John Davis

From Jim Veregge:

John Davis, son of Nathan Davis and Ellen Hubbard of Rutland, Massachusetts is NOT the John Davis that died 1798 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. The John Davis in Rutland, Massachusetts married a woman named Margaret [maiden name unknown but may be Forbes], and their children were all born in Gilsum, Cheshire, New Hampshire between 1781-1796, and none of them are named Rebecca or Nancy. Their birth records are all documented in "Gilsum (New Hampshire). Town Clerk. "Records of births, marriages and deaths, 1754-1915", pg. 296, and "History of the Town of Gilsum, New Hampshire, from 1752 to 1879", pg. 298.

Also, this John Davis is listed on WeRelate at the following URL:

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Davis_%28557%29

John Davis of Jefferson County, Tennessee was likely born abt. 1745, likely in either Pennsylvania, Virginia or North Carolina, where he had migrated in 1784 and received a Land Warrant/Survey Order #478 in an area of North Carolina that later became Tennessee.