Thomas Davis, Jr.

Conflicting parents: Lt. John Davis, of Ruddle's Station; Thomas Davis, of Montgomery County (Thomas Davis is more likely)

Facts and Events
Name[1] Thomas Davis
Gender Male
Birth? 15 Dec 1767 Virginia Colony
Marriage 21 Feb 1790 Shenandoah, Virginia, United States[marriage bond]
to Sarah Ruddell
Residence? Abt 1800 Kentucky, United States
Death? 21 Apr 1837 Pike, Missouri, United States

▼ Marriage Bond

21 February 1790, Thomas Davis and Sarah Ruddle -- d/o Eliz – V-230 [Source: Shenandoah County Marriage Bonds 1772-1850" by John Vogt and T. William Kethley, Jr.].

1791 - Thomas DAVIS & Sarah RUDDLE [LDS film number Shendoah county Minister's Return 1772 - 1872, #489 – 1775].

From "Along the Licking":

Little Sarah Ruddle, only twelve, niece of Isaac Ruddle, had come to visit her brother James. While there, she was often seen with a boy her age, Thomas Davis, whose family came in near the same time as the Goodnights, Conways and Longs. (Note: time frame appears to be abt. 1780).

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Family

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/o/r/Karin-D-Morey/GENE...

20.SARAH3 RUDDELL (ARCHIBALD2, JOHN1) was born October 15, 1768 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, and died May 15, 1865 in Shawnee Mission, Johnson, Kansas.

She married THOMAS DAVIS February 21, 1791 in Shenandoah County, Virginia.He was born December 15, 1767 in Virginia, and died April 21, 1837 in Pike County, Missouri.

Children of SARAH RUDDELL and THOMAS DAVIS are:

• 59. i. GEORGE MORGAN4 DAVIS, b. February 28, 1794, Berkley County, Virginia; d. June 28, 1833, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky.
• 60. ii. JAMES DAVIS, b. January 25, 1798, Virginia.
• 61. iii. JOHN DAVIS, b. Abt. 1799, Virginia.
• iv. ELIZABETH DAVIS, b. Abt. 1802; m. UNKNOWN BALLINGER.
• 62. v. PERLINA DAVIS, b. Abt. 1805, Kentucky.
• 63. vi. HENRIETTA DAVIS, b. Abt. 1808, Kentucky.
• 64. vii. SARAH T. DAVIS, b. June 22, 1810, Bourbon County, Kentucky; d. September 26, 1873, Kansas City, Missouri.
• 65. viii. WILLIAM RUDDLE DAVIS, b. January 28, 1814, Bourbon County, Kentucky; d. April 01, 1892, LaDue, Henry County, Missouri.

▼References

From https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Thomas_Davis_%28163%29

• Perrin, William Henry, ed. History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky. (Chicago, IL, USA: O. L. Baskin, 1882) 460. ... Thomas Davis, who settled at Ruddel's Mills Precinct in this county at an early time. ... ... Thomas Davis, the grandfather of our subject, lived for sometime at Ruddel's Fort, upon his first coming to Kentucky, he married Sarah Ruddell, who died at the age of ninety-seven, in Pike County, Mo., where he removed in 1825; eight children were born to him, of whom was George M., the father of our subject. ...
• Thomas Davis was a farmer and slave owner in Kentucky and Missouri. Thomas married Sarah Ruddell February 21, 1791 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Known children born to them are: George (February 28, 1794 Virginia), James (January 25, 1798), Elizabeth (1802 Bourbon County, Kentucky), Pauline (1805 Bourbon County, Kentucky), Henrietta (1808 Bourbon County, Kentucky), Sarah T. (June 10, 1810 Bourbon County, Kentucky), and William (January 28, 1814 Bourbon County, Kentucky).
• According to "The Davis Family of Kentucky" Sarah Ruddell and Thomas Davis were captured at Ruddell's Station, Virginia (now located in Harrison County, Kentucky) by the British and Indians in 1780. They were later released back to their families. The marker for the station is at the intersection of US 27 and SR 982., and the station was located 2 miles directly northeast of the marker on the eastern bank of the South Fork Licking River, now on private property. By 1802 Thomas and Sarah had moved to Kentucky and by 1828 Pike County, Missouri.

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Comments

8 November 2023

The families of Thomas Davis, of Montgomery County and Lt. John Davis, of Ruddle's Station both lived at Ruddle’s Station, Kentucky, in 1780, but so far, a connection has not been found between the families.

John Hinkston's or Isaac Ruddell's Station

https://www.frontierfolk.net/ramsha_research/stations/hinkson.html

The site was enlarged and fortified by Isaac Ruddell in April, 1779 and became known as Ruddell's Station. A great many people lived here and at Martin's Station in 1780 when both sites were captured by the British and Indians under Captain Byrd. Drake (1942:2115-216) lists the following settlers who were among the residents at the time of the attack:

Includes
Sarah (Ruddell) Davis
Thomas Davis and wife

Ruddell's Fort Captives, June 24, 1780 - Davis

https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/m/u/l/Debbie-J-Mulherin-Wynne/FILE/00...

• DAVIS, GEORGE. There was a George Davis who sold land in Rockingham County, VA in 1779 andcould very well be the same man who was serving at Ruddell's Station from March10 to June 26, 1780.
• DAVIS, THOMAS. Born about 1768. He later married Sarah Ruddell.
• DAVIS, JOHN. Brother of Samuel Davis.
• DAVIS, SAMUEL. (1765--). Brother of John Davis. He was born in Pennsylvania.He came to Ruddell's Station from Rockingham County, Virginia in 1779. Heenlisted in Captain Ruddell's company. A Samule Davis was listed as a prisoneramong the Indians in 1783. After his captivity he lived in Mercer County,Kentucky. He received a pension in 1834 which stated "in 1779 soldiers fathermoved from Rockingham Cty VA to Riddle's Station in what is now Bourbon Cty KY(then in VA) & soldier lived there & enlisted there under his brother LtJohn Davis & was taken prisoner by the Shawnee Indians & after hisrelease he returned to KY & settled at Danville in Mercer Cty KY & livedthere until the death of his wife about 1829 & had been living amongst hischildren of which some were in Mercer Cty KY some in Todd Cty KY & some inHenry Cty KY where he had been since Aug 1833, soldier was born 1765 in PA."
• DAVIS, WILLIAM. He served at Ruddell's Station from March 10 to June 24, 1780and was probably captured.
• DAVIS, ISAAC. Captive of the Indians in 1782.

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References

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35648561/thomas-davis
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Thomas_Davis_%28163%29
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Davis-74616 Thomas Davis is named in his father's will[1]. He married Sarah Ruddell 21 February 1791 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. They moved to Pike County, MO, where Thomas died.
  • Kentucky, Montgomery County, Will Book A pps 57-62, will of Thomas Davis Senior.