John Davis and Deborah Rosebury

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Husband John Davis ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1757 - New Jersey 2 3
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           Died: 1841 1 2 3
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         Father: Col. John Davis (      -      ) 2 3
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Deborah Rosebury ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1834 2
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Children

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1 F Mary Davis ^{2 3 4}

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           Born:  - Virginia
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           Died: 1871 5
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         Spouse: James Watson (1795-1868) 2 3 4

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General Notes: Husband - John Davis

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Revolutionary War: he enlisted in the army at Elizabethtown, New Jersey, under Col. Oliver Spencer Holmes in Captain Pierson's Company in 1876, and served throughout the entire war. He participated in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, White Marsh, Connecticut Farms and Short Hills.

He was born in New Jersey, and in 1798 moved to Butler County, Pennsylvania, where he was one of the first settlers. He was a farmer by occupation. He enlisted in the Revolutionary army at Elizabethtown, New Jersey, under Colonel Oliver Spencer Holmes, in Captain Pierson's company, in December, 1776, and served throughout the entire war. He participated in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, White Marsh, Connecticut Farms and Short Hills. He applied for a pension October 2, 1820, which was granted (certificate 18,185, issued June 29, 1821, under Act of March 18, 1818, at the Pennsylvania Agency).

The Pennsylvania Archives, page 661, Volume XXIV, third series, show that he entered a land warrant on April 29, 1776, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, for twelve acres of land. Also on page 75, volume VI, fifth series, of the same archives, show that he served in the Seventh Class, Sixth Company, First Battalion of Cumberland county militia, and was ordered out in 1783.

1 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 777.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 237.

3 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 92.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 280.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 238.