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Here's what I have found on Tully this far. Tyrrell County US census for 1850;
Tully Davenport 36 M W Farmer real estate value $2,300.00
Elizabeth Davenport 26 F W
Caroline V Davenport 01 F W
Living next door is I believe Tully's brother:
Richard Davenport 40M W Farmer real estate value $6,000.00
Mary A Davenport 18 F W
Martha Davenport 06 F W
John A. Norman 19 M W Laborer
I do not have the 1860 census for Tyrrell County but I do have the 1870 census. In that census Tully is living in Columbia Township not Mackeys. Also there is no sign of Richard Davenport in either Washington or Tyrrell Counties. Here is the listing for Tully's family:
Tully Davenport 55 M W Saw & griss milling realst.$400.00
Mary Davenport 40 F W
Virginia Davenport 21 F W
John Davenport 19 M W School Teacher
William Davenport 10 M W going to school
James Davenport 8 M W going to school
Carlton Davenport 7 M W going to school
Arametta Davenport 4 F W at home
The next item on Tully comes from a book by Wayne K. Durrill titled "War of Another Kind". It is the history of the Civil War in Washington County, NC. On page 216 is the following sentence: "When he arrived, Pettigrew found his house occupied by Tully Davenport and John A. Norman, local unionist who had leased the plantation from the U.S. government." This is apparently true since John Norman and Tully were neighbors and like so many Davenports and other small farmers they were Unionist not confederates. This can also explain the decline in Tully's real estate value between 1850 and 1870 from $2,300.00 to $400.00 and his move from his first location to the Columbia Township and his change in occupations. My Davenport family suffered the same fate during reconstruction because of their Union loyalty. My great grandfather lost his farm and no one would sell him land in the Cherry area of Washington County. He was forced to move and his wife Celia Ann Spruill Davenport was able to buy a small farm with their remaing funds in her name only because her father Jordan Spruill was a Confederate. My great grand father and grand father were forced to turn back to commerical fishing to make a living as long as they stayed in Washington County. My grandfather left the area in 1900. D. Harold Davenport
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