GENERATION 1

William Fernilson was born March 16 1788 in Newhouse, Rutherford County, North Carolina and died July 16 1876 in Newhouse, Rutherford County, North Carolina...He married Sarah Womack November 5 1812 in Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina...Sarah was born September 6 1793 in Newhouse, Rutherford County, North Carolina and died March 14 1866 in Newhouse, Rutherford County, North Carolina...They had 16 children...

Generation 2

Children of William Fernilson Davis and Sarah Womack are:


Nancy Davis.. b..September 8 1813 in Rutherford County North Carolina..d..October 14 1899...m..Richard Philbeck December 3 1842..They had 10 children

John Davis..b..August 2 1814 in Rutherford County North Carolina..d..Unknown...m..Polly Philbeck August 2 1832..Polly was born 1811

Anderson W Davis..b..October 29 1815 in Rutherford County North Carolina..d..Unknown...m..Miranda Le Quire November 22 1843 in Macon County North Carolina..Miranda was born 1825 in North Carolina..They had 3 children

James O Davis..b..February 28 1817 in Rutherford County North Carolina..d..Unknown..m..Sarah London August 1 1836...Sarah was born 1820

Susannah D Davis..b..March 9 1818 in Rutherford County North Carolina

William Jackson Davis..b..September 25, 1819 in Rutherford County North Carolina...d..Unknown..m..Mary Ann Blanton October 19 1841..Mary was born 1820

Philip Pinkney Davis..b..February 5 1821 in Rutherford County North Carolina..d..June 28 1864..m..Elizabeth P Barnett about 1850 in Cleveland North Carolina..Elizabeth was born 1830 in North Carolina...they had 6 children

Nathaniel F Davis..b..November 25 1822 in Rutherford County North Carolina...d..April 4 1865 in Richmond Virginia...m..Minerva Daves February 28 1854 in Rutherford County North Carolina...Minerva was born April 28 1828 in Rutherford County and died June 10 1911 in Rutherford County. They had 6 children

Sarah P Davis..b..October 25 1823 in Rutherford County North Carolina...d..July 27 1895

Mary Ann Davis..b..February 4 1825 in Rutherford County North Carolina..d..Unknown..m..William Riley Barnett..William was born 1821.

Malena Fannie Davis..b..June 9 1826 in Rutherford County North Carolina..d..March 6 1911...m..Jackson Scaggins...Jackson was born 1822

Phoebe C Davis..b..July 7 1828 in Rutherford County North Carolina..d..September 2 1916...m..P G McKenny..P G was born 1824

Thomas Allen Davis..b..October 29 1829 in Rutherford County North Carolina..d..September 1 1864 in Richmond Virginia...m..Margaret Barnett August 9 1849 in Rutherford County..Margaret was born October 20 1832 in Rutherford County...They had 4 children

Generation 3

Philip Pinkney Davis and Elizabeth P Barnett had the Following Children:

Thomas Jefferson Davis..b..1851 in Cleveland North Carolina..d..Unknown..m..Isabella Unk..

Nancy C Davis..b..1852 in Cleveland North Carolina..d..Unknown

David Rollins Davis..b..May 20 1857 in Newhouse, Rutherford County North Carolina...d..November 11 1931 in North Carolina..m..Mary Jane Rose January 27 1880 in Swain County North Carolina...Mary Jane was born June 12 1860 in North Carolina and died April 21 1924 in North Carolina...They had 11 children

Amanda A Davis..b..June 1858 in Cleveland North Carolina..d..Unknown

William Hamby Davis..b..1860 in Cleveland North Carolina..d..Unknown

Generation 4

David Rollins Davis and Mary Jane Rose had the following Children:

Nancy Etta Davis..b..January 11 1880 in Forney's Creek, Swain County, North Carolina..d..March 21, 1928 and is buried in Payne Cemetery near Fontana, North Carolina..m..L A Dills, February 24, 1895..s/o E A Dills... They had 14 children.

Ruthie Armanda "Minnie" Davis..b..February 9 1882 in Forney's Creek, Swain County, North Carolina..d..January of 1943...m..Lush T Dills, s/o E A Dills...Ruthie and Lush are buried in the cemetery on Wesser Creek in Swain County, North Carolina..They had 12 children

Elizabeth "Eliza" Davis..b..March 9 1885 in Forney's Creek, Swain County, North Carolina..d..April 1, 1943..m..Rufus Brevard Monteith March 29 1902 in Forney's Creek...Rufus was born September 17, 1882 and died December 16, 1963..They are buried at Lauada Cemetery in Swain County. They had seven children.

Amanda Jane Davis..b..June 2 1887 in Forney's Creek, Swain County, North Carolina..d..Unknown..m..Robert Tipton...They had 8 children

Albert Theodore Davis..b..May 2 1888 in Forney's Creek, Swian County North Carolina..d..October 1977 in Madisonville, Monroe County Tennessee..m..{1}Martha Cordelia Whiteside in Tennessee..Cordelia was born in Marion Tennessee..They had 6 children..{2}Lucy Lynn..They had 1 child

Thomas Samuel Davis..b..March 7 1891 in Forney's Creek, Swain County, North Carolina..d..Unknown..m..Delia Narcissus Hall February 2, 1913..d/o Golman Gilbert Hall and Lou Creacy Ann Cable...Delia was born June 23, 1897 and died June 5, 1939 in Louden Tennessee..buried in the Payne Cemetery, near Fontana, N. C. They had twelve children.

David Andrew Davis..b..June 7 1893 in Forney's Creek, Swain County, North Carolina..d..October 4, 1965 at Kings Mountain North Carolina..m..Iva Lure Nelms December 20 1917 in Swain County North Carolina..Iva was born March 1, 1898 and died April 4, 1983 at Kings Mountain North Carolina..d/o Houston Hill Nelms and Hester A Rich..David and Iva are both buried in the Mountain Rest Cemetery, Kings Mountain, North Carolina.. They had four children.

Marie Maybell Davis..b..March 12 1896 in Forney's Creek, Swain County, North Carolina..d..Unknown..m..Jake Rose..They had 6 children


William Hamby Davis..b..May 2 1898 in Forney's Creek, Swain County, North Carolina..d..April 16, 1969 in Lane County Oregon..m..Magnola Mae "Nola" Orr January 14 1920 in Swain County North Carolina..d/o Will and Florence Orr...Nola was born 1904 and died September 9, 1990...They had 7 children

Mingus Pinkney Davis..b..May 14 1901 in Forney's Creek, Swain County, North Carolina..d..July 1970 in Robbinsville, Graham County North Carolina..m..{1}Martha Calhoun..{2} Vivian McCall...Had one child by each marriage

Roy Roosevelt Davis..b..August 23 1906 in Forney's Creek, Swain County, North Carolina..d..Unknown..m..Ada Elizabeth Proctor..They had 8 children

Generation 5

Albert Theodore Davis and Martha Cordelia Whiteside had the following children:

James Rollins Davis..b..June 10,1913 in North Carolina..d..March 12, 1993..m..Eva Marie Miller..b. January 1, 1923 in Tennessee..d/o William Levi Matoy and Mary Elizabeth Miller...they had 6 children

Marian Marie Davis..b..February 28, 1920 at Fontana, North Carolina...d..March 2, 1920 at Fontana, North Carolina

Ernest Ray Davis..b..August 13 1916 in North Carolina..d..April 25, 1978 in Franklin, Macon County North Carolina...m..{1}Faye Anthony {2}Betty Elizabeth Sexton June 10 1945 in Conyers Georgia , Betty was born September 7 1921 in Campbell County Tennessee {3}Faye Anthony Davis..Ernest and Faye had 4 children..Ernest and Betty had 2 children

Beda F Davis..b..May 2 1921 in Tennessee..d..April 20 1997 in Madisonville, Monroe County Tennessee..m..Floyd Matoy in Tennessee...Floyd was born September 21 1917 in Tennessee and died June 1984 in Tennessee...They had 2 children

Two other children died as infants....Edith and Emery..Dates unknown at this time.

Albert Theodore Davis and Lucy Lynn had one child:

Kenneth Lee Davis b..February 1, 1938...m..Lela Preston Shaw July 28, Year unknown at this time...d/o Nannie and Columbus Shaw..They had 6 children.

Generation 6

Ernest Ray Davis and Faye Anthony had the following children:

Shirley Ann Davis..b..July 1939..d..May 1999..m..Lyle Estees...they had 2 children.

Norris Erskin Davis..b..abt. 1941..m..Sandra ?..they had 3 children

Morris Alan Davis..b..abt. 1943..d..abt. 1985..m..{1}Gail..{2} Jo..they had 1 son..{3} Joy

Betty Elizabeth Davis..b..abt. 1945..d..1998..m..Jerry Dooley..they had 2 children

Ernest Ray Davis and Betty Elizabeth Sexton had the following children

Willarae Davis {ME}...b..October 8, 1949 in Fulton county Georgia...married Danny E Smith s/o William Frank Smith and Kathleen Johnson of Hall county Georgia , on March 4, 1967

James T Davis...b..December 6, 1950...d...December 25, 1965...

Generation 7

Willarae Davis and Danny E Smith had the following children:

Robin Kay...b.. June 7, 1968 in Gwinnett county Georgia..m..John Daniel Craft..s/o Herbert Craft and Nell Austin of Barrow county Georgia.

Christopher Scott ...b...March 1, 1972 in Gwinnett county Georgia...m..{1} Kimberly Amanda Banks..d/o Sherry Banks of Oklahoma..{2} Sherry Moody..(3) Tammy Partain

Lisa Dianne ...b..April 24, 1973 in Gwinnett county Georgia..m..{1} Derek Michael Foster s/o Berta Foster of Virginia..{2} Michael Conley (3) Frank Nelson III

Generation 8

Child Of Robin K Smith and John D Craft:

Brianna Meagan Craft...b..Feb. 21, 1998 in Gwinnett County Ga.

Child Of Christopher S Smith and Kimberly A Banks:

Brittany Marie Smith...b..Nov. 13, 1991 in Atlanta Ga.

Children Of Lisa D Smith and Derek M Foster:

Michael Sean Foster..b..Feb. 13, 1992 in Gwinnett County Ga.

Vanessa Rae Foster...b..July 18, 1993 in Gwinnett County Ga.