Husband: Z. A. "Zara" DAVIS
Birthdate: 26 September 1826
Birthplace: Bulloch County, Georgia
Death date: 05 September 1894
Place of death: Baker County, Florida
Burial: Taylor Cemetery, Taylor, Baker County, Florida
Father: Samuel DAVIS
Mother: Elizabeth BENNETT

Marriage date: About 1850
Marriage place: Georgia?

Wife: Mary "Polly" BENNETT
Birthdate: 05 February 1824
Birthplace: Axson, Atkinson County, Georgia
Death date: 01 September 1894
Place of death: Baker County, Florida
Burial: Taylor Cemetery, Taylor, Baker County, Florida
Father: Richard BENNETT
Mother: Rebecca BOATRIGHT

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Lucinda "Cindy" DAVIS
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 09 April 1851
Birthplace: Columbia County, Florida
Death date: 10 October 1896
Place of death: Baker County, Florida
Burial: Taylor Cemetery, Taylor, Baker County, Florida
Marriage date: 29 December 1881
Marriage place: Baker County, Florida
Spouse's name: Washington EDDY

Child No. 2: Braxton DAVIS
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 05 July 1852
Birthplace: Columbia County, Florida
Death date: 10 October 1896
Place of death: Baker County, Florida
Burial: Taylor Cemetery, Taylor, Baker County, Florida
Marriage date: Circa 1873
Marriage place: Baker County, Florida
Spouse's name: Jinsie REWIS (RUIS)

Child No. 3: Noah Jefferson DAVIS
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 29 July 1854
Birthplace: Columbia County, Florida
Death date: 29 December 1922
Place of death: Baker County, Florida
Burial: Taylor Cemetery, Taylor, Baker County, Florida
Marriage date: 1st. 18 September 1878,
  2nd. 30 December 1894
Marriage place: 1st. Columbia County, Florida,
  2nd Baker County, Florida
Spouse's name: 1st. Emily Sarah LONG,
  2nd Lourilla ALTMAN (Widow of Webster Lee MILTON)

Child No. 4: Richard Bailey DAVIS
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 28 August 1856
Birthplace: Columbia County, Florida
Death date: 17 April 1916
Place of death: Baker County, Florida
Burial: Taylor Cemetery, Taylor, Baker County, Florida
Marriage date: 11 September 1884
Marriage place: Baker County, Florida
Spouse's name: Elizabeth Charity EDDY

Child No. 5: Sarah DAVIS
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 08 November 1858
Birthplace: Columbia County, Florida
Death date: 08 July 1931
Place of death: Baker County, Florida
Burial: Taylor Cemetery, Taylor, Baker County, Florida
Marriage date: 23 January 1877
Marriage place: Baker County, Florida
Spouse's name: Joe DOWLING
 
 
Documentation:
* Research of John Burnett of Kingsville, Texas.
* Baker County Florida Cemetery Records,
* Census for Baker County, Florida 1870, 1880, 1885, 1900.
* Columbia Co. Census 1850, 1860.
* Marriage records of Baker Co. and Columbia Co., Florida.

Notes:
* Z.A. Davis and his wife Mary "Polly" Bennett Davis donated land for one of the first schools in Baker County, Florida.
* Parts of Columbia County became Baker County in 1861 when Baker County was formed. The family lived in the part of Columbia County that became Baker County, Florida.

Last Updated: 9/9/2012