1.  Jordan R. Dodd, ed.  1993.  KY, NC, TN, VA, WV Marriages:  Early to 1850.  Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):  not found.

2.  1800

3.  1810 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #33 of 40; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1810

KY

Fayette Co.

p. 841

Ln. 4

Davis James

02101-00101-01

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
2 males	10-15	1794-1800	=
1 male	16-25	1784-1794	=
1 male	45 or over	in or bef. 1765	= James (b. 1774/5)
1 female	16-25	1784-1794	=
1 female	45 or over	in or bef. 1765	= Jemima (b. 1778)
1 slave	all ages	in or bef. 1810	=

This is an older couple than our subjects, with the last of their children coming of age.

4.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1820 (Broderbund CD-314):  there was no census in Missouri Territory.  There were 30 James DAVISes in Kentucky, including a James E. DAVIS in Fayette County, but with a name this common, you really have to know where someone is before you can point to a census record and say it is a particular James DAVIS.

5.  1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #7 of 8; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):  there are 14 James DAVISes in Missouri, including two in Montogomery County, but this one is clearly out subject.

1830

MO

Montgomery Co.

Upper Loutre Twp.

pp. 214B-215A

Ln. 26

James Davis

011 040 010 - 001 200 010

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	5-9	1820-1825	= Daniel (b. 1821)
1 male	10-14	1815-1820	= Volney (b. 1815/6)
4 males	20-29	1800-1810	= Son C = Son B = John (b. 1801/2) = Son A
1 male	50-59	1770-1780	= James (b. 1774/5)
1 female	10-14	1815-1820	= Marcia (b. 1818/9)
2 females	15-19	1810-1815	= Daughter B = Daughter A
1 female	50-59	1770-1780	= Jemima (b. 1778)

Listed four lines below James ESTILL (future father-in-law of our subjects' son, Daniel), who is three lines below Samuel HAYS, who is five lines below James HAYS. 

6.  1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #3-4 of 13; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840

MO

Montgomery Co.

Dannelle Twp.

pp. 203B-204A

Ln. 16

James Davis

000 120 001 - 000 001 001

no slaves

0300000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	15-19	1820-1825	= Daniel (b. 1821)
2 males	20-29	1810-1820	= Volney (b. 1815/6) = Son C (b. 1800-10)
1 male	60-69	1770-1780	= James (b. 1774/5)
1 female	30-39	1800-1810	= Marcia? (b. 1818/9)
1 female	60-69	1770-1780	= Jemima (b. 1778)
3	persons employed in agriculture

Is that Marcia, in the wrong age class?  Listed six lines below Joshua DAVIS, who is eight lines below Thompson H. DAVIS; listed four lines above Ewing VANBIBER.  There were 30 James DAVISes in Missouri, but this record is the only one from Montgomery County.

7.  1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #75 of 106):  District No. 61, Montgomery Co., MO, p. 205A, 525/525, enumerated 28/30 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

James Davis	75	M		none		Penn
Volna	34	M		Farmer	240	Ky
Marcia	31	F				"
John	48	M		none		Mo	Insane
William Wirt	7	M				"

Living next door to James's son, Daniel Boone DAVIS. 

.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Pedigree Resource File (index to CDs, online at FamilySearch.org).

.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).