Among her publications were Roger Sherman, a Tale of '76; Woman's Love; a volume of Poems;[1] and History of Mercer and Boyle Counties.

George Robards and Col. John Thompson, fought in the American Revolutionary War, married women of The Old Dominion, of which all four were natives, and soon after removed to Kentucky, settling on adjoining plantations.

Drawn together by the common memories of their service in the field, their acquaintance ripened into friendship, which had the result of an alliance by marriage between the two families.

The first works of Daviess’s revived authorship were "Roger Sherman — A Tale of ’76", and "Woman’s Love"; both very well-conceived and sustained stories.

[7] Many of Daviess' neighbors were unaware that she "wrote for publication," as she seemed to mingle literary habits easily with the responsibilities of a large family.

Maj. William Daviess lived on a beautiful estate called "Hayfields," at 122 East Poplar Street, near Harrodsburg.

He was celebrated throughout the State as a raconteur, a historian, a student of human nature, a great reader of books, as well as men; he had a strong judicial mind, having been educated for the law.

D. M. Hutton, Editor The Harrodsburg Herald, wrote the preface to the 1924 publication of History of Mercer and Boyle Counties, Ky.:—[9] Many persons have expressed a deep desire for a history of Mercer and Boyle counties covering that period from the coming of the forters to shortly after the Civil War.

The Harrodsburg Herald, sensible to that need, is here with publishing in book form the history of that time as written by Mrs. Maria Thompson Daviess.

The Herald intends at a later date to bring the history of this community to the present time in a second volume that will include events of special note and prominent men and women of all callings.