DAVISSON Edith

Daniel married DOUGLASS Cassandra on 15 Oct 1810 in Harrison Co., WV. Cassandra was born on 29 Feb 1788 in Fayette Co., PA; died on 23 Sep 1823. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

VA Grants 73, p. 524
Library of Virginia Digital Collection:
Land Office Patents and Grants
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Cassandra Davisson
& others
4408 acs
Harrison
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James Pleasants Esq[ui]re Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia: To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Know Ye, That in conformity with a Survey made on the eighteenth day of October 1798, by virtue of two Land Office Treasury Warrants, to wit: 3000 acres by No. 21,266 & 1408, by No. 21,265 both issued December 13 - 1783 there is granted by the said Commonwealth, unto Cassandra Davisson (wife of Daniel Davisson, Jr., late Cassandra Douglass) Hannah Gallion (wife of Nathan B. Gallion, late Hannah Douglass) Sarah Davisson (wife of Wm. Davission, late Sarah Douglass) and Mary Douglass children & heirs of [-s.?] Douglass decd. ~ A certain Tract or Parcel of Land, containing Four thousand four hundred and eight acres, included in an entry of 8000 acres made Decr. 22 1788, for the said Thomas Douglass, situate in the County of Harrison on the waters of Ohio and Little Kanawha Rivers, and bounded as followeth to wit: beginning at a hickory the third corner to Samuel [----son’s] first survey; thence with a line of the same North 1436 poles, crossing Worthington's creek to a pile of stones, corner to a survey of 400 acres made for Daniel Henrie, thence with the reverse of a line thereof N70?W 370 poles to a post; thence S140 poles to a white oak; N68?W 725 poles to three white oaks; S8?W284 poles to a white oak, S32?E 179 poles to a white oak S3?W 179 poles to a post, N82?W 179 poles to a white oak, S8?W[5?]37 poles to two white oaks, S65[,?]E24 poles to a post N12?E 370 poles to a post; S66?E 400 poles to a hickory, S82?E 178 poles to a hickory, S44?E 550 poles to a white oak, & thence S18?E 400 poles to the beginning To have and to hold the said Tract or Parcel of Land with its appurtenances, to the said Cassandra Davisson, Hannah Gallion, Sarah Davisson & Mary Douglass, children & heirs of Th Douglass decd. and their heirs forever. In witness whereof, the said James Pleasants Esq[ui]re Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his Hand, and caused the lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond, on the sixteenth day of Feby in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five and of the Commonwealth the forty ninth ~ James Pleasants

Notes:

On May 7, 1778, Josiah was named the Sheriff of Rockingham County, and the first jail was erected - but never completed - at a plantation known as Smithland, just north of the City of Harrisonburg. Davisson’s term was brief, because of his inability to collect taxes. His replacement, Abraham Smith, had been a member of the Virginia militia during the French-Indian wars. At one time, he was captured and tried for treason. Another sheriff not only was required to locate and arrest an individual, but following the trial, he was ordered to hang the man, a task he performed from a tree in Harrisonburg.

Died:
Interment: Sep 1825 Baptist Cemetery, Monroe , Preble Co., OH

Josiah married HERRON Virginia Edith on 23 Oct 1771 in Augusta Co., Rockingham Co., VA. Virginia was born on 03 Jul 1752 in Wading River, Suffolk Co., NY; died in Mar 1801 in Harrison Co., WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Interment: Read-Davisson Cemetery, Pleasant Creek , Barbour Co., WV

Daniel married HARRISON Phoebe about 1743 in Rockingham Co., VA. Phoebe was born in 1724 in Long Island, Queens Co., NY; died in 1807 in Rockingham Co., VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]