Davies, Thomas Jones, 1830-1902.

Thomas J. Davies was born at Summer Hill, a property in South Carolina across the Savannah River from Augusta, Georgia. He served as a staff officer in the Confederate States Army and helped develop the kaolin mining industry in Aiken County, S.C., after the Civil War. After his death he was buried in the Hammond family cemetery in Beech Island near his brother-in-law, James Henry Hammond.

From the description of Family Bible records, 1830-1865. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 768998686

Planter and businessman of Beech Island, formerly located in Edgefield District [now a part of Aiken County, S.C.]; served as S.C. Representative from Aiken County in S.C. General Assembly, 1878-1880 and 1882-1883.

From the description of Thomas Jones Davies papers, 1784-1907. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 30017414