Arabella Burchfield

1812 - 1882  (70 years)   Has 14 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Arabella Burchfield
  Birth	7 Jan 1812	Burke Co, NC (now McDowell Co, NC)
  Gender	Female
  _UID	AEDF888DD2DAD4118AC4444553540000B186
  Death	28 May 1882	Cades Cove, Blount Co, TN
  Burial	Calderwood Cem, Blount Co, TN
  Person ID	I5902	Marty and Karla Grant
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Robert Burchfield,   b. 1773/1774, NC d. Aft 1860, Blount Co, TN (Age > 87 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Hill,   b. 1776   d. Bef 1840, Blount Co, TN (Age < 63 years)
  Marriage	1800/1810	Burke Co, NC (now McDowell Co, NC)
  _UID	3D9EFDFA5F49B54AAB56101855A588D9FD93
  Family ID	F564	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas Davis,   b. 1804/1805, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1880, Graham Co, NC (Age > 76 years)
  Marriage	9 Nov 1830	Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
  _UID	BF6CBAF47EE2984281250EB60D01753D3DFF
  Children	1. William Davis,   b. Feb 1831, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1910, Osage Co, OK (Age > 80 years)   2. Louisa E Davis,   b. Jan 1833, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 20 May 1919, Altus, Jackson Co, OK (Age 86 years)   3. Nancy Evaline Davis,   b. 1834/1835, Blount Co, TN d. 1908, Blount Co, TN (Age 73 years)   4. Jacob Davis,   b. 11 Jul 1838, Blount Co, TN d. 12 Apr 1917, Cherokee Co, NC (Age 78 years)   5. John R Davis,   b. 18 Dec 1840, Blount Co, TN d. 24 Jun 1928, Putnam Co, GA (Age 87 years)   6. Frances Jane Davis,   b. 19 Aug 1843, Blount Co, TN d. 5 Aug 1911, Swain Co, NC (Age 67 years)   7. Albert Burton Davis,   b. 1845/1846, Blount Co, TN d. Aft 1880, Blount Co, TN (Age > 35 years)   8. Amanda Davis,   b. 7 Jul 1849, Cherokee Co, NC (now Graham Co, NC) d. 1891, Blount Co, TN (Age 41 years)   9. George W Davis,   b. Feb 1852, Cherokee Co, NC (now Graham Co, NC) d. 1931, Graham Co, NC (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F3933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2026

  
  

• Notes

  !NOTES:Marty Grant's 4th Great Grand Aunt, by marriage.; !REFERENCE: http://www.martygrant.com/ http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/davis/ !CENSUS:1820; !CENSUS:1830; !MARRIAGE: 9 Nov 1830 Burke Co., NC * Reported in newspaper, I can't find my source on this *; !CENSUS:1840 Blount Co., TN p. 95 Thomas Davis age 30-39 (1800/1810) 110001-11001 My analysis (who each person *might* be) 1m 30-39 (1800/1810) = Thomas Davis (c1805) 1m 5-9 (1835/1835) = William Davis (c1831) son 1m 0-4 (1835/1840) = Jacob Davis (c1837) son 1f 20-29 (1810/1820) = Arabella Burchfield Davis (c1812), wife 1f 5-9 (1835/1835) = Louisa Davis (1832) dau 1f 0-4 (1835/1840) = Nancy Evaline Davis (c1835) dau; !NOTES:Thomas and Arabella, along with his brother Jacob Davis, lived in the Cades Cove section of Blount County. There was also a John Davis who lived near them in 1840, relationship unknown.; !CENSUS:1850 Cherokee Co., NC # 952/952 Thomas Davis 45 Farmer $1000 NC Arabella 38 Louisa E. 17 William 19 Farmer Nancy 15 TN Jacob 13 John R. 10 Francis 7 f Albertie 4 m Amanda 1 NC; !CENSUS:1860 Polk Co., TN 6 District, Springfield? PO # 682/682 Thomas Davis 51(57?) Farmer $-/300 NC Erebel? 41 Nancy 23 John R. 19 Farm Laborer Burton 15 Manday 13 f G. W. 8 m; !CENSUS:1870 Blount Co., TN District No 17, Chilhowee PO # 16/16 Nancy Gormly 73 Keeping House $3000/100 NC William H. 14 Farm Laborer TN Abyrilla Davis 57 Keeping House $-/300 NC Thomas 65 Farmer NC Amanda 20 Geo W. 17 Jesse Bright 35 Retired Farmer VA; !CENSUS:1880 Graham Co., NC Cheowah # 68/68 Thos Davis Jr (sic) 75 M Farmer NC-VA-NC Avarilla 67 wife M Housekeeping NC-NC-NC George 26 son Div Farming TN-NC-NC Amanda 7 gr-dau at home TN-NC-TN; !NOTES:Someone told me that Arabella died of something contagious at Cades Cove, Blount Co., TN, and that is why they didn't bring her home to be buried by her husband, but buried her where she died. Unfortunately I don't recall who told me that. **;