Genealogy for
Thomas Davis Jr.
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Thomas Davis Jr.
1749 - 1800
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Thomas Davis, Jr., was born about 1749 in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina and died about 1800 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Dates for birth and death are estimated. He lived to be about 51 years old.
Occupation: Farmer.
He had three children with wife Ann:
Joseph
Ann
Elizabeth | 
 | Marriage | 12/25/1769 | Edgecombe NC | 20 yrs old | Marriage of Thomas Davis and Ann King, Witness by John King
Thron all men by these presents, that we Thomas Davis and John King, are held oferenly bond unto his excellency William Tryon Eguice Governor of, in the ?pench sum of fifty pounds, proclamation money towhich payment will & binding tobe made to his ____ excellency his ?Meigo & ______, we bond ourselves & each of us our & each of our hires executor $ administrators jointly & severally ____ by these presents sealed with our seal $ called this 25 day of Dec. Anno Domini 1769
The foundation of the above obligation in ___ that wheres the above coined Thomas Davis hath this day obtained a ___ to be joined in the Holy estate of matrimony with Ann King
Now if they shall be no _____ the sames then the above obligation tobe void.
Tho Davis (seal)
John King (seal)  |
| Military | 2/14/1780 | VA | 31 yrs old |  Pension for Virginia men who served in the militia between 1651 and 1776 was awarded in the King and Queen Co. Court for Thos. Davis; Sergt. in 2d Va. Regt., Col. Wm. Byrd commanding, in 1756 and continued till disbanded. |
| Military | 6/2/1784 | NC | 35 yrs old | Revolutionary War Land Warrants: State of North Carolina - No. 1079
The Hon. James Glasgow Esq. - secretary of state
To Col. Martin Armstrong - Greetings you are hereby required to lay off and survey for Thomas Davis a Sargent in the line of this state, ten hundred and forty two acres of land within the limits of the lands reserved by law for the officers and soldiers of the Continental line of this state ; observing the direction of the acts of assembly in such case made and provided. Two just and fair plans, with a certificate to each annexed , you are to transmit to my office within the time limited by law. Given under my hand at Hellstro. the 2nd day of June 1784
W. William Dlee |
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Thomas, his family, and friends. For example, Thomas is 1 years old when Charleston, SC, has become the most affluent and largest city in the South. It is the leading port and trading center for the southern colonies. The population in the Carolinas has exceeded 100,000 with many French Protestant Huguenots. The wealth plantation owners bring private tutors from Ireland and Scotland. Public education does not exist.
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1752 |
Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar on 9/14/1752. |
| 20 |
1769 |
The first steam engine is invented by Watt |
| 28 |
1777 |
The concept of chemical compounds is conceived by Lavoisier |
| 34 |
1783 |
The hot air balloon is invented by Michel and Montgolfier and the first people in modern history fly at an altitude of 1800 m. |
| 36 |
1785 |
The power loom was invented by Cartwright to produce cloth. |
| 44 |
1793 |
The cotton gin was invented by Whitney. |
| 50 |
1799 |
The Rosetta Stone was discovered |
| 51 |
1800 |
The first battery was invented by Volta |
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| 26 |
1775 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On April 18th, Paul Revere makes his famous ride proclaiming "The British are Coming" and the American Revolution War begins. Britain hires 29,000 German mercenaries to handle conflict in North America. |
| 27 |
1776 |
NEWS HEADLINES: July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created. |
| 51 |
1800 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Seat of U.S. government moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC |
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| 18 |
1767 |
Tryon Palace is build in New Bern, NC, and becomes the capitol building for the North Carolina colonist. |
| 40 |
1789 |
The capitol of North Carolina moves from New Bern to Raleigh and North Carolina becomes the 12th state of the United States of America. |
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| 6 |
1755 |
Joseph Salvador purchases land near Fort Ninety Six for Jewish settlement. |
| 33 |
1782 |
During 1782-1783, land to the south and west of the Tugaloo and Savannah Rivers are ceded by the Cherokee and Creek. |
| 34 |
1783 |
Charles Town is officially renamed Charleston, SC. |
| 39 |
1788 |
South Carolina joins the United States of America. State government is moved from Charleston to Columbia two years later. |
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1750 |
Charleston, SC, has become the most affluent and largest city in the South. It is the leading port and trading center for the southern colonies. The population in the Carolinas has exceeded 100,000 with many French Protestant Huguenots. The wealth plantation owners bring private tutors from Ireland and Scotland. Public education does not exist. |
| 11 |
1760 |
The Cherokee War (1760-61) ends in a treaty that opens the Up County for settlement. The Bounty At of 1761 offers public land tax free for ten years, and settlers from other colonies begin pouring into the Carolina "Up Country". |
| 14 |
1763 |
Georgia Gazette begins publication. It is the first newspaper in Georgia and the eighth newspaper in the English colonies. |
| 17 |
1766 |
Britain passes the Stamp Act taxing all colonial newspapers, advertisements, leases, licenses, pamphlets, and legal documents. Later the same year, Britain repeals the Stamp Act in Britain -- but it continues to be enforced on colonists in North America |
| 24 |
1773 |
Angered by the tea tax of 1767 and the British East India Company's monopoly on tea trade, the independent New England colonial merchants dump the precious cargo overboard into the Boston harbor. This incident is called the Boston Tea Party. |
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1774 |
The First Continental Congress of fifty-five representatives (except from the colony of Georgia) meets in Philadelphia to discuss relations with Britain, the possibility of independence, and the hope of a peaceful solution. King George III scorns the thought of reconciliation and declares the colonies to be in a state of open rebellion. |
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1775 |
On April 18th, Paul Revere makes his famous ride proclaiming "The British are Coming" and the American Revolution War begins. Britain hires 29,000 German mercenaries to handle conflict in North America. |
| 27 |
1776 |
July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created. |
| 29 |
1778 |
Alliance between United States and France |
| 38 |
1787 |
Constitution of the United States is signed |
| 44 |
1793 |
Alexander McGillivray, the head of the Creek Indian Nation, dies. A restlessness begins to grow among the Indians in what is now Georgia, Alabama and Northern Florida as town chiefs via for the vacant leadership role. |
| 45 |
1794 |
The United States establishes the Navy |
| 49 |
1798 |
Mississippi Territory organized from Georgia's western land claims. It includes what will later become portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Northern Florida, |
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| 7 |
1756 |
Seven Year's War begins |
| 10 |
1759 |
Jesuits are forced out of France |
| 14 |
1763 |
Seven Year's War ends; Peace is established in Paris between France, Spain, England and Portugal |
| 15 |
1764 |
Britain passes the Sugar Act forbids American importation of foreign rum and taxing imported molasses, wine, silk, coffee, and a number of other luxury items. |
| 18 |
1767 |
Jesuits are forced out of Spanish America |
| 30 |
1779 |
Spain declares war on England |
| 31 |
1780 |
Josef II abolishes serfdom in Hungary; England declares war on Holland |
| 34 |
1783 |
Peace established at Versailles between France, England, Spain and United States; Britain cedes all lands west to the Mississippi River |
| 38 |
1787 |
Catherine the Great leads Russia into war with Turkey |
| 39 |
1788 |
Russia begins war with Sweden |
| 40 |
1789 |
French feudal system is abolished with the Declaration of Rights of Man. Outbreak of hostilities in France with the fall of the Bastille on July 14; Revolution in Austrian Netherlands declares independence as Belgium |
| 43 |
1792 |
French Revolutionary Wars begin and the French royal family is imprisoned the following year |
| 44 |
1793 |
Marie Antoinette is executed; Fugitive Slave Act passed; Roman Catholic faith is banned in France; France declares war on Britain and Holland. |
| 46 |
1795 |
White Terror and bread riots in Paris |
| 47 |
1796 |
Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais |
| 48 |
1797 |
Napoleon proclaims the Venetian Constitution, founds Ligurian Republic in Genoa |
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| Ann King
Born about 1751 and died about 1820
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Joseph Davis
Born in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina about 1775 and died in Decatur County, Georgia on an unknown day in August 1869. He was about 94 years old.
Occupation: Farmer and in Law Enforcement. He moved to GA in about 1801 and first lived in Burke then Screven and then Decatur County by 1828. He was Justice of the Peace from 10/19/1815 to 1/31/1817 ...
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