Notes for John Davis: "The remote Ancestors of Mr. Davis were Welsh. The family name originally was "Davies," when introduced into the colonies of the South The exact rank and station of the Welsh Progenitor is not a matter of knowledge, but appeared in the Carolinas as a subject of the English King and lived to raise up a small army of posterity to help beat back the soldiers of the soverign. They fought under Francis Marion and with other squads and troops engaged in the revolution. John Davis, along with six brothers were engaged in the strugle for national independence." Re: The Amercan HIstorical Society, Vol. 4 , 1914
Children of John Davis and Robecca Jerusha Durshee are:
+Col. James Harvey Davis, b. 1784, Pckens District, Oconee Co., South Carolina, d. date unknown.