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Name: John B. Williams
Home in 1880: Wartburg, Morgan, Tennessee
Age: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1852
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Virginia
Father's birthplace: TN
Mother's birthplace: TN
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
John B. Williams 28
Virginia Williams 22
Andrew Taylor 16 servant
Enoch Voyles 46 prisoner
James Woolum 21 prisoner
Horace Kirby 18 prisoner
Marion Doss 14 prisoner
Thomas Strange 70 prisoner
Will Morris 27 prisoner
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Wartburg, Morgan,Tennessee; Roll: T9_1273; Family History Film: 1255273; Page:576.4000; Enumeration District: 134; .

John married Virginia Jenny Davis on 12 Nov 1915. Virginia (daughter of Reuben A. Davis, Col. and Lucinda Summers) was born on 5 May 1858; died on 27 May 1940; was buried in Wartburg Cemetery, Wartburg, Morgan, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Eliza Jane Crenshaw. Eliza (daughter of John Crenshaw and Amy Harbin) was born about 1832; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Enlisted Military: August 1863, 11th Reg of TN
Cavalry-enlisted
Member: Masons
Occupation: Colonel

R.A. Davis became a Lt. Colonel. After the war was over, he purchaseda farm which is now the State Honor Farm on upper Flat Fork and livedthere until his death. This farm is located about 5 miles east ofWartburg. Once during the war, he got word to his wife, Lucinda, thatthey were marching through Montgomery and asked her to come there sohe could see her. Mrs. Davis was at Montgomery at sunrise, having comealone on a horse. She waited all day and just before dark, she got tosee him marching by and could only wave to him. On the farm that R.A.Davis bought, there was a negro preacher named Henry Curd and hiswife, Vina Curd, who had been slaves. They lived on the place with Mr.and Mrs. Davis and besides preaching, he did blacksmith work on thefarm. Reuben A. DAVIS was born on 11 Apr 1832 in Harriman, RoaneCounty, Tennessee.19 He died on 6 Mar 1895 in White Oak, MorganCounty, Tennessee.20 He was buried after 6 Mar 1895 in Liberty BaptistChurch Cemetery, Wartburg, Morgan County, Tennesee.21 The name Reubenhas been found to be spelled Rueben by some sources. It is not clearwhich spelling is correct.
The following information is from a handwritten note by Lee Cross on aCivil War envelope in the Wartburg, Morgan County, Tennessee Library:Reuben A. Davis Lt. Col. 11th Tennessee Cavalry. Born 11 April 1844.Died 6 March 1895. Married Lucinda (Summers) 9 July 1857. She wasgiven his accured pension and her pension increased to $35 per month.In Pension Application of 1895 one child under 16 is named Clara AnnDavis, born 8 October 1881. Reuben A. Davis is buried in LibertyCemetery - Wartburg, Morgan County, Tennessee. Location - East ofWartburg, app. 2.7 miles from Jct. of Hwy 27 and 62, on the right sideof Hwy 62 by the Liberty Church. Transcription: R.A. Davis, 4-11-1832,3-6-1895, husband of Lucinda.

1880 MORGAN COUNTY CENSUS, page 24
DAVIS, Reuben A. W M 46 Head Farmer Tenn
Lucinda W F 42 Wife KeeHous Tenn
John M. W M 18 Son FarmWor Tenn
Millie A. W F 14 Dau At Home Tenn
Amanda W F 13 Dau At Home Tenn
David K. W M 11 Son At Home Tenn
William H. W M 9 Son At Home Tenn
Charles H. W M 7 Son Tenn
Albert C. W M 4 Son Tenn
Lee W M 1 Son Tenn
STAPLES, Joseph M Neph Tenn

Reuben married Lucinda Summers on 9 Jul 1857 in La Follette, Campbell, Tennessee, United States. Lucinda (daughter of William M. "Billy" Summers and Clarica C. Staples) was born on 19 May 1837 in Catoosa, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; died on 19 May 1927 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Wartburg, Morgan, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Reuben A. Davis, grandfather of Eliza Williams, married LucindaSummers, daughter of Billy and Clarissa Staples Summers, of White Oak,near Sunbright.
from A History of Morgan County Tennessee (1971), by Ethel Freytag andGlena Kreis Ott, page 64.
A marriage date is listed as May 1855 by Clarica (Clarissa) Staplesdescendent, Kim Barnes. Lucinda Summers is buried in Liberty Cemetery- Wartburg, Morgan County, Tennessee. Location - East of Wartburg,app. 2.7 miles from Jct. of Hwy 27 and 62, on the right side of Hwy 62by the Liberty Church. Transcription: Lucinda Summers Davis,5-19-1837, 5-19-1927. She was married to Reuben A. DAVIS (son ofJoseph S. DAVIS and Amanda WILLIAMS) on 9 Jul 1857 in Sunbright,Morgan County,Tennessee.17,18 Miss Eliza Williams (granddaughter) toldthe following story: Reuben A. Davis and his wife, Lucinda lived atEatons Cross Roads in Loudon County, Tennessee when the Civil Warbroke out. R.A. Davis as a Captain made up a company of men and tookthehem to Kentucky to join the Union Army. He left his wife and twosmall children on a small farm that had a brick house containing 14rooms, and a negro slave to help her. During the time that he wasgone, the Confederates camped at her farm and also burned up the railfence; using all the food that she had, such as, meat, chicken,turkeys, etc. The negro slave kept the two horses under a large cliffon a hillside near by. When Mrs. Davis wanted him to come to the houseto eat she would blow a an old cow's horn. He would then take back grainfor the horses. The Confederate Officers who camped in her home toldher that they would not bother her, but that she had better go to herpeople, so she got the woman who was helping her to ride one of thehorses and she rode the other, bringing the two small children and allthe belongings that they could carry on the horses about a distance of66 miles and came to her parents on White Oak Creek. She told thenegro slave that he would have to go as she no longer could keep him.

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John married Elizabeth Duncan. Elizabeth was born in 1790; died in 1852. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Amy Harbin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Joseph married Amanda Williams in 1825 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States. Amanda (daughter of Charles Williams and Elizabeth) was born in 1804; died in 1839. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Morgan County, TN - 1850 Federal Census, Page 62

Last Name-- First Name-- Age--Sex--Occupation--Real Estate--Place ofBirth
Summer--William------47--m--*--farmer--$2,400.00--SC
Summer--Clarissa------39--f--*--*--*--NC
Summer--Lucinda------13--f--*--*--*--TN
Summer--Benjamin------12--m--*--*--*--TN
Summer--William------8--m--*--*--*--TN
Summer--David------1--m--*--*--*--TN
Davis--Nancy------52--f--*--*--*--GA

William M. Summers is buried in the Summer Cemetery - Sunbright,Morgan County, Tennessee. Location - West of Sunbright take Hwy 329for app. .2 mile, bear right onto Hugh Jones Road, travel app. .2 mileand turn right onto the V.F.W. Road. Travevel app. 1/2 mile and turnleft by the pond, known as the England place. The graves are on theleft after crossing the dam, among some trees. The stones are badlymisplaced and mangled among the undergrowth. Transcription: WilliamSummer, 10-27-1811, 6-29-1901, Professed faith in Christ 1854,Baptised into the Church-Lived a Christian. A freed slave who chose tostay after the Civil War and take the name Billy from his master,William M. (Billy) Summers, is buried in an unmarked grave in SummerPlot - Sunbright, Morgan County, Tennessee.

Buried:
Summer Cemetery,

William married Clarica C. Staples on 22 Jul 1835 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States. Clarica (daughter of John M Staples and Elizabeth Upshaw) was born on 18 Oct 1810 in Amherst, Burke, North Carolina, United States; died in 1887 in Sunbright, Morgan, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From The Annals of our Colonial Ancestors, their descendants, ourGerman Forefathers and their Posterity compiled from the desk of HenrySummer, Letters, Records,Etc.................William married MissClaraca Staples, a daughter of Benjamin Toliver Staples (BenjaminToliver was actually her brother, not her father),son of John Stapleswho was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He served under GeorgeWashington.

Entries from Thomas Staples Bible Family Records:

Clarica Staples was born 18th October 1810

William Summer and Clarica Staples was married the 22 day July 1835.

Entry from the Journal Notes with the Thomas Staples Bible:

Clarrey Staples was Born Oct 19 1810. Unsure of spelling of her name,it maybe Clarissa. In Thomas Staples Family Bible it is spelledClarica in two separate entries, however, on a small note page entryit is clearly, Clarrey, which may have been a nickname and it isspelled as Clarrey in the war record of her father, John Staples.Although spelled Clarica in the Bible entries her name could have beenpronounced as Clarissa. Shown as Clarissa in the 1850 Morgan CountyCensus. Listed as Clarissa by several Staples researchers and asClerisy by some sources.

Clarica (Clarissa) C. Staples is buried in the Summer Cemetery -Sunbright, Morgan County, Tennessee. Location - West of Sunbright takeHwy 329 for app. .2 mile, bear right onto Hugh Jones Road, travel app..2 mile and turn right onto the V.F.W. Road. Travel app. 1/2 mile andturn left by the pond, known as the England place. The graves are onthe left after crossing the dam, among some trees. The stones arebadly misplaced and mangled among the undergrowth. Transcription: ?Clarrissia C., 19-1810, 1887, wife of William M.