DAVIS,WALTER	1865-1937 	PIERCE

Walter Davis was born on September 20, 1865, the son of Randle John Davis 
(Vol. 111) and his wife, Emeline (Hiers) Davis. Emeline was the daughter of 
Joseph Hiers and his wife, Martha "Patsy" Strickland, daughter of Joel. 
Joseph was the son of Jacob Hiers and his wife, Catherine (Howard) Hiers of 
Orangeburg District, South Carolina. Walter married Adeline Dixon, the 
daughter of Griffin and Elizabeth Dixon of Pierce County. Griffin was the 
son of Piety (Dixon) Brown and grandson of Allen Dixon, Elizabeth was the 
daughter of James Dixon, brother of Piety. Adeline was born on March 12, 
1877. Their children were:

1. Eveline	b. 10/26/1894,m. Leroy Smith, 7/10/1914,
	d. 6/14/1975.	b. 11/22/1890, d. 3/19/1961.
2. J. Griffin	b. 3/23/1897, 	d. 4/30/1982.
3. Delcie	b. 8/16/1899, m. Floyd Roberson, 8/2/1920,
	d. 1/19/1922.	b. 3/28/1896, d. 10/2/1967.
4. Grover	b. 10/8/1902, m. Never married. 	d. 2/25/1918.
5. Zoie	b. 5/12/1906, m. Alvin A. Dixon, son of Griffin,
	d. 1985.	b. 5/1900.
6. Frank	b. 4/11/1908, m. Elvera Peacock, 9/13/1942,
	d. 12/8/1982.	b. 4/25/1919, d. 1/5/1968. Dau. of Jim Buck,
7.Savannah	b. 2/7/1910, m. W. G. Lee, 11/12/1927. d. 11/8/1995.
8. Lester	b. 4/28/1912, m. Jeanette Kelly, 2/3/1932. d. 4/10/1983.
9. Lucille E.	b. 5/10/1914, m. Samuel Harrison, b. 8/11/1914.
	d.5/11/1977.

Mr. Davis lived northwest of Blackshear where he had a family farm.
Walter Davis died on January 6, 1937. Adeline (Dixon) Davis died on June 
10, 1963. Both are buried in the Youmans Cemetery six miles northwest of 
Blackshear, Georgia.
Sources: Census, Pierce Co., 1900; and information from family members.
Contributed by: James E. Williamson, Rt. 3, Box 232, Blackshear, Ga. 31516.

DAVIS, WILLIAM L, (p. 54); There was another son overlooked in writing the 
sketch in Vol, 1, and who was personally known to the Compiler, viz., Allen 
Davis, b. 1861, married Henrietta Touchton, daughter of Henry H. Touchton, 
They lived in Clinch (now Lanier) County, below Stockton.

DAVIS, RANDALL JOHN (p. 90): (1) The following are the birthdates for the 
children of Mr. and Mrs. Davis as taken from their old family bible:

Alfred, Nov. 16, 1842		Eveline, 	June 29, 1856, (d. Jan. 16, 1857).
Rachel, Sept. 23, 1844		
Mary Ann, March 2, 1846		Harley,	Feb. 25, 1858
Pollie, Jan. 25, 1849		Joseph,	April 6, 1860
Martha, March 1, 1852		Jacob, July 16, 1862
Randall, Feb. 10, 1854		Walter,	Sept. 20, 1865

(2) Mr. and Mrs. Davis were married Jan. 20. 1842. (3) The son, Alfred 
Davis, was married twice. His second wife was Mary Taylor, sister of the 
wife of his brother, Jacob. (4) Mr. Davis was a private in the Indian War, 
serving under Capt. James A. Sweat, Aug. 31st to Dec. 31, 1838; also, 
August 19th to Nov. 18, 1840.

DAVIS, WILLIAM L. (p. 64): He volunteered in Co. "D", 26th Georgia Infantry 
Regiment, and was killed in action at 2nd Manasses, Va., Aug. 28, 1862.

DAVIS, STAFFORD (p. 91): (1) There was another son, Thomas Davis, born 
1840, and died in Coffee county, March 27, 1920. Thomas married Mary A. 
Neel, July 5, 1867. His name was apparently overlooked by the late D. W. 
Lott, County historian, from whose f 11 e s the list of children as printed 
was taken. (2) Stafford Davis was born in Barnwell Dist. S. C., instead of 
Darlington District. The 1790 Census shows his parents living there then, 
that being the year of his birth, and the 1850 Census showing that he 
himself was born in S. C.

DAVIS, SHEPPARD (p. 70): (1) The son, Thomas Allen Davis, married Tabitha 
Byrd, April 9, 1881, daughter of Dred Byrd of Pierce County. (2) Sheppard 
Davis' wife Ardelia was not a daughter of Josiah Wilson but of Luke Wilson, 
and is so shown in the Luke Wilson sketch in Vol. V. Thanks to Rev. Raymond 
F. Cook for pointing out this error.

DAVIS, ARTHUR - VOL.V: He also had a son, George W. (Vol.VII), born in 
1800, and married to Amelia Mixon, daughter of Redden Mixon.

DAVIS, GEORGE W. - VOL.VII: (1) His wife was Amelia Mixon (not Wilson), 
born in 1800, a daughter of Redden Mixon (not Joseph Wilson). She was named 
for her mother and was a younger sister to the wives of Lewis Thomas 
(Vol.Vll) and Banner Thomas (Vol.111). (2) His son, George W., Jr., did not 
marry Mrs. Charlotte Byrd as was stated. His wife was named Jane, thought 
to be nee Crawford. (3) His son, Allen M., was Allen Marion, who married 
Martha Emily Davis, daughter of Sheppard Davis (Vol.Vl).

DAVIS, IVY - VOL.VII: His daughter, Sentelle, was married March 29, 1896 
(not 1886) to Dr. Marion Martin Pafford, M.D., in a double ceremony in 
which her sister, Amanda, married his brother, Rev. Newsom Thomas Pafford, 
a Methodist minister. The grooms were sons of Rowan Pafford (Vol.1) and his 
second wife Frances Corbitt.

Contributed by: Michael H. Pafford of Blackshear, Georgia.

DAVIS, SHEPPARD - VOL.VI: This pioneer and most of his family are buried in 
marked graves in the Sheppard Davis Cemetery in Pierce County, Georgia, not 
at Shiloh as stated in the original sketch.

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