Andrew Pickins Davis

13 January 1820 - 02 December 1908

88 years old

First Generation Davis

Parents:

John (E)? Davis

23 Sept. 1783 - Before 1850

Susan Patterson Abt. 1788 - Abt. 1875

 

Military service: 04 May 1861, Refugio Co., TX, Texas CSA Cavalry, Co., C, 29th Bde, Texas Militia (Home Guard). Comprised of men excused from draft due to age or having dependent family. .


Occupation 1: 25 August 1870, Farmer.
Property 1: Land Grant #198 Henderson Co., TX.12
Property 2: 1877, 160 acres, Kendall Co., TX, Deed Records, Vol. 45, page 531.
US Census, 1840: Lauderdale Co., MS.
US Census, 1850: Henderson Co., TX. - moved by Galveston after
US Census, 1860: Refugio Co., TX.
US Census, 1870: 25 August 1870, Pct. 3, Spring Branch PO, Kendall Co., TX. (on Curry Creek)
US Census, 1880 & 1900: Kendall Co., TX.

He married Nancy Allen Killingsworth 14 March 1844 in Lauderdale Co., MS. She was the daughter of Jesse Killingsworth and Margaret Allen. She was born 04 February 1828 in Bibb Co., AL.9, and died 14 August 1913 in Boerne, Kendall Co., TX. Buried August 1913 Jones Cemetery, Kendall Co., TX. Note: Her death certificate does not give her parents names. According to Bruce G. Davis, Nancy had a "gotch" eye. Believe this to be an eye that wanders or points off center.

Occupation: Farmer; housewife
US Census, 1850: Henderson Co., TX
US Census, 1860: Refugio Co., TX
US Census, 1870: 25 August 1870, Pct. 3, Spring Branch PO, Kendall Co., TX

Children of Andrew Davis and Nancy Killingsworth:

i. Thomas Allen

Born 21 March 1845 in Lauderdale Co., MS; died July 1916 in Kendalia, Kendall Co., TX. In Confederate Army in Galveston.


ii. Andrew Jackson

Born 03 April 1846 in Lauderdale Co., MS.; died 10 December 1921 in Rockport, Aransas Co., TX..

iii. Rosanna J.

Born 31 January 1849 in Henderson Co., TX18,19; died 26 November 1849 in Henderson Co., TX.
US Census, 1850: 1850, Henderson Co., TX, Texas Mortality Records.

iv. John Calhoun

Born 02 July 1851 in Henderson Co., TX; died 12 May 1933 in Kendalia, Kendall Co., TX, listed as J.O. Davis. Never married.
US Census, 1860, Refugio Co., TX, age 10 which makes his birth year 1850.

US Census, 1870, Kendall Co., TX, age 18 which makes his birth year 1852.

US Census, 1880, Kendall Co., TX, age 28 which makes his birth year 1852.

v. Mary (Ann or Allen)

vi. Jesse Franklin

vii. Martha Eliza

viii. Sarah Elizabeth

ix. William Owens

 

Information provided by Bruce Davis