"OLD NICK" TABLE OF CONTENTS
Submitted by Bob Chope
Volume 1, No. 1, Summer 1997
Debut of the Davies Family Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 1 ......... Page 1
Nicholas Davies Family Reunion Being Planned for 1998 in Virginia ......... Page 2
Nicholas Davies – Welsh or English? ......... Page 3
Contacts for Specific Information Regarding the Planned Davies Reunion
and Specific Genealogical Information ......... Page 6
Volume 1, No. 2, Autumn 1997
Nicholas Davies – An Initial Biography of the Progenitor of the American Family Line ......... Page 1
History of Henry Tamberlain Davies’ Experiences in the “Battle of Britain” ......... Page 6
Reunion Update ......... Page 11
Did You Know? (A Brief Account of the Career of William Harris Crawford” ......... Page 11
A Historical Quandary (Jefferson/Davies Land Patent) ......... Page 12
Where are all Our Cousins? ......... Page 13
Volume 2, No. 1, Winter 1998
Plans Materializing for the 1998 Davies Reunion ......... Page 1
An Initial Biography of Nicholas Davies – Continued ......... Page 1
Special Thanks (Acknowledging the Contribution of Genealogical Material) ......... Page 20
In Loving Memory of “William A. Davis” ......... Page 20
In Loving Memory of “Mary E. (nee Davies) Chope” ......... Page 20
A Family Directory is in the Works ......... Page 20
Volume 2, No. 2, April 1998
Plans for the First Davies Family Reunion Advance - Page 1
Introducing an English Cousin – Philip Ballard ......... Page 2
A Biography of Henry Landon Davies – Only Son of Nicholas Davies ......... Page 2
“Old Nick” – Now and in the Future ......... Page 4
Special Appreciation (Acknowledging Contributions of Information) ......... Page 5
Volume 2, No. 3, July 1998
Urgent---Do Not Delay Finalizing Your Plans to Attend the Davies Reunion in August ......... Page 1
Nicholas Clayton Davies – A Member of the Third Generation In Virginia ......... Page 2
We are Not the First (Article about a prior Davies Reunion in Circa 1952) - Page 5
Still Seeking Biographies for Inclusion in Future Editions of “Old Nick” ......... Page 6
Volume 2, No. 4, October 1998
The Davies Reunion of 1998 was a Success ......... Page 1
What is the Future of the Davies Family Organization? - Page 4
We Would Like to Introduce You to Cousin Clyde Tinsley Davies ......... Page 5
Francis Davies of Ludlow, England (1741 to 1828) ......... Page 6
Queries ......... Page 7
Correction to the Biography of Nicholas Davies, Progenitor of the Davies Family in Virginia ......... Page 7
Coming Attractions ......... Page 7
Biographical Questionnaire ......... Page 8
Volume 3, No. 1, January 1999
Davies Research and Organizational Update ......... Page 1
The Old Davies Cemetery (Vault Hill)
In Appreciation (Financial Contributions)
Davies Reunion T-Shirts
Family Biographies & Autobiographies
Descendants of Henry Landon Davies of Virginia
Davies Family Directory
In Loving Memory of Rose Anne (nee Lopez) Kirby ......... Page 2
Profile of Mary Margaret (nee Davis) Shelton ......... Page 2
The Gallant 2nd Virginia Cavalry ......... Page 4
Season’s Greetings & Happy New Year ......... Page 7
Queries ......... Page 7
Volume 3, No. 2, March 1999
A Second Davies Royal Line ......... Page 1
The Life and Times of Gynger Cook ......... Page 2
Revisiting the 2nd Virginia Cavalry & the Two Rodericks ......... Page 4
Davies Research and Organizational Update - Page 5
Family Biographies and/or Autobiographies
Davies Family Directory
The Old Davies Cemetery (Vault Hill)
The Davies-Jefferson Land Deal
English Origins of the Davies Family
Queries -Page 6
Volume 3, No. 3, June 1999
Thomas Jefferson’s Letter to Nicholas Davies ......... Page 1
(Jefferson Offers Advice to Davies Regarding His Will)
Profile of a Cousin: Mary Regina Scott ......... Page 3
The Davies Family Directory Can Now Be Ordered ......... Page 4
The Old Davies Cemetery – Vault Hill - Found ......... Page 5
Help Put the Davies Puzzle Together ......... Page 5
The Hill Connection ......... Page 6
In Loving Memory of Paul Hoffmaster ......... Page 6
Planning the Next Davies Family Reunion ......... Page 7
The Isleham Angel and Our Peyton Ancestors ......... Page 7
“Alcaston” – The Estate of William Nesse ......... Page 8
Volume 3, No. 4, September 1999
Organizational Update - Page 1
Family Outreach
Archeological Field Trip to “Vault Hill”
A Name for the Davies Family Organization
Meet Cousin Ralph Lee Davies Bryant ......... Page 2
Update on Davies-Hill Research ......... Page 3
Dr. Harold Winston Burnette, a Cousin with Clay Family Connections ......... Page 4
The Will of Mary (nee Nesse) Hill of Alcaston, 1676 - Page 5
New Members - Page 5
Queries - Page 6
Volume 4, No. 1, January 2000
Season’s Greetings from the Davies Organization as it Heralds in the 21st Century with Some Exciting Plans - Page 1
Plans for the Next Family Reunion
Contributions Received
New Members
Vault Hill Cemetery
Organizing a Group Tour of England is Being Explored
An Index of “Old Nick” will be Prepared & Available in Early 2001
A Letter of Appreciation from the Amherst County Historical Museum
“The Descendants of Nicholas Davies of ‘Pebbleton’ Will Soon be Available.
In Search of Old Nick – The Birth Dates & Places of Old Nick and His Father Remain Elusive ......... Page 3
Cousin Robert William Chope – An Autobiography ......... Page 5
The Ancient Davies Home Place in Richard’s Castle ......... Page 8
A Brief Review of the Whiting Question ......... Page 9
Final Notes ......... Page 10
- Davies Web Site
- Future Articles and Family Biographies
Volume 4, No. 2, March 2000
Organizational News ......... Page 1
“The Davies Family of Virginia: Nicholas Davies of Pebbleton” by James D. Boyle Can Now be Ordered
Our Organization Has a New Name
New Members
Should We Help Preserve the “Bury”?
Contributions Received
Cousin Thomas D. Barrow, Ph.D. ......... Page 2
In Loving Memory of Ralph Lee Davies Bryant ......... Page 7
Major Henry Whiting, MD – A Profile of a Rebel ......... Page 7
Volume 4, No, 3, June 2000
Organizational News - Page 1
It is Still Not Too Late to Purchase Your Copy of the Davies Family of Virginia: “Nicholas Davies of Pebbleton”
New Members
Cousin Mary Cunningham Has Moved
Contributions Received to Support the “Davies of Pebbleton”
Autobiographies and Biographies of Family Members
Planning for the 2001 Family Reunion Must Begin Now!
A New Look for “Old Nick”
Biography of Cousin Lee Thurston Carleton ......... Page 3
Sir Jasper Clayton – Haberdasher ......... Page 4
Volume 4, No. 4, September 2000
Organizational News ......... Page 1
- In Memory of Sally Hughes Lee & Frank Pickard, Jr.
- Reunion 2001 is Moving Ahead
- Congratulations! (Brock Shelton Graduates High School)
- Vault Hill Cemetery – Davies or Tyler?
Meet Cousin Gordon Irving Scott ......... Page 2
Sir John Clayton – Lawyer, Cavalier & Scientist ......... Page 4
Davies Reunion 2001 Survey of Interest ......... Page 8
Volume 5, No. 1, January 2001
Organizational News ......... Page 1
Gordon Irving Scott’s Death Notice
Davies Reunion 2001
Other Family News
Meet Cousin John Thompson Boyle - Page 2
Some Additional News ......... Page 4
“Old Nick” Will be Listed in the Genealogical Periodical Annual Index
Looking for Cousin Kenneth King
Davies-Clay Connection ......... Page 5
John Clayton, Esq. – Settler in Virginia ......... Page 7
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year ......... Page 10
Volume 5, No. 2, March 2001
Organizational News - Page 1
Davies Reunion 2001
Contributions
Other Family News
Congratulations to William & Virginia Lawson on Their 50th Wedding Anniversary
Reminder (Submission of family news items)
Congratulations and Best Wishes to Mary M. Davies on Her Wedding ......... Page 2
Davies-Clay Connections – A Shared Heritage - Page 3
John Clayton – A Forgotten Great American, Part I ......... Page 6
In Loving Memory of Lisa (nee Bradford) Davies ......... Page 12
Help Identify “Anne Davies” from a 1932 Photograph ......... Page 12
Volume 5, No. 3, June 2001
Organizational News ......... Page 1
Davies Family Reunion August 2001
Contributions
New Members
Biographies & Autobiographies
Visits With Kathleen, Daughter of Anne Cornelia Davies Browning (1861-1938) ......... Page 2
John Clayton – A Forgotten Great American Part II - Page 7
The “Roane Family”: Lost Davies Branch ......... Page 11
There is Still Time (2001 Davies Reunion) ......... Page 12
Volume 5, No. 4, September 2001
Organizational News ......... Page 1
Davies Family of Pebbleton’s 2001 Reunion in Lynchburg, Virginia
Reunion 2001 in Photographs ......... Page 3
In Loving Memory of Margaret J. Ballard ......... Page 6
Letter from Elizabeth Meriwether to Anne Hunt (April 1861) ......... Page 7
The Ancestral Crawford Home is in Jeopardy ......... Page 11
Your Participation is Requested ......... Page 12
Volume 6, No. 1, January 2002
Organizational News - Page 1
Reflections on Recent Events
Update on Plans for Future Organizational Activities
Elizabeth Brueggman has a New Address
Welcome New Member Betty Adams
Cousin Dave Boyle Continues to Update Family Directory
John Clay and Family ......... Page 2
Season’s Greetings ......... Page 8
Volume 6, No. 2, March 2002
Organizational News - Page 1
Contributions Received
Davies Family Directory
Family Stories Needed for Publication
Future Organizational Activities
Plans for the Next Davies Reunion
Introducing Cousin Jean Killhour Akers, RIA - Page 2
The Life of Whiting Davies ......... Page 3
A Brief Overview of Davies-Meriwether Connections ......... Page 5
Volume 6, No. 3, June 2002
Organizational News ......... Page 1
Contributions Received
The Life of Whiting Davies – A Correction
Family Stories Needed for Publication
Developing Plans for Family Trip to England
Tusculum and Vault Hill
Cousin Louis Sell’s Book "Slobodan Milosevic and the Destruction of Yugoslavia"
Cousin James D. Boyle, MD ......... Page 3
Welcome to a New Branch of the Davies Family
Descendants of Addison Meriwether Davies ......... Page 5
Volume 6, No. 4, September 2002
Organizational News ......... Page 1
Contributions
New Members
Other Family News
Pilgrimage to England
Tusculum Update
Clarification – Descendants of Addison M. Davies
The Family is Growing: Welcome Charles Davies Frank
Planning the Town of Bethel, Part I ......... Page 3
Echoes from Our Past: A Letter Written by Dr. Howell Davies ......... Page 4
The Search for the Origins of Old Nick Continues ......... Page 6
Before Pebbleton there was “The Bury” ......... Page 8
Volume 7, No. 1, January 2003
Organizational News ......... Page 1
Congratulations to Anne Glover on Her Wedding
Continuing on with the Development of Bethel, Part II ......... Page 2
An Exploration of Our Clayton Origins ......... Page 3
Best Wishes for the Holidays ......... Page 5
Corrections to the Transcript of the Dr. Howell Davies Letter ......... Page 6
Volume 7, No. 2, March 2003
Organizational News ......... Page 1
Personal News
Questionnaire
Family Biographies
Davies Web Site
The History of Bethel, Part II ......... Page 2
Arthur Landon Davies Gloucester County Clerk of Court ......... Page 4
A Davies Visits the Gold Rush, 1849 ......... Page 5
Volume 7, No. 3, June 2003
Organizational News ......... Page 1
In Memory of Maria Louise Jackson
In Memory of Sidney Lee Sherrill
In Memory of Alva Earline Vernor
Results of the 2003 Questionnaire
Contributions Received
Dr. Benjamin Taliaferro Davies Moves West ......... Page 2
A History of Bethel – Salt Creek, Part IV ......... Page 3
A Letter Written by Nicholas Davies (2 February 1771) ......... Page 6
Volume 7, No. 4. September 2003
Organizational News ......... Page 1
In Memory of William (Bill) Meriwether Williams
Contributions Received
Update Regarding the Family Organization of 2003
Welcome a New Member
Corrections to Vol. 7, No. 3, Dr, Benjamin T. Davies Moves West
& A Letter Written by Nicholas Davies ......... Page 2
Davies versus Davis – A Dispute on the Frontier ......... Page 2
On Outline History of the Town of Salt Creek, Part V ......... Page 6
Volume 8, No. 1, January 2004
Organizational News ......... Page 1
Cousin on the Move (William Tinsley & John Rucker, Jr.)
Another Davies-Davis Connection Revealed
Your Assistance is Needed and Appreciated
Meet Cousin William Griffith Tinsley ......... Page 2
An Outline History of Salt Creek or Bethel – Conclusion, Part VI ......... Page 5
More to See of “The Bury” ......... Page 8
Volume 8, No. 2, March 2003
Organizational News - Page 1
Contributions Received
Help Find a Missing Cousin, Claude Cassidy
Plans for a Third Davies Reunion
Old Nick Davies in Bedford County (1754-1794) ......... Page 2
George Samuel Davies (1898-1978) ......... Page 8
Volume 8, No. 3, June 2003
Organizational News ......... Page 1
The Next Davies Reunion
New Members
The Old Davies Cemetery Known as “Vault Hill”
Contributions
Congratulations to Cousin Linda Jean DeRosa
A Stage Line, a School and Henry Landon Davies ......... Page 2
The Unsinkable Lucy Nettie Thompson ......... Page 4
Volume 8, No. 4, September 2004
Organizational News ......... Page 1
The Next Davies Reunion
Contributions
New Member
William Griffith Tinsley’s Death
Legacy of the Davis Family, Part I ......... Page 3
Tamerlane Davies Petitions the Courts to Stop the Construction of a Ferry ......... Page 7
Volume 9, No. 1, January 2005
Organizational News ......... Page 1
Contributions
Reunion Status
Correction to the Transcript of the Tamerlane Davies
Davies Petition Article
Can You Help Us Find Lost Cousins?
The Saving of Tusculum
Cousin Frank Nelson Tinsley & His Family ......... Page 2
Progress at “Vault Hill” ......... Page 5
Some Thoughts from the Editor ......... Page 7
Volume 9, No. 2, April 2005
Organizational News ......... Page 1
Contributions
Membership
Family News
Family Reunion
Tusculum Update ......... Page 3
Legacy of the Davis Family, Part II ......... Page 4
In Memory of William G. Killhour ......... Page 6
Volume 9, No. 3, July 2005
Organizational News ......... Page 1
Contributions
Membership
Tusculum Update
Vault Hill Cemetery
Autobiographies-Biographies
Correction – April 2005 Tusculum Article
Civil War Letters from John Franklin Davies ......... Page 2
Letters of John Peyton Relating to the “Essex Conspiracy” ......... Page 4
Proof that Vault Hill Cemetery Belongs to the Davies Family ......... Page 6
End Notes ......... Page 9
Volume 9, No. 4, September 2005
Organizational News ......... Page 1
Hurricane Katrina
Contributions
Membership
Revisiting Landownership Records of Nicholas Davies
Mary Ann (nee Boyle) Allen (11/4/1927-6/19/2005)
Alexander Kossiakoff, Ph.D. (1913-2005)
Samuel Emmett Davis, Jr. (8/18/1925-8/30/2005)
Vault Hill Cemetery Update ......... Page 5
Cousin Cecil Wayne Davies ......... Page 6
Vault Hill Cemetery – Additional Information ......... Page 7
Volume 10, No. 1, January 2006
Organizational News ......... Page 1
Contributions
The Davies of Pebbleton Web Site
Note About the Future Publication of the Newsletter
Tusculum
Membership
Cousin Mary Ellen Cunningham ......... Page 3
New Information on the Family Line of Lucinda Davies (1861-1899) ......... Page 5
Legacy of the Davis Family – Part III ......... Page 6
Best Wishes for a Happy New Year ......... Page 8
Volume 10, No. 2, April 2006
Organizational News ......... Page 1
Contributions
Correction to Web Site Address
Tusculum Update
Editor’s Message
Genealogical Sketch of the Barrow-Davies Family ......... Page 2
Legacy of the Davis Family – Part IV ......... Page 4
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