Joyce Davis
1807 - 1871 (64 years)
Generation: 1
1. Joyce Davis was born on 9 Aug 1807 in Kentucky (daughter of Jesse Davis and Elizabeth Houghman); died on 29 Oct 1871 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Census: 1870, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky
Notes:
MHR note: Parents are Jesse Davis and Elizabeth Haugham
Name:
daughter of Jesse Davis and Elizabeth Haugham
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134249827/joyce-cassityJoyce married Isaac Russell Cassity on 5 Feb 1829. Isaac (son of Peter Thompson Cassity and Mary "Polly" Melissa Armstrong) was born on 23 Mar 1799 in Bath County, Kentucky; died on 2 Sep 1864 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Mary Elizabeth Cassity was born on 16 Nov 1829 in Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 13 Feb 1853 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.
- Aletha Jane Cassity was born on 6 Jun 1831 in Bull Fork, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 2 Jul 1889 in Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.
- Malinda L. Cassity was born about 1832 in Kentucky; was buried in Jones Cemetery, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky.
- Nancy Cassity was born on 15 Oct 1834 in Siloam, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 8 Dec 1851; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.
- Amanda Malvina Cassity was born on 25 Aug 1836 in Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 27 Mar 1924 in Napa County, California; was buried in Tulocay Cemetery, Napa, Napa County, California.
- Sallie Hilda Cassity was born on 29 Sep 1838 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 22 Mar 1922 in Montezuma, Parke County, Indiana; was buried on 23 Mar 1922 in Oakland Cemetery, Montezuma, Parke County, Indiana.
- Jesse Cassity was born on 16 Feb 1841 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 18 Jun 1842 in Siloam, Rowan County, Kentucky.
- Emily America Cassity was born on 19 Sep 1844 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 14 Feb 1918 in Montezuma, Parke County, Indiana; was buried on 16 Feb 1918 in Oakland Cemetery, Montezuma, Parke County, Indiana.
- Martha J. Viann Cassity was born on 2 Sep 1848 in Morgan County, Kentucky; died on 10 Jul 1887 in Siloam, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.
2. Jesse Davis was born in 1752; died on 12 Nov 1857 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky. Notes:
Note on Find a Grave:
Mr. Davis' headstone shows 1752 as his year of birth, but his signed pension records show it as 1762. Most records show he was born in the 1750's.
He served in the Army during the Revolutionary War in the Virginia Line from Oct 1779 to Dec 1781. He received an honorable discharge. In 1855, he was a resident of Fleming County, Kentucky and applied for Bounty Land. He died in Rowan County, Kentucky, where he had resided for one year before his death, and previous thereto he resided in Fleming Co., Kentucky. Isaac R. Cassity was the administrator of his estate.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134502053/jesse-davis
His gravestone shows 1752 as his birth year, but his signed pension records has it as 1762.
Inscription
Revol. Soldier, age 105.
Jesse married Elizabeth Houghman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Elizabeth Houghman Children:
- 1. Joyce Davis was born on 9 Aug 1807 in Kentucky; died on 29 Oct 1871 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.