John Davenport

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John Davenport 1 was born about 1798 in Tennessee and died before 1879.

John married Jane. They had at least three children: John C., William, and Malinda.

John C. Davenport 2 3 4 5 was born on 11 Sep 1828 in Georgia 2, died on 17 May 1905 in Olmstead, Pulaski County, Arkansas 2 6 and was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Jacksonville, Pulaski County, Arkansas 2 6.

William Davenport was born in 1820 in South Carolina 7.

Malinda Davenport was born in 1824 in South Carolina 8 and died in 1877 in Olmstead, Pulaski County, Arkansas.  She is said to have been buried at Sumner Cemetery, Jacksonville, Pulaski County, Arkansas

John next married Elizabeth French  on 13 Jun 1867 in Pulaski County, Arkansas.

Marriage Notes: I believe this to be "our" John Davenport based on the marriage certificate recorded under John and Elizabeth (French) Davenport. Isiah Clements married Mary Hemphill on the very same day, by the very same Justice of the Peace. All four are buried at Bethel Cemetery in Jacksonville, Pulaski County, Arkansas.


Sources

1. Marriage Certificate of John Davenport and Elizabeth French, (Pulaski County, Arkansas. June 13, 1867. Book 2, Page 343. Original in the possession of Priscillia Wyvonne (Brooks) Weathers, 2001.)

2. Melba Ruth (Coulter) Owens, Family Group Sheets of Melba Ruth (Coulter) Owens, (Handwritten - 1983. Originals in the possession of Priscillia Wyvonne (Brooks) Weathers, 2001.)

3. Burt Veal, Those Faces We Never Saw, (1983, Pages 7-15. Arkansas History Commission).

4. Rubye Hall Edge Sisson, From Trout Creek to Ragland, (Gregath Publishing Company, 1997), Page 92.

5. Ruby Sisson, St. Clair County Marriages 1819-1899, (Gregath Publishing Company- 1999).

6. Tom C. Martinet, Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions, (Published by Dave Brannon, 1997. "Note: There are many errors in this book. Care was taken not to use any new information but to support information from other sources").

7. 1870 United States Federal Census - Bayou Meto, Pulaski County, Arkansas, (www.Ancestry.com.), Image 56.

8. 1850 Federal Census - District 40, St. Clair County, Alabama, (www.Ancestry.com Online Image Database as posted March 24, 2002.)