Joshua Johnson Davis

DAVIS, THE SETTLERS OF SALEM, WEST VIRGINIA, by Susie Davis Nicholson, Salem, West Virginia, 1992. p. 35, 42, 80

Joshua Johnson Davis BIRTH 6 May 1791 Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA DEATH 7 Apr 1873 (aged 81) New Milton, Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Greenbrier Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery Doddridge County, West Virginia

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72710823/joshua-johnson-davis

According to Stella Cotrill and Don Norman, who wrote "DESCENDANTS OF JOHN MAXSON" Joshua and both of his wives are buried in the Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery in Salem Harrison Co., WV.

• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via daughter Elizabeth Garrett (born Davis) by SmartCopy: Apr 22 2015, 17:41:47 UTC

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GEDCOM Note

Sworn statement by Joshua J, Davis, dated 23 Oct 1850, on file at the National Archives as part of his War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application .... that he was a private in the company commanded by Captain McWhorter in the first regiment of Virginia militia commanded by Col. John Connell in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June A.D. 1812. That he volunteered at Clarksburg on or about the 1st day of September A.D. 1812 for the term of six months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of six months, and was honorably discharged at Camp Meigs [Perrysburg, Ohio] on the 29th day of March A.D. 1813...
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Several land grants pertaining to Joshua J. Davis are on file at the Library of Virginia. These were all located in present-day Doddridge County, which at that time was still part of Harrison County.

31 Aug 1848, 50 acres on Morgans Tarkiln Run
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30 Dec 1842, 50 acres on Morgan’s Tar Kiln Run a drain of Buffaloe Calf Run
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30 Nov 1842, 30 acres on Sleepy Run a branch of the Buckeye Fork of Middle Island Creek
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30 Sep 1838, 100 acres on Buckeye Fork
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30 Oct 1838, 100 acres on Buffaloe Calf Run
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