Where Was Josiah Born?

    In the 1880 census, James T. (Davidson), the son of Josiah, said his father was born in Virginia and his mother was born in Tennessee.    But later I found that James' older sister, Mary L. Wallace, says her father was born in Kentucky and her mother in Tennessee, also in the 1880 census.  Which one is right?   Mary was 48 and James was 45 in 1880 so age is not a huge factor in guessing which one really had it right.  I might presume that women probably kept closer track of these details than their male siblings.

   

    Kentucky used to be part of Virginia until 1792.   West Virginia became a state in 1863.   So I look for Josiah's family in Kentucky and the West Virginia area primarily.    Harrison County, West Virginia was home to a large "Davisson" family that descended from Daniel Davison, born in Scotland about 1650, and died in Massachusetts in 1793.   Daniel had a large number of descendants in this country and they migrated down through Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and on to West Virginia.   Some of them went on from WVA to Kentucky, Ohio and beyond.    In Kentucky, the counties of Mason, Bourbon, and Greenup have been places to find Davissons.   Another clue led me to Scott, Breckingridge, and Nelson counties.   But so far I do not know exactly where Josiah was born.

    As of now, I'm looking closely at Mason County, Kentucky as Josiah's possible birthplace.