Family Group Record for William Davis and Leah Smith

Husband William Davis ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Born:	05/02/1778 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina ^[3]
Christened:
Died:	05/22/1849 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina ^[3]
Buried:	Wallburg, Davidson, North Carolina ^[3]
Marriage:	03/04/1799 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina

Events and Facts

1.	He appeared on the US Federal census on 08/07/1820 in Guilford County, North Carolina with his family. ^[1]
2.	He appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1830 in Guildford County, North Carolina with his family. ^[2]

Wife Leah Smith ^[4]^[1]

Born:	08/08/1781 - Somerset, Somerset, New Jersey ^[4]^[1]
Christened:
Died:	01/14/1836 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina ^[4]^[1]
Buried:	Wallburg, Davidson, North Carolina ^[4]^[1]
Father:	Thompson Smith Sr
Mother:	Rachel Mollie Briles

Events and Facts

1.	She appeared on the US Federal census on 08/02/1790 in Stokes County, North Carolina with her parents. ^[5]^[1]
2.	She appeared on the US Federal census on 08/07/1820 in Guilford County, North Carolina with her family. ^[1]
3.	She appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1830 in Guildford County, North Carolina with her family. ^[2]

Children

1 M Joseph Henson Davis

Born:	12/19/1800 - Deep River, Guilford, North Carolina
Christened:
Died:	09/23/1857 - Jackson, Bartholomew, Indiana
Buried:	Jonesville, Bartholomew, Indiana

2 F Mary Davis

Born:	04/20/1802 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
Christened:
Died:	04/1806 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
Buried:

3 F Elizabeth Davis

Born:	02/14/1804 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
Christened:
Died:	02/11/1882 - North Carolina
Buried:

4 M Moses Davis

Born:	12/22/1805 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
Christened:
Died:	03/1850 - Bartholomew County, Indiana
Buried:

5 F Rachel Davis

Born:	09/22/1807 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
Christened:
Died:	02/21/1879 - Missouri
Buried:	Blackwater, Pettis, Missouri

6 M John Clayton Davis

Born:	02/15/1809 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
Christened:
Died:	07/14/1886 - Russell, Lucas, Iowa
Buried:	Benton, Lucas, Iowa

7 F Martha Davis

Born:	12/17/1810 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
Christened:
Died:
Buried:

8 M Smith Davis

Born:	10/22/1812 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
Christened:
Died:	05/13/1860 - Jonesville, Bartholomew, Indiana
Buried:	Jonesville, Bartholomew, Indiana

9 M Solomon Davis

Born:	07/20/1814 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
Christened:
Died:	Davidson County, North Carolina
Buried:

10 M William Morris Davis

Born:	10/15/1815 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
Christened:
Died:	12/17/1891 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
Buried:	Wallburg, Davidson, North Carolina

11 F Sarah Davis

Born:	05/27/1818 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
Christened:
Died:	06/11/1855 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
Buried:	Wallburg, Davidson, North Carolina

12 F Leah Davis

Born:	12/31/1819 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
Christened:
Died:	01/01/1874 - Bartholomew County, Indiana
Buried:	Garden City, Bartholomew, Indiana

13 F Keziah Davis

Born:	01/19/1822 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
Christened:
Died:	04/17/1862 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
Buried:	Wallburg, Davidson, North Carolina

14 M Isaac Thompson Davis

Born:	03/27/1824 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
Christened:
Died:	07/27/1846 - Guilford County, North Carolina
Buried:	Wallburg, Davidson, North Carolina

Sources

1.	Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1820 United States Federal Census, Guildford County, NC, page 17, line 20, William David; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 10/05/2025); citing Fourth Census of the United States, 1820 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication M33 (142 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Records Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 85, image 57 [Surety: 2].
2.	Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1830 United States Federal Census, Guilford County, NC, page 92, line 1, Wm Davis; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 07/11/2026); citing Fifth Census of the United States, 1830 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records AdministrationMicrofilm Publication M19 (201 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washinton, DC, roll 121, image 415 [Surety: 2].
3.	User submitted cemetery data, "Find A Grave," William Davis (#15412569); Database online, Find-A-Grave (Jim Tipton, Founder), Find A Grave : 1995 (http://www.FindAGrave.com/ : accessed 11/10/2023) [Surety: 3].
4.	User submitted cemetery data, "Find A Grave," Leah (Smith) Davis (#15414012); Database online, Find-A-Grave (Jim Tipton, Founder), Find A Grave : 1995 (http://www.FindAGrave.com/ : accessed 11/10/2023) [Surety: 3].
5.	Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1790 United States Federal Census, Stokes County, NC, page 551, col 1, line 12, Thomson Smith; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 10/28/2023); citing First Census of the United States, 1790 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration, Microfilm Publication M637 (12 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washinton, DC, roll 7, image 318 [Surety: 2].