Genealogy for
Mary Ann Davis
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Mary Ann Davis
1833 - 1910
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Mary Ann Davis was born about 1833 somewhere in Georgia and died about 1910 in an unknown place. Dates for birth and death are estimated. She lived to be about 77 years old.
Married James D. Witaker on 8/4/1845 in Dale Co. FL. | 
 | Census | 1/1/1840 | District 553 GA (Decatur County) | 7 yrs old | The family of Thos A. Davis is described on page 5 as: MALES: one under the age of 5, three between 5-10 years old, one between 20-30, and one between 30-40. FEMALES: two under 5 years old, one between 10-15, and one between 40-50. There are a total of 9 people living in the home and they own no slaves. His brothers, L. C. and Jonas B., are listed on page 7 of the census with their families.
| Additional information about Decatur County, GA around 1840: Map of Decatur County, GA created around 1839 -- one year before the 1840 Census. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Other | 12/1/1880 | GA (Decatur County) | 47 yrs old |  Mary Ann is identified as the aunt of the widdowed mother of Teursey Davis, a minor child 12 years old. Teursey's family estate is valued at $500, less fees and fines owed to the state. |
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Mary, her family, and friends. For example, Mary is 2 years old when Second Seminole Indian War begins.
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 3 |
1836 |
Seminoles massacre Major Francis L. Dade and his 103 man command. This starts the second Seminole War.
February - Battle of Hitchity.
March 27 - Colonel J.W. Fannin and his Georgian's executed by order of Santa Ana at Goliad on Palm Sunday.
July - Battle of Brushy Creek.
July 3 - Battle of Chickasawachee Swamp.
July 27 - Battle of Echowanochaway Creek. |
| 4 |
1837 |
Mcon and Dade Counties are formed. |
| 5 |
1838 |
Chattooga County formed |
| 14 |
1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
| 17 |
1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
| 18 |
1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
| 19 |
1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
| 20 |
1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
| 21 |
1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
| 23 |
1856 |
Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed. |
| 24 |
1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
| 25 |
1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
| 37 |
1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
| 42 |
1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
| 72 |
1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 6 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
| 11 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
| 20 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
| 23 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 26 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 32 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 36 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 44 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 46 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 56 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 62 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 64 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 67 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 67 |
1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
| 68 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 69 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 70 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 71 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 73 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 73 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 73 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 1 |
1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
| 28 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
| 29 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 49 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 52 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 75 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
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| 2 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
| 4 |
1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
| 7 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
| 9 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
| 22 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 27 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
| 29 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 30 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
| 32 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
| 35 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 42 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 43 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 76 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 77 |
1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
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| 76 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
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