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Photographer: Bradley Owen
Taken: September 7, 2021
Caption: Grave Marker For Joseph Davisson
Additional Description: Joseph Davisson son of Andrew married to Mary Burns a cousin of Robert Burns the poet in 1773 they settled on 400 acres on Simpson Creek - the present site of Brigeport.

Joseph lived on the land and at the age of 22 volunteered in the Continental Army. He spent the dreadful winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge under the command of George Washington.

Back home he was an assessor of public lands and a Justice of the Peace prior to 1800. In 1811 he was High Sheriff of Harrison County, Virginia.
Submitted: September 14, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p610255
File Size: 1.077 Megabytes

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