Birth and death dates from the Davis family Bible in the possession of Alma Gray Durham Mitchell.

1870 U.S. Census for Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 1623, Family 1623
Davis, Samuel, 49, boot and shoe maker, $500 real estate, $125 personal estate, born in Virginia
Davis, Francis, 28, keeping house, born in Virginia
Davis, Madison, 6, at home, born in Virginia
Davis, Warren, 4, at home, born in Virginia
Davis, Cora, 2, at home, born in Virginia

1880 U.S. Census for Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 256, Family 256, Chapel Grove election precinct
Davis, Saml, white, male, 58, married, cordwainer
Davis, Frances C., white female, 41, wife, married, keeping house
Davis, Maddison, white, male, 16, son, single, works on farm
Davis, Warren, white, male, 14, son, single, works on farm, in school
Davis, Cora, white, female, 12, daughter, single, at home, in school
Davis, Robt S., white, male, 9, son, single, at home, in school
Davis, Joe, white, male, 7, son, single, at home, in school
Davis, E. E., white, male, 4, son, single, at home
Davis, Cecilia, white, female, 2, daughter, at home
Everyone was born in Virginia. E. E. and Cecilia are unable to read; E. E., Cecilia, Joe and Robert are unable to write.

A deed was made on 18 March 1895 between F. C. Davis, R. S. Davis, Joseph Davis and Emma Davis his wife, Cora Davis, C. Celia Davis and C. P. Taylor of the first part, and John Waller Jones of the second part, all of Essex County. The parties of the first part for $250 sell 35 acres in the Rappahannock District bounded on the north by Richard Bayton, on the west by R. C. Brizendine, on the south by the estate of Samuel Davis and on the east by the road leading to Wright and Brizendine’s grist mill. Signed F. C. Davis, R. S. Davis, Joseph Davis, Emma Davis, Cora Davis, C. Celia Davis, and C. P. Taylor. Recorded 5 January 1899. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 59, pages 274-275.]

The marriage of C. T. Durham and Cora E. Davis was recorded on 3 March 1897 in Essex County, Virginia. He was 30, single, born in Essex County and living there, and was a farmer. She was 28, single, born in Essex County and living there. The parents were Th. Durham and Louisa C. Durham, and Samuel Davis and Frances Dunn. W. B. Jett performed the ceremony. [Essex County Marriage Register Book 1, page 125.]

A deed was made of 2 August 1899 between Robert S. Davis and Lucile Davis his wife, Celia A. Mitchell who was Celia A. Davis, John R. Mitchell her husband, Cora E. Durham who was Cora E. Davis, and Charles T. Durham her husband, parties of the first part, and Joseph Davis, party of the second part, all of Essex County. For $180 the parties of the first part sell all of the interest that they acquired “as heirs at law of Samuel Davis deceased in a certain tract of land of which the said Samuel Davis died seized and possessed situated and lying in Rappahannock Magisterial District Essex County Virginia, on the main county road leading from Dunnsville to Center Cross, and adjoining the lands of Richard Bayton, Austin Brizendine & James Southard this being the same tract of land conveyed to Samuel Davis by deed from Thomas Croxton & Muscoe Garnett Commissioners having date on the 20th day of November 1869, and of record in the clerks office of Essex County court Deed Book 52 page 233, less 9 acres 2 roods [sic] & 36 poles conveyed by Samuel Davis to J. R. Southard by deed bearing date the 21 day of March 1885.” Signed R. S. Davis, Celia A. Mitchell, J. R. Mitchell, Cora E. Durham, and Charles T. Durham. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 59, page 428.]

1900 U.S. Census for Essex County, Virginia
Rappahannock District, household 245
Durham, Charles T., b. May 1866, farmer, rents, farm schedule 236
Durham, Cora E., b. Apr 1868, had 2 children of which 1 survive
Durham, Thomas S., b. Dec 1898

1910 U.S. Census for Essex County, Virginia:
Rappahannock District, Dwelling 119, Household 119
Durham, Charlie T., 43, first marriage, 12 years present marriage, farmer on general farm, rented, farm schedule 102
Durham, Cora E., 42
Durham, Thomas S., 11, in school
Durham, Watson R., 7, in school
Durham, Fannie L. 4
They lived on the road from Wright to Bestland Bridge.

1920 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Rappahannock District, Dwelling No. 203, Family No. 213, farm
Enumerated on 23 February 1920
Durham, Charlie T., head, owned free, 53, born in Virginia, farmer, general farm, own account
Durham, Cora E., wife, 51, born in Virginia
Durham, Thomas S., son, 21, born in Virginia
Durham, Robert W., son, 17, born in Virginia
Durham, Frances L., daughter, 14, in school, born in Virginia
Durham, Charlie E., son, 7, in school, born in Virginia

1930 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Rappahannock District, Enumeration District 29-6, Sheet 6B (253)
Dwelling 135, Family 139
Durham, Charles T., head, owner, lives on farm, male, white, 64, married, age at first marriage 32, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, farmer on general farm, works on own account, at work previous work day, not a veteran
Durham, Cora, wife, female, white, 62, married, age at first marriage 30, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation
Durham, Charles E., son, male, white, 18, single, in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation

On 15 November 1958, Cora Elizabeth Durham died at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, where she had been for five days. She was a usual resident of Howertons, Essex County, Virginia; female; white; married; born 27 April 1868; age 90 years, 6 months, 19 days; occupation housewife; born in Virginia; citizen of USA; father was Samuel Davis; mother was Catherine Dunn; husband was Charles T. Durham; informant hospital records; cause of death cerebral vascular accident due to pneumonia due to essential hypertension; burial on 17 November 1958 at Essex [Cemetery], Tappahannock, Virginia. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Death 27693.]

Her death date is provided by her tombstone. She is buried with her husband Charles.