History of the Oliver Davis family, starting about 1828.
Oliver Davis came from Montgomery County, Tennessee to Illinois about 1828 with his wife Annie Baker and baby daughter Jane. His wife and daughter rode on a horse, and he walked by their side. He settled on the bank of Crab Orchard Creek in what is now Williamson County Illinois, about 1/2 mile East of Pittsburg, Illinois.
With his one horse he dragged logs to build his house. He raised nine children of his own, three girls and six boys, and two of his grandchildren: John M. Davis and Clarissa C. Davis, children of his son Oliver Jr. He raised cattle, horses, sheep and hogs. He walked through the wilderness to Old Frankfort, and would make 100 rails a day and walk back home at night. The wolves were very common in those days and would howl around the house and frighten his wife, and she would climb up on the house with the children and throw the ladder down. Then when he returned home he would put it back up for them to come down.
Three of their sons were soldiers in the Civil War. The youngest son, Hezekiah, slipped away at the age of 18 to join the army. Both he and Thomas returned home at the close of the war, but Oliver died in prison. He was wounded in action, and is buried in the National Cemetery at Marietta Ga.
Oliver Davis Sr. was a member of Old Squat church built in 1819. William Burns was one of the founders of the church and was there when the census was taken in 1818 and 1820. Old Squat church was located between the Jefferson Sanders and Samuel Sherertz homes, near what is now Union Grove church, which was built in 1859. There being many Indians and wolves in the vicinity of the church at that time, the members would carry rifles to church with them.
Oliver Davis was the son of David Davis of Tennessee, and a brother of David Davis, Jr. (1801-1873), who also came to Williamson County, Illinois, in 1828, and settled near what is now Pittsburg Illinois.
Oliver Davis came from Montgomery County, Tennessee to Illinois about 1828 with his wife Annie Baker and baby daughter Jane. His wife and daughter rode on a horse, and he walked by their side. He settled on the bank of Crab Orchard Creek in what is now Williamson County Illinois, about 1/2 mile East of Pittsburg, Illinois.
With his one horse he dragged logs to build his house. He raised nine children of his own, three girls and six boys, and two of his grandchildren: John M. Davis and Clarissa C. Davis, children of his son Oliver Jr. He raised cattle, horses, sheep and hogs. He walked through the wilderness to Old Frankfort, and would make 100 rails a day and walk back home at night. The wolves were very common in those days and would howl around the house and frighten his wife, and she would climb up on the house with the children and throw the ladder down. Then when he returned home he would put it back up for them to come down.
Three of their sons were soldiers in the Civil War. The youngest son, Hezekiah, slipped away at the age of 18 to join the army. Both he and Thomas returned home at the close of the war, but Oliver died in prison. He was wounded in action, and is buried in the National Cemetery at Marietta Ga.
Oliver Davis Sr. was a member of Old Squat church built in 1819. William Burns was one of the founders of the church and was there when the census was taken in 1818 and 1820. Old Squat church was located between the Jefferson Sanders and Samuel Sherertz homes, near what is now Union Grove church, which was built in 1859. There being many Indians and wolves in the vicinity of the church at that time, the members would carry rifles to church with them.
Oliver Davis was the son of David Davis of Tennessee, and a brother of David Davis, Jr. (1801-1873), who also came to Williamson County, Illinois, in 1828, and settled near what is now Pittsburg Illinois.
History of the Oliver Davis family, starting about 1828.
Oliver Davis came from Montgomery County, Tennessee to Illinois about 1828 with his wife Annie Baker and baby daughter Jane. His wife and daughter rode on a horse, and he walked by their side. He settled on the bank of Crab Orchard Creek in what is now Williamson County Illinois, about 1/2 mile East of Pittsburg, Illinois.
With his one horse he dragged logs to build his house. He raised nine children of his own, three girls and six boys, and two of his grandchildren: John M. Davis and Clarissa C. Davis, children of his son Oliver Jr. He raised cattle, horses, sheep and hogs. He walked through the wilderness to Old Frankfort, and would make 100 rails a day and walk back home at night. The wolves were very common in those days and would howl around the house and frighten his wife, and she would climb up on the house with the children and throw the ladder down. Then when he returned home he would put it back up for them to come down.
Three of their sons were soldiers in the Civil War. The youngest son, Hezekiah, slipped away at the age of 18 to join the army. Both he and Thomas returned home at the close of the war, but Oliver died in prison. He was wounded in action, and is buried in the National Cemetery at Marietta Ga.
Oliver Davis Sr. was a member of Old Squat church built in 1819. William Burns was one of the founders of the church and was there when the census was taken in 1818 and 1820. Old Squat church was located between the Jefferson Sanders and Samuel Sherertz homes, near what is now Union Grove church, which was built in 1859. There being many Indians and wolves in the vicinity of the church at that time, the members would carry rifles to church with them.
Oliver Davis was the son of David Davis of Tennessee, and a brother of David Davis, Jr. (1801-1873), who also came to Williamson County, Illinois, in 1828, and settled near what is now Pittsburg Illinois.
Oliver Davis came from Montgomery County, Tennessee to Illinois about 1828 with his wife Annie Baker and baby daughter Jane. His wife and daughter rode on a horse, and he walked by their side. He settled on the bank of Crab Orchard Creek in what is now Williamson County Illinois, about 1/2 mile East of Pittsburg, Illinois.
With his one horse he dragged logs to build his house. He raised nine children of his own, three girls and six boys, and two of his grandchildren: John M. Davis and Clarissa C. Davis, children of his son Oliver Jr. He raised cattle, horses, sheep and hogs. He walked through the wilderness to Old Frankfort, and would make 100 rails a day and walk back home at night. The wolves were very common in those days and would howl around the house and frighten his wife, and she would climb up on the house with the children and throw the ladder down. Then when he returned home he would put it back up for them to come down.
Three of their sons were soldiers in the Civil War. The youngest son, Hezekiah, slipped away at the age of 18 to join the army. Both he and Thomas returned home at the close of the war, but Oliver died in prison. He was wounded in action, and is buried in the National Cemetery at Marietta Ga.
Oliver Davis Sr. was a member of Old Squat church built in 1819. William Burns was one of the founders of the church and was there when the census was taken in 1818 and 1820. Old Squat church was located between the Jefferson Sanders and Samuel Sherertz homes, near what is now Union Grove church, which was built in 1859. There being many Indians and wolves in the vicinity of the church at that time, the members would carry rifles to church with them.
Oliver Davis was the son of David Davis of Tennessee, and a brother of David Davis, Jr. (1801-1873), who also came to Williamson County, Illinois, in 1828, and settled near what is now Pittsburg Illinois.
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