Pictured above back row left to right is: Ida Corrine Davis, Armecie Davis(Williams Sister), Anna Jane Davis, and John Millard Davis. Pictured in the second row sitting is: Sarah Blanche Davis, Sarah Ann Taylor Davis(Sally) Lottie Mae Davis(baby), William Nelson Davis(Pa Seat)and William Columbus Davis(sitting next to Pa Seat) in the front sitting is Rufus Benjamin Davis(my Grandfather).
This Picture was probably taken around 1894.
William
Nelson Davis was born August 1854 in Northampton Co., N.C., and died January
1939 in Northampton Co., N.C.. He married Sarah Ann Taylor December 02, 1880 in
Northampton Co., N.C., daughter of James Taylor and Sarah Daughtrey. She was born June
1850 in Northampton Co., N.C., and died Abt. 1940 in Northampton Co., N.C..
Notes for William Nelson Davis:
Also known as Pa Seat.
It is told that Pa Seat's nickname came from the tradition of his being particularly
possessive of a small stool when he was a little boy, so his parents nicknamed him
Seat. The Pa got tacked on years later. Both William and wife Sarah would come to
be known as Ma and Pa Seat.
More About William Nelson Davis:
Burial: Northampton Co., N.C.
More About Sarah Ann Taylor:
Burial: Northampton Co., N.C.
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Nelson Davis
Children of William Davis and Sarah Taylor are:
John Millard Davis,
born March 05, 1881 in Northampton Co., N.C.; died March 1965 in Northampton Co., N.C.. He
married Josephine Davis October 10, 1904 in Northampton Co., N.C.; born April 12, 1879 in
Northampton Co., N.C.; died June 24, 1957 in Northampton Co., N.C..
Notes for John Millard Davis:
Also known as Uncle Big Brother. When my father was young John took his Bicycle which was beyond repair and made him a wheel barrow. My father says that John was a very good carpenter in his years.
More About John Millard Davis:
Burial: Northampton Co., N.C.
More About Josephine Davis:
Burial: Northampton Co., N.C.
Picture of John Millards HouseIda Corinne Davis,
born October 19, 1883 in Northampton Co., N.C.; died July 04, 1939 in Northampton Co.,
N.C.. She married Romie Forest Davis January 22, 1906 in Northampton Co., N.C.; born
October 10, 1883 in Northampton Co., N.C.; died January 07, 1959 in Northampton Co., N.C..
More About Ida Corinne Davis:
Burial: Northampton Co., N.C.
More About Romie Forest Davis:
Burial: Northampton Co., N.C.
Anna Jane Davis, born
1885 in Northampton Co., N.C.; died February 15, 1958 in Northampton Co., N.C.. She
married Levi Thomas Hasty 1912 in Northampton Co. N.C.; born September 24, 1890 in
Northampton Co., N.C.1; died February 05, 1977 in Northampton Co., N.C.1.
Sarah Blanche Davis,
born 1887 in Northampton Co. N.C.; died in Northampton Co. N.C.. She married Benjamin
Shepard Davis in Northampton Co., N.C.; born April 15, 1885 in Conway, Northampton Co.,
N.C.; died February 1966 in Conway, Northampton Co., N.C..
Notes for Benjamin Shepard Davis:
Known as Jack. It's said that Benjamin was a very strict father and always had alot of food when the guest arrived that was prepared by the siblings.
Rufus Benjamin Davis, born June 28, 1889 in
Northampton Co., N.C; died November 10, 1941 in Northampton Co., N.C. He married Lillie
Maie Hasty Abt. 1911 in Northampton Co., N.C.; born April 11, 1893 in Northampton Co.,
N.C.; died October 21, 1969 in Northampton Co., N.C..
More About Rufus Benjamin Davis:
Burial: Northampton Co., N.C.
More About Lillie Maie Hasty:
Burial: Northampton Co., N.C.
William Columbus
Davis, born May 01, 1893 in Northampton Co. N.C.; died January 24, 1968 in Roanoke Rapids,
Halifax Co., N.C.. He married Irene Hasty in Northampton Co. N.C.; born July 27, 1895 in
Northampton Co. N.C.; died August 1977 in Roanoke Rapids, Halifax Co., N.C..
Notes for William Columbus Davis:
Also known as Lum
Lottie Mae Davis,
born September 25, 1895 in Northampton Co. N.C.; died February 29, 1968 in Seaboard,
Northampton Co., N.C.. She married Weldon Matthew Barnham July 06, 1960 in Northampton Co.
N.C.; born 1928 in Unknown; died December 14, 1967 in Seaboard, Northampton Co., N.C..
Earnest Royer Davis,
born Abt. 1896 in Northampton Co. N.C.; died in Northampton Co. N.C.. He married Mary
Thompson in Northampton Co. N.C.; died in Northampton Co. N.C..
Joe Sawyer Davis,
born August 12, 1901 in Northampton Co., N.C.; died May 15, 1971 in Conway, Northampton
Co., N.C.. He married Miner Woodard in Northampton Co. N.C.; born March 03, 1910 in
Northampton Co., N.C.; died November 1986 in Conway, Northampton Co., N.C..
Notes for Joe Sawyer Davis:
Known as Sawyer.
Sudie Langford Davis, born April 16, 1902 in
Northampton Co., N.C.; died April 1993 in Seaboard, Northampton Co., N.C.. She married
Herbert Lee Hasty in Northampton Co., N.C.; born November 29, 1892 in Northampton Co.,
N.C.; died December 1980 in Seaboard, Northampton Co., N.C..
Endnotes
1. Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Jun 24, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.102395.38
The Big Tree stood at the junction of the roads at Faisons Old Tavern.
Reputation has it that early courts were held beneath this tree, and that when the roads came through and workman were to cut it down, Pa Seat, armed, dared anyone to touch it. Of course progress prevailed and the tree was eventually cut down.
In the picture from the left:
Man with white shirt and bow tie unknown, Man with Banjo unknown, Boy with suspenders is Uncle Sawyer (Joe Sawyer Davis), Shadowy figure behind Sawyer is possibly Ira Burgess Davis(Uncle Bird, Pa Seats Brother), Young man in the dark suit is William Columbus Davis (Uncle Lum), Woman with the shawl is probably Janie Irene Davis Barnes (Pa Seats Sister) Behind Janie Irene unknown, Young woman in white dress is Maie Hasty Davis, The two children are Adele Davis and Effie Davis, Behind Maie is Clemons Francis (Aunt Lotties boyfriend), Beside Maie is Rufus Benjamin (Uncle Rufe, Maie's Husband), Beside Rufe is Ida Corinne Davis, Ma and Pa Seat in the front, Lottie Maie with parasol (Umbrella), Aunt Josie, Man beside Josie unknown, Little girl is Pauline, John Millard Davis (Uncle Big Brother), Little girl is Gertrude (Aunt Ida's daughter), and Aunt Sudie Langford Davis.
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