Jefferson Davis is Dorothy Willard's fourth cousin 7 times removed.

Dorothy Willard (Duncan)→John Henry Duncan, Dorothy's father

→Emma Duncan (Whitman), Henry's mother→Mary Jane Whitman (Stodghill), Emma's mother→Joel Stodghill, Mary Jane's father→Lucy Stodghill (Higginbottom), Joel's mother→

Dolly Higginbotham (GatewoodA), Lucy's mother→Catherine Gatewood (Penn), Dolly's mother→Mary Penn (Taylor), Catherine's mother→John Taylor, Mary's father→James Taylor

John's father→Elizabeth Taylor (Nin), James's mother→Sarah Allerton, mother of Elizabeth Nin and Elizabeth Lee→Elizabeth Lee, Elizabeth Nin's sister→Richard Taylor, Elizabeth Lee's son→Zachary Taylor, Ricahrd Taylor's son→Sarah Knox Davis (Taylor) Zachary's daughter and Confederate President Jefferson Finis Davis's wife→Jefferson Davis who is the son of Confederate President Jefferson Finis Davis and Sarah Knox Davis (Taylor).