The cemetery is located at 10080 East Potter Road, Davison, Michigan.

Edward R. Davison, Revolutionary War soldier and Indian fighter, was born in 1750 in Augusta County, Virginia, the son of John and Jane Davison. He married three times and was the father of at least twelve children. He explored in Kentucky as early as 1775 and was living near Versaille, Kentucky, in 1792, when he married his second wife. He migrated from Bourbon County, Kentucky, to Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1805. He died there in 1827. Descendants...

David Carlile (1780-1860) was a native of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. He came to Newton Township in Trumbull County, Ohio in 1806. His second wife was Ann Davison (1784-1856). Both died in Newton Township. Ann was the daughter of Benjamin Davison of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. Descendants lived in Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere.

The surname Davidson or Davison is said to have originated from the Gaelic, MacDaibhidh. The name literally means the son of David or Davy. Two of the earliest Davisons in America were Nicholas Davison (1611-1664) and Daniel Davison (1630-1693) who settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Davisons also settled in Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey at a very early date. Descendants live throughout the United States.

Giles Goddard, the immigrant, was born ca. 1648. He was in Boston, Massachusetts, as early as the year 1678, and was living in Pemaquid, Maine, in 1685. Because of Indian trouble in Pemaquid, he moved back to Boston where he was taxed in 1691, 1695, and 1698. He and his wife, Mary, had two sons, John and William; and two daughters. He died ca. 1729. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Nova Scotia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and elsewhere. Includes the...