Biographies

Printer in the office of the Virginia Patriot of his father Augustine Davis (119) in 1820.

Bookbinder in Alexandria (1815); apprenticed to Robert Gray (190) there (1805).

Silversmith apprentice in Richmond (1807); then Engraver in Richmond (1814) and Bedford County (1816-17).

Publisher of the Spirit of 'Seventy-Six (1808-10) at Richmond and Washington with John M. Carter (084), his brother-in-law.

Printer of The Virginia Gazette and Weekly Advertiser (1787) for Thomas Nicolson (315) at Richmond.

Bookbinder in Williamsburg's printing offices (1748-74) and that of the Norfolk Intelligencer (1775); probably then worked in Williamsburg during Revolution (1776-80), before ending career in Richmond office (1783-84) of James Hayes (207).

Bookbinder in Norfolk (1799-1801).

Publisher of a sermon collection (1819) from Winchester press of Jonathan Foster (168).

Publisher of first newspaper issued in Danville, The Courier (1818-19); later publisher of the Virginia Advocate (1830-31) in Charlottesville.

Publisher of Virginia Express (1804-05) at Fredericksburg with brother Isham Burch (062).

Publisher of the Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette (1792-1800), initially with John Smith (389), and later with Henry Gird Jr. (181).

Publisher of a funeral sermon in 1805 from the Alexandria press of Samuel Snowden (393).

Editor and publisher of the Candid Review at Staunton in the summer of 1807.

Intended publisher of the proposed Farmers' Museum at Charlestown in early 1808.

Publisher of Genius of Liberty (1800) in Fredericksburg as partner to Robert Mercer (301).

Printer and engraver in the Richmond office of Seaton Grantland (186), his brother; also founding publisher of the Lynchburg Press (1808-09) with Samuel K. Jennings (236).

Founding publisher of the first newspapers issued in Morgantown (1804) and Clarksburg (1810); the first with Joseph Campbell (078), and then with brother Alexander Britton (052).

Publisher of Petersburg Intelligencer (1814-33), initially with Thomas Whitworth (443); of Petersburg Daily Courier (1814) with John Wood (456); and of The Times (1828-29) there.

Printer in the Alexandria office of Samuel Snowden (393) in 1815.

Bookbinder and bookseller in Staunton (1808-13) and Richmond (1813-38), briefly partner to John Frayser (174); principal bookbinder for Thomas Jefferson from 1818 to 1825.

Engraver and Copperplate Printer in Norfolk (1803) and Richmond (1805-07).

Misidentification of George Trisler (419).

Bookseller and job-printer at Staunton (1812-13); likely employed previously at the Henkel Press in New Market.

Printer's Joiner in Alexandria (1801-14).

Journeyman printer in Petersburg who was briefly publisher of the Petersburg Daily Courier (1814-15) and the Mercantile Advertiser (1816-17) there.

Music publishers & sheet-music sellers in Norfolk (1817-22).

Co-proprietor of Richmond job-printing firm of J. & G. Cochran (1814-23) with J. Cochran (096), apparently his brother.

Printer in office of his father Augustine Davis (119) and his partner in the Virginia Gazette and General Advertiser (1807-09); later partner in Visitor (1810) with John O. Lynch (273).

Bookseller and bookbinder in Petersburg (1799-1804) in partnership with Joseph Ross (365).

Bookbinder in the Norfolk bookstore of Caleb Bonsal (040) from 1801 to 1839.

Bookbinder in the Williamsburg office of Joseph Royle (368) in 1764-65.

Publisher of two fictional allegories (1810 & 1813) distributed from Alexandria.

Editor and publisher of Norfolk Gazette & Publick Ledger (1804-05) with John Cowper (110).

Publisher of the Republican Constellation at Winchester (1819), which he then recast as the Winchester Republican (1819-20).

Printer in the office of the Norfolk Gazette and Publick Ledger (1804-11), so employed by its proprietors John Cowper (110), George Lewis Gray (188), and William Davis (127).

Publisher of the Virginia Journal and Alexandria Advertiser (1784-89), with the support of Thomas Bond (039) and likely that of Samuel Hanson (200), his successors.

Printer working in Richmond in 1799.

Printer of The Virginia Gazette and Winchester Advertiser (1789-91) for Matthias Bartgis (024) and Nathaniel Willis (450); later publisher of the Triumph of Liberty (1799-1803) at Winchester, initially with John Hass (205).

One of the founding publishers of The Genius of Liberty, and Fredericksburg & Falmouth Advertiser (1797-99) with Robert Mercer (300).

Publisher of The Informer & Advertiser (1819-20) at Shepherdstown.

Editor and publisher of several Republican journals in Virginia between 1800 and 1820.

Publisher of the Western Virginian (1815-17) in Clarksburg with Alexander G. McRae (300) and then the Republican Compiler (1818-20) on his own.

Bookseller in Lynchburg (1816-22) in successive partnerships with Anderson M. Waddill (423) and William Digges (136).

Manager of the first subscription circulating library in Richmond in 1785.

Apprentice printer who ran away from the Alexandria office of Samuel Snowden (393) and John D. Simms (387) in 1813.

Publisher of Elements of the Jewish Faith (1817) through the Richmond press of William Waller Gray (193).

Misidentification of John Hass (205).

Publisher and editor of The American Beacon and Commercial Diary (1815-34) at Norfolk in partnerships with Samuel Shepherd (379), Henry Ashburn (015), Seymour P. Charlton (090), and William C. Shields (381), his brother; also a proprietor of the Steam-Boat Hotel Reading Room there (1820-23).

Publisher of the American Eagle (1817-19) at Shepherdstown with one Maxwell (283), and its continuation, the Potomack Register (1819) with partner named Robinson (361).

Publisher of a set of collected speeches at Alexandria (1820) with Douglas Thomson (413).