Travis County Texas, Davidson-Littlepage Cemetery =========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, material may be freely used by not-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of this file. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. =========================================================================== Davidson/Littlepage Cemetery Location: Austin, Texas near State Highway 71 and US 183 Source: Austin American, 14 Aug 1967 - Unclaimed - Highway Planners Preserve Graveyard, Travis County 19th Century Pioneers, page 14, and documented research/site visit by Nancy Beam Pexa, great-great granddaughter of Martha Elizabeth A. (Burditt) Davidson (nanpexa@aol.com) Martha E. A., wife of A.M. Davidson, Born May 3, 1816, Died Apr. 12, 1864 Martha Elizabeth A. Burditt was born 3 May 1816, TN. The marriage announcement of Martha Elizabeth Burditt, daughter of Jesse Burditt, Esq. To Andrew M. Davidson was noted in the 6 May 1833 Nashville Banner. Andrew M. Davidson, was born 22 Oct 1811, Buncombe Co., NC. Martha Elizabeth and Andrew M. Davidson, and their first two children, James and Lavina came to Texas in 1839. James A., Eldest Son of A.M. and M.E.A. Davidson, Born Aug. 8, 1836 , Died Dec. 8, 1856 James Davidson was the oldest son of Andrew M. and Martha Elizabeth (Burditt) Davidson. He was born in TN, 8 Aug 1836, and died in Travis Co., Tx, 8 Dec 1856. L.O. Davidson Campbell, wife of J. E. Campbell: Died Nov. 1857 Lavina C. (Davidson) Campbell was born 3 May 1834. TN and died 7 Nov 1857, Travis Co., TX. She was probably named for her aunt, Lavina (Burditt) Rowe, wife of Joseph Rowe. Lavina C. Davidson came to Texas with her parents, Andrew M. Davidson and Martha Elizabeth A. (Burditt) Davidson. She was married to John Eaton Campbell on 28 Apr 1853, Austin, TX, at the Presbyterian Church. They had one daughter, Maggie, born 25 Aug 1854. Maggie was married 18 Nov 1874 to Robert Emmett White, b. 11 Jan 1852. Robert Emmett White was the Sheriff of Travis County, Mayor of Austin, and a Judge. They had six children. Maggie Campbell White died 15 Mar 1887. Robert Emmett White died in August, 1931. Martha Littlepage, 1837-1868 Martha E. (Knight) Littlepage, was born 30 Oct 1837, TN and died 10 Mar 1868, Lampasas Co., TX. She was a daughter of Lewis and Emily (Crain) Knight. Emily Crain was the daughter of Mary (Polly) (Burditt) and Ambrose Crain. Martha E. Knight was married (date unknown) to James Arbuckle Littlepage, born 1829, Allegany Co., VA, and died in Lampasas Co., TX. Susan V. Littlepage, born April 23, 1804, died Jan 21, 1870 Susanna (Shanklin Van Arsdale) Littlepage was the mother of James Arbuckle Littlepage. She was married to James Beverly Littlepage, born 1798, Greenbrier Co., VA/WVA. He died about 1857, San Marcos, Travis Co., TX. Unmarked Grave: Source: STIRPES, June 1996 - Caperton Findings by M.C. Forister, p. 48, “Milton Thompson Caperton (4/24/1811 - 4/7/1907)…believed he died in Travis Co., TX but there is no death record, will obituary or anything on file concerning his death. He was the first pastor (preached from 1857-1872) at the Onion Creek Baptist Church in Austin, Travis Co., Texas. He also preached in Caldwell and Hays counties…In 1984, Milton’s great-grandson, the late William Estel Perry, said there was a story about an old drunk man who disliked Rev. Milton Caperton. So the drunk man went to Milton’s grave, which could be the oldest, smallest cemetery with a 6 foot chain-link fence built by the Highway Dept., on the corner next to Lockhart Hiway 183 that goes to Bergstrom AFB. It is on the left side going north into Austin downtown. There are five tombstones with six graves with the names Littlepage and Davidson, around two miles from the Caperton cemetery. He dug up Milton’s grave, and took Milton’s skull and threw it into his wagon and drove off with it.”