WELCOME!

to the WASH DAVIS' PLACE

Burger Branch, McMinn County, TN;
previously Bell Town, Monroe CO, TN and Hanging Dog, Cherokee CO, NC

Family Group of

George Washington "Wash" Davis** b ca 1854-55 Cherokee CO, NC d 12 May 1929 Mt. Vernon, Monroe CO, TN buried Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
occupation - farmer and Baptist preacher
his Civil War memories
son of Reason & Sevilla Davis* of Hanging Dog, Cherokee CO, NC

m 30 May 1872 Cherokee CO, NC by Rev. H. Lovingood TO
Mary Ann McDonald** b 25 Jul 1851 Cherokee CO, NC d 19 May 1933 Mt. Vernon, Monroe CO, TN buried Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
dau of James Lewis McDonald* & Jemima "Mina" Lavina Deaton* of Hanging Dog, Cherokee CO, NC

photo of Rev. George Washington & Mary Ann (McDonald) Davis
Cherokee Indian claim application

issue:
1(F) Artie (Articimea?) L. Davis b 4 or 9 Nov 1873 Cherokee CO, NC d 11 Jun 1901
m TO (supposedly her 2nd cousin?)
John A. Nicholson b Apr 1867 NC d

2(M) Bunyan "Bun" R. Davis b 30 Oct 1876 Cherokee CO, NCd 9 June 1937 buried Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
m 15 Jan 1895 Cherokee CO, NC by G. W. C. Lovingood, J.P. at Doc Allen's home TO
Martha Allen b ca 1873 d Mar 1946 buried Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN

3(F) Margaret "Maggie" Davis b 17 Sep 1879 Cherokee CO, NC d 1968 buried Martin's Creek Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
photo of Aunt Maggie & Uncle Joe Ashe
m (1) 20 Oct 1895 Cherokee CO, NC by M. C. Cunningham, JP TO
Joseph M. Ashe b 1875 NC d 1941 buried Martin's Creek Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC

m (2) TO
Major Franklin Farmer b 22 Feb 1876

4(F) America "Merky" Sevilla/Syvilla Davis*** b 14 Oct 1882 Cherokee CO, NC d 15 Aug 1932 McMinn CO, TN, buried Hampton Family Cemetery, Liberty Hill, McMinn CO, TN
Bob and Merky Hampton family photo
m 18 Oct 1900 Cherokee CO, NC TO
James Wesley "Bob" Hampton*** b 13 Mar 1879 Cherokee CO, NC d 3 Dec 1960 McMinn CO, TN buried Hampton Family Cemetery, Liberty Hill, McMinn CO, TN

5(M) Robert "Bob" Elmer Davis b 28 May 1885 Cherokee CO, NC d 16 Jun 1920 buried Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
m TO
Maggie Mintz

6(F) Rachel Ella "Eller" Davis b 28 May 1885 Cherokee CO, NC d 15 Jun 1921 per tombstone buried Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN, death certificate says 1918
photo of Aunt Eller, Uncle Frank, and Uncle Elmer
m 14 Feb 1904 Cherokee CO, NC TO by E. A. Deweese, M.G.
Frank D. Hampton b 1881 Cherokee CO, NC d 1964 buried South Liberty Church of Christ, McMinn CO, TN

7(F) Mae Bell (sometimes written Mabel) Davis b 2 May 1888 Cherokee CO, NC d 27 Dec 1967 buried Walnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Meigs CO, TN
m 3 Nov 1907 Cherokee CO, NC TO
Elijah "Lige" Jackson Dockery b 5 Feb 1885 d 20 Jul 1955 buried Walnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Meigs CO, TN

8(F) Martha Leora "Orie" Davis b 7 Feb 1892 Cherokee CO, NC d 30 Mar 1920 Cherokee CO, NC
(sometimes written as "Ora Lee" Davis)
m 21 Aug 1910 Cherokee CO, NC TO
W. O. Lovingood b ca 1891

* great-great-great-grandparents &
** great-great-grandparents &
*** great-grandparents of Sandra Ratledge

My mother and great-aunt Gussie (Hampton) Ervin were the greatest help on this line. Many thanks to Mary Lee Farmer, another researcher on this line!

Homespun
Graphics
by
Sandra Ratledge

All you kinfolks, put some mail in that old box!