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William J Davis Sr. Veteran

Birth: 18 Mar 1839
Heard County, Georgia, USA
Death: 7 Jan 1911 (aged 71)
Heard County, Georgia, USA
Burial: Macedonia Cemetery

Frolona, Heard County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 19762038 View Source

Son of Rev William Davis Jr. and Joicie Johnson Davis. Husband of Catherine Pace Davis. Served the Confederacy as Private in Co.K 34th Reg Georgia Vol.Inf., Army of Tennessee.Captured and later paroled at Vicksburg,Ms. July 1863, discharged May 1965 at Bentonville,N.C.

From Mildred Davis Davidson's Book:
"Someone rushed into the Frolona one room schoolhouse and shouted,"Uncle Will Davis is dying! They want all of his grandchildren to come home right now." At this,ALL the children in the school (perhaps 50) jumped up from their benches and ran out of the school."

He was a charter member of Walnut Hill Masonic Lodge No.311 and was a lifelong leader of the Sacred Harp style of Gospel singing.

Father of:
Robert Augustus
unnamed son
Idella Viola
Charles Walker
William Edward
Stephen Johnson
James Alan

Many thanks to J. Lines for the wonderful pictures!!

Son of Rev William Davis Jr. and Joicie Johnson Davis. Husband of Catherine Pace Davis. Served the Confederacy as Private in Co.K 34th Reg Georgia Vol.Inf., Army of Tennessee.Captured and later paroled at Vicksburg,Ms. July 1863, discharged May 1965 at Bentonville,N.C.

From Mildred Davis Davidson's Book:
"Someone rushed into the Frolona one room schoolhouse and shouted,"Uncle Will Davis is dying! They want all of his grandchildren to come home right now." At this,ALL the children in the school (perhaps 50) jumped up from their benches and ran out of the school."

He was a charter member of Walnut Hill Masonic Lodge No.311 and was a lifelong leader of the Sacred Harp style of Gospel singing.

Father of:
Robert Augustus
unnamed son
Idella Viola
Charles Walker
William Edward
Stephen Johnson
James Alan

Many thanks to J. Lines for the wonderful pictures!!

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Catherine Pace Davis

1832–1897

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Created by: Carolyn Graham - Lopez
Added: Jun 7, 2007
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19762038/william_j-davis: accessed ), memorial page for William J Davis Sr. (18 Mar 1839–7 Jan 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19762038, citing Macedonia Cemetery, Frolona, Heard County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Carolyn Graham - Lopez (contributor 46795533).

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