Husband: JESSE DAVENPORT
Born: Nov 1, 1775 Lick Creek Waters, Rowan/Guildford CO .NC.
in. : Jun 3, 1800 Randolph Co. N.C.
Died: Jun 28, 1826 Wayne Co. In.
Father: AUGUSTINE DAVENPORT
Mother: MARY HARRIS
Wife: REBECCA FOUTS
Born: Mar 27, 1784 Randolph Co. N.C.
Died: Apr 29, 1862 Wayne Co. Inc.
Father: JACOB FOUTS
Mother: ELEANOR MALINDA WAYMIRE
CHILDREN
Name: Mary Davenport
Bom- Jan 11, 1801 Montgomery Co. Ohio
F M. Feb 5, 1818 Wayne Co. In.
Died-. Aug 3, 1831 Wayne Co. In.
Spouse: Samuel Butler
Name: Eleanor "Linnie" Davenport
Born: Mar 9, 1802 Montgomery Co. Ohio
F in. : Oct 21, 1819 Wayne Co. In.
Died: Mar 12, 1880 Wayne Co. In.
Spouse: Amos Clawson
3 Name: Martin Davenport
Born: Abt 180'@ Montgomery Co. Ohio
114 in. :Feb 12, 1824 Union Co. In.
Died: Apr2,1844 Elmo, Fayette Co. 11.
Spouse: Nancy Wiff
4 Name: Jane Davenport
Born: Abt 1807 Wayne Co. In.
in. : 1825 Preble Co. Ohio
Died: Abt 18'19 Wayne Co. In.
Spouse: John Smith
Name: Jacob Davenport
Born: Abt 1808 Wayne Co. In.
m in. : Mar 10, 1835 Wayne Co. In.
Died: Jan 21, 1885 Warren Co. IN.
Spouse: Elvira Worle
6 Name: Sarah "Sallie" Davenport
Born: Feb 28, 1810 Wayne Co. In.
in. : Feb 6, 1824 Wayne Co. In.
Died: Unknown
Spouse: Thomas Jarvis
7 Name: Penelope "Nellie" Davenport
Born: Abt 1811 Wayne Co. In.
in.: May 10, 1832 Wayne Co. In.
Died: Aft 1850
Spouse: Chatfield Osborne
8. Name: Elizabeth Davenport
Born: Abt 1812 Wayne Co. in.
In Jul 11, 1831
Wayne Co. In.
died: Nov 15, 1875 Wayne Co. In.
Spouse: WilIiam Smith
9. Name: Jesse Davenport
born: Abt 1814 Wayne Co. In.
m. : 1839 Preble Co. Ohio
ied: Aft 1850 living in Brown Co.
Spouse: Sarah Rash
10. Name: Rebecca Davenport
Born: About 1817 Wayne Co. In
M:
died:: Bef 1817:
11. Name: Nancy Davenport
Born: Nov 9, 1820 Wayne Co. In.
M: Nov 6, 1836 Wayne Co. In
Died: Feb 28, 1911 Wayne Co., In
Spouse: Dr. David Evans
12. Name: Parmelia Davenport
Born: Aug 18, 1822 Wayne Co., In.
M: May 28, 1843 Wayne Co., In.
died: Apr 9, 1902 Wayne Co. In.
Spouse: John Railsback Wayne Co. In.
13. William Davenport
Born: Sep 24, 1824 Richmond, Wayne Co. In
M: Jul 31, 1842 Richmond, Wayne Co., In.
Died: Sept 6, 1902 In.
Spouse(s): CORA JEMIMA STANLEY, Elizabeth Racard, & Rebecca Williamson
14. Warner Davenport
Born: Feb 5, 1826 Richmond Wayne Co. In.
M: Apr 27, 1845 Richmond, In.
Died: Dec 9, 1908 Richmond, In.
Spouse: Rebecca LaRue
Notes
Jesse Davenport and his twin brother Joel, were born in 1775 in Guilford County, N.C., to a family of farmers. They belonged to the ME. (Methodist Episcopal) Church. At 24, Jesse married 16 yr. old Rebecca Fouts, the daughter of his Quaker neighbors, Jacob Fouts and Eleanor Malinda Waymire. After their wedding Rebecca was shunned, and then disowned by the Quakers. The official reason was because she "married out of unity"- however, their first child, Mary, was born 7 months later in Montgomery Co., Ohio. They stayed in Ohio for 5 years and had 2 more children there-, Eleanor (whom they called "Linnie"), and Martin-
About 1806, Jesse and Rebecca moved to Wayne Co., Indiana, becoming part of the first group of settlers there. Soon afterwards, Jesse's twin brother Joel died in North Carolina at the age of 31.
Jesse was a farmer, and later built a grist-mill for grinding grain at the foot of the waterfalls at Elkhorn Creek. Several years later, he added a saw-mill. These original mills still stand, close to the newer "Relief Mills".
About 1808, Jesse and his friends, neighbors, and family, including his father-in-law Jacob Fouts, who recently moved to Indiana from Pennsylvania, helped form the first Quaker society, called the "Friends" and built a log meeting house, where they all served together on political committees, Quaker church boards, and town hall meetings.
Between 1801 and 1826, Jesse and Rebecca had 14 children.
In 18 1 0, the residents got together and decided to officially form a county, which they named Wayne County. They established a "Court of Common Pleas". The first set of elected judges, associate judges and representatives were fired for negligence of their duties. There was also an internal struggle going on concerning slavery, even though it was 50 years before the Civil War. This first group of officials were for slavery, but most of the people living there were against it.
The War of 1812 began .... and the townspeople took sides against each other over the issues of the war, mostly slavery. In 1816, they appealed to the State of Indiana for a constitutional convention. On May 13, 1816, the 4 antislavery candidates were overwhelmingly elected to Congress from Wayne County. By this time, Wayne Co. had 1,225 eligible voters (white, male, over 21) from the population of 6,407.
In 1816, he was elected as Associate Judge and served as Justice of the Peace, though he had no legal or judicial background. However, two associate Judges made up a majority vote, and could override the jury or the judge's decisions. The first court trials were held in the woods, where Jesse, the Judge, jury, and all the parties in the trial, sat on logs under a shade tree. When the jury had to retire to make their decision, they moved to another set of log seats under another tree, far enough away that they couldn't be heard. During their first session, they heard 17 cases.
Jesse seemed to have a hard time finding people guilty. In 1822, a man named Hampshire Pitts was tried for murder, found guilty by the judge and the jury, but was ordered to be given a new trial by Jesse and his associate judge, William McClane. This decision made them very unpopular with the Judge and the townspeople, who complained that Jesse was too lenient, there were too many other people waiting to be tried, and too little time and money to do it. In spite of that, Jesse served another two years until 1824.
The prosecuting attorney wasn't paid directly by the county, as they had no county revenue, but was paid a percentage of the fines given to people on trial. During Jesse's first term, Prosecuting Attorney James Dill received $25.00 payment for his services.
It was customary for Quakers to hold barn-raisings for their friends and neighbors. In 1826, Jesse was helping raise the barn of Benjamin Koontz when the support rails gave way, and the entire barn fell on Jesse, killing him and a ffiend instantly. He was 50 years old, and left 14 children, the youngest one 4 months old.
Rebecca stayed on in Richmond, raising the children. 9 grew to be adults, but 5 of her children died before herMary died of cholera at 3 1, Martin was killed at 41 while on a wagon train moving west-, Rebecca died while she was
a teenager; and Jane and Jesse, Jr. died in their 30's. Rebecca herself lived to be 78 and died in Richmond.
From the Jesse Davenport Family Group Chart from Lora Jeffries
Written by Margo Belle Fletcher McBride