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was a James and Edward Davis that got a passport through Georgia on Mach 3, 1812. They stated they were from “Kenshaw, South Carolina.” They eventually settled in Greene County, MS as evidenced by the 1914 and 1816 tax lists for that county. They do not show up in the 1812 tax list anywhere in MS. This “other” James Davis made the study of our James Davis somewhat confusing. They also show up in the 1820 census of Greene County, living next door to each other.
1812	- The Greene County, Mississippi Territorial “Tax List,” page 5, shows James Daughdrill and next on the list, James Davis. Greene County is a county on the Alabama State line, across from Washington County, AL. Perry County was cut out of Greene County on February 3, 1820, and Greene County was cut out of Wayne County on December 11,
1811.	This accounts for James Davis’ daughter, Jane Davis (later wife of Robert Brown), bom in 1913 in “Miss.” as stated in the 1850 Hancock County, MS census. We checked the 1900 census for her children, and every one we could find stated their mother was bom in “Miss.” and their father, Robert Brown, was bom in “Georgia.”
Mrs. Vivian Bomemann, in her book, states that James Davis and family lived in Greene County, MS where the “Beaver Dam Creek flows into Black Creek.” These creeks are located in Perry County (then Greene County) in the Desoto National Park near Janice Landing on Hwy 29. Their mailing address was at times called “Enon, Black Creek, and Mr. Mill’s House.”
September 19,1812 - According to the U.S. Government records, James Davis enlisted to fight in the War of 1812, in Captain Jacob Guice’s Company of the Mississippi Militia. In an application for a land bounty by his widow in 1858, Elizabeth Davis stated that “her husband was drafted in Washington County, now Alabama,” in the fall of the year before the peace (the war ended in December 1814). Please note that prior to March 3, 1817, Wayne County, MS included large parts of western Washington and Mobile Counties, Alabama. These parts of Alabama were considered the “Mississippi Territory” prior to Mississippi statehood on December 10, 1817. Just because James Davis joined the military in Washington County, Mississippi Territory (now Alabama), it does not mean he was “living” in Washington County at that time. Elizabeth said that James “mostly served” at Mobile Point. This place is located near Mobile, AL, in Baldwin County and is now called Barnwell, AL. He was probably assigned there because of the importance of Mobile Bay during the war with the British.
1813	to 1816 — During or shortly after James’ military service, James and Elizabeth Davis apparently stayed in AL for several years because their next two children were bom in AL. James Davis was bom in AL in 1814 as found in the 1850 census of Harrison County, MS. Christopher Davis was bom in AL in 1816 as found in the 1850 census of Perry County, MS. This explains why James Davis is not in the Greene County Tax list of 1814, while his brother-in-laws, James and John Daughdrill are listed. These brother-in laws stayed in Greene County while James Davis seems to have settled in nearby Perry County that was later cut out of Greene County on February 3, 1820.
1817 - James Davis’ remaining children were all bom in MS, starting with William Davis who shows up in the 1850 census of Perry County as bom in Mississippi in 1818.
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