John Davidson was a Farmer and a Baptist Minister, the son of the Reverend Alexander Davidson (1744-1817) and his 1st wife, Anna Bridges 1746-1783), who died following the birth of their 10th child, Elijah Barton Davidson.
John was born in Gloucester County, Virginia in 1770. He married Rachel Ellis (1770-1846) in Tryon, North Carolina on April 28, 1785 and they had at least nine children. Their first child, Mary, was born in Rutherford Co., North Carolina c1787. By 1789, the family had relocated to Barren County, Kentucky, which is where the following children were born:
Hezekiah, b. Feb 1, 1789
James Hardison, b. Aug 30, 1792
James Jr., b. 1794
Sarah "Sally", b. Mar 26, 1800
Jacob Ellis, b.Oct 31, 1801
Johnathan, b. c1802 and
Willis Presnill, b. Jun 30, 1805.
The family's final move was to Greene County, Illinois where they lived on a farm they named Green Hill Farm.
John Davidson died on December 6th, 1844 on his farm which had been bequeathed to his son, Ellis. John was buried on Green Hill Farm on December 10th, 1844.
Burial information was verified by Mable Shaffer of Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois through county courthouse and other county records which show that John was interred on the family's farm on Dec 10, 1844. She provided the information to my mother, Patricia Taylor Peterson, whose research was a great help to me when I first started creating my family tree in October, 2010.
John was born in Gloucester County, Virginia in 1770. He married Rachel Ellis (1770-1846) in Tryon, North Carolina on April 28, 1785 and they had at least nine children. Their first child, Mary, was born in Rutherford Co., North Carolina c1787. By 1789, the family had relocated to Barren County, Kentucky, which is where the following children were born:
Hezekiah, b. Feb 1, 1789
James Hardison, b. Aug 30, 1792
James Jr., b. 1794
Sarah "Sally", b. Mar 26, 1800
Jacob Ellis, b.Oct 31, 1801
Johnathan, b. c1802 and
Willis Presnill, b. Jun 30, 1805.
The family's final move was to Greene County, Illinois where they lived on a farm they named Green Hill Farm.
John Davidson died on December 6th, 1844 on his farm which had been bequeathed to his son, Ellis. John was buried on Green Hill Farm on December 10th, 1844.
Burial information was verified by Mable Shaffer of Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois through county courthouse and other county records which show that John was interred on the family's farm on Dec 10, 1844. She provided the information to my mother, Patricia Taylor Peterson, whose research was a great help to me when I first started creating my family tree in October, 2010.
John Davidson was a Farmer and a Baptist Minister, the son of the Reverend Alexander Davidson (1744-1817) and his 1st wife, Anna Bridges 1746-1783), who died following the birth of their 10th child, Elijah Barton Davidson.
John was born in Gloucester County, Virginia in 1770. He married Rachel Ellis (1770-1846) in Tryon, North Carolina on April 28, 1785 and they had at least nine children. Their first child, Mary, was born in Rutherford Co., North Carolina c1787. By 1789, the family had relocated to Barren County, Kentucky, which is where the following children were born:
Hezekiah, b. Feb 1, 1789
James Hardison, b. Aug 30, 1792
James Jr., b. 1794
Sarah "Sally", b. Mar 26, 1800
Jacob Ellis, b.Oct 31, 1801
Johnathan, b. c1802 and
Willis Presnill, b. Jun 30, 1805.
The family's final move was to Greene County, Illinois where they lived on a farm they named Green Hill Farm.
John Davidson died on December 6th, 1844 on his farm which had been bequeathed to his son, Ellis. John was buried on Green Hill Farm on December 10th, 1844.
Burial information was verified by Mable Shaffer of Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois through county courthouse and other county records which show that John was interred on the family's farm on Dec 10, 1844. She provided the information to my mother, Patricia Taylor Peterson, whose research was a great help to me when I first started creating my family tree in October, 2010.
John was born in Gloucester County, Virginia in 1770. He married Rachel Ellis (1770-1846) in Tryon, North Carolina on April 28, 1785 and they had at least nine children. Their first child, Mary, was born in Rutherford Co., North Carolina c1787. By 1789, the family had relocated to Barren County, Kentucky, which is where the following children were born:
Hezekiah, b. Feb 1, 1789
James Hardison, b. Aug 30, 1792
James Jr., b. 1794
Sarah "Sally", b. Mar 26, 1800
Jacob Ellis, b.Oct 31, 1801
Johnathan, b. c1802 and
Willis Presnill, b. Jun 30, 1805.
The family's final move was to Greene County, Illinois where they lived on a farm they named Green Hill Farm.
John Davidson died on December 6th, 1844 on his farm which had been bequeathed to his son, Ellis. John was buried on Green Hill Farm on December 10th, 1844.
Burial information was verified by Mable Shaffer of Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois through county courthouse and other county records which show that John was interred on the family's farm on Dec 10, 1844. She provided the information to my mother, Patricia Taylor Peterson, whose research was a great help to me when I first started creating my family tree in October, 2010.
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