Bill Davison
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This Story is about: | My Bice Family and More
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| This story was learned: | Family Research
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My Bice Family
Bill A. Davison
Well, well, well
GG Grandson of mine
I see you searching, looking
For more of your kind.
Yes, your kind!
But do you know who you are?
What must you find?
Before you learn the truth!
Burgess married Bice/Boyce/Boice,
Census says: Bice,
Census says: Burgess
Census says: Rice
Then back to Bice.
Bice wed Davison.
Davison wed Alfeus/Alpheus...
Davison wed Reeves …
Davison wed Poindexter…
And there you are!
GG Grandson of mine.
But finding me,
You’ve learned.
Is not easy
Due to bridges burned.
Bridges of color!
Some say Bice is Native American!
Others say African American
Census’ say Mulatto
Tax records say "col"
My personal death record says White!
Confused GG Grandson of mine?
Confused about what you did or did not find?
Had we ever met,
So much could I have filled your mind!
But as you search from home.
Working with your friend.
And too, working alone,
I hope your resolve does not bend.
No bending, breaking nor wavering,
No quitting nor stopping,
No letting go.
The search is tiresome and laboring.
But at it’s end,
Think of all you will know!
See where we are buried!
Then ask yourself why.
A random plot of ground…
Or perhaps a clue to more cousins!
There’s more for you to find,
This you know.
More records to visit,
More places to go.
And find this you will,
My GG Grandson Bill.
Work on this Bill:
Caldwell’s 1876 Atlas of Greene County..
Wayne Township Business Director..
Geo. Bise..Penna..Blacksville..1816..16 Acres..farmer
They say I was born in 1821!
If that is so,
Then who is this Geo. Bise
Who settled in Wayne Twp in 1816?
Is Geo Bise my father and your GGG Grandfather?
Your search is not over!
Our Name is also spelled Byce.
Our daughter married a Ponzoo.
Our daughter married an Alpheus.
And there is more.
Search Grandson...search.
March 2, 2003
Revised
Oct 27, 2004
Revised Mar 2, 2009
by
Bill A. Davison
