Many trees I have checked show that Reuben Davis is the father of Samantha. She was born around 1817 and married first to William Simmons in 1837 and then Curry B. Dickson in 1838. A check of the 1830 census shows two females under 5 and one female 5-9. Samantha would have been 13 in 1830. Evidently she was not in this household when the census was taken. There does not appear to be a will for Reuben Davis. In 1998 an email from Jackie Horton states, “I believe Reubin is the father of Samantha because of Reubin’s probate records in Crawford County. For example Curry Dickson was named as guardian of the property of Paschal A. Davis and then is mentioned in other places in the court records …”
Who are the other children of Reuben Davis? How many men in Crawford County, Georgia, are named Reuben Davis? More work needs to be done for sure.
Family History Revisited 