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made up the “exact” dates of birth for some of those listed in her book, to include Elizabeth Daughdrill, because her dates “matched up with census and other records, and no one could prove otherwise.” She said she established Robert Brown’s wife, Jane Davis, relationship to “her” Davis’ through interviews with her elderly father and an old Davis man who lived at Carnes, MS years ago. With that information, “she” filled in her “own” Bible to back up her research findings. While her connection of Robert Brown’s wife to her Davis line is without question, she has cast some doubt on her research. We will now try to unscramble her indiscretions and establish our Jane Davis as the daughter of James Davis and Elizabeth Daughdrill.
We do know that Robert Brown married Jane Davis who was bom in MS in 1813 according to the 1850 Hancock County census. Based on the death certificate of their son, Reuben Brown, his parents are listed as “Robert Brown bom in Georgia and Jane Davis bom in Miss.” On another son’s death certificate, Thomton Brown lists his father as Robert Brown and mother not named, but bom in Perry County, MS. On another child’s Mississippi death certificate, Harriet Brown states that she was bom in Perry County MS, her father was Robert Brown, bom in Georgia and mother was (first name omitted) Davis bom in Perry County,
MS. With this we are relatively certain our Jane Davis was bom in or around 1813 in Perry County, MS.
According to Mrs. Bomemann, prior to 1810 the Daughdrill’s land in South Carolina was on the “Indian Branch and Back Swamp waters of the Savannah Rivers, known as Cracher’s Neck.” The James Davis family lived at the time at “Point Comfort on the Upper Three Runs Creek” in Barnwell District, not far from the Daughdrills.
We will now present a chronology for James Davis and Elizabeth Daughdrill starting with their marriage:
February 21,1801 - based on information from The Batson Family, a book written in 1959 by Vivian Davis Bomemann, she gives this specific date of marriage. While she gives no source, she said they were married by Justice of the Peace, Thomas Newman, in Barnwell District, South Carolina. Barnwell County, SC, is now part of what use to be Barnwell District. We suspect that this exact date has been “made up” as Mrs. Bomemann admitted to doing so on other dates. We suspect she took the year of birth for James Davis and Elizabeth Daughdrill’s first child, Sarah Davis who was bom in 1803, backed up two years to 1801 and made up a specific month and day.
This marriage is supported by Elizabeth Davis’ application for a Land Bounty as a result of her husband’s participation in the War of 1812 in south Alabama. This record is dated September 3, 1858 in Perry County, MS. She clearly states she married James Davis in Bamwell District South Carolina, by a Justice of the Peace called Thomas (last name forgotten). She could not recall the date. This is probably correct because we know their first child, Sarah Davis Anderson, was bom in “South Carolina” in 1805 as found in the 1860 census of Marion County, MS. The next three children were also bom in South Carolina.
March 29,1810 - “James Doddrill, John Doddrill, and James Davis” received a “Passport” to travel through the Indian lands of Georgia. The record says they were from the Bamwell District of South Carolina. It also says John Daughdrill was traveling with a wife and five children; James Davis was traveling with his wife and four children; James Davis’ mother-in-law with two children; and James Daughdrill with no wife or children. Please note that there
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