wife of Samuel Davis

Not the same as Dorothy ‘Dolly’ Davis

As of 11 November 2023, we don’t know the name of the wife of Pvt. Samuel Davis, of Mercer & Henry County, KY

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 2, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Davis, Samuel - born Pennsylvania in 1765; entered service 1779 when father resided in Rockingham [sic: Buckingham] County, Virginia; father moved in fall of 1779 to Kentucky where soldier entered service 1780 at Riddle's Station in area now Bourbon County in same company as brother John who was a lieutenant; was Prisoner of War of Indians for 3 years; freedom purchased by brother John at Detroit; soldier staying there to 1785 to get release of sister, who was also a Prisoner of War of Indians; back to Kentucky after sister freed in 1785 moved to Danville, Mercer County; resided there till after death of wife & then resided with children in that County, Todd County, Kentucky & Henry County, Kentucky; received Pension in 1834 Henry County, Kentucky. F-S37878, R764.