Col. John Davis

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Husband Col. John Davis ^{1 2}

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1 M Benjamin Davis ¹

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2 M Walter Davis ¹

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3 M Samuel Davis ¹

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4 M John Davis ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1757 - New Jersey 1 2
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         Spouse: Deborah Rosebury (      -1834) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Col. John Davis

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He was born in New Jersey and moved to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, locating near Carlisle about 1750. Pennsylvania Archives, page 661, volume XXIV, third series, state that he, John Davis, entered land by warrant for twenty-five acres September 7, 1753, in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, and for three hundred acres, July 7, 1785. The same record shows on page 626, volume VI, fifth series, that he commanded the second class militia of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, serving from 1780 to 1782, inclusive.
He reared four sons, all of whom served in the Continental army.

1 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.

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

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