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Descendants of Edward Davenport

11. WILLIAM⁴ DAVENPORT (ISAAC³, FRANCIS², EDWARD¹) died 1805. He married SARAH. She died 1824.

Notes for WILLIAM DAVENPORT:
10Nov1797 - Deed: William Davenport, wife Sarah, to James Spearman, all of Newberry County, for [?], 19 acres on the south side of Little River, bounded by lands of Edmond Spearman, James Spearman, and the river... /s/ William "X" Davenport, Sarah "X" Davenport. Wit: John Atkinson, David Waldrop, Jesse "X" Stripling. (Newberry County, SC, Deeds, D2:304)

12Feb1798 - Deed: William Davenport, of Newberry County, to Manassah Mann and John Jarrah, both of Laurens County, for [?], 100 acres on Little River, bounded by William Turner, James Spearman, William Davenport, and John Griffin--being a tract laid out for Morgan Douglas... /s/ William "X" Davenport. Wit: Alexander Filson, John "X" Mann, Robert Oliphant. Proved by Mann before Levi Casey, JP, 4Mar1799. (Newberry County, SC, Deeds, D:169)

22Nov1803 - Probate: Last Will & Testament of William Davenport Sr., of Newberry County, made this date, probated 2Dec1805. Named wife [Sarah] to have personal estate during widowhood or lifetime; executors to have charge of property lent wife until grandchildren come of age; when youngest is of age, personal property to be divided among all then living grandchildren; if property cannot be divided, property to be sold, legatees only to be purchasers, and proceeds equally divided among the children of Amy Kelly and Jemima Neel; son-in-law John Kelly to have mare, saddle, bed in his possession; son-in-law Charles Neel to have L5; grandchildren to have one small Negro as each comes of age... Executors: Bartlett Satterwhite, Sr., Jacob Crosswhite. Wit: John Plunkett, David Waldrop, Charles Plunkett. (Newberry County, SC, Wills, H:86)

6Jan1806 - Probate: Estate of William Davenport, Sr., late of Newberry County, Decd. Letters of Administration with the Will Annexed to Sarah Davenport, bonded for $10,000 by Charles Neel and John Kelly. (Newberry County, SC, Estates, Box 24, Pkg. 25)

6Jan1806 - Probate: Estate of William Davenport, Sr., late of Newberry County, Decd. Warrant of Appraisal filed by James Davenport, Bartlett Satterwhite, Sr., Benjamin Long, Esq., and Henry Coates. Inventory included 8 Negroes, farm animals, farm tools, still, saddler's tools and leather, furniture and household items, guns, beehives. (Newberry County, SC, Estates, Box 24, Pkg. 25)

15Dec1823 - Probate: Estate of William Davenport, Sr., late of Newberry County, Decd. Letters of Administration to William Burton, bonded for $20,000 by J.W Tinsley and David Peterson. (Newberry County, SC, Estates, Box 24, Pkg. 25)

22Dec1823 - Probate: Estate of William Davenport, Sr., late of Newberry County, Decd. Warrant of Appraisement filed by Jonathan Davenport, Francis Davenport, and Ephraim Davenport. Estate included 17 Negroes, 335 acres of land, farm animals, household goods, gun, weights and scales. (Newberry County, SC, Estates, Box 24, Pkg. 25)

27-28Jan1824 - Probate: Estate of William Davenport, Sr., late of Newberry County, Decd. Buyers at Public Sale of Estate included Jonathan Davenport, 335 acres of land for $2,000; Charles Neel, Allen Pitts, James Boyd, John Boyd, Wiley Neel, William Stewart, James G. Burton, and William Burton, bought Negros; Ephraim Davenport, Isaac Kelly, Wiley Kelly, William Stewart, J.W. Tinsley, George Boozer, Jesse Speers, John Kelly, David Stephens, John Gauskin, Aaron Burton, William Thomas, Elizabeth Thomas, Betsy Stewart, Francis Thomas, Robert Mann, Capt. E. Longshore, John G. Thomas, Thomas Gilbert, Littleton Wright, John Thomas, Andrew McConnel, and Capt. William Burton boughts animals, household goods, farm tools, etc. (Newberry County, SC, Estates, Box 24, Pkg. 25)

Children of WILLIAM DAVENPORT and SARAH are:

AMY⁵ DAVENPORT, d. 1816; m. JOHN KELLY, 1792.

Notes for AMY DAVENPORT:
Source: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=andrews-mcknight&id=I06188

More About JOHN KELLY and AMY DAVENPORT:
Marriage: 1792

ii.

JEMIMA DAVENPORT, d. Bef. 1823, Giles County, Tennessee; m. CHARLES NEEL, Abt. 1772, Newberry, South Carolina.

Notes for JEMIMA DAVENPORT:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=andrews-mcknight&id=I06199

More About JEMIMA DAVENPORT:
Burial: Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Giles County, Tennessee

More About CHARLES NEEL and JEMIMA DAVENPORT:
Marriage: Abt. 1772, Newberry, South Carolina

12. PHEBE⁴ DAVENPORT (ISAAC³, FRANCIS², EDWARD¹) She married NATHANIEL DAUGHERTY.

Notes for PHEBE DAVENPORT:
In 1762, Phebe Daugherty and sons Isaac and William, likely Nathaniel Daugherty's family, were tax listed in Rowan (see below).

-----1761 - Tax List: Among those assessed on the extant List of Taxables for Rowan County for this year: Phoebe Daugherty and sons, Isaac Daugherty, William Daugherty. [Ratliff, Clarence E. (comp.), North Carolina Taxpayers, 1679-1790 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1987), 51

More About PHEBE DAVENPORT:
Fact1: Not certain Phebe was a child, but seems likely

Notes for NATHANIEL DAUGHERTY:
***2819Oct1750 - Granville Land Entry: Nathaniel Daugherty entered 300 acres in Granville County near the head of Tar River, including the "plantation where Isaac Davenport, deceased, lived and made [improved]". (Pruitt, No. 3119)

26Apr1753 - Grant: Granville to Nathaniel Daugherty, 374 acres in Granville County on both sides of Tar River, joining Bumpas's line and the side of said river. Platted 14Oct1751 by Dan Weldon, surveyor, with chains carried by James Webb and Samuel Bumpas. (Hofmann I, No. 1477; North Carolina Grants 11:341; Gwynn, E:203)
This was the old Isaac Davenport plantation tract. Daugherty apparently had his own plantation northeastward on Roanoke River waters, for which he perfted his first grant. A little more than a year later, he completed the grant process on the Tar River entry. Five months later Daugherty sold the tract to Francis Davenport (see below). As noted earlier, Joseph Davenport had sold Bumpas the survey for the cited adjoining tract

28Jul1757 - Probate: Estate of Nathaniel Daugherty, late of Anson County, Decd. Letters of Administration to Phebe Daugherty, bonded by Francis Davenport, Samuel Davis, appearing before John Frohock and William Davies, JPs. [Anson County Administration Bonds from Secretary of States Papers, NC Archives, S.S. 1-20, as appearing in Holcomb, Brent S., Anson County, North Carolina, Deed Abstracts,1749-1766; Abstracts of Wills & Estates, 1749-1795 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1980), 150. Hereafter Holcomb.]

cAug1757 - Probate: Estate of Nathaniel Daugherty, late of Anson County, Decd. Return of Inventory of Estate filed with Court and sworn to by appointed appraisers John Morman, Edmund Cartlidge, and James Terry. (Holcomb, 140)

Children of PHEBE DAVENPORT and NATHANIEL DAUGHERTY are:

	i.		ISAAC⁵ DAUGHERTY.
	ii.		WILLIAM DAUGHERTY.

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