Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-06-01
commanded IN tho frat English settlement


OF tho United States IN 1910 and thu case
mates Of whose prison looked out upon
the grave OF HE adventurous ancestor.
Captain James Davis, in James City county.
opposite the fort. Another remarkable
coincidence Is that Samuel DAVIS, the
father Of Jefferson DAVIS. returned from
the Revolutionary war. as - stated IN his
biography, with his home wreek--it
was n home no more. with oil his movable
property scattered" Similar hard conGi-
tons. only teutold worse. attended his
illustrious son. jefferson DAVIS. who. when
he emerged from tue great war between tho
States and from u prison cell found him.
self not only stripped Of oil his possess
sions, but loaded down with calumny and
bounded almost To the nour OF his death
by uureientiDg foes, whose malice seemed
without limit IN ITS ingenuity 10 torture
him. But as he himself calmly said amid
II all. Truth ~ mighty. and the princi-
pies for which stood arc eternal, and VIII
yot prevail"
stRGULsRLY APPROXIMATE.
The fuhlment OF this assertion mas ~:
ready come 10 pass, az since toe ueath OK
Mr.. Davis there has been a burst OF spon-
taneous admiration for him. Nearly every
southern state has We'd with each other
in the endeavOr 10 have his remains buried
within its limits. Even railroad companies
are connecting for the houor OF transport
ing them TO Redmond. whore they are
60 be finally laid. In harmony with
tho restlng-place OF bis ancestry.
birth. and all the circumstances OF
his latter days of official life. when
the whole North American Continent
was shaken from centre TO. clrcum-
ference, NJ 1t were, by the cause he repre-
sented. nothing could be more appropri-
ate that the removal OF his remains 10 the
capital of the COnfedeTacy and the state
IN which repCse the ashes OF bis ancestors.
whose adventurous spirit and daring
caused the first English settlement IN
America. which became the foundations
stone of the great American republic. tho
maintenance Of the purity OF which became
the cause OF jefferson Davis, the descend.
ant OF tho first yoyagers and pioneers OF
this country.
In further confirmation. James Davis
brought over the sea ito dwell IN the
colony between the years 1913 and 1901,
tour persons namely, George Cooke,
Rachel Davis his Wife, aud son Thomas,
and another name now unknown. IneY
arrived IN tho ship George. Nltnin ie|
years Of their landing, between 1862 ana
1865, Evan DAVIS received patent Tor
many acres of land IN Lancaster county,
Va, a ncighboring locality. This James
DAVIS was probably n brother or klnsman
of Evan. The appearance Of tho name OF
Cooke IL significant. a. Samuel DAVIS, the
father of Jefferson Davis. married alter
wards Jane Cooke. of South Carolina. Tho
probability IS that tho meeting OF Samuel
Davis aud Jane Cooke was no chance Ar
fair. but resulted from motives OF ahec-
ton. such as was likely to cNist between
kuspeople. as is We'll known IN tue bo-
ginning Of the colonization ct Nlr-
giun, the first corners caused -
bo brought over their relatives and
friends. This Jane Cooke WAS no
doubt the descendant ol George Cooke,
Who wa brought over through tho instru-
mentality of James Davis. Inc clannish-
ness of the early vIrHuiausis well known,
and even 10 tins dav n,a.iy every rgInian
is related To the other. and tho cou,inly
prefix there Is as common AS ls the military
prefix OF colOueln Georgia. Consequently
nothing would have boon more natural
and IN acc0rdlnce with the custom OF
tho times than for Samuel DAVIS 20 visit
his kiuspeOple or fCenl' the Cookies, ot
whom he had no douO. heard from ms
fathrr. Again, the Dlyisos and Hardins
OF tins family. who bad lntormarred, Re-
moved To Kentucky IN families, and tho
feeling of cou4auEuiuity again no, doubt
accounts tor the removal OF samuel DAVIS,
the father Of the Preside TO that state,
IN which no was born. Hardin county IL
named after this family CT ilardins mo
which the Daysss hal married N the MD
dio Of tho seventeenth century.