Davis Genealogy - Western North Carolina

Genealogy > Davis > Western North Carolina

Welcome to my Davis genealogy pages. I am interested in the Davis surname in western North Carolina, primarily in the counties of Cherokee, Graham, Burke, Yancey, Mitchell and Avery. I have limited interest in the Davis surname in other western North Carolina counties as well as Blount County, Tennessee (see list below).

Davis Family Pages - Each Davis family has their own web page, complete with all documentation I've found so far. The link will take you to the surname index. Find the "Davis" surname and click on it and an index of all individuals will be displayed. Or you can use the search engine (to the left) to find a specific family or person.

What's New - Recent updates.

My Ancestry:

William Davis (1730s-1841) and wife Frances Carpenter (1771-1842). He was born and raised in Virginia (perhaps Fairfax County). He was a Revolutionary War soldier. He lived in Mecklenburg Co., NC briefly, then later to Burke Co., NC where he settled. He married ca 1790s to Frances, probably in Wilkes (now Ashe) Co., NC where she lived. They returned to Burke after marriage. The section they lived in became Yancey County in 1833. Well after their deaths the homeplace became part of Mitchell County in 1861, and finally became Avery County in 1911. William was married prior to Frances, but the name of his first wife has yet to be determined.
Jacob Davis (1801-1873) and wife Susanna Miller (1808-1895). Jacob was born in Burke (now Avery) Co., NC. He married his 1st cousin Susanna in 1825 in Ashe County, her home county. They lived in the part of Burke County that became Watauga County for awhile (the same area also became part of Mitchell and later Avery). They left there and moved to Cades Cove in Blount County, Tennessee where they lived a little while in the late 1830's and early 1840's. From there they moved to what is now Graham County, North Carolina but was then part of Cherokee County.
Margaret Ann Davis (1835-1927) and husband William Carpenter (1830-1885). Margaret was born in Ashe Co., NC. She moved with her parents to TN, then to Cherokee (now Graham) Co., NC. Her 2nd cousin William Carpenter was living with her family in 1850. They married in 1855 and lived out their lives in the same area. They are my Great Great Great Grand Parents.

William Davis and Frances Carpenter Discussion Group - Forum for descendants of William Davis (1730s-1841) of Three Mile Creek.

What's New?

4 Dec 2013 - Refreshed all pages. I have made several updates to other Davis families in Graham County, North Carolina (there were a few there who aren't related to mine). I've also done a few in Blount Co., TN, but those are far from complete. This more or less completes my work on the Davis family for now.

21 Oct 2013 - Refreshed all pages. I have made several updates to the Jacob Davis and Susanna Miller family. I have put in all documentation that I have available for them and have expanded various branches of the family through 1940 where possible. This completes my work on the William Davis and Frances Carpenter family for now. I need to do a little work on the other Davis families in Graham County, North Carolina (there were a few there who aren't related to mine).

7 Aug 2013 - Refreshed all pages. I have made several updates to the Jacob Davis and Susanna Miller family. I have put in all documentation that I have available for them and have expanded various branches of the family through 1940 where possible. This is a continuation of the update from last month. More to come on his line as I keep working on it.

9 Jul 2013 - Refreshed all pages. I have made numerous updates to the William Davis and Frances Carpenter family. I have put in all documentation that I have available for them. This is a continuation of the update from 31 May. I have now completed the family of Thomas Davis (son of William), and am in progress with Jacob Davis's descendants. More to come on his line as I keep working on it.

31 May 2013 - Refreshed all pages. I have made numerous updates to the William Davis and Frances Carpenter family. I have put in all documentation that I have available for them. I am not quite finished with sons Jacob and Thomas, so there will be more updates later. The two biggest changes are that I attempted to trace all descendants of William's through at least 1900, with some success. The other big change is that I found estate records for William Davis that had not been seen before as they were filed in Graham County where he never lived. Three of his children lived there, and some grandchildren, so that is probably why it got filed there. They contained some wonderful records.

1 May 2013 - Completed the updates to the Davis families in western North Carolina. I now have a database entry for every Davis individual and family who was listed on the census records in my counties of interest through 1860 (some counties through 1880 or 1900). In some cases the census record is all I have, but in other cases I was able to find marriage records, death certificates, etc.

5 Apr 2013 - Made major updates to Davis families in Buncombe (incomplete), Haywood, Jackson (incomplete) and Macon (incomplete) counties.

12 Mar 2013 - Completed the updates to the Davis families in Yancey, Mitchell and Avery Counties. Every Davis family in the area from 1850 through 1900 is as well documented as I can get them with the sources I have available.

3 Mar 2013 - Made major updates to Davis families in Burke, Yancey and Mitchell Counties. (Not quite finished).

6 Dec 2012 - Made major updates to Davis families in Alleghany, Ashe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, McDowell, Watauga and Wilkes Counties.

Counties included. If a county isn't listed, I have not done any Davis research there. Clicking on the link will open a search window showing results for Davis + that county name. New updates may take a few days to appear in search results.
Alleghany - thru 1860
Ashe - thru 1860
Buncombe - thru 1860
Burke - thru 1860*
Caldwell - thru 1860
Cherokee - thru 1880*
Clay - thru 1880
Graham - thru 1900*
Haywood - thru 1860
Henderson - thru 1860
Jackson - thru 1860
McDowell - thru 1860
Macon - thru 1860
Madison - thru 1860
Mitchell - thru 1900*
Watauga - thru 1860
Wilkes - thru 1860
Yancey - thru 1900*
Blount Co., TN - thru 1860*
* Asterisks mark my primary counties of interest.

Marty and Karla Grant

Davis Genealogy - Western North Carolina