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| Samuel Davis Born April 16, 1787 Died Sept 7, 1875 For more than thirty years he was a member of the Baptist Church, and died trusting in Jesus for eternal life. For him death had no terrors but was a welcome messenger of deliverance. "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace." Greensboro City Cemetery Greene County, Georgia |
Greensboro Herald (Georgia)
16 September 1875
Obituary.
Samuel Davis was born in Halifax Co., N.C., in April, 1787. Sometime in the year 1807 he left his father's home, and, unattended, came across the mountains into Georgia, making his way on foot to Greene Co., thus early displaying that energy and resolution which characterized his whole life.
He settled in Greensboro' in the year 1835, and by his sterling integrity and unswerving honesty he secured and retained to the day of his death, the respect and confidence of the entire community.
In 1845 he united with the Baptist Church, and for thirty years was a consistent member of the same.
For many months preceding his death, he was a sufferer, and longed most earnestly for the "Rest that remaineth to the people of God."
On the 7th of September he breathed his last, literally falling asleep in Jesus.
So fades a summer cloud away;
So sinks the gale when storms are o'er;
So gently shuts the eye of day;
So died a wave along the shore.
C.H.S.
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Samuel married Mary A. Gant in 1813. The couple had nine children.
It should also be noted that Samuel enslaved men, women, and children. Per the 1850 US Federal Census Slave Schedule for Greene County, Georgia, Samuel Davis stole labor, knowledge, and skills from 35 people ranging in age from 6 months to 60 years.
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