1.  Kirk Bentley Barb.  1971.  "Extract from Genealogy of Jefferson Davis."  Appendix III, pp. 488-508 in Papers of Jefferson Davis, Volume 1, 1808-1840.  Haskell M. Monroe, Jr., and James T. McIntosh, eds.  Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge.  [Rev. ed. 1991 not seen.]

2.  Will of Evan Davis, Sr., 1743, in which he names his children. 

3.  Indenture, 1762, in which William Davis buys out his siblings' interests in land inherited from their father. 

4.  Indenture, 1767, in which William Davis sells the land acquired from his siblings in 1762 to Reuben Haines. 

5.  Will of William Davis, 1764, in which he names his wife, but no children. 

6.  Will of Christiana Davis, 1772, in which she name in-laws, but no children. 

7.  Haskell M. Monroe., Jr. & James T. McIntosh, eds.  1971.  "Genealogy of the Davis Family."  Appendix IV, pp. 505-529 in Papers of Jefferson Davis, Volume 1, 1808-1840.  Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge.  [Rev. ed. of 1991 not seen.]

8.  Ernesto Caldeira.  1983.  "Davis Family Genealogy."  Appendix II, pp. 402-416 in Papers of Jefferson Davis, Volume 4, 1849-1852.  Linda Lasswell Christ, Mary Seaton Dix, and Richard E. Beringer, eds.  Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge.

9.  Genealogy of the Davis Family at Rice University.