Guide to the John D. Davis Papers

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Guide to the John D. Davis Papers

Record Group 007

Date Span:  1783-2003 (bulk 1830-1950)

Extent:  0.75 cu. ft.  (26 Files)

Biographical Sketch:  Dr. John D. Davis (October 31, 1936 – June 14, 2011) was a resident of Dothan, born to the family of Dr. Dupree Davis and Mrs. Lottie Lee Davis.  After graduating from Auburn University and the UAB School of Dentistry, Dr. Davis practiced for 40 years, beginning a joint practice with his father.  In addition to being a licensed dentist, Davis was an ordained minister and licensed merchant mariner who served in the Coast Guard Reserve.  He was his extended family's historian as well as an avid historian and archaeologist of the Chattahoochee / Flynt / Apalachicola River Basin.

Scope / Content:  Documents the family history of the Derrick—Owen—Moody—Davis families as they lived in Charleston, SC, the Montgomery/Pike Co. area of Alabama, and Dothan, AL.  Contains plantation, slaveholding, and landholding records from the 19th century, a German-language Bible, Records of the Southeast Alabama Dental Society, various World War II era family papers, and two local newspapers commemorating significant events.

Organization:  Organized into 3 series: 

Series 1. SE AL Dental Society Records, 1937-1959, 1992 (1 File Folder)
Minutes of meetings and financial records of the Southeast Alabama Dental Society, 1937-1959 and 1922.

Series 2.  Family Papers, 1783—1945, 1963  (23 File Folders)
Personal and plantation records of the Derrick--Owen--Moody--Davis families of Montgomery or Pike Co., AL (1783-1946);  Old and New Testaments in German Bible used by David Derrick to preach to German congregation in Charleston when he rode circuit in mid-19th century.  WW2 materials:  RAF pilot's bible; letters from RAF trainee (also named John Davis) at Napier Field to Davis family in Dothan; Davis family ration book

Series 3. Newspapers, 1945.  2 issues
Dothan Eagle of May 7, 1945; Special War History Section, Mont. Advertiser of Oct 21, 1945.

Provenance:  Records of the SE AL Dental Society came to Dr. John D. Davis from his father, a dentist in Dothan.  Plantation and family records came to Dr. Davis by way of his great uncle, George Clyde Davis, via the latter's will.  Davis's mother provided the World War 2 materials.

Processing Note:  Collection came to the Wiregrass Archives in 2 accessions:  007-08-0627;  007-08-0712;

Preferred Citation:  John D. Davis Papers, RG 007, The Wiregrass Archives, ÁùºÏ±¦µä Dothan Campus, Dothan, AL.

Date processed:   2008
Processed By: TB, HDMc

INVENTORY

Series 1:  SE AL Dental Society Records, 1937-1959, 1992;  1 File Folder

File I.D.

  

File Label

007

08-0627

001

001

  

Southeast Alabama Dental Society –

Financial Statements, [1938 - 1957, 1992];

Meeting Minutes [1937-1957,1959, 1992]

 

Series 2:  Family Papers, 1783—1945, 1963;  23 File Folders
Personal and plantation records of the Derrick--Owen--Moody--Davis families of Montgomery or Pike Co., AL (1783-1946);  Old and new Testaments in German Bible used by David Derrick to preach to German congregation in Charleston when he rode circuit in mid-19th century.  WW2 materials:  RAF pilot's bible; letters from RAF trainee (also named John Davis) at Napier Field to Davis family in Dothan; Davis family ration book.

Plantation records arranged by Davis in three-ring binders, labeled by volume number.

File I.D.   File Label
007 08-0627 001 001   Southeast Alabama Dental Society - Financial Statements, [1938 - 1957, 1992] and Meeting Minutes [1937-1957,1959, 1992]
007 08-0627 001 002   Moody and Derrick Miscellaneous Papers [V.1] [1833 - 1834, 1836 - 1840, 1844 - 1845, 1848, 1872, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1881, 1883] 
007 08-0627 001 003   Receipts Miscellaneous - Owen Land Black Leather Wallet [V.2B] [n.d.]
007 08-0627 001 004   Records for Slaves and Household Accounts [V.2B] [1783, 1850, 1855, 1858, 1860 - 1862, 1865 - 1871, 1873 - 1875, 1879 - 1881, 1885 - 1886, 1892, 1901, 1903 - 1904, 1910]
007 08-0627 001 005   Land Deeds [V.2B] [1831 - 1832, 1834 - 1835, 1850 - 1851, 1865, 1873, 1886, 1972, 1974, 1979]
007 08-0627 001 006   Receipts Miscellaneous - Owens [V.2B] [1848, 1850, 1859, 1861, 1863, 1866 - 1870, 1872 - 1874, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1882 - 1883, 1885, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1894 - 1896, 1904, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1955, 1933]
007 08-0627 001 007   Notes and Other Legal Instruments [V.3.] [1863, 1868, 1873, 1875 - 1879, 1886 - 1892, 1895, 1899 - 1904, 1906 - 1907, 1913 - 1918]
007 08-0627 001 008   Cotton Receipts [V.4] [1868 - 1872, 1874, 1876, 1880, 1883, 1888 - 1890, 1892 - 1893, 1897 - 1898, 1904, 1907, 1909, 1912 - 1913, 1915, 1927 - 1938]
007 08-0627 001 009   Owen Sister - Miscellaneous Papers [V.4] [1919 - 1920]
007 08-0627 001 010   Railroad Receipts (C.H. Owen) [V.4] [1862 - 1872]
007 08-0627 001 011   School Receipts [V.4] [1861 - 1863, 1866 - 1867, 1875]
007 08-0627 001 012   Returned List [V.5] [ 1877 - 1880, 1884, 1890 - 1894, 1900, 1902]
007 08-0627 001 013   Tax Receipts [V.7] [1833 - 1835, 1843 - 1847, 1849 - 1852, 1854 - 1856, 1858 - 1859, 1861 - 1863, 1866 - 1867, 1869 - 1873, 1875 - 1877, 1880, 1882 - 1883, 1885, 1891 - 1894, 1901 - 1905, 1908 - 1910, 1912 - 1916, 1918, 1922 - 1942]
007 08-0627 001 014   Tax Receipts [1933 - 1942] and Wallet and Contents [1939 - 1940, 1945 - 1946] [V.7]
007 08-0627 001 015   Confederate Currency [1864] [V.7], Currency [1918] [V.9] File located in vault
007 08-0627 002 001   Owen Sister Miscellaneous Papers [V.8] [1891, 1904, 1907 - 1908, 1910, 1912 - 1915, 1919 - 1920, 1922 - 1923, 1928 - 1929, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1945]
007 08-0627 002 002   Paper Fragments and Letters [V.9] [ 1847, 1859 - 1865, 1868, 1880, 1891 - 1892, 1897, 1902, 1907 - 1908, 1910 - 1914, 1916 - 1917]
007 08-0627 MD8 001   Account Records, Property Deeds [V.2] [ 1844, 1851, 1859]
007 08-0627 MD8 002   Returned Lists [V.6] [1872 - 1926], Montgomery County Map 1963
007 08-0627 MD8 003   Returned Lists [V.6] [1927 - 1943, 1946]
007 08-0712 001 001   Correspondence to Dr. Dupree and Lottie Lee Davis [1940 - 1946]
007 08-0712 001 002   War Ration Books for John Dupree Davis, Lottie Lee Davis, and Dupree Davis [1943]
007 08-0712 001 003   Bible - New Testament Partial John Davis [September 15, 1939]
007 08-0712 001 004   19th Century German Bibles

 

Series 3:  Newspapers, 1945.  2 issues

File ID

  

File Label

007

08-0712

MD8

001

  

The Dothan Eagle [May 7th, 1945]

Montgomery Advertiser [October 21, 1945]
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