Spencer B. Davis and his brother Jeremiah left Murray county Georgia shortly after the end of the civil war. (I suspect but cannot prove, that there may have been a disagreement in the family over the civil war as neither of these two served in any capacity that I can discern.) They stopped Franklin county Alabama in 1870 just long enough to make a crop then moved on to Hardin county Tennessee where misfortune of some sort befell the family. By 1878, Spencer, his wife Anna D. (Jordan) and Jeremiah were dead. The family of Spencer and Anna consisted of one son, George Washington Marion Davis, and 9 girls, most of whom were still single and living at home.

George married Mary Potts Reed there in Hardin county shortly after her mother Angeline (Frazier) Reed passed away. The Reeds were definitely "yankees" as they named their first child born after the "recent unpleasantness" Ulysses Grant Reed. Either in search of more or better land or to escape the memory of a place that took so many loved ones, the entire Davis and Reed clans moved to the Baxter and Izaard county area of Arkansas by 1880. The Reeds and George Washington Marion Davis eventually resumed their quest for more or better land in Texas in the late 1890's, settling for a while in the Hill county area of Texas before moving on west once again. The sisters of George Washington Marion Davis are the ancestors of many of the families still living in and around Mtn. Home.

1 SPENCER B. DAVIS 1826 - 1878
.. +ANNA D. JORDON Abt. 1827 - 1875
......... 2 GEORGE WASHINGTON MARION DAVIS 1850 - 1928
............. +MARY POTTS REED 1852 - 1926
.................... 3 SUSAN AGNES DAVIS 1878 - 1927
........................ +ARTER JASPER (BUD) WATSON 1868 - 1947
............................... 4 RUTH MARIE WATSON 1899 - 1971
................................... +CALLOWAY LEEMAN BLANTON 1884 - 1944
............................... 4 CARRIE BONNIE WATSON 1901 -
................................... +CLIFFORD EUGENE GANNAWAY - 1962
............................... 4 ETHEL GLADYS WATSON 1902 -
............................... 4 GEORGE MARTIN WATSON 1904 - 1905
............................... 4 MABEL BLANCHE WATSON 1906 -
................................... +ROY SIMMS GRAVES 1908 - 1968
............................... 4 CLIFFORD SCOTT WATSON 1907 -
................................... +BEE
.................... 3 OSCAR CHARLES DAVIS 1881 - 1965
........................ +ANNA LEE BILLINGS 1888 - 1978
............................... 4 VERA LEE DAVIS 1914 -
................................... +DEE BALCH 1910 - 1974
............................... *2nd Husband of VERA LEE DAVIS:
................................... +EDWARD NEAL PENNINGTON 1920 -
............................... 4 OSCAR CECIL DAVIS 1924 - 1979
................................... +EDDIE JOYCE ELLIOT 1929 -
.................... 3 ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DAVIS 1884 - 1986
........................ +WHEELA MCCLANAHAN 1889 - 1973
............................... 4 E.C. DAVIS, JR. 1908 -
................................... +ZORA ELIZABETH FRANK 1907 -
.................... 3 ALBERT W. DAVIS 1887 - 1977
........................ +ELIZABETH (BESSIE) IRENE MCCLANAHAN 1893 - 1974
............................... 4 MARTHA VIRGINIA DAVIS 1911 -
............................... 4 A.D. DAVIS, SR. 1915 -
................................... +OPAL BERNICE REEVES 1919 -
.................... 3 ALBERTA (FLORA) DAVIS 1887 - 1955
........................ +J. DOSS CANTRELL 1885 -
............................... 4 LULA ROSE CANTRELL 1906 -
................................... +NICK G. ALEXANDER Abt. 1894 -
............................... 4 ALBERT CANTRELL 1909 -
.................... *2nd Husband of ALBERTA (FLORA) DAVIS:
........................ +PLEAS BOGGAN 1880 - 1954
............................... 4 OZZETTIE MAY BOGGAN 1914 -
................................... +VERNON BOWMAN 1914 - 1984
............................... 4 RAYMON BOGGAN 1917 -
............................... 4 PLEAS BOGGAN, JR. 1917 - 1925
............................... 4 MILDRED BOGGAN 1920 -
................................... +DAVIS REAGAN ROSSON 1907 -
............................... 4 BEST ORIENT BOGGAN 1924 -
................................... +ROBERT ATWELL MCCORMICK 1920 - 1971
............................... *2nd Husband of BEST ORIENT BOGGAN:
................................... +MAX BRONIKOWSKY 1919 -
.................... 3 ANNIE DELONA DAVIS 1890 - 1989
........................ +TOM AVERY MAYO 1893 - 1965
............................... 4 CURTIS MAYO 1918 - 1993
................................... +GENEVEVE
............................... *2nd Wife of CURTIS MAYO:
................................... +HATTIE MARGARET HARWELL 1917 -
............................... 4 MARY LOYLE MAYO 1920 -
................................... +ARLEE WETSEL 1918 -
............................... 4 SHIRLEY MAYO 1924 - 1971
................................... +JOAN WINIFRED NOTT 1922 -
............................... 4 BOBBIE LEE MAYO 1930 -
.................... 3 CLARENCE WILLIAM DAVIS 1893 - 1955
........................ +LENA IRENE KISER 1898 - 1980
............................... 4 WILBURN CLARENCE DAVIS 1917 - 1973
................................... +ALICE VICTORIA TILL 1916 -
............................... 4 JAMES ERNEST DAVIS 1922 - 1980
................................... +ANNA LOUISE DAY
............................... 4 MARY MAXINE DAVIS 1926 -
................................... +WOODROW LEE CHEVES 1913 - 1984
............................... 4 BILLY (BILL) KENT DAVIS 1930 -
................................... +PATRICIA ANN GRANT 1934 - 1989
............................... 4 BOBBY MACK DAVIS 1937 -
................................... +JOYCE JEANETTE BENNETT 1938 - 1989
......... 2 NANCY JANE DAVIS 1851 - 1929
............. +JACK CAMPBELL
......... *2nd Husband of NANCY JANE DAVIS:
............. +JONATHAN D. COWART 1831 - 1890
.................... 3 MARGARET LEANNA COWART 1871 - 1907
........................ +JOHN THOMAS GIST 1871 - 1947
............................... 4 BERTA GIST 1890 - 1926
................................... +GEORGE SIMPSON
............................... 4 NEOMA JANE GIST 1892 - 1916
................................... +JESS WILLIAM STRAIN
............................... 4 SARAH ARONGONA GIST 1894 - 1922
................................... +GARRETT DURHAM
............................... 4 THOMAS BLEDSIE GIST 1895 - 1964
................................... +VELMA LOU CARNES 1910 -
............................... 4 MARK ARTHUR GIST 1897 - 1987
................................... +GERTIE LOUELLA GOSEY - 1973
............................... 4 LULA MAY GIST 1900 - 1989
................................... +ANDREW JAMES RUTHLEDGE 1884 - 1955
............................... 4 JAMES EVERETT GIST 1902 - 1935
................................... +LEOLA TALLEY
.................... 3 GEORGE WASHINGTON COWART 1873 - 1916
........................ +MARY L'MAR HOLSTINE 1876 - 1941
............................... 4 GERTRUDE COWART 1893 - 1895
............................... 4 CORA L'MAR COWART 1895 - 1976
............................... 4 ROY COWART 1897 - 1916
............................... 4 ELLA ELIZABETH COWART 1899 - 1975
............................... 4 LLOYD COWART 1901 - 1964
............................... 4 HESSIE DELLA COWART 1903 - 1980
............................... 4 YUTHA MARGARET COWART 1905 - 1985
............................... 4 EUGENE COWART 1908 - 1953
............................... 4 THOMAS COWART 1910 - 1983
............................... 4 BENJAMIN COWART 1913 -
............................... 4 ZELMA ELAINE COWART 1915 -
.................... 3 JAMES EDWARD COWART 1876 - 1896
........................ +THEODOSIA ADALINE SMITH 1872 - 1958
............................... 4 LOUANNA COWART 1895 - 1959
................................... +HENRY CLAY VANCE, JR.
............................... 4 EDNA FRANCES COWART
................................... +HERMAN DENNIS
.................... 3 SAMUEL THOMAS COWART 1879 - 1917
........................ +MYRTLE PARKS 1893 - 1980
............................... 4 NANCY CATHERINE COWART 1912 -
................................... +EVERETT PARKS
............................... *2nd Husband of NANCY CATHERINE COWART:
................................... +ALEX BENTLY
............................... 4 LINNIE NELLIE COWART 1913 - 1917
.................... 3 ROBERT COWART 1881 -
........................ +EFFIE DAVIS 1886 -
............................... 4 GORDON COWART
............................... 4 JOHNNY COWART 1905 -
............................... 4 LOREN COWART
.................... 3 ALBERT LEROY COWART 1883 - 1949
........................ +MYRTLE ANN KIMBERLING 1894 - 1951
............................... 4 VIRGIE COWART 1914 - 1918
............................... 4 LELA COWART 1919 -
................................... +GEORGIE SELLERS
............................... 4 LENA COWART 1921 -
................................... +JESSE DOVER
.................... 3 ANNABELL COWART Abt. 1884 - Abt. 1884
.................... 3 CLIFTON DAVID COWART 1886 - 1970
........................ +MAUDE THACKER 1895 - 1988
............................... 4 RUBY JANE COWART 1913 -
............................... 4 ROXIE MARIE COWART 1917 -
................................... +Louie Emmett CRAWFORD 1912 - 1979
............................... 4 RUDOLPH COWART 1922 -
............................... 4 ROSCOE COWART 1930 -
.................... 3 LONZO CLINTON COWART 1889 - 1957
........................ +ETHEL FITZPATRICK 1893 - 1972
............................... 4 OLA JANE COWART 1916 - 1985
................................... +CHARLES NANCE
............................... 4 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN COWART 1917 -
................................... +LOIS ALAINE YOCUM
............................... 4 DEMPSEY COWART 1919 -
............................... 4 GEORGE VANCE COWART 1921 -
................................... +EILEEN HENDERSON
............................... 4 OLIVER CALVIN COWART 1922 -
................................... +RUBY JEAN BRITT
............................... 4 LEO COWART 1924 -
............................... 4 EDNA ALTHEA COWART 1926 -
................................... +J.B. GOINS
............................... 4 IVA DEAN COWART 1934 - 1934
............................... 4 HELEN JOYCE COWART 1936 -
................................... +LONNIE THOMPSON
............................... 4 MARY LOUISE COWART 1938 -
................................... +W.H. KILLIAN
......... 2 MARY E. (MARTHA) DAVIS 1853 -
............. +DAVID LEWIS STONE 1849 -
.................... 3 LOU ELLA STONE 1874 -
.................... 3 GEORGE LESTER STONE 1875 -
.................... 3 ? B. STONE 1877 -
.................... 3 ISABELLA STONE 1879 -
.................... 3 LEE R. STONE 1881 -
.................... 3 ETHEL STONE 1882 -
.................... 3 ANNIE STONE 1886 - .
................... 3 SETH STONE 1888 -
.................... 3 ESSIE STONE 1896 -
......... 2 FRANCIS DAVIS Abt. 1854 -
............. +James Thadius (Bud) STONE 1853 - 1909
.................... 3 WILL 1874 - 1932
........................ +Ammy Elizabeth CRAWFORD 1866 - 1902
............................... 4 John Canaan STONE 1892 - 1961
................................... +Cora STINER
.................... *2nd Wife of William Spencer Stone:
........................ +MEDIA 1886 - 1973
............................... 4 Jordon H. STONE 1904 - 1959
................................... +Ella Eliza TRIVITT 1925 -
............................... 4 Ola E. STONE 1906 -
................................... +Chauney G. CLAYTON 1898 - 1968
............................... 4 Mary Frances STONE 1907 -
................................... +Thomas Edward TRIVITT
............................... 4 Sadie STONE 1908 -
................................... +Charley LANKFORD
............................... 4 Leona Hattie STONE 1909 - 1981
................................... +Roy Everett ABNER
............................... 4 Isabelle STONE 1911 - 1928
................................... +Charley DENNY
............................... 4 Ellis J. STONE 1912 - 1941
................................... +Iva FOSTER
............................... 4 Everton STONE 1913 -
............................... 4 Fay S. STONE 1915 -
................................... +EVERETTE LAMB
............................... *2nd Husband of Fay S. Stone:
................................... +Everett LAMB
............................... 4 John Westley STONE 1916 - 1987
................................... +Irene HARGRAVE
............................... *2nd Wife of John Westley Stone:
................................... +Mattie WILSON
............................... *3rd Wife of John Westley Stone:
................................... +Ruthie PERRY
............................... 4 Hazel Ann STONE 1918 -
................................... +Grady Edgar LEWIS
............................... 4 Ethel STONE 1921 -
................................... +Ted THAYER
............................... 4 Yutha STONE 1923 -
................................... +Claude MORRIS
............................... 4 Corbia STONE 1925 -
................................... +Inez TOLIVER
............................... 4 ARLIE (ODA) STONE 1927 - 1927
......... 2 JUANITA LEANNA (LEANNER) DAVIS 1856 - 1914
............. +JAMES JACKSON BYRD 1850 - 1925
.................... 3 NOEL HENDERSON BYRD 1875 - 1959
........................ +MARY EVALINE DILBECK 1880 - 1956
............................... 4 BESSIE LEANNER BYRD
................................... +MORRIS
............................... *2nd Husband of BESSIE LEANNER BYRD:
................................... +SHULTZ .
.............................. 4 BONNIE BYRD
............................... 4 CECIL BYRD
............................... 4 EDITH BYRD
............................... 4 JAMES ARTHUR LEONE BYRD
............................... 4 JESSIE MELISSA CLYDE BYRD
................................... +CURTIS CLENDENNING
............................... 4 NOEL BYRD
............................... 4 W.G. (WILLIE) BYRD
............................... 4 NADA BYRD
.................... 3 MATTIE ELEANOR BYRD 1880 - 1882
.................... 3 DAVID MARTIN BYRD 1883 - 1963
........................ +LUCY PRISCILLA HARGRAVE 1890 - 1984
............................... 4 TIPTON HUGH BYRD 1906 - 1986
................................... +LELA IRENE MESSICK
............................... 4 FREDDIE EDGAR BYRD 1909 - 1980
................................... +DOT MARIE LAMB 1909 - 1983
............................... 4 HARLIN THEODORE BYRD 1911 - 1980
................................... +EUNICE LAURA RICE
............................... 4 MARVIN J. BYRD 1913 - 1969
................................... +ELMA NATHELIEA FLIPPIN .
.............................. 4 HIRAM EDWARD BYRD 1915 -
................................... +GERTIE AMANDA RARIDEN 1921 -
............................... 4 MARGIE AVALEE BYRD 1918 -
................................... +GEORGE AUGUST DAHKLE
............................... 4 CECIL MAYE BYRD 1921 -
................................... +JASPER NEWTON TURNBO
............................... 4 VELMA KATHERYN BYRD 1923 - 1989
................................... +ROY MELTON SWAN - 1966
............................... *2nd Husband of VELMA KATHERYN BYRD:
................................... +GEORGE FORD
............................... 4 REBA ZETA GERTRUDE BYRD 1926 - 1989
................................... +TOMMY LEE DEARMORE
............................... 4 EMMA JOSEPHINE BYRD 1928 -
................................... +HARVEY FRANKLIN POOL - 1969
.................... 3 C. GERTRUDE BYRD 1885 - 1916
........................ +J. ALLEN DEATHERAGE
............................... 4 MABEL DEATHERAGE
............................... 4 CLIFFORD DEATHERAGE
............................... 4 HAZEL DEATHERAGE
............................... 4 KERMIT RUDOLPH DEATHERAGE
.................... 3 M. ELLA BYRD 1887 - 1946
........................ +WILLIAM H. (BILL) SMITH Abt. 1878 -
............................... 4 ELSIE SMITH 1909 -
................................... +GEORGE LEWIS
.................... 3 JOHN RUSSELL BYRD 1890 - 1919
........................ +LINNIE GEORGE
............................... 4 RANDOLPH BYRD
............................... 4 EUNICE BYRD
.................... 3 JAMES GUY BYRD 1893 - 1972
........................ +ETTA MCNEAL
............................... 4 ALMA BYRD
.................... *2nd Wife of JAMES GUY BYRD:
........................ +KATIE LEORIA MARLER 1905 - 1976
............................... 4 GUY BYRD, JR.
............................... 4 ALMA BYRD
................................... +FORTUNE
............................... 4 IRENE BYRD
............................... 4 MARVIN BYRD
............................... 4 INA BYRD
............................... 4 BILLY RAY BYRD
............................... 4 PAUL WESLEY BYRD
............................... 4 CECIL WAYNE BYRD
............................... 4 STERLING BYRD
.................... 3 THOMAS FRANKLIN BYRD 1894 - 1919
......... 2 MARGARET ELIZABETH DAVIS Abt. 1858 -
............. +JAMES D. REED 1853 - 1895
......... 2 LUELLA (ELLA) DAVIS Abt. 1861 -
............. +PITTMAN
......... 2 MARTHA A. (MATTIE) DAVIS 1862 - 1901
............. +JAMES LUTHER JORDAN 1854 -
.................... 3 EPHRAM JORDAN 1880 -
........................ +ADDIE LEE
.................... 3 NORA JORDAN 1886 -
........................ +JOHN DILBECK
.................... 3 HESSIE JORDAN 1888 -
........................ +HENRY DILBECK
.................... 3 DON JORDAN 1892 -
........................ +ZORA HERRON
............................... 4 JOSEPHINE LUTHER JORDAN
................................... +CHARLES WILL
......... 2 KATHERINE LOUDELLA DAVIS 1866 -
............. +ULYSSES GRANT REED 1865 - 1943
.................... 3 GEORGIA BERTHA REED 1888 - 1911
........................ +STULTS MURREY
.................... 3 CHESTER DANIEL (MUTT) REED 1890 - 1965
........................ +MAY WILLIAMS
.................... 3 RUEL CURTIS REED 1892 - 1965
........................ +LUCY ADELAIDE DUNLAP
............................... 4 WILLIAM MAC REED 1924 - 1981
................................... +MARY BEATRICE?
............................... *2nd Wife of WILLIAM MAC REED:
................................... +GLORIA YVONNE MAYNARD 1924 -
.................... 3 ROYAL PATTERSON (PREACH) REED 1894 - 1967
........................ +ZELLA CHAPIN
............................... 4 VIRGIL C. REED
............................... 4 EVA MARIE REED
................................... +SELBER
.................... 3 EVA ESTHER REED 1896 - 1994
........................ +VIRGIL EASLEY
.................... 3 HERSCHEL G. REED 1898 - 1925
.................... 3 GLADYS BLANCHE REED 1901 -
........................ +MAXIE BREES
......... 2 SUSAN DAVIS Abt. 1868 -
............. +JOSEPH INDMAN

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