James Davis Sr.

  Notes:

James Davis, Sr.
26 Mar 1772 24 Apr 1772
To son James Davis - land on the north side of Pound Branch. Also Negro boy Whitne (about ten years old)
To son Saul Davis - dwelling plantation on the south side of Pound Branch
To wife Sabrah - $4, her side saddle in addition to what the law allows her
To daughters Rachel Davis, Elizabeth Davis - ,20 each
That Negro man Peter may be sold
Executor: wife Sabrah Davis and Daniel Fooks
Witnesses: Samuel Davis, Joshua Dorman, Stephen Beachamp
Daniel Fooks "declines taking out letters in the estate of the late deceased James Davis, giving it up to his widow, my sister." (WoW-JW4:100)

James married Sabrough Fooks, daughter of Benjamin Fooks and Katherine Roach. (Sabrough Fooks was born about 1735 in Somerset Co., MD and died in 1800 in Worcester Co., MD.)