Samuel Davis and Catherine Tuttle Family Bible
Bible of Samuel Davis and Catherine Tuttle
Samuel Davis was Born the 4th of January 1781. Died 6th October 18th 1838.
His Wife Catherine was Born the 15th December 1785. Died 18th Oct 1842.
Children of the above.
Elizabeth Davis was Born the 31st of March 1807. Died May 23rd 1891.
Nancy Davis was Born the 9th October 1808. Died March 3rd 1849.
Calvis Davis was Born the 12th Nov 1809
Hephzibah Adelia Davis was born 2nd of February 1811 died the 25th of April 1814.
Winifred Davis was born the 26th Sep 1812. Died June the 6th 1880.*
James Phinehas Davis was born 3rd of Sep 1814. Died March 17th 1848.
Hephzibah Adelia Davis the Second was born the 18th of Dec 1816. Died March 18th 1842.
Windle Davis was born 28th of January 1819. Died the 19th day of June 1830.
Emma Davis was born 29th July 1820. Died Feb 11th 1849.
Seth Davis was born 7th of Dec 1821. Died April 23rd 1883.
Maria Catherine Davis was born Aug 20th 1823.
Ira S. Davis was born 4th of July 1825. Died June 30th 1899.
Sophronia Eleanor Davis was born Dec 30 1825
John Edward Tuttle Davis was born the 27th of Oct 1829, was thrown from a Horse &
killed the 24th of July 1854.
*The last digit of this year is smudged; the 0 is my best estimate.
Samuel Davis and Catherine Tuttle family
Samuel Davis was born in Lenoir Co., Jan. 4, 1781, died Oct. 6, 1838, son of Windle
Davis and Elizabeth Albertson.
Married about 1807 to Catherine Tuttle born 1785, died Oct. 18, 1842 daughter of
Andrew and Hephzibh Tutle.
Note; Samuel Davis land grant at Albertson in 1810, where he built a two story house,
which burned in 1890. The kitchen and barn are still standing (in poor condition).
Samuel Davis owned 2,000 acres of land at Albertson at his death.
He is buried behind the barn in a field, in a cemetery known as the Ford Cemetery,
½ mile South on Hwy 111 from Albertson.
Buried there are:
Samuel Davis born (Jan 4, 1781 ) died Oct 6, 1838 age 57.
Catherine T. Davis born 1785 died Oct. 18, 1842.
Hephzibh Tutle died March 21, 1818 age 60.
Nancy (Davis born Oct. 9, 1808) died March 3, 1849 age 38. Wife of Henry Swinson.
(daughter of Samuel and Catharine Davis.)
Byron D. Ford, Jan 27, 1825 May 2, 1899 (son of John Allen Ford and Sahra Alexander
of New York)
Sophronia E. Davis Ford Dec. 30, 1827 April 10, 1908 (daughter of Samuel & Catharine
Davis).
Eva C. Ford Nov. 15, 1852 Oct. 23, 1853 (daughter of Byron & Sophronia D. Ford)
Earst F. Ford April 3, 1856 Nov. 24, 1884 (son of Byron & Sophronia D. Ford) (He was
called Bud, had a stroke in Feb. 1883, he never recovered).
James H. Jarman Dec 18, 1816 March 19, 1854 (of Smallpox, son of McLendal Jarmen)
Adelia Ann 1845 Jan 1854 (of Smallpox daughter of James Hall Jerman & 2nd wife
Winnifred)
Hephzibah Adelia Jarman Dec 18, 1816 March 19, 1842 (daughter of Samuel &
Catherine Davis).
Missing stones;
Windel Davis b. 1819 d. 1830/ John E. Davis b 1829 d. 1854 / James P. Davis b.
1814 d 1848 / Seth Davis b. 1821 d. 1883. Hephzibah A. Davis b. Feb. 1, 1811 - d.
April 25, 1814
By LouGene S. Hemphill
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