DAVENPORT, DEVENPORT, WHEELER, CASSITY, SLOAN ~ TN
Joseph DAVENPORT, b ca 1834 TN, on the 1860 census in Jackson Co, TN with wife Elizabeth and first son. Joseph died from wounds he received at the Battle of Chickamauga. His widow then took their two sons, Jubilee and Joseph Benjamin, and went to Grayson Co, TX, where her brother Jubilee WHEELER and his family resided. (Their father was Jubilee WHEELER and of Jackson Co, too.)
Elizabeth WHEELER DAVENPORT married Ransom E. ELLIOTT, 21 Nov 1867 Grayson Co, TX. Her third marriage was to David ELLIOTT.
On my next trip to Salt Lake City I plan on working on this DAVENPORT line (much has been done by others on the WHEELER line). Jackson Co, TN is one of those "burned" counties, so records are few and far between. Clues point to the possibility Joseph may be the son of Hannah (CASSITY) DEVENPORT/DAVENPORT. If so, she is the widow of Henry DAVENPORT and some work has been done on their origin in VA.
Is there a tie to the Samuel SLOAN/SLONE family in Jackson Co, TN?