Daughter Davison

Other Events:

• 1800 Census: 1800, ____, York Co., SC
• 1810 Census: 1810, ____, York Co., SC

Notes:

1800 Census:
p. 956 (623) (641)
William Givens        10100 - 00100 - 00
...
John Davidson Senr   12101 - 00301 - 00
John Davidson Junr   20010 - 10100 - 00
Robert Davidson        10110 - 20010 - 00
Elias Davidson           12310 - 31001 - 02

1810 Census:
p. 629 (261A)
Elias Davison           20101 - 02201 -  07
Saml Carson (FC)     01201 - 11301 - 01
Robert Davson Esq  11010 - 20110 - 04

Buried:
Aged 67 years, 9 months.

Robert married Elizabeth [--?--] before 1798. Elizabeth was born about 1773; died on 21 Apr 1843; was buried after 21 Apr 1843 in Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery, York Co., SC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: John Davidson
• 1790 Census: 1790, ____, York Co., SC
• 1800 Census: 1800, ____, York Co., SC
• 1810 Census: 1810, ____, York Co., SC
• Will: 24 Nov 1813, ____, York Co., SC
• Probate: 30 Jan 1816, ____, York Co., SC

Notes:

1790 Census:
p. 193
John Davison    2-5-4-0-0
...
Elias Davison    1-4-1-0-0

p. 194
Robt. Hanna            4-2-4-0-2
James Hanna Jun   1-0-2-0-0
James Hanna         1-2-2-0-5
...
Michl. Steedman     1-2-6-0-0

1800 Census:
p. 956 (623) (641)
William Givens        10100 - 00100 - 00
...
John Davidson Senr   12101 - 00301 - 00
John Davidson Junr   20010 - 10100 - 00
Robert Davidson        10110 - 20010 - 00
Elias Davidson           12310 - 31001 - 02

1810 Census:
p. 656 653  273A
John Davison Senr    00101 - 00001 - 02
Isaac Davison           00100 - 00100 - 00
Jacob Davison          00100 - 00100 - 00

Will:
http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/RecordDetail.aspx?RecordId=299707

Series: S108093
Reel: 0029
Frame: 00551
Item: 000

Date: 1816 C.

Description: DAVISON, JOHN SR. OF YORK DISTRICT, WILL TYPESCRIPT (ESTATE PACKET: CASE 17, FILE 696) (2 FRAMES).

Names indexed: BOID, MARGARET; DAVISON, CHARLES; DAVISON, ELIAS; DAVISON, HUGH; DAVISON, ISAAC; DAVISON, JACOB; DAVISON, JOHN JR.; DAVISON, JOHN SR.; DAVISON, MARGARET; DAVISON, ROBERT; DAVISON, WILLIAM; DOSTER, MARY; KUYKENDAL, ISAAC; KUYKENDAL, SALLY; RENNICK; SHANNON, CATHARINE; TIPPEN, HENRY; TIPPING, JONATHAN; WINSON, ANNE

Locations: YORK DISTRICT

Document type: WILL (TYPESCRIPT)
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Will of John Davison Senr.
Mentions son Robert Davison, son Elias Davison, son William Davison, son Jacob Davison, sons Isaac and Charles, daughter Catherine Shannon, son Hugh Davison, wife Margaret Davison, daughters Mary Doster, Margaret Boid, and Anne Winson
___________________

WILL OF
JOHN DAVISON
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In the name of God Amen November 24th
In the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirteen
I John Davidson Senr of York District in the State of South
Carolina, Being under an Indesposition of body but of Sound Sence
and Disposing Memory Blessed be God for all his Mercies But Cal-
ling to Remembrance the Transitoriness of this Life and that It is
Appointed for all men once to Die, Do make and Ordain this my Last
will and Testament In Manner and form Following, Viz., My Will and
Desire is that all my funeral Expenses be justly and fully paid by
my Executors hereafter Named, I give and Devise to my Son Robert
Davison, one Hundred Acres of Land which is to Include the  present
Improvement be Moved from, and the Said Division is to Begin on Ren-
nicks Line opposite to the Square of s'd Robert Davisons field,
Next to his Brother Elias's and to Run Close to S'd Square of S'd
filed till it Comes to the Corner of S'd field therewith the other
Square of the field Next to the S'd John Davison Sen'r. this line
to be Near the fence on the Inside of S'd field and Continue on
that Course to a pine tree now Cut down Near about Henry Tippens
line thene along said Tippen's line and passing on to a Stake on
Rennick's Spring Branch below the S'd Robert Davisons Meadow and
from S'd Stake a Straight Course to the beginning, if S'd Boundery
Contains More land than one hundred Acres the Cirplus if any to be
paid at the rate of four Dollars an Acre to my son Wm. Davison or
Else the S'd Wm. Davison to take the Cirplus and the one hundred
acres to be enjoid by the S'd Rob't Davison and his heirs and as-
signs During his or thir pleasure, and I give and Devise to my Son
Jacob Davison part of the Tract I Now Live on his Boundary to Be-
gin at the upper End of the Lane Now Between my plantation and his
and to run with his fence to the Corner of S'd fence and to Con-
tinue on the Same Course to the line of S'd Tract Near the Meeting
House Road and from thence with Said Line to Henry Tipins Line
and from thence with Tippens line till it Comes Near a Corner that
Hugh Davison Made and from thence to Near the long Brance and
from thence to the other End of the lane Between our Tracts that
we Begun at and from thence to the Begining, and I give and Devise
to my two Sons Isaac and Charle's Davison all the Remainder of the
Tract I now live on to be Divided by the main Branch that runs
Through it Isaac to have the Side he Lives on and Charles the Side
and Improvement I live on only I Divide the Branch and the low
grounds Belonging to it thus that Isaac is to have all the Branch
and low grounds from the road and Crossway upwards and Charles all
the Branch and Low gorunds Downwards and furhter, I give to my Son
Wm. Davison one hundred Dollars to be paid by my affores'd three
sons Isacc Jacob and Charles Davison to be paid in Equal Divisions
by them to be paid to him the affords'd William Davison by my affore
s'd thre Sons only So they Shall have thre years from my Decase to
pay it in also I give to my Son Elias Davison, and my Daughter Now
Catherine Shannon, and my Son John Davison and My Son Hugh Davison,
Each of them the sum of Five Shillings Sterling for their use dur-
ing pleasure further all my Chattle property Including an aged
Negro woman I enjoin and allow my Wife Margaret Davison to hae the
Sole and full power to distribut the whole Except the payment of
what Debts I owe out of it and all the rest od S'd Chattle property
I allow her to Dispose of as She may think best amonst my three sons
and three Daughters whose Names are Isaac Jacob and Charles Davison
and my three daughters Now Named Mary Doster Margarter Boid and Anne
Winson She may Dispose of S'd property at her Death or the time
She sees fit further and Lastly I do hereby Constitute ordain and
appoint Elias Davison my Son and Isaac Davison my Son and Jonathan
Kuykendal all the District and State afforesaid Whole and Sole
Executors of This my Last will and Testament hereby Revoking all
other Wills by me heretofore Made in witness whereof I have hereunto
Set my hand and Seal the day and year Before Written-----
Sign'd Sead'd and Published and Declare'd by the Testator
to be his Last will and Testament In presence of----------
Henry Tipping
Isaac Kuykendal                 Jno. Davison (Seal)
Sally Kuykendal
Probated January 30, 1816     Will Book "D" P-82
Case No. 17                             File No. 246

John married Margaret [--?--]. Margaret died after 1813. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Court: Nov 1766, ____, Cumberland Co., PA; Orphan's Court
• Court: Aug 1769, ____, Cumberland Co., PA; Orphan's Court
• Book Article: 1944, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA; American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, p. 58
• Book Article: 1988, ____, Allegheny Co., PA; Where Wild Plum Trees Grow

Notes:

Court:
From Davidson, Cumberland County Notes by Mrs. Guiles Flower, 1969

At the November Court 1766, we find the following: Docket 2, page 70

Came Elias Davidson, second son of John Davidson late of Antrim Township deceased, saying his father died possessed of 252 acres of land in Antrim township and left family:

Widow Margaret Davidson
John Davidson
Elias Davidson
Mary, wife of John Owens
Robert Davidson
Hugh Davidson
James Davidson

Court:
From Davidson, Cumberland County Notes by Mrs. Guiles Flower, 1969

I found no will of one John Davidson but Orphan's Court records shown in the section of Cumberland that in 1784 became Franklin County - Antrim township. Orphan's Court Docket 2, page 121 August Court 1769

Came into Court John Davidson and Elias Davidson Administrators of all and singular the rights and chattels, Goods and credits which were of John Davidson, Sr deceased and produced an account of their Administration which was passed for distribution to heirs thus:

Widow - not named
John Eldest son
Elias second son
Mary daughter
Robert thrid son
Hugh Davidson, 4son
James Davidson, 5th son

Book Article:
JOHN DAVISON

Father of John and Elias, had purchased 3 warrants. Land in Antrim Twp.; Caveat Feb., 1767. Surveyed Apr. 1, 1749 by Thos. Cookson for John Davison. Said John Davison died intestate leaving a widow Margaret and six children, to-wit: John and Elias, Robert, Hugh and James Davison and Mary Owen. Orphans' Court at Carlisle adjudged the tracts to the Eldest son John Davison who secured the shares of the Widow and other Children to the satisfaction of the said Court.
(Penna. Arch. 3rd Ser. Vol. 1, p. 195.)

Book Article:
From "Where Wild Plum Trees Grew", Bicentennial Edition of the Plum Borough History 1788-1988
(1988, Allegheny Foothills Historical Society), p. 80

The Davidson Family
by Dorothy Davidson Mallisee.

Very little is known about where the Davison family originated, but Rupp the historian lists them as land owners in what is now Antrim Township, Franklin County before 1735. John, the first we know of our family, had land surveyed there in 1749. She spelled his name Davison, but his descendants made it Davidson. He died about 1767, leaving a widow, Margaret, & 6 children.

John's fourth child, Hugh, is one of the first landowners in Plum Township. He was born in 1745. He married Catherine McDowell, daughter of John McDowell of Fort McDowell, Mercersburg. On the map of original land grants of Plum Borough, Hugh Davidson is listed as a property owner, warrant dated January 11, 1773. He took up many parcels of land. According to records at the Allegheny County Court House, on Feb. 17, 1809 Colonel Hugh Davidson & his wife Catherine, divided their land in Allegheny Co. among their 6 children, giving to each one "300 or more acres for $1.00 & love & consideration". There are many tales told about Colonel Hugh. He loved to ride around the country with his hounds, hunting.

Colonel Hugh Davidson served in the Revolutionary War. His home, built about 200 years ago, is still standing & is occupied by a great-great-grandson Kenneth Davidson. This beautiful old stone house is located off Rt. 380 opposite Abers Creek Rd. Colonel Hugh is buried in Laird Cemetery. A granite monument marks his resting place.

(See http:/freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~njm1/tombs.htm)

Hugh's son, Elias, married Martha Meanor... Westmoreland County history... taking up land in 1759... nine children.

Their son, James, born Nov. 9, 1827 married Mary Crooks...

James Davidson's youngest son, Paul Meanor, married Helen Boyd in 1915 and built a house along New Texas Road. He continued the family tradition of farming and his daughters Dorothy Davidson Mallisee & Virginia Davidson Miller, still own part of this original land-grant farm....

John married Margaret Henry about 1731 in ____, Chester Co., PA. Margaret was born about 1710 in ____, Chester Co., PA; died after 1767. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]