Walter Davis: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. Walter Davis (son of Anthony Washington Davis and Frances Imessie Porter).

Generation: 2

Anthony Washington Davis was born 27 Mar 1860, Blount County, Tennessee (son of William Davis); died 14 Jan 1941; was buried Ellejoy Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.

Anthony — Frances Imessie Porter. Frances (daughter of John Calhoun Porter and Frances Jane "Fannie" Shields) was born 18 Jul 1878, Tennessee; died 12 Jan 1966; was buried Ellejoy Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Frances Imessie Porter was born 18 Jul 1878, Tennessee (daughter of John Calhoun Porter and Frances Jane "Fannie" Shields); died 12 Jan 1966; was buried Ellejoy Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.

Children:

Generation: 3

William Davis was born Blount County, Tennessee.

Children:

2. Anthony Washington Davis was born 27 Mar 1860, Blount County, Tennessee; died 14 Jan 1941; was buried Ellejoy Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.

John Calhoun Porter was born 14 Sep 1842, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of James Porter and Emily Ellen Adams); died 8 Feb 1920; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1860, District 4, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Orderly Sgt. Co. B 2nd Tn. Cav.

Mentioned in Richard Shields Will.

Entry in deed book: "Husband and wife convey interest to Robert L. Shields at Bird Creek for $100".

John is probably John Porter son of Richard Shield's second wife and her first husband. The census lists as Shields but the order indicates a logical break in the family relation.
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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 79, 81, 97.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 339.

John married Frances Jane "Fannie" Shields 21 Apr 1867, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Frances (daughter of Robert Shields and Eliza Floyd) was born 15 Feb 1847, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Jul 1884; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Frances Jane "Fannie" Shields was born 15 Feb 1847, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Robert Shields and Eliza Floyd); died 17 Jul 1884; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 97.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 339.

Children:

James Henry Porter was born 18 Jun 1868, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Jun 1945; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Robert C. Porter was born 14 Aug 1871, Tennessee; died 28 Dec 1891; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
E. J. Porter was born Abt 1874, Tennessee.
3. Frances Imessie Porter was born 18 Jul 1878, Tennessee; died 12 Jan 1966; was buried Ellejoy Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
John S. Porter was born Oct 1880, Tennessee.
Eliza Porter

Generation: 4

12.

James Porter was born Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 76.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 339.

James — Emily Ellen Adams. Emily was born 13 Jan 1824, South Carolina; died 27 Sep 1907; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

13.

Emily Ellen Adams was born 13 Jan 1824, South Carolina; died 27 Sep 1907; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1860, District 4, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1870, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"In the Shadow of the Smokies," Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 311.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 60, 76.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 308, 339.

Children:

6. John Calhoun Porter was born 14 Sep 1842, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Feb 1920; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

14.

Robert Shields was born 24 Jun 1816, Floyd County, Indiana (son of Robert Shields and Sabra S. White); died Bef 17 Jan 1878.

Notes:

Will probated 17 January 1878.
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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 77, 97.

Robert married Eliza Floyd 3 Jan 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee. Eliza (daughter of Floyd) was born Abt 1820, North Carolina; was buried Clark Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

15.

Eliza Floyd was born Abt 1820, North Carolina (daughter of Floyd); was buried Clark Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 77.

Children:

Catherine Shields was born Abt 1845, Tennessee.
Rufus Grandson Shields was born 3 Apr 1856, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Aug 1932; was buried Fraziers Chapel Cemetery, Whitfield County, Georgia.
7. Frances Jane "Fannie" Shields was born 15 Feb 1847, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Jul 1884; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Deborah Shields was born 14 Mar 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Aug 1941, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Pinkney Shields was born Abt 1852.
Coren H. "Cora" Shields was born 20 Jul 1858, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Jul 1929, Whitfield County, Georgia; was buried 29 Jul 1929, Boyd Family Cemetery, Whitfield County, Georgia.
Robert L. Shields was born Abt 1863, Tennessee.