Marty and Karla Grant

!CENSUS:1840;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist, SC # 1828 William W. DURANT, 36 (1813/14) born Horry;


!NAMED-EQUITY ROLL # 55 Joseph Davis, 31 Jul 1850
James C. Thomas shows that in Jan 1822 he married Mary Davis a daughter of Joseph Davis, decd, of Marion Dist.
... lived in Marlborough 1822 ...
Joseph Davis died in 1833 leaving children:
Daniel Davis
Maria who married Hugh G. Fladger
Susan who mamrried James D. Liles
William Davis
Joseph J. Davis
Mary wife of Orator
And grandchildren, children of decd sons and daughters
Martha Hall only dau of Joseph Davis's child Martha Thomas who married Tristram Thomas
Abraham Davis, William Davis and Joseph Davis, children of decd son Abraham Davis.
William Johnson, Joseph Johnson and James Johnson, children of Wiley Johnson, decd. Laura Durant child of Susan Johnson who married W. W. Durant, Abraham Johnson, being children of Eliza Davis who married Johnson both of whom have long since departed this life.
Also Catherine Davis who married John E. Collin, Daniel Keen Davis, Susan B. Davis (who married William Davis), James Preston Davis and Benjamin Franklin Davis who are children of decd son Benjamin Davis.
Mary Thomas is advanced in years and has never had any offspring.
...
(heirs repeated, some differences)
Martha wife of Tristram Thomas decd leaving child married to --- Hall.
Joseph's Daughter Rachel decd married James Newsom, no children.
Susan Davis Liles in NC
William Davis in KY
Joseph J. Davis in KY
... William Collins deposition, Joseph Davis' wife died before 1810. Davis was about 80 when he died.
... Henry Davis deposition. Joseph was his brother. "If I live till 17 Oct next I will be 79 years of age. I moved from SC in Mar 1827. (Baldwin Co., AL)


!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 208-209

Grice.-Just here may be noticed the Grice family, to which Mrs. Reaves belonged. Colonel W. H. Grice was originally from Horry County; he came to Marion away back in the twenties or thirties. In former times he had represented Horry in the House and had been Senator from Liberty (Marion) and Kingston before 1810 ; he was a well read man for his day; he had three children, one of whom was Mrs. Reaves, above spoken of. His youngest daughter, Ellen, became the third wife of the late Colonel W. W. Durant, well known in Marion, having been in the town perhaps all his life ; she was respected by all who knew her, and loved for her many good qualities she raised several daughters and one son to be thirteen or fourteen years of age (Thadeus, I believe), who accidentally shot himself twelve or fifteen years ago. These daughters of Colonel DuRant have all married and have families, except, perhaps, two, who reside in the old DuRant homestead, near the town, all doing well and quite respectable. Colonel William H. Grice had only one son, Augustus E. Grice, quite a literary man and a fine speaker ; he was elected Sheriff of the county in 1876 ; he lived about two years, and died during his term of softening of the brain ; he married, late in life, a Miss Tanner, and left a considerable family. Perseus L,. Grice, our present fellow-citizen, and quite respectable, is one of his sons -perhaps the oldest ; one of his daughters is the wife of J. T. Dozier, the late nominee of the Democratic party of Marion for County Supervisor.* Of the others of the family of Sheriff Grice, the writer knows nothing. Colonel William H. Grice died in 1854, leaving a good property in both town and country to his children ; he was up to the times in his day, a very honest and reliable man, very cautious and prudent. The old court house of 1823 had a large crack in its northwest corner, and such was the prudence of Colonel Grice-excited, perhaps, by his fear -that he would not go up into the court room when it was crowded, unless from strong business compulsion; whether it was dangerous or not, the writer cannot say ; he was in it many times when it was packed with people. ;

!CENSUS:1840;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist, SC # 1828 Julia DURANT, 27 (1822/23) born Horry;