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Placing on this board because MRS. FLORENCE ERNESTINE (DAVIS) OSWALD lived on James Island, Charleston County, SC.
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DAR Application received 6-11-2008
State: South Carolina
City: James Island
Name of Chapter: REBECCA MOTTE
Chapter no. -0-
National no. 19554
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (RECORD COPY)
APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP
Name: FLORENCE D. OSWALD
Wife of: GEORGE D. OSWALD
Descendant of: WILLIAM DAVIS, b. Beaufort, SC., 1748, d. Hampton County, SC., 1801.
Examined and approved: 5-4-1897
(Resigned 2-14-17)
FLORENE D. OSWALD lineal descent from WILLIAM DAVIS. (due to poor quality of handwriting am using DAR listing online)
Descendant of Col. William Davis, of South Carolina.
Daughter of William C. Davis (b. 1840) and Caroline Walter, (m. 1863).
Granddaughter of William H. Davis (b. 1807) and Susan Pope Frampton (b. 1809), (m. 1826);
Gr.-granddaughter of Charles J. Davis (d. 1824) and Anne Ulmer (d. 1825),
2-gr.-granddaughter of William Davis and Anne McLeon;
3-gr. granddaughter of Charles Jones Davis and Jane E. Radcliffe.
William Davis, (1748-1801), entered the army as captain and was promoted for gallant service. He was a member of the first State legislature and his zeal for the cause rendered him obnoxious to the Tories who burned his buildings. He died in Hampton county, S. C.
ANCESTOR'S SERVICE:
WILLIAM DAVIS forst enlisted as Captain but soon distinquished himself by his gallant service and reached the rank of Colonel.
His great activity in the cause rendered him an object of intense hatred to the Tories of whom there were many in that section of South Carolina. While absent in the service of his country they burned every dwelling on his plantation, stole his negroes, and sold, and shipped
them to the West Indies. On his return he found but desolate fields in place of a prosperous home. His country did not forget him
and he was awarded for his services a large grant of land (about four thousand acres) some of the papers being yet in the possession
of the applicant.
COL. DAVIS was also a member of the first legislature which met in Jacksonboro, S. C.
The application wished to place in second, the services of COL. ALFRED WALTER and CHRISTOPHER PETERS (PETER) ancestors
through the maternal line, both of whom served with distinction during the Revolution.
This statement is made in the personal statement of MRS. KINSEY BURDEN KING, a granddaughter of the two patriots and now in the
80th year of her age.
There are two volumes of GIBBES' Documtary History. The titles reading as follows -
GIBBES, RW Documentary History of the American Revolution. 1776-82. ...
GIBBES. Documentary History of South Carolina. 1781-82.
*due to poor quality of handwriting in lineage section am using the DAR listing found online:
Granddaughter of Alfred Walter (b. 1806) and Charlotte King Seaman (b. 1807), (m. 1827).
Gr.-granddaughter of Alfred Walter and Mary Peters.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Alfred Walter and Jeannette Stevens, and Christopher Peters and Sarah de Normande, (DE NORMANDIE).
Notary certified copy of service.
The following is a memorandum of the authority for the above statement.
Letter of COL. WILLIAM DAVIS to GENL. FRANCIS MARION, found among the HORRY MS and also in GIBBES Documentary History, 1776-82
Page 229. Family Records, Title Deeds, Land Grants. Journal of Council of Safety. 21 Feb. 1776.
Officers who served in the S.C. Regiments. Prepared by GENL. WILMOT G. DE SAUSSINE.
/s/ FLORENCE D. OSWALD.
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Trying to figure out who MRS. KINSEY BURDEN KING was. Her statement is included in FLORENCE (DAVIS) OSWALD's application.
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 20
page 207
Mrs. Florence Davis Oswald.
DAR ID Number: 19554
Born in Beaufort, South Carolina.
Wife of George Douglas Oswald.
Descendant of Col. William Davis, Alfred Walter and Christopher Peters, of South Carolina.
Daughter of William C. Davis (b. 1840) and Caroline Walter, his wife (m. 1863).
Granddaughter of William H. Davis (b. 1807) and Susan Pope Frampton (b. 1809), his wife (m. 1826); Alfred Walter (b. 1806) and Charlotte King Seaman (b. 1807), his wife (m. 1827).
[p.207] Gr.-granddaughter of Charles J. Davis (d. 1824) and Anne Ulmer (d. 1825), his wife; Alfred Walter and Mary Peters, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of William Davis and Anne McLeon, his wife; Alfred Walter and Jeannette Stevens, his wife; Christopher Peters and Sarah de Normande, (SARAH DE NORMANDIE) his wife.
William Davis, (1748-1801), entered the army as captain and was promoted for gallant service. He was a member of the first State legislature and his zeal for the cause rendered him obnoxious to the Tories who burned his buildings. He died in Hampton county, S. C.
Alfred Walter and Christopher Peters were patriots of South Carolina.
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My ancestor is SARAH DE NORMANDIE, dau. of ANTHONY DE NORMANDIE & MARY HALL who m. 2) JOHN JOSEPH ABERCROMBIE. They were my 4-great grandparents.
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