Display Patriot - P-144355 - Azariah DAVIS

Azariah DAVIS

SAR Patriot #: P-144355

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: PA      Qualifying Service: Lieutenant / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A030185

Birth: 12 Feb 1756 / Washington / PA
Death: 22 Sep 1839 / Licking / OH

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. He served as an Ensign, 2nd Company, 4th Battalion, Pennsylvania
  2. In 1781, he paid a Supply Tax in Cumberland Twp, Washington County, Pennsylvania
  3. In 1784, he was listed as a Lieutenant in the Company of Captain Charles Sevan, in the 2nd Battalion commanded by Lt Colonel Henry Enoch
  4. DAR states: SUFFERED DEPREDATIONS

Additional References:
  1. Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, Pennsylvania Archives Sixth Series, Volume II, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1906, pg 75
  2. Martin, David and William H. Egle, Pennsylvania Archives Third Series, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer, 1897:
    • Volume XXII, pg 722
    • Volume XXIII, pg 819
  3. Linn, John B. and William Hegle, Pennsylvania Archives Second Series, Volume II, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Clarence M. Busch, State Printers, 1896, pg 733
  4. DAR cites PA ARCHIVES
    • 3RD SER
      • VOL 22, pg 722
      • VOL 23, pg 819
    • 6TH SER, VOL 2, pg 75

Spouse: (1) Elsie Van Meter: (2) Mary Harrington Smith
Children: Azariah; William; Henry; Sarah; Rebecca; James Harrington; Martha; Rachel; Mariah;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1957-11-19 WI Unassigned Clyde Everett Sheets (79922) William   
1958-12-31 IN Unassigned William Edwin Miller (83074) Sarah   
1960-03-22 ID Unassigned Ralph J Comstock Jr (82213) James   
1968-02-29 MO Unassigned Roger Paul Willbanks (96283) John   
1969-09-24 WI Unassigned Harold Ray Sheets (97514)   
1982-05-14 AZ Unassigned William B Davis (120221) Henry   
1990-08-22 MD 221097 Leslie Meade Hanger (132790) Rebecca   
2011-10-27 NY 40026 Daniel Ray Levering (171170) Azariah   
Burial:
6th Street Cemetery (aka Old Graveyard) (C-0153379)
Location:
Newark / Licking / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2328330
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
43430835
Marker Type:
Monument / DAR Plaque
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR
  • The monument is a flat memorial erected in 1976 by the Ohio DAR which reads "Dedicated to the memory of these Revolutionary War soldiers known to be buried in Sixth Street Cemetery.


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Cemetery is located on the west side of North 6th Street, just north of West Main Street in Newark, Ohio



Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn

Born February 12, 1756 in Pennsylvania. Veteran Lt. of Rev. War. Married Eliza Van Meter (1st wife), Mary Harrington Smith (2nd wife). 19 children by Elsie VanMeter: Henry VanMeter Davis, Wm. Davis, Martha Davis, Sarah Davis, Azariah Leanard Davis, Elizabeth Davis, Rebecca Davis, Rachel Davis. Children by Mary Priscilla Davis: James Davis, Alexander Davis, Lydia Davis, John Davis, Excurius Davis, Mariah Davis, Male ? Davis. He died Sept 22, 1838, near Utica, Ohio and was buried at Old Graveyard, 25 N. 6th Street, Newark, Ohio, 43055. Grave near small mound. He has nearly 2,000 descendants. References: Natl No 25494, Vol 26, p 181, D. A. R. Lin. 12th-19th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC.

Published Pennsylvania Archives, 6th Series, Vol. 2, p. 75; 3rd Series, Vol. 22, p. 722; Vol. 23, p. 819

Listed on Granite DAR Monument with 5 other Patriots.


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