...............................Daveiss

Daveiss is a spelling that gr-gr-gr-gr-grandmother "Peggy"decided suited her better. Her father's name was
Joseph Davis, his father was James Davis and his father Robert Davis. The line coninues back towards Chief Powhatan.

 Margaret Daveiss (Hess)

b. February 22, 1769, Rockbridge Co., Virginia
married William Hess, April 8, 1790
ten children - complete list of names not available
d. October, 1861 in Trent, TN.

wwMargaret Daveiss Hess lived ninety-two years, a long and eventful life spanning the American Revolution, the War of 1812 and the start of the Civil War.
wwShe met three future presidents in her lifetime; George Washington, James Polk and Andrew Jackson.
wwShe came to Kentucky in 1779 with an expedition lead by Daniel Boone and in the early 1800's she became the first woman in the new United States to argue a law case in court.
Robert Woehler, her gr-gr-gr-gr-grandson has rewritten a story about Margaret's life. First written by Lillian Gardner of Memphis, TN., in 1957 to commemorate a marker placed over Margaret Daveiss Hess's grave. Mrs. Gardiner is a gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of Mrs. Daveiss.

Margaret Daveiss "Falls For" General George Washington
An excerpt from R. Woehler's story on Margaret Daveiss Hess

www"Is he coming yet, can you see him," six year old Peggy Davis said, as she strained to look down the tree lined dirt road that ran past her rustic Rockridge County, Virginia house.
wwwGeorge Washington was coming! He was en route to Philadelphia in the spring of 1775 to offer himself as commander in chief of the new Continental army that was to fight the British for America's independence.
wwwPeggy was standing on the porch of the rough sawed wood siding home that her father Joseph Davis built. Davis was a lieutenant in the Virginia Militia that would join Washington later in the fight for independence.
wwwBut she couldn't see, there were too many trees in the way so she hitched up the voluminous skirts she was wearing and as lady-like as possible, ran to the picket fence that enclosed the modest yard in front of the house.
wwwLittle Peggy, as Margaret was called then, didn't want to miss her chance to get a glimpse of the famous general.
wwwThen she saw him riding tall on a dapple gray horse looking so splendid in his blue and red uniform he had used in the French and Indian War a few yeas earlier.
www"I can't see, I can't see well enough," said the six year old as she looked for a better vantage point and started to climb up on the picket fence just as Washington and his horse came abreast of her precarious perch.
wwwThen it happened...........................................

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