Mary Jane Irwin Davis Genealogy Research, 1974-2004 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: Mary Jane Irwin Davis Genealogy Research, 1974-2004

ID: 001/01/MSS 2015-008

Primary Creator: Davis, Mary Jane Irwin (1932-2004)

Extent: 13.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Arranged in alphabetical order of surname.

Date Acquired: 02/10/2015

Subjects: Families--Virginia, Family trees, Genealogy, Genealogy--Research, Virginia--Genealogy

Forms of Material: Books, Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence, Genealogical tables, Genealogies (histories), Manuscripts, Maps (documents), Pedigrees, Photocopies, Photographs

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Pedigree charts, family charts, photocopies, correspondence, and published copies of articles containing information on Mary Jane Irwin Davis's allied families' genealogies. The information gathered spans from the 1700s through the late 1900s and the family geographic locations primarily include Virginia, Tennessee, Texas, South Carolina, and North Carolina.

Biographical Note

Mary Jane Irwin was a fifth generation Texan, born in Wichita Falls on April 25, 1932. Relocating to Norfolk, Virginia after marrying Terry H. Davis, Jr. on September 3, 1960, the couple remained in the area and raised their son: Terry H. Davis, III. Mary Jane Irwin Davis authored two books on the Ashmore family, her maternal family line, and was an active member in the local and state chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was also involved in the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters. Mary Jane spent many years compiling genealogy research on her and her husband's family lines. She died on November 16, 2004 in Norfolk, Virginia and was buried at Christ and Saint Luke's columbarium.

Subject/Index Terms

Families--Virginia
Family trees
Genealogy
Genealogy--Research
Virginia--Genealogy

Administrative Information

Repository: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions: The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Source: Terry H. Davis, Jr. by donation

Preferred Citation: Mary Jane Irwin Davis Genealogy Research, MSS 2015-008, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed August 17, 2017.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Davis Family Genealogy Guide; Allegree Family; Anderson Family Ancestry; Ashmore Family],
[Box 2: Ashmore Family],
[Box 3: Baber Family; Bates Family],
[Box 4: Bobo Family; Bowering Family; Bugg Family],
[Box 5: Caine Family; Collins Family; Cox Family; Critzer Family; Davis Family],
[Box 6: Elrod Family; Gibson Family; Gipson Family],
[Box 7: Glenn Family; Graves Family; Haile Family; Henley Family; Holton Family],
[Box 8: Howard Family; Irwin Family; Keeton Family (Folder 1 of 2)],
[Box 9: Keeton Family (Folder 2 of 2); Marshall; Mayo Family; McGehee Family; Nix Family (Folder 1 of 3)],
[Box 10: Nix Family (Folder 2-3 of 3); Osborne Family; Physioc Family],
[Box 11: Putman Family; History of Putman Baptist Church 1989; Pyle Family; Reed Family; Rigsby Family; Shelton Family],
[Box 12: Slay Family; Smith Family; Sumerall Family; Stansbury Family; Stanton Family; Stringer Family],
[Box 13: Wade Family; Wellborn Family; Witt Family; Wooten Family; "Record Books, Christ & St. Luke's Church Norfolk, Virginia" Reginald B. Henry, Register, 5 November 1955],
[All]

Box 1: Davis Family Genealogy Guide; Allegree Family; Anderson Family Ancestry; Ashmore Family

Folder 1: Davis Genealogy Research Guide: Guide is in pedigree form; it contains various lines of research that Mary Jane Irwin Davis compiled. Some of the lines may not be proven. Use this tool as a guide. It contains a name and place index.
Folder 2: Allegree Family: Includes descendancy chart beginning with Giles Allegree b. 1685 Lyons, France; transcription of Fluvanna County, Virginia 1810 census, and copies of records from the Library of Virginia regarding the Allegree Family of Fluvanna County, Virginia.
Folder 3: Anderson Family Ancestry: Researched by Mary Jane Irwin Davis, Organized by Bonnie Lynn Cary (Folder 1 of 2): Includes a descendancy chart of John Anderson Sr., born about 1715 in Ireland through to Mary Jane Irwin Davis, copies of documents, pedigree charts, family group sheets, and copies of photographs. Allied families include: Irwin family of Texas, Mississippi, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia; Glenn family of Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina; Ashmore family of Texas, South Carolina; Gibson family of Texas, Tennessee; Anderson family of Mississippi, South Carolina and County Down Ireland; Bowering family of Mississippi, North Carolina; Slay family of Mississippi; Bobo family of Tennessee, Virginia; McGehee family of Texas, Tennessee; Nix family of Texas, Tennessee; Cain family of Mississippi, North Carolina.
Folder 4: Anderson Family Ancestry: Researched by Mary Jane Irwin Davis, Organized by Bonnie Lynn Cary (Folder 2 of 2): Includes a descendancy chart of John Anderson Sr., born about 1715 in Ireland through to Mary Jane Irwin Davis, copies of documents, pedigree charts, family group sheets, and copies of photographs. Allied families include: Irwin family of Texas, Mississippi, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia; Glenn family of Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina; Ashmore family of Texas, South Carolina; Gibson family of Texas, Tennessee; Anderson family of Mississippi, South Carolina and County Down Ireland; Bowering family of Mississippi, North Carolina; Slay family of Mississippi; Bobo family of Tennessee, Virginia; McGehee family of Texas, Tennessee; Nix family of Texas, Tennessee; Cain family of Mississippi, North Carolina.
Folder 5: Book, ASHMORES IN EARLY AMERICA - With Some of Their Descendents, 1984: By Mary Jane Irwin Davis. Published 1983, revised 1984. Includes notations, additions, and corrections. The Ashmore family arrived in America in 1641 and the book documents them until the late 1800s.

Box 2: Ashmore Family

Folder 1: Ashmore Family (Folder 1 of 2): Includes pedigree charts, family group sheets, copies of documents, copies of articles, newspaper articles, and notes. Ashmore is Mary Jane Irwin Davis's maternal family line. Allied families include: Irwin, Davis, Gibson, Cox, Pyle, Elrod, and Douthet. Residing in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Texas.
Folder 2: Ashmore Family (Folder 2 of 2): Correspondence concerning research on the Ashmore Family. Includes family pictures. Ashmore is Mary Jane Irwin Davis's maternal family line.
Folder 3: Manuscript, Ashmore Family Records, Virginia 1615-1995, 1996: A 138-page manuscript written by Mary Jane Irwin Davis regarding the Ashmore Family Records. Contributed to the Great Bridge Chapter of the Norfolk, Virginia DAR VA 2-058.
Folder 4: Book, Ashmores in Early America: With Some of Their Descendents, 1983: By Mary Jane Irwin Davis.

Box 3: Baber Family; Bates Family

Folder 1: Baber Family (Folder 1 of 2): Includes pedigree charts, family group sheets, notes, correspondence, copy of Achilles Baber's will, and copies of Baber papers from the University of Virginia Library. Allied families include Mawyer, Wade, Church, Toms, Witt, Graves, and Critzer. Residing in the areas including Albemarle County, Nelson County, and Augusta County, Virginia.
Folder 2: Baber Family (Folder 2 of 2): Includes copies of documents and correspondence regarding the Baber family. Allied families include Mawyer, Wade, Church, Toms, Witt, Graves, and Critzer. Residing in the areas including Albemarle County, Nelson County, and Augusta County, Virginia.
Folder 3: Bates Family (Folder 1 of 2): Includes copies of charts, applications, research notes, copies of documents, and articles. Allied with the Gibson family residing in Wythe County, Virginia and Coffee County, Tennessee.
Folder 4: Bates Family (Folder 2 of 2): Includes copies of articles pertaining to the Bates Family research. Allied with the Gibson family residing in Wythe County, Virginia and Coffee County, Tennessee.

Box 4: Bobo Family; Bowering Family; Bugg Family

Folder 1: Bobo Family: Includes lineage application, correspondence, copies of documentation, copies of articles, and copies of Bobo family newsletter. Allied families include: McGehee, Putnam, Wooten, Howard, Smith, Daniel, Shelton, Crispen, and Bathurst. Areas of residence include Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas.
Folder 2: Bowering Family (Folder 1 of 2): Includes charts, lineage society applications, maps, photographs, correspondence, research notes, copy of the Norfolk Borough Princess Anne County Ledger #1 (Fall 1998), and a copy of the booklet: Bowerings in Early America (undated) by Mary Jane Irwin Davis. Allied families include: Slay, Sumerall, Power, Thomas, and Newton. Areas of residence include: North Carolina, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Folder 3: Bowering Family (Folder 2 of 2): Includes copies of documentation and copies of articles on the Bowering Family.
Folder 4: Bugg Family: Includes family group sheet for William and Susanna (Woodson) Bugg, along with some research notes. Fluvanna County, Virginia.

Box 5: Caine Family; Collins Family; Cox Family; Critzer Family; Davis Family

Folder 1: Caine Family (Folder 1 of 2): Includes lineage society applications, correspondence, maps, photographers, research notes, and copies of articles. Allied family: Irwin. Residing in Orange County, North Carolina and Yazoo County, Mississippi.
Folder 2: Caine Family (Folder 2 of 2): Includes copies of documentation (some from the Maryland State Archives) and Orange County and Hillsborough Items of History compiled by Hugh Conway Browning. Allied family: Irwin. Residing in Orange County, North Carolina and Yazoo County, Mississippi.
Folder 3: Collins Family: Includes charts, copies of documents, and copies of articles. Allied families include: Stansbury, Holton, Physio, and Porter. Areas of residence include St. Mary Parish, Louisiana; Craven County, North Carolina; and Baltimore, Maryland.
Folder 4: Cox Family: Includes charts, applications, copied documents, Cox article written by Alexander C. Cox, Jr., Norfolk, Virginia (1993), and copied articles. Allied families include: Stansbury, Parsons, Phipps, Osborne, Ashmore, Pyle, McGowan, and Hash. Areas of residence include Baltimore, Maryland; St. Mary Parish, Louisiana; Grayson County, Virginia; Clark, Kentucky; and Greenville County, South Carolina.
Folder 5: Critzer Family: Includes correspondence, article copies, document copies, and a copy of: Reese, Margaret C.; Critzer - Drumheller Ancestors, Waynesboro, Virginia, 1979. Allied families include: Mawyer and Baber. Areas of residence include Nelson County, Augusta County, and Albemarle County, Virginia.
Folder 6: Davis Family: Includes a rough draft of a Jamestown Society application for Terry H. Davis, Jr. with backup materials. Allied families include: Irwin, Parsons, Phipps, Bryant, Cox, Hale, Burroughs, Burwell, Carter, and Smith. Areas of residence include Gloucester, Lancaster, Grayson, and Norfolk Counties, Virginia.

Box 6: Elrod Family; Gibson Family; Gipson Family

Folder 1: Elrod Family: Includes charts, applications, manuscript by Parker Elrod, M. D. of Centerville, Tennessee: Summary of Early Elrod Data 1985 Version. Allied families include: Ashmore, Douthet, Stanton, Soelle/Zell, and Lerchenzeiler. Areas of residence include Palatinate, Germany; Maryland, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Folder 2: Gibson Family (Folder 1 of 2): Includes correspondence, research notes, articles/documents copied from Green County, Kentucky, maps, and articles/documents copied from Norfolk, Virginia. Allied families include: Ashmore, Nix, Wallace, and Stringer. Areas of residence include Barren County, Kentucky; Parker, Lamar, and Wichita County, Texas; and Hickman County, Tennessee.
Folder 3: Gibson Family (Folder 2 of 2): Includes articles and documentation from Tennessee, Texas, and Arkansas. Allied families include: Ashmore, Nix, Wallace, and Stringer. Areas of residence include Barren County, Kentucky; Parker, Lamar, and Wichita County, Texas; Hickman County, Tennessee; and Arkansas.
Folder 4: Book, The Gipson Family of Franklin County, Tennessee: Their Ancestors and Descendants, 1995: By Judy Henley Phillips, Beaver Press Manchester, Tennessee.

Box 7: Glenn Family; Graves Family; Haile Family; Henley Family; Holton Family

Folder 1: Glenn Family: Includes charts, pictures, correspondence, copies of documents, and copies of articles on the Glenn Family. Allied families include: Irwin, Bobo, McGehee, Wooten, Howard, and Smith. Areas of residence include Gilmer County, Georgia; Pickens, South Carolina; Erath County, Travis County, Somervell County, and McLennan County, Texas; and Warren County, Tennessee.
Folder 2: Graves Family: Includes charts, research notes, correspondence, copy of the Graves Family Association Membership Directory (1997), copies of documentation, and copies of articles. Allied families include: Toms and Wade. Areas of residence include Augusta County, Albemarle County, Staunton County, Charlottesville, Goochland County, and Nelson County, Virginia.
Folder 3: Hale/Haile Family: One typed letter to Mary Jane Irwin Davis from Ruth Dunlap discussing a possible link between the Hall/Haile and Boring/Boreing families.
Folder 4: Henley Family (Folder 1 of 2): Includes charts, applications, correspondence, research notes, and copied documentation. Includes allied families: Davis, Mayo, Osborne, Richardson, and Jones. Areas of residence include James City County, Fluvanna County, Fauquier County, Richmond, Goochland County, Albemarle County, and Prince William, Virginia; and Franklin County, Tennessee.
Folder 5: Henley Family (Folder 2 of 2): Includes charts, applications, correspondence, research notes, and copied documentation. Includes allied families: Davis, Mayo, Osborne, Richardson, and Jones. Areas of residence include James City County, Fluvanna County, Fauquier County, Richmond, Goochland County, Albemarle County, and Prince William, Virginia; and Franklin County, Tennessee.
Folder 6: Holton Family: Includes charts, correspondence, copies of documentation, copies of articles, and maps pertaining to the Holton family. Includes allied families: Collins, Porter, and Physioc. Areas of residence include St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, and Craven County, North Carolina.

Box 8: Howard Family; Irwin Family; Keeton Family (Folder 1 of 2)

Folder 1: Howard Family (Folder 1 of 2): Includes charts, applications, correspondence, research notes, and copies of documents. Allied families include: Douthet, Smith, Putnam, Bobo, Davis, Scott, Hall, and Warner. Areas of residence include North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Maryland, Virginia, and England.
Folder 2: Howard Family (Folder 2 of 2): Includes copies of articles. Allied families include: Douthet, Smith, Putnam, Bobo, Davis, Scott, Hall, and Warner. Areas of residence include North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Maryland, Virginia, and England.
Folder 3: Irwin Family: Includes charts, correspondence, and copies of documents. Allied families include: Davis, Ashmore, Glenn, and Gibson. Residing in Texas.
Folder 4: Keeton Family (Folder 1 of 2): Includes charts, applications, correspondence, research notes, and copies of documents. Allied families include: Gibson, residing in Franklin County, Tennessee.

Box 9: Keeton Family (Folder 2 of 2); Marshall; Mayo Family; McGehee Family; Nix Family (Folder 1 of 3)

Folder 1: Keeton Family (Folder 2 of 2): Includes copies of articles. Allied families include: Gibson, residing in Franklin County, Tennessee.
Folder 2: Copy of John Marshall military land warrant: Copy of John Marshall military warrant #225 entered 1787, Sumner, Tennessee.
Folder 3: Mayo Family: Includes charts, applications, correspondence, research, copies of documents, and copies of articles. Allied families include: Davis, Henley, Willliamson, Osborne, Richardson, Jones, and Burke/Jordan. Areas of residence include Fluvanna, Augusta, Richmond, Middlesex, New Kent, and Henrico County, Virginia.
Folder 4: McGehee Family: Includes charts, applications, photographs, research notes, copies of documents, and copies of articles. Copy of the "Blue Springs Baptist Church, Viola, Warren County, Tennessee- Church Records 1807-1858" by Arthur W. Crouch. Allied families include: Glenn, Bobo, Putnam, Wooten, Shelton, Daniel, and Crispen. Areas of residence include Texas, Tennessee, South Carolina, Alabama, and Virginia.
Folder 5: Nix Family (Folder 1 of 3): Includes charts, applications, correspondence, research notes, manuscript "NIX William and Brunette (Stringer)" by Pauline (Callaway) Sheriff 1983, manuscript "Family of Joseph Nix" by Pauline Sheriff 1994, article, and document copies from Kentucky. Allied families include: Gibson, Ashmore, Wallace, and Stringer. Areas of residence include Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Georgia.

Box 10: Nix Family (Folder 2-3 of 3); Osborne Family; Physioc Family

Folder 1: Nix Family (Folder 2 of 3): Includes copies of articles and documentation from Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Texas. Allied families include: Gibson, Ashmore, Wallace, and Stringer. Areas of residence include Texas, Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky, and Georgia.
Folder 2: Nix Family (Folder 3 of 3): Includes "Nix's 10 generations of Progress" printed genealogy - author unknown. Allied families include: Gibson, Ashmore, Wallace, and Stringer. Areas of residence include Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Folder 3: Osborne Family: Included charts, applications, research notes, copies of documents, and copies of articles. Allied families include: Cox, Phipps, Henley, Richardson, Jones, McGowan, and Hash. Residing in Virginia.
Folder 4: Physioc Family: Includes Craven County, North Carolina information on the Physioc family. Allied families Collins and Holton. Areas of residence include Craven County, North Carolina, and St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.

Box 11: Putman Family; History of Putman Baptist Church 1989; Pyle Family; Reed Family; Rigsby Family; Shelton Family

Folder 1: Putman Family: Includes charts, applications, correspondence, research notes, transcriptions, copied documents, and copied articles. Allied families include: Bobo, Putman, Howard, and Smith. Areas of residence include North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, and Tennessee.
Folder 2: Book, History Putman Baptist Church, 1989: By Mrs. Sue Barnett.
Folder 3: Pyle Family: Includes charts, applications, abstracts from The Pyle-Pile Family in America 1642-1980 by Howard T. and Jane (Weaver) Pyle 1981, manuscript "Samuel Pyle: The Forgotten Man" by Mary Jane Irwin Davis (1997), correspondence, research notes, copies of documents, and copies of articles. Allied families include: Ashmore and Cox. Areas of residence include South Carolina and North Carolina.
Folder 4: Reed Family: Includes charts, research notes, and copies of documents. Allied families: Smith and Davis. Residing in Virginia.
Folder 5: Rigsby Family: Includes pedigree chart, family group sheets, correspondence, research notes, copied documents, and copied articles. Allied families: Adams, Thomas, and Walker. Residing in Goochland, Virginia.
Folder 6: Shelton Family: Includes pedigree chart, application, family group sheets research notes, copies of documents, and copies of articles. Allied families: Daniel, McGehee, Crispen, Jackson, Bathurst, Woods, and West. Areas of residence include England, Bermuda, Maryland, and Virginia.

Box 12: Slay Family; Smith Family; Sumerall Family; Stansbury Family; Stanton Family; Stringer Family

Folder 1: Slay Family: Includes lineage application, correspondence, research notes, copied documents, and copied articles. Allied families: Sumerall, Bowering, Thomas, and Newton. Areas of residence include Marborough District, South Carolina and Hinds, Perry, Wayne, Marion, and Yazoo County, Mississippi.
Folder 2: Smith Family, 1813 March 23: Typed notarized transcript of Childris Smith's will, Nelson County, Virginia.
Folder 3: Stansbury Family: Includes family group sheets, tree charts, correspondence, research notes, copied documents, copied articles, and copies of The Stansbury Society Newsletter"(Sept/Oct 1979, Nov 1982, Spring 1983 and Winter 1983). Allied families: Parsons, Collins, Cox, Holton, Ensor, Richardson, Renske, and Raven. Areas of residence include Baltimore, Maryland; Grayson County, Virginia; and St. Mary, Lafayette, and St. Martin Parish, Louisiana.
Folder 4: Stanton Family: Includes family group sheets, pedigree charts, research notes, copies of grave marker photographs, and correspondence. Allied families: Elrod, Douthet, Robinson, Soelle/Zell, Wainscott, and Lerchnzeiler. Areas of residence include Germany, England, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Maryland, Georgia, and South Carolina.
Folder 5: Stringer Family: Includes family group sheets, descendancy chart, correspondence, Robert and Mary Stringer Bible, copied documents, and copied articles. Allied families: Nix and Wallace. Areas of residence include Tennessee, Texas, Kentucky, and South Carolina.
Folder 6: Sumerall Family: Includes lineage application, pedigree charts, correspondence, research notes, copied documents, maps, and copies of articles. Allied families: Slay, Bowering, Thomas, and Newton. Areas of residence include Mississippi and South Carolina.

Box 13: Wade Family; Wellborn Family; Witt Family; Wooten Family; "Record Books, Christ & St. Luke's Church Norfolk, Virginia" Reginald B. Henry, Register, 5 November 1955

Folder 1: Wade Family: Includes charts, research notes, copies of articles, and copies of documents. Allied families: Toms, Baber, Mawyer, Witt, and Graves. Residing in Virginia.
Folder 2: Wellborn Family: Includes charts, correspondence, and research notes. Allied families: Parsons, Cox, Stansbury, Craig, and Teague. Areas of residence include Rowan, North Carolina and Frederick, Grayson, and Albemarle County, Virginia.
Folder 3: Witt Family: Includes charts, research notes, and copies of articles. Allied families: Wade and Toms.
Folder 4: Wooten Family (Folder 1 of 2): Includes correspondence, Wooten Family Bible, and copied documents. Wooten and Related Families Association: Special Study V, The Woottens of York County, Virginia by Richard C. Wooton, 1984. Wooten and Related Families Association Quarterly, March 1986.
Folder 5: Wooten Family (Folder 2 of 2), 1987-1989: Wooten and Related Families Association Quarterly: March 1987; June 1987, September 1987; December 1987; March 1988; June 1988; September 1988; December 1988; May 1989; October 1989; and November 1989.
Folder 6: Booklet, "Record Books, Christ & St. Luke's Church", 1955 November 5: By Reginald B. Henry, Register. Contains record book, papers, and clippings.