Our Family Crest

Star

REPRESENTS OUR GUIDING LIGHT TO FIND EACH OTHER. THIS COULD BE ANY PERSONS THAT KEEPS US CONNECTED TO THE FAMILY. EVERYONE IN THE DAVIS FAMILY IS CALLED TO BE THE GUIDING LIGHT FOR OTHER MEMBERS.

Tennessee

OUR ANCESTOR, ANDERSON TAYLOR, WAS BORN AND RAISED IN TENNESSEE. THOUGH HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN VIRGINIA AND HIS FATHER IS UNKNOWN, WE IDENTIFY TENNESSEE AS THE FOUNDING LOCATION OF THE DAVIS FAMILY NAME. SPECIFICALLY TIPTON COUNTY, TN.

Akifena

AN ADINKRA SYMBOL THAT IS KNOWN AS THE SWORD OF WAR. IT REPRESENTS COURAGE, VALOR, AND HEROISM. THE DAVIS FAMILY HAS A PROUD HISTORY OF MILITARY VETERANS. WE HONOR OUR VETERANS’ SACRAFICES.

Book

REPRESENTS THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE, THE HISTORY OF OUR FAMILY, AND THE SPIRITUAL FAITH WE USE TO KEEP OUR FAMILY CONNECTED.

Anvil

REPRESENTS OUR ANCESTOR, ANDERSON TAYLOR, WHO WAS A BLACKSMITH DURING SLAVERY AND LIKELY AFTER. HIS WORK AS A BLACKSMITH ALLOWED HIM TO GAIN WEALTH SOON AFTER SLAVERY WAS ABOLISHED. “THE ANVIL IS THE ALTER WHICH THE SMITH SHAPES THE WORLD” ~ JAKE POWNING. EACH ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE DAVIS FAMILY

Wheat

THE DAVIS FAMILY HISTORY IS ROOTED IN AGRICULTURE.