b. 3 January 1851, d. 9 June 1899
| Birth | 3 Jan 1851 | John L. Davis was born on 3 Jan 1851 near Sulpher Springs, Marion County, Tennessee.1,2 |
| Cens-1870 | 1870 | John was the 2nd child and first son in a family of 6 children. His childhood was spent on his parent's farm in Marion County.3 |
| Marriage | 14 Sep 1875 | He married Sara D. Condra on 14 Sep 1875.4 |
| Cens-1880 | 1 Jun 1880 | John and Sara spent the first few years of their married life in Marion County. There they were enumerated in the summer of 1880. Besides John (29) and Sarah (24) the household inlcuded their 2 year old daughter Ellen. John was employed as a farmer; his parents were enumerated in the same neighborhood.5 |
| Migration | | About 5 years after their marriage the couple moved to Johnson County, Arkansas. However their stay there was brief and less than a year later they again returned to Tennessee, first spending about a year in Victoria [Marion County] before settling on land in the 3rd district of Marion County.4 |
| Land | 9 Sep 1885 | John's father died in August 1885. The following month John and his brothers William and Robert sold their interest in 70 acres of their father's land to their brother James. The land was situated at the northern end of their father's larger tract and abutted the E. Valley Road on it's east side.6 |
| Land | 15 Apr 1886 | On 15 Apr 1886 John sold his brother William the interest he had inherited as his father's heir in 98 acres of land in Marion County, Tennessee.7 |
| Land | 15 Apr 1886 | John then sold Robert his interest in another 29 acres of the same larger tract.7 |
| Land | 15 Apr 1886 | In addition, on the same date John sold his interest in 20 1/2 acres to his brother James.7 |
| Land | 15 Apr 1886 | John, James and William also sold Robert their interest in a separate tract of land bordering the Sequatchie River and Looney's Creek in the 3rd Civil District.8 |
| Religion | | John and Sara were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.4 |
| Death | 9 Jun 1899 | John died on 9 Jun 1899.2 |
| Burial | | He was buried at Red Hill Cemetery in Marion County, Tennessee.9 |
| | John and Sara may have had another daughter, Lilla, who was born in 1886 and died in 1893. Sarah's entry on both the 1900 and 1910 cenus records indicate that she was the mother of 4 children, all of whom were living. But Lilla is buried in the same cemetery with John and Sarah. Since she was born and died between 1880 and 1900 it is impossible to confirm her presence with the family.2 |
