Stokes County, NC - James Davis Family Bible ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Bible Record of James Davis and his wife Elizabeth McAnally of Stokes County, NC Background: James Davis (23 December 1793 ? 06 May 1872) is the son of James Davis and his wife Margaret Dunlap. James Davis Sr. is believed to have come to the Town Fork area of present day Stokes County, North Carolina with his father William Davis. The family purchased large tracts of land along the Dan River near present day Danbury. The entries here appear to be in the hand of James Davis, based on other letters and records known to be in his hand. This record was sewn into the center of the James Davis Bible, published in 1818 by M. Carey & Sons of Philadelphia. The paper these records were found, appears to be in part a copy of an older version as the first entries up to Emily Caroline Davis ?1835? looks to have been done all at one time. The paper and the border do not match the Bible, so it was either brought from an earlier record or replaces the Bible's pages. The Bible was passed down in the Adkins family and is now owned by J. Daniel Mahar of San Francisco, CA. In 1861, James Davis made a copy of this Bible record in his hand and sent it to his daughter Mary Ann Fulton in Texas and that copy resides with Paula Drouet of Denver, CO. James Davis married on the 02nd of January 1817 in Stokes County to Elizabeth McAnally (23 November 1796 ? 19 March 1858), the daughter of Jesse McAnally and his wife Elizabeth Morgan. It is believed that Jesse McAnally and James? father James Davis are first cousins; James' mother being of the McAnally family. James Davis Jr. and his wife Elizabeth McAnally had a large family as follows: Margaret married Madison Blackburn; Mary Ann married Wilson Fulton; Eliza Jane married Samuel H. Taylor; Jesse Jay married Arrena Null; Elizabeth McAnally married John Preston Smith; Martha Ruhamer married Thornton Hampton (and died without issue); Nancy married Lemuel Pitzer; James William married 1st Edney Jane Smith, 2nd Nancy Hollingsworth; 3rd Indiana Henrietta Lindsay; Bethenia Rebecca married Andrew Jackson Smith; Emily Carolina married Hiram Washington Adkins; Sarah Louisa married William A. Estes; Luretta Campbell Davis (never married); and Susan Elen married Dr. William R. Hollingsworth. James Davis was born December 23rd 1793 Elizabeth Davis was born November 23rd 1796 Children's Births Margaret Davis was born November 30th 1817 Mary Ann Davis was born January 28th 1819 Eliza Jane Davis was born May 15th 1821 Jesse J. Davis was born February 9th 1823 Elizabeth M. Davis was born February 5th 1825 Martha Ruhamer Davis was born March 18th 1827 Nancy Davis was born 6th of July 1829 James W. Davis was born January 2nd 1832 Bethena Rebecca Davis was born September 15th 1833 Emily Caroline Davis was born June 19th 1835 Sarah Louisa Davis was born February 13th 1838 Luretta Campbell Davis was born June 6th 1840 Susan Elen Davis was born August 18th 1842 [page 2] John F. McAnally was born the 18 of February .D. 1824 Ednie J. Davis was borned December 22nd 1834 A.D. Alice Elizabeth Davis was borned Sept 7th 1856 James Edward Davis was borned June 29th 1858 Walter Fulton Davis was borned in Ellis county Texas Thursday Sept 5th 1868 William J. Davis was borned in Red River County Texas Saturday [Feb] 10th 1866 Jessee McAnally borned July 4th 1760 Elizabeth McAnally borned January 31st 1764 Madison Blackburn deceased July 28 1849 Martha R. Hampton departed his life July 8th 1832 aged 25 years 3 months & 20 days James Davis Sr borned Augt 5th 1753 & died August 17th 1844 aged 91 years and 9 days Margaret Davis born June 25th 1761 & died May the 11th 1838 Aged 76 year 8 months & 14 days Bethena Eason died March 1852 Aged 64 years 9 months Mary Salmons died October 11 1854 aged 75 year [faded] months Anna Eason died Sept 8th 1837 Aged 46 years & 5 months Elenor Dearing died [faded] Rebecca Dearing died [faded, 09 May] 1858 aged 72 years & four months ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Daniel Mahar - DMahar@cmins.com ______________________________________________________________________