Our Davis History

Slaves working in a Cotton Gin

 

Lucindy Jurdon, former slave from Georgia, "My mammy was a fine weaver and she work for both white and colored [people]. This is her spinning wheel, and it can still be used. I use it sometimes now."

This information came from cousin Oscar Gillon ,George Saint-Aubin is his great-great grandfather, whom he is doing research on.

Pastor Vandora St. Aubin Davis Bolden Oliver and her mother, Laura Annie Jones St. Aubin Davis, Place Anniston, Alabama, Laura is the first child of Edmond and Peggy Jackson Jones, who was born in slavery
 

Lawyer St.Aubin Davis, son of John and Laura Annie Jones St.Aubin Davis
 

Laura Bolden Taylor Gillion Jackson, Daughter of Dan Bolden and Vandora St. Aubin Davis Bolden Oliver

 

Minnie Lee Taylor Wilson, daughter of Laura Bolden Taylor Gillion Jackson 

John Oscar Gillon, 2nd husband to Laura Bolden Gillion Jackson

Isaiah Bolden wife, Minnie Brown Bolden, Isaiah son of Dan Bolden and Vandora St. Aubin Davis Bolden Oliver

 

Laura Annie Jones St.Aubin Davis, Laura is the first child of Edmond and Peggy Jackson Jones,  who was born in slavery. she married John Davis.

The 1880 census of  Jean-Pierre/ name change to John Davis, John is listed at 111 at the top.

The history of John Davis,husband to Laura Annie Jones Davis,   one of these ( persons/children ) is John davis. They are the sons of George Saint-Aubin DeSud from Montinquie but were born in Louisiana, United States late 1850s or late 1860s.

> 4. Jean-Pierre Saint-Aubin
> 5. Jean-Claude Saint-Aubin

> (had a name change to John Davis ..........)

>  Name: Jean-Pierre Davis
> > Residence: 3rd Ward, St. Martin, Louisiana
> > Birth date: 1859
> > Birth place: Louisiana, United States
> > Relationship to head-of-household: Other
> > Spouse name:
> > Spouse birth place:
> > Father name:
> > Father birth place: Louisiana, United States
> > Mother name:
> > Mother birth place: Louisiana, United States
> > Race or color (expanded): Black
> > Ethnicity: American
> > Gender: Male
> > Marital status: Single
> > Age: 21 years
> > Occupation: Laborer
> > NARA film number: T9-0470
> > Page: 62
> > Page letter: A
> > Entry number: 5773
> > Film number: 1254470 ,1880 census

George Saint-Aubin was born in 1828 in Martinique near the village of Vauclin, part of the French West Indies, and died in the state of Louisiana, USA in 1880. It is unclear wether or not he was a slave and was later freed or if he was born a free person as a decendant of Francois Saint-Aubin Desud.

When they (Mr Francois Saint-Aubin Desud and 'servants' ) left, the Islands in 1843, even though slavery was supposed to have been abolished in the early 1800's in the Islands, slavery was still an issue in the United States and slavery continued in the islands for some time. Immigration papers in the USA listed George as a "negro servant".

George Saint-Aubin was about 15 when they arrived in the United states in 1834 and was of multi-culture decent. It is belived he was the son of Francois Saint-Aubin Desud.

When Mr Francois Saint-Aubin Desud left the Islands to re-establish himself
in the USA was there a public auction of other slaves?

He George Saint-Aubin' married Albertine Fanon and they had five(5) childern in the United States.

Source: Decendants of George Saint-Aubin /
George Saint-Aubin DeSud (Servant / Slave / Son )
of Francois Saint-Aubin DeSud
Married Albertine Fanon
They had five childern:

1. Marie-Threse Saint-Aubin
2. Genevieve Saint-Aubin
3. Anne-Martine Saint-Aubin
4. Jean-Pierre Saint-Aubin
5. Jean-Claude Saint-Aubin