Pvt. Co. E 11 Regt. Georgia Vol. Cav. C.S.A.
Doc was reportedly the father of two illegitimate sons, Martin V. Beck and Jeffery Beck, of Burtsboro (Dawson County), Georgia, who applied to the Guion Miller Commission for enrollment as Eastern Cherokees.
Coleman J. Davis, aged 49, listed as a quarter-blood, was enrolled as a Cherokee in Lumpkin in 1868 by S.H. Swetland, U.S. Agent to the Eastern Cherokees, with two children: William, 12, and Jennie, 10. Joseph Hester enrolled Coleman, aged 64, and son William, aged 26, as Eastern Cherokees in 1883 in Dahlonega.
The 'Dahlonega Signal', in its issue of December 15, 1887: "Doc Davis, aged about seventy-five years, died at his home in this county last Friday night. Mr. Davis had been a resident of this county nearly his entire life. When the California mining fever was at its height, he went there with a party from here and was quite successful.
He was a prominent figure here in the old days. He leaves a large connection of relatives to grieve over his death."
Doc was reportedly the father of two illegitimate sons, Martin V. Beck and Jeffery Beck, of Burtsboro (Dawson County), Georgia, who applied to the Guion Miller Commission for enrollment as Eastern Cherokees.
Coleman J. Davis, aged 49, listed as a quarter-blood, was enrolled as a Cherokee in Lumpkin in 1868 by S.H. Swetland, U.S. Agent to the Eastern Cherokees, with two children: William, 12, and Jennie, 10. Joseph Hester enrolled Coleman, aged 64, and son William, aged 26, as Eastern Cherokees in 1883 in Dahlonega.
The 'Dahlonega Signal', in its issue of December 15, 1887: "Doc Davis, aged about seventy-five years, died at his home in this county last Friday night. Mr. Davis had been a resident of this county nearly his entire life. When the California mining fever was at its height, he went there with a party from here and was quite successful.
He was a prominent figure here in the old days. He leaves a large connection of relatives to grieve over his death."
Pvt. Co. E 11 Regt. Georgia Vol. Cav. C.S.A.
Doc was reportedly the father of two illegitimate sons, Martin V. Beck and Jeffery Beck, of Burtsboro (Dawson County), Georgia, who applied to the Guion Miller Commission for enrollment as Eastern Cherokees.
Coleman J. Davis, aged 49, listed as a quarter-blood, was enrolled as a Cherokee in Lumpkin in 1868 by S.H. Swetland, U.S. Agent to the Eastern Cherokees, with two children: William, 12, and Jennie, 10. Joseph Hester enrolled Coleman, aged 64, and son William, aged 26, as Eastern Cherokees in 1883 in Dahlonega.
The 'Dahlonega Signal', in its issue of December 15, 1887: "Doc Davis, aged about seventy-five years, died at his home in this county last Friday night. Mr. Davis had been a resident of this county nearly his entire life. When the California mining fever was at its height, he went there with a party from here and was quite successful.
He was a prominent figure here in the old days. He leaves a large connection of relatives to grieve over his death."
Doc was reportedly the father of two illegitimate sons, Martin V. Beck and Jeffery Beck, of Burtsboro (Dawson County), Georgia, who applied to the Guion Miller Commission for enrollment as Eastern Cherokees.
Coleman J. Davis, aged 49, listed as a quarter-blood, was enrolled as a Cherokee in Lumpkin in 1868 by S.H. Swetland, U.S. Agent to the Eastern Cherokees, with two children: William, 12, and Jennie, 10. Joseph Hester enrolled Coleman, aged 64, and son William, aged 26, as Eastern Cherokees in 1883 in Dahlonega.
The 'Dahlonega Signal', in its issue of December 15, 1887: "Doc Davis, aged about seventy-five years, died at his home in this county last Friday night. Mr. Davis had been a resident of this county nearly his entire life. When the California mining fever was at its height, he went there with a party from here and was quite successful.
He was a prominent figure here in the old days. He leaves a large connection of relatives to grieve over his death."
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