1840 U.S. Census, Westmoreland County, Virginia:
Davis, Saml S.
1 male 10-under 15 [Samuel Davis]
1 male 50-under 60 [Samuel Davis]
1 female 40-under 50 [Fanny Davis]
Free colored persons:
1 male under 10 [Ferdinado Figgett]
2 females 10-under 24 [Mary Figgett, Margaret Figgett]
Total 6 people
0 employed in agriculture, 2 in manufacture and trade

In April, 1844, Fanny Davis filed suit against her husband Samuel Davis: “To the Hon: Jno: Tayloe Lomax, judge of the Cirt Supr Court of law and chancery for the County of Westmoreland on the equity side thereof. Humbly complaining sheweth unto your honour, your complainant Fanny Davis of the said County by Joseph Davis her next friends, [sic] That your complainant is the lawful wife of one Samuel Davis of the said County, and as such, up to the happening of the circumstances which she is about to charge, had co-habitated with him for nearly 30 years. That although the said Saml Davis, has never been a very amiable or exemplary man in his domestic relations yet your complainant has never experienced from him till lately, any treatment which so grossly violated all the rules of decency and property, or which were so subversive of her peace and happiness, as to render it necessary to appeal to the authorities of the law for redress. That for many years, a certain mulatto girl by name Figgitt, has lived in the family of the said Davis, as a servant, and has been housed and reared there. That ever since this girl has attained the age of puberty, a sensible change has taken place in the conduct of the said Samuel Davis toward your complainant, induced as your complainant from such experience well knows and therefore charges, by a growing and improper intimacy between the said Samuel Davis and the said Figgett. That your oratrix has been compelled, to witness under her own roof, scenes, the consequences of this intimacy, which decency forbids her to detail to your honour, and she charges that while she yet lived in the house of her husband, the aforesd mulatto was delivered of a child, the fruit of adulterous intercourse with the said Samuel Davis. Your complainant further charges that the conduct of the said Samuel Davis, although already sufficiently outrageous, became still worse until at last violence was inflicted by him upon your Oratrix, and she was driven from her home, to make more room for the paramour of her husband and her offspring. That your Oratrix has been a homeless wanderer for more than a year, and but for the precarious subsistence afforded her by relatives who themselves are poor, she must have starved – That while your Oratrix has been thus compelled to suffer every privation, the said mulatto has remained under the roof of the said Samuel Davis, has shared his bed and board, and has again been delivered of a child. That the said Samuel Davis as your Oratrix is informed, so far from evincing any contrition glories in his depravity, acknowledges these bastards as his children and threatens to leave them his property to the exclusion of his sons by your complainant, and is still living in open adultery with the aforesaid prostitute. Your oratrix charges that the said Samuel Davis is possessed of a piece of land lying in the said County, has considerable personalty, and money which he either has by him, or has loaned out at interest. That he is a mechanic, and in the enjoyment of a considerable income for a man in his walk of life and capable of supporting his family in decency & much comfort. That your Oratrix is informed and advised that persons in her cimcumstances are entitled under the law of the land to aid of a court of equity — that this honble: court has the power to grant to your Oratrix a competent support out of the property of the said Saml Davis, and to compel him to pay the same. That the wishes of your Oratrix are moderate, and she would have been satisfied had the said Saml. Davis made a provision for her bare subsistence and clothing. All of which ailings and doings of the said Saml. Davis are contrary to equity and good conscience and tend to the manifest wrong and injury of your Oratrix in the premises. In tender consideration of all which, and for as much as your Oratrix is without remedy save in a court of equity where matters of this sort are properly cognizable and relievable, To the end therefore, that the said Saml. Davis may be made defendant to this bill, and make full true and perfect answer on oath to the allegations thereof as though they were severally repeated and he thereto ofically [sic] interrogated that he may be compelled to exhibit a true statement and account of his property and income, that your honour may decree to your Oratrix a competent and suitable maintenance to be paid her by the said Saml. Davis, that he may be compelled to find efficient surety to perform the order of your honour for the payment of the sum which your honour may decree or alimony for your Oratrix, and for such other and further relief in the premises as to your honour may seem fit, and the nature of the case may require, May it please your honour to grant to your Oratrix, the commonwealths writ of exec & &c—” [Loose Papers, Westmoreland County, Virginia.]

On 14 October 1844, Samuel Davis answer the bill against him by his wife Fanny Davis: “The answer of Samuel Davis to a bill exhibited against him in the circuit Supr court of law and chancery for Westmoreland County by Fanny Davis
This respondent reserving all benefit of exception to the bill of the complainant for answer thereunto, or to so much thereof as he is advised it is necessary for him to answer — says that the complainant is his wife, to whom he was lawfully married, and with whom he lived for nearly thirty years. that during the period that the complanant [sic] lived with this respondent, her wants were supplied with a liberality scarcely justified by the limited means of this respondent. Whilst this respondent admits that the relations subsisting between the complanant & himself were not the most harmonious & peaceful, he denies that he ever offered violence to her person or drove her from his home. Her separation from this respondent was voluntary on her part — and whilst this respondent has refused to contribute to her support whilst living from under his roof, he has offered, and is now and at all times willing to afford her all the comforts of his house, whenever she chosses to return to her home.
This respondent having answer begs to be dismissed with his costs &c” [Loose Papers, Westmoreland County, Virginia.]

On 14 October 1844, Samuel Davis filed answer to the bill exhibited against him by Fanny Davis by Joseph W L Davis her next friend. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, Chancery Order Book 1831–56, page 158.]

On 14 October 1846, in the case of Fanny Davis by Joseph W. L. Davis her next friend against Samuel Davis, by consent of the parties the plaintiffs bill was dismissed. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, Chancery Order Book 1831–56, page 196.]

1850 U.S. Census, Westmoreland County, Virginia:
Dwelling 423, Household 423
Saml Davis, 60, male, stone mason, $200 real estate, born in Virginia
Mary Figgett, 30 female, mulatto, born in Virginia
Ferdinado Figgett, 12, male, mulatto, born in Virginia
Margaret Figgett, 10, female, mulatto, born in Virginia
Dwelling 424, Household 424
Joseph Davis, 32, male, farmer, born in Virginia
Ann E. Davis, 25, female, born in Virginia
Warren H. Davis, 3, male, born in Virginia
Dandrige D. Davis, 1, male, born in Virginia
Samuel Davis, 28, male, born in Virginia
Fanny Davis, 60, female, born in Virginia, cannot read or write

1860 U.S. Census, Westmoreland County, Virginia
Eastern district, Kinsale post office, page 53
Dwelling 428, Family 429
Figet, F., 20, male, mulatto, laborer, born in Virginia [Ferdinando]
Figet, M., 32, female, mulatto, laborer, born in Virginia [Mary]
Figet, M., 15, female, mulatto, laborer, born in Virginia [Margaret]
Figet, M., 4, female, mulatto, born in Virginia

1870 U.S. Census, Westmoreland County, Virginia
Dwelling 682, Family 683
Figgett, Mary, 50, female, mulatto, keeping house, born in Virginia, cannot read or write
Figgett, Margaret, 24, female, mulatto, laborer, born in Virginia, cannot read or write
Figgett, Bettie, 12, female, mulatto, at home, cannot read or write
Figgett, Willie, 9, male, mulatto
Figgett, Martha, 5, male, mulatto

1880 U.S. Census, Westmoreland County, Virginia
Montross Magisterial District
Enumeration District 116
Page 27
Figgeth, Mary, mulatto, female, 50, widowed, keeping house, cannot read or write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Figgeth, Margaret, mulatto, female, 35, daughter, single, washerwoman, cannot read or write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Figgeth, Bettie, mulatto, female, 22, daughter, single, genl. work, in school, cannot read or write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Figgeth, Willie A., mulatto, female, 18, daughter, single, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Figgeth, Martha S., mulatto, female, 14, daughter, in school, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Figgeth, Mary E., mulatto, female, 2, granddaughter, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Figgeth, Ellenora, mulatto, female, 2, granddaughter, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Kelly, John A., mulatto, male, 7[?], no relationship stated, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia

On 1 June 1892 in Montross District, Westmoreland County, Virginia, Mary Figgett died. She was colored, female, cause of death unknown, age 65, parents unknown, born in Westmoreland County, widowed, informant George Reed, friend.
[Westmoreland County, Virginia, Register of Deaths, 1853–1896.]

A headstone at Siloam Baptist Church Cemetery, Westmoreland County, Virginia, states:
Mary Ann Figget
Died January 1891
[Find a Grave memorial 189081328.]