Davenport, George

Born: 1783-XX-XX North Carolina

Died: 1845-02-04 Sangamon County, Illinois

Flourished: 1819-1845 Sangamon County, Illinois

Alternate name: Devanport

Davenport was married and widowed in North Carolina. He moved with one child to Casey County, Kentucky. There, in December 1809, he married Winney Clifton, with whom he would have nine children. In the fall of 1819, Davenport moved his family to Illinois and settled on Spring Creek in Sangamon County.

John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876), 244-45; Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, 9 December 1809, Casey County (Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2016); Gravestone, Morgan Cemetery, Farmingdale, IL.