DAVIS MEMORIAL PAGE

Willa Rae Davis-Smith
Bethlehem Georgia

RaeDavisSm@hotmail.com

Welcome...This page is a memorial to the brave men in my Davis line who lost their lives while serving in the armed forces...



Thomas A. Davis, Private: When Thomas was thirty-three, in 1862, he left his wife and four children to join the Confederate Army. He was a private in the 56th NC regiment, Co. T. The next two years of his life must have been bitter years. He was plagued with dysentery which eventually caused his death. Much of the time was spent in hospitals in N.C. and Virginia. The letters he wrote to his family during those years--very devoted and religious and showed that he loved his wife and children very much and was concerned for their welfare. In the late summer of 1864 Thomas Allen became so ill he was hospitalized in Richmond, Virginia. Word was sent to Margaret that her husband was gravely ill, but communications were slow and by the time she arrived in Richmond, Thomas had died on 21 August and had been buried. Margaret searched for his grave but was never able to locate it. .

We now know that the resting place of Thomas A Davis is Oakwood cemetery in Richmond, Virginia...

Click here to see Thomas and Margaret



Philip Pinkney DAVIS born 5 Feb 1821 in Newhouse, Rutherford, NC; died 28 Jun 1864. He married about 1850 in, Cleveland, NC, Elizabeth P (BARNETT) DAVIS , born 1830 in, NC Philip Pinkney Davis enlisted in the Civil War 20 September 1863 at the age of 42 years for the duration of the war. He died of Dropsy while he was in the Confederate Army, place not listed. He was a farmer & resided in Cleveland Co., NC



Robert DAVIS, born 1834 in, NC. He married Elizabeth (YELTON) DAVIS, born 29 Dec 1835, daughter of Jacob YELTON and Susan (DAVIS) YELTON. Robert Davis was the father of two sons, Lawson and George who were later raised by their grandfather, who included them in his will. Although no record has been found, family legends state that Robert was killed during the Civil War. It was thought that he was wounded in battle, crawled off the battlefield and bled to death.



Rufus DAVIS, born 1835 in, NC. He married Mary ((---)) DAVIS. Rufus may have been the father of two other grandchildren named in his father's will, namely, Mary and Millard Davis. Rufus enlisted in the Confederate Army, Company 1, 56 Regiment, NC Troops on 8 July 1862, was missing on 21 August 1864, and was wounded near Petersburg and died near Philadelphia.



Albert DAVIS, born 1837 in, NC. Albert was in Company D, 16 Regiment NC Troops of the Confederate Army, among the first in the state of North Carolina. He enlisted at age 28 on May 1, 1861. He was present and accounted for until he was killed at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31 1862.



Oliver DAVIS, born 1839 in, NC; died 4 Sep 1861 in Warm Springs, VA. Oliver was in Company D, 16th Regiment. He enlisted on May 1, 1861 at age 21, at the same time his brother Albert enlisted. He was present and accounted for until he died at Warm Springs, Virginia of a disease.



ROBERT,RUFUS,OLIVER AND ALBERT WERE BROTHERS.



Adam Dills..s/o Nancy Etta Davis and L. A. Dills...died on D-Day 1944, while in the Army invading France.



David Stephen Hodge..s/o Ella Wanda Davis and Oliver Woodrow Hodge....b..May 13, 1950..died in a train wreck on the 8th of June, 1975 while serving in the Army as a Second Lieutenant in Germany.



My sources for the above information were:

Linda Banwarth
Marjorie Fletcher
David Davis