Genealogical data concerning the Davis family, 1866, 1919-1943.

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Genealogical data concerning the Davis family, 1866, 1919-1943.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70181048

The collection contains data collected by Minor at the request of John Staige Davis for the application of his daughter Kathleen to the Colonial Dames. In addition to Minor's research notes, there are a few letters between her and Davis, a gnealogical chart and application forms. A letter from Arthur Lee Brent mentions the death of John Hartwell Cocke. Also of interest is her description of her efforts on behalf of a young black girl imprisoned for arson in 1887.

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University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8010921

University of Virginia. Library

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Minor, Mary Willis.

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Virginia genealogist. From the description of Genealogical data concerning the Davis family, 1866, 1919-1943. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 70181048 ...

Cocke, John Hartwell, 1780-1866

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Fluvanna County, Va. planter, reformer, and University of Virginia Board of Visitors member. From the description of Papers : of John Hartwell Cocke, 1806-1866. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793405 Planter, agricultural reformer, and brigadier general in the War of 1812. From the description of Papers, 1825-1872. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39330821 The James River and Kanawha Company The creation of Virg...

National Society of the Colonial Dames of America

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(Mrs. James Starr, Jr. was the president of the PA chapter and chair of the National Committee for the Preservation of Existing Records) From the description of National Society of the Colonial Dames of America records, 1848-1918. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 232362062 A national organization, founded in 1891, composed of women who are descended from an ancestor who came to reside in an American colony before 1750 and whose services were rendered...

Scharlett, Kathleen Staige Davis, 1909-

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Brent, Arthur Lee,

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Davis, John Staige, 1866-1933

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Davis family.

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