Davis Family Cemetery North (Partially Destroyed), Winston County, Alabama, T9S R10W S32 At the intersection of Hwy. 13 and Hwy. 195 in Haleyville, turn on Hwy. 195 South. After you pass three red lights, you will pass the Northwest Alabamian on the left. Right past this building, there will be a small road on the left; it's a driveway for the Helton Small Engine Repair Shop. The cemetery was located here. From the Northwest Alabamian CENTENNIAL EDITION, Monday, May 08, 1989, Section A, Page 2: GEORGIA NATIVE DAVIS MOVED TO AREA SEPTEMBER 18, 1876 By Billie Fortenberry Jonathan ("Johns") Davis. Son of "Bucky" Davis, came from Georgia, entered 160 acres of land in Winston County on September 18, 1876 in section 32, township 9 south and range 10, NW, SE and SW of NW and NW of SW. His home place was located on the site of the old McAfee barn on highway 195 near the NWA building, where Jonathan and several members of his family are buried. In January 1989, Evelyn Davis Dillard, great-niece of Jonathan and daughter of Oscar Davis, and I found what remains of the small cemetery, now covered with trash and overgrown vegetation. We uncovered two old homemade tombstones, but the names and dates were not legible. According to Mrs. Dillard, other graves were there twenty years ago. Jonathan was also a trustee of the Highland Methodist Church in 1892 with William Davis and W.L. Brock. About two years later, William "Billy" Davis, Jr., the brother of Jonathan, entered 80 acres of land in Winston County on February 18, 1878 in section 31, township 9 south, range 10 west NE and NW of SE. He and his wife Martha Margaret Jennings, settled in their first house near Jonathan on the property now occupied by Belbro, formerly owned by John Posey, Jr. Under a large tree in the back of Belbro are five graves, three are children of William and Margaret; Mary Davis, born 1872, died 1879; Mary Ida Davis, born Mary 7, 1879, died March 1881; and one child who died in 1881. Two of the grave markers are not legible and family members state that others were buried there, but the markers have been destroyed. His other children were: Oscar, Joe, Maggie, Rosa, Bert, Will, Itally, and Charles. Later William bought a farm near the New Prospect Baptist Church on what was know as the Warner Smith place. According to a reissued deed of the New Prospect Church, dated August 16, 1902, William and M.M. (Martha Margaret) donated land to the church at Littleville Cemetery. William was born in Georgia on June 28, 1851, and died December 10, 1919. William "Bucky" Davis, Sr. entered forty acres of land in Winston County on October 22, 1883 in Section 31, township 9 south and range 10 west SE of SE. This section is the downtown are of Haleyville, where he built a log house in the vicinity of the present day Traders and Farmers Bank. Mr. Barnett, as a young boy, could remember helping his father build this log house. A story has come down through the years that Charles and Walker Haley wanted the post office at Ark moved to their place of business. In order to get the post office changed, he offered "Bucky" Davis a suit of clothes to change the name from Davis Crossing. (Note: Evelyn Dillard, great-granddaughter of "Bucky" said her father told her the event actually happened. Mrs. Jessie Self Davis was told by her busband, Jonathan, great-grandson of "Bucky" and his mother Julie, that this did happen. Mrs. Ruth Sides, a great-granddaughter of "Bucky" Davis said family members had always talked about the exchange. Telia Sue Dobbs had been told by her grandfather, W.W. Haley, that he carried out the transaction). Davis, a farmer, served on a board of inspectors with C.L. Haley and W.S. Roden to hold the first election for mayor and alderman in 1889. After selling his land in the late 1890's and early 1900's, he bought a farm north of Haleyville near the Franklin County line. The location of the farm was near the Bear Creek bridge on the airport road and at one time was known as "Bucky" Davises Ford, before the bridge was built. His children were: Wesley Newton, Johnathon ("Johns"), William (Billy), Tom, Joe, and Patience. Davis, born in Georgia on July 16, 1818, died Janaury 13, 1900, is buried at Hillcrest Cemetery with his wife, Rosa, born January 5, 1819, died September 4, 1918 and daughter Patience.