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DAVIDSON
Richard
b. 12/25/1783
d. Feb. 8, 1839
Pinckneyville area 
in 1810, Purchased 
1000 arpents
on Bayou Sara
Eliza Noel 
Pintard
Eliza Ellen;
John Pintard
Louise Pintard
Louis Marsden
Mary Holliday
Richard Larned; 
Helen Marie; 
Julia Servoss; 
Lucy Ann; 
Thomas Servoss; 
Medical Doctor in Pincknetville
Military Doctor 
1806-1808,
War of 1812 - 
12th & 13th 
Consolidated
Regiment 
Louisana Militia
Louisiana
Genealogical 
Register, 
Volume XLII 
No. 3
September 1995 
which includes 
sources and
documents
William Davison -
DAY,
Jonathan
b. ca  1770 
d. 1838
Amite Co. 1808 1st wife: 
Dau of John Trice

2nd wife, Cecealia
Oglesby
 

By 1st wife:
Rebecca;
Mary 'Polly';
Tabitha;
Sarah 'Sally';

By 2nd wife:
Malinda;
Jonathan Jefferson;
David;

Member of Galilee 
Baptist Church
Long Creek Baptist 
Chruch, Warren Co. GA;
1885 Head of Household Hancock Co. GA;
Passports of  South 
Eastern Pioneers;
American State Papers; 
Amite marriages;
1810 Amite Co. Fed. 
Census;
1816 Amite Co. State 
Census;
Galilee church records;
Virginia Ewing -
DAY,
Jonathan
b ca 1770
d bef. 1838
1808 - Amite co.
1820 - Wilkinson co.
(1)Ms. Trice; (2)Cecealia Oglesby By Ms. Trice : 
Rebecca b 1792;
Mary b 1794; 
Tabitha b 1798;
Sarah b 1800;
By Cecealia Oglesby:
Jonathan Jefferson b 1815;
Malinda b 1817;
David b 1818;
Charter member of 
Galilee Baptist 
Church
1810 Amite co
Federal census;
1816 Amite co 
State census;
Minute book - Wilkinson co
Marriage records transcribed by 
Liahona, Inc.;
Will of John Trice, Sr.;
Tina Hall -
DAY,
Robert D.
b. 1755 Amite County, 1810 Rebecca "Fannie" Hannon All Born in Georgia
David b. April 20, 1787;
Jonathan b. 1796;
Benjamin b. 1779;
Mary b. 1780;
Jeptha Vinning  b. 1800;
Robert Day III  b. 1798;
Farmer;
Revolutionary Soldier;
Charter member of Zion Hill Baptist in Liberty, MS;
Ms. Elaine English;
Ms. Virginia Ewing- Land deeds from Georgia, etc.;. 
Ms. Francis McCulloch of Huntsville, Texas;
US Census 1820;
Billy Day -
DIVINE,
William
ukn Land Claim in Ms Territory Dec. 29, 1806. Certificate
#313; 320 acres on Bayou Pierre; Samuel Gibson assignee of William Divine
Hulda? Ebenezer;
Kinsman;
Samuel C;
- Land Claims in the Ms Territory Janice Clemons -
DIXON, David ca 1770-1813 Amite Co., MS - 
Sept. 1809
Sylvia Boothe Dixon Priscilla
Martha
Member Ebenezer 
Baptist Church
Marriage record, 
Orange Co., NC;
Will of Daniel Boothe, Orange Co., NC;
Ebenezer Baptist Church minutes;
Estate records of David Dixon, Amite Co., MS;
Orphans Court Records, Amite Co., MS
Sue Skay Abruscato -
DIXON
Roger
b. 1763 
Fredericksburg, VA;
d. 1833 
Jefferson Co., MS;
Natchez District, 1789.  (See McBee Book) Mildred Summervale Priscilla--m.Vogh;
Elizabeth --m. Minor;
Lucy--m. Charles Riley ( My line);
Robert--m. Rachel?;
Mary m. Bennett;
Nancy m. Christmas;
Phillip  m. ?;
Susan m. Lathem;
Roger Dixon was in 
the first MS Militia.  (Appointed by
Winthrop Sargent); 
Judge or JP in the 
Natchez District.
Farmer - raised 
Indigo and tobacco;
Various sources.  Court Case # 4711 Jefferson
County.  Court case # 6812  Warren County.  These two cases were
concerning the children Prisilla Vogh and Elizabeth Minor contesting the
will of Mildred Dixon who died in 1850.
The McBee book about court documents of the Natchez district.  In this
book is the accountting of Roger Dixon and his move to Natchez in 1789.
He is registering his slaves so he can go back to Fredericksburg to attend to business. 
Many references in the MS State Archives about Roger Dixon.
Patricia Roebuck -
DORTCH,
William
b. ca. 1760
d. Jan. 1801
Removed from SC
after 1790 to the 
Natchez area by Oct 1791.  Later moved downriver
to Spanish Feliciana, where he died.
Mary Hays John b. ca. 1784
  m. Elizabeth Atkins;
Nancy Ann b. 1786
  m. Parsons Carter;
David 
  m. Mary Young;
Mary;
Served in the SC
militia in 1780 & 
1781 during the Rev.
Spanish West Florida Records: Vol. IV, 
pp. 42-44;
Vol. V, pp. 11-12.
The American State 
Papers, Vol. III, 
pp. 39, 49.
East Feliciana 
Parish, LA: 
Probate file for Mary 
Hays Dortch O'Sholar.
South Carolina 
Archives, 
Revolutionary War 
Audited Account 
No. 853.
The Natchez Court 
Records, 1767-1805; 
Mary W. McBee, 
Book B, pp. 530-
532; Book E, p. 66.
James M. Perrin -
DOWNING,
Thomas
b. 18 Oct 1770 MS Territory ca 1808;
Adams County 
before 1818;
Marion County 
before 1820;
Hinds County ca 1829;
Martha Ann Newman; Thomas, Jr.;
Served under 
Gen Claiborne 
during the Creek 
Indian War
Obituary, 
Raymond Gazette, 
15 August 1845;
1818 Adams Co.
Tax Rolls;
1820 US Census, 
Marion Co., MS;
Walt Downing -
DRENNAN, David Died 1811 Amite County, MS 1803 Amite River Ruth  (Maiden 
name unknown)
Martha  b.ca.1786;
Elizabeth  b.ca.1788;
William H.  b.ca.1790;
Alsey  b.ca.1793;
Sarah b.ca.1795;
Mary dau. b. ?;
Farmer-Filed claim 
on 174 acres of 
land in 
Amite County. 
Claim number 1184. 
Dated Mar. 26, 1804
Journal of Land Commissioners Vol. 1, 
p. 196;
Federal census of 1810 
Amite Co. MS;
Will probated 
October 1811 
Amite Co. MS;
William A. Morgan -
DU BOIS,
Pierre
b. 1768
d. 1822
Attakapas: St. Martinville Julienne Dartez (épouse Du Bois) -
Served in War of 1812 Hebert volumes on shelf in St. Martinville courthouse; paul-harvey Du Bois -

 
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