George Washington Davis
b. circa 1815, d. 15 November 1880
- George Washington Davis was born circa 1815 in Tennessee.
- George Washington Davis and Elizabeth A. (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in DeWitt County, Texas. Also in the household were children George W. (age 18), Daniel (16), Zechariah (15), Will (14), Ben (13), Eliza A. (12) and James (10), and stock hand William McCullough and student David McCullough (15).
George Washington Davis is listd in the 1860 Slave Schedule with eleven slaves and two slave houses. The adults are identified as males age 45, 50 and 18, and females age 45, 40, 35 and 30; and children: males age 8, 3 and 2, and female age 10.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
- He married Elizabeth A. (?)
- George Washington Davis and Elizabeth A. (?), appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Clinton PO, DeWitt County, Texas, enumerated a few households away from Dock Davis and Caroline Blackwell. Also in the household were Davis children and William McCullough and his family.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
- George Washington Davis and Elizabeth A. (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Texas enumerated a few households away from Dock Davis and Caroline Blackwell. Also in the household was step-son Wiliam McCullough, a stock raiser, and his wife and seven children.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
- George Washington Davis died on 15 November 1880 in Texas.
- He was interred at Davis Cemetery, DeWitt County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 23 Apr 2017