Rebeccah Davis1,2,3

ID# 2186, (abt 1786 - bt 1824 - 1830)
Rebeccah Davis|b. abt 1786\nd. bt Jul 1824 - Jun 1830|p2186.htm|John Davis|b. abt 1754\nd. 1800|p13682.htm|Jane Clendenin|b. Jan 1758 or Feb 1758\nd. abt Aug 1824|p13683.htm|||||||Archibald Clendenin Jr.|b. abt 1730\nd. 15 Jul 1763|p13684.htm|Ann McSwain|b. 30 Nov 1738\nd. abt 1817|p13685.htm|

Father John Davis4,5,6 (abt 1754-1800)

Mother Jane Clendenin7,6 (1758 or 1758-abt 1824)

Family Background
The Linah Mims - Rebeccah Davis Family
Charts
Descendants of Linah and Rebeccah (Davis) Mims
     Rebeccah Davis was born about 1786.8,9 She married Linah Mims, son of John Mims and Sarah Horn, about 23 Feb 1803 in Greenbrier Co., Virginia.10,11,12 She died between Jul 1824 and Jun 1830.13,14,15
     She was named an heir in the will of her father, John Davis, dated 17 Mar 1800, in which she was to receive half of the remaining part of the tract where he lived, after the 150 ac. was given to his wife. Her sister Nancy and her husband were to be allowed to continue to live rent-free on that land for eight years. Rebeccah was to receives her choice of any issue born to slave Alce, who was left to her sister Elizabeth, and one-third of all issue born to slave Milly who was left to her mother. She was also to recieve one-forth of the proceeds, after150£ went to her sister Elizabeth, from the sale of three slaves who were to work on the home place until the youngest daughter become of age.16
     Rebeccah and Linah Mims sold 122¾ acres for $1 in Greenbrier Co., Virginia, to her mother, Jane Clendenin on 25 Mar 1811. The property adjoined that of Archibald Rodgers, Lewis's old place, widow Henderick, Williams Handley, Jane Davis, and Andrew Matter, and was part of a survey granted to John Davis, dec'd., for 363 ac. It would appear to be the property Rebeccah had inherited from father in Apr 1800.17
     Rebeccah and Linah moved to about one mile west of Means' Spring, Christian Co., Kentucky, from Virginia, according to one source, as about 1816 or 1817. Means' Spring was near Newstead, in the western part of the county. Since Linah was regularly in Richmond into the summer of 1817, it would have been at least the latter part of this period. Clearly he was conducting business in Kentucky by the middle of 1818.18,19,20
     Rebeccah was named an heir in the will of her mother Jane Clendenin dated 10 Jul 1824, to receive "the use and benefit ... during her natural life" of a slave to be purchased for her son Davis.21

Children of Rebeccah Davis and Linah Mims

Citations

  1. [S1956] Linah Mims and Rebekah his wife to Jane Davis deed, 25 Mar 1811, spells her given name as Rebeckah in one place in the body of the document, and as Rebeccah in two others, and as Rebecah in the clerk's reproduction of her signiture.
  2. [S898] Greenbrier Co. loose papers, marriage permission, Jane Davis, 23 Feb 1803, shows name as Rebeccah Davis.
  3. [S898] Greenbrier Co. loose papers, marriage bond, Linah Mims and Richard Tyree, 23 Feb 1803, shows name as Rebeccah Davis.
  4. [S1963] Carole Marlow, "Will of John Davis", shows a daughter Rebecka.
  5. [S1956] Linah Mims and Rebekah his wife to Jane Davis deed, 25 Mar 1811, shows a "bargain" sale to her mother, apparently of the same land inherited from her him.
  6. [S402] Carole Arbuckle Marlow, "Linah Mims," e-mail to author, 20 Oct 2001.
  7. [S898] Greenbrier Co. loose papers, marriage permission, Jane Davis, 23 Feb 1803, shows Rebeccah as Jane's daughter.
  8. [S402] Carole Arbuckle Marlow, "Linah Mims," e-mail to author, 20 Oct 2001, shows c. 1786.
  9. [S584] Linah Mimms household, 1820 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows only adult female as between 24 and 45.
  10. [S898] Greenbrier Co. loose papers, marriage bond, Linah Mims and Richard Tyree, 23 Feb 1803.
  11. [S898] Greenbrier Co. loose papers, marriage permission, Jane Davis, 23 Feb 1803.
  12. [S49] Deborah Anne Cobb Freeman, Family File 31 Jul 1998, shows married, but citing Greenbriar Co. Virginia Deed Book 3, pg 33, reports in Jan 1804 "Rebecca Mims, wife of Linah Mims, relinquished her right of dower to land sold ..." Although not perfectly clear, this appears to relate to a sale recorded 22 Feb 1803 in Deed Book 2, pp 601-2.
  13. [S2021] Jane Davis will, Christian Co. Wills D:181-3, specifies that Davis is to receive a slave girl, but that his mother was to receive "the use and benefit of said negro during her natural life." So it appears Rebecca was still living.
  14. [S584] Linah Mimms household, 1820 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows an adult female as between 24 and 45.
  15. [S585] Linah Mims household, 1830 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows no adult female in the household.
  16. [S1963] Carole Marlow, "Will of John Davis."
  17. [S1956] Linah Mims and Rebekah his wife to Jane Davis deed, 25 Mar 1811.
  18. [S2030] William Henry Perrin, County of Christian, Kentucky, pg 281, shows Mr. Mimms came from Virginia about 1816-17, and settled about one mile west of Means' Spring; pp 277-8 describe location and settlement of that place.
  19. [S575] Diana Gale Matthiesen, Diana's Genealogy Home Page, citing Christian County Genealogical Society, Christian County, Kentucky, Deed Abstracts of Books G-H-I (1816-1819) (1101 Bethel St., Hopkinsville, KY 42240: Christian Co. Gen. Soc. 1977), pg 128, provides extract of deed dated Jul 1818 in Christian County.
  20. [S2532] Christian County tax lists, Linah appears in 1819 and 1820.
  21. [S2021] Jane Davis will, Christian Co. Wills D:181-3.
  22. [S2021] Jane Davis will, Christian Co. Wills D:181-3, names a grandchild Addison Mims as heir.
  23. [S49] Deborah Anne Cobb Freeman, Family File 31 Jul 1998.
  24. [S2021] Jane Davis will, Christian Co. Wills D:181-3, names a grandson Davis Mims as heir.
  25. [S2021] Jane Davis will, Christian Co. Wills D:181-3, names a grandchild Juliann Mims as heir.
  26. [S2021] Jane Davis will, Christian Co. Wills D:181-3, names a grandchild Cornelia Mims as heir.
  27. [S374] Deborah (Cobb) Manley, "RE: The Logan Material," e-mail to Terrence W. Reigel, 20 Feb 2000.
  28. [S572] Jane Davis will, names a granddaughter Sarah Jane Mimes as heir.
  29. [S2021] Jane Davis will, Christian Co. Wills D:181-3, names a grandchild Rufus Mims as heir.
  30. [S700] "Marriage Index: KY, NC, TN, VA, WV 1728-1850," Genealogy.com, shows name as R. E. Mims.

 

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