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1800 - 1862 (62 years)
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Name |
William Davenport |
Born |
25 Mar 1800 |
Tabernacle, Randolph County, North Carolina, U.S.A. |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
15 Aug 1862 |
Hensley, Johnson County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
Buried |
Bethlehem Cemetery, Johnson County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
Notes |
- Elba L. Branigin, "History of Johnson County, Indiana," (B.F. Bowen, 1913):
"HENSLEY TOWNSHIP. On the 10th of March, 1799, Richardson Hensley was bom near Fredericksburg, in Virginia. While he was yet a child, his father moved to Fayette County, Kentucky, after which he moved to Mercer county, where, in 1800, Richardson was married to Elizabeth Cully. In the War of 1812, he served as a First lieutenant on the frontier; and in March, 1825, he brought his family to Johnson County, IN. Accompanying him was William Davenport, a North Carolinian, and William Mitchell, a Virginian, his sons-in-law, and their families. Five or six families were living around Edinburg, and at the Nineveh settlement the road ended. Stopping at some point at the time not now known, but probably on the Nineveh, Hensley and his companions made a tour through the woods, and selected the central part of Congressional Township II, Range 3, on the banks of Indian creek, as the place for their homes. Among the woodsmen of that day, Curtis Pritchard stood at the head, and, employing him to select the best route through the wilderness from Nineveh to Indian Creek for a road, he went ahead with horn in hand, and at intervals would wind a blast as a signal to the axmen to cut through the woods to his vantage ground. . . .
Hensley cleared a little field in the woods the first spring, and planted it in corn; but the wild turkeys invaded his field and scratched the seed out of the ground. Replanting and keeping the turkeys away, when the little crop was raised the squirrels came and did great damage. After these, a band of forty well dressed, well mounted Indians came and encamped on Indian creek, so
called because it was a famous Indian resort in the early times; and, although they had plenty of money, they begged and stole everything they wanted. Hensley's corn patch was peculiarly tempting to them, and, in spite of his best
resolutions and utmost vigilance, they carried his corn away by the armfuls.
The same spring that Hensley, Mitchell and [William] Davenport came in, John Stephens, from Tennessee, and Nathaniel Elkins, from Kentucky, came, and some time during the last of the year Peter Titus came from Ohio, and settled on what has since been known as the Bridges farm. In the fall of that year, it is believed that Charles and Mitchel Ross settled on the west line of the township, and about the same time Richard Perry must have moved into the northeast corner. . . ."
"BETHLEHEM PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH.
This church is located in Hensley township, and was organized a number of years ago and is now one of the oldest religious societies in the southern part of the county. Of its early history but little is known save that the Bass, Roberts, Hensley, [William] Davenport, McNutt, Holman and Hughes families were among the first members. . . ."
It does not appear that any member of the William Davenport, b. 1800 North Carolina, family was related to Benjamin F. Davenport, b. Abt. 1815 England, since none of the children of Benjamin and Margaret (Abel) Davenport were placed, upon Margaret's death, with members of William Davenport's extended family. This fact also seems to confirm that Benjamin F. Davenport's sole relatives in Indiana were members of his wife's family, the Abel clan.
Roy Richard Thomas April 2012
U.S. Census Hensley, Johnson County, IN 1850: "William Devenport, age 50 b. Abt. 1800 Kentucky [sic], farmer real estate owned $800, wife Delila, age 49 b. abt. 1801 Kentucky; eight children b. Indiana: Austin 21, Mary J. 17, Jesse 16, Hannah 12, Susannah 11, James 9, Eliza A. 7, Delila C. 5."
U.S. Census Hensley, Johnson County, IN 1860: "William Davenport, age 60 b. Abt. 1800 North Carolina [sic], farmer real estate owned $2000 other property $800, wife Lucy J., age 29 b. abt. 1831 Kentucky; three children from previous marriage b. Indiana: James H. 19, Eliza 17, Delila C. 15." Also in the household: "Jemima Kephart, 4."
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Person ID |
I39474 |
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Last Modified |
2 Apr 2012 |
Father |
Joel Davenport, b. Abt. 1771, Rowan County, North Carolina, U.S.A. , d. Apr 1807, Randolph County, North Carolina, U.S.A. (Age ~ 36 years) |
Mother |
Sarah Boyd, b. Abt. 1780, Halifax County, Virginia , d. Abt. 1850, Warrick County, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age ~ 70 years) |
Married |
Abt. 1795 |
Randolph County, North Carolina, U.S.A. |
Family ID |
F18043442 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Delilah Hensley, b. 15 Jan 1801, Shelby County, Kentucky, U.S.A. , d. 6 May 1856, Hensley, Johnson County, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age 55 years) |
Married |
10 Dec 1819 |
Jackson County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
- Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941: "William Davenport & Delilah Hensley, m. 10 Dec 1819 Jackson County."
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Children |
+ | 1. Ambrose Davenport, b. 20 Dec 1823, Johnson County, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. 27 Feb 1892, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age 68 years) |
| 2. Mahala Elizabeth Davenport, b. 9 Aug 1826, Johnson County, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. 8 Jan 1858 (Age 31 years) |
+ | 3. Austin Davenport, b. 2 Jan 1828, Johnson County, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. 17 Mar 1879, Tipton County, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age 51 years) |
+ | 4. Lethana Davenport, b. 26 Feb 1830, Johnson County, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. 5 Jun 1893 (Age 63 years) |
| 5. Martha Jane Davenport, b. 1 Dec 1832, Johnson County, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. 15 Jan 1922 (Age 89 years) |
+ | 6. Jesse Newton Davenport, b. 1 Oct 1834, Johnson County, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. 12 Apr 1900 (Age 65 years) |
| 7. Susannah Davenport, b. Abt. 1836, Johnson County, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. Abt. 1860 (Age ~ 24 years) |
+ | 8. Hannah Davenport, b. Abt. 1838, Johnson County, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. Abt. 1889 (Age ~ 51 years) |
| 9. James H. Davenport, b. Abt. 1841, Johnson County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
| 10. Elizabeth A. Davenport, b. 15 May 1843, Johnson County, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. 15 Jul 1865 (Age 22 years) |
+ | 11. Delilah Caroline Davenport, b. 28 Feb 1845, Johnson County, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. 16 Jul 1929 (Age 84 years) |
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Last Modified |
30 Mar 2012 |
Family ID |
F18043437 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 2 |
Lucy J. Tapp, b. 24 Dec 1821, Kentucky, U.S.A. , d. 16 Nov 1890, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age 68 years) |
Married |
6 May 1860 |
Johnson County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
- Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941: "William Davenport & Lucy Kephart, m. 6 May 1860 Johnson County."
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Last Modified |
29 Mar 2012 |
Family ID |
F18043438 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Born - 25 Mar 1800 - Tabernacle, Randolph County, North Carolina, U.S.A. |
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| Married - 10 Dec 1819 - Jackson County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
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| Married - 6 May 1860 - Johnson County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
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| Died - 15 Aug 1862 - Hensley, Johnson County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
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| Buried - - Bethlehem Cemetery, Johnson County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
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