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 72 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 76 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 77 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 81 |
1917 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. |
| 83 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 1 |
1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
| 4 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
| 6 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
| 19 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 24 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
| 26 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 27 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
| 29 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
| 32 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 39 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 40 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 73 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 74 |
1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 73 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 78 |
1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
| 81 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 83 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 84 |
1920 |
Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made. |
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