I would like to hear from any Davison's out there who have discovered that an ancestor in their line went by the name Davis. That is for example, at some point in your line a son born to a Davis chose to go by the surname Davison.

I am facing this possibility. I am confident that my 3rd great grandfather, George, went by the name Davison, at least after he married in Ohio in 1821 and until he died in 1882 in Illinois. I am not so sure about his father, Reese (or Rees or Reece). Reese may have gone by the surname Davis and I am exploring this possibility. If I am correct then Reese married in VA after the Revolutionary War period and lived with his family until about 1814 in such places as Fayette Co., PA and Wayne Co., OH. I have no clue where Reese came from, possibly the New England states, or NC, or even directly from Wales.

Richard Davison