John L. Davidson

Birth Date

1830-06-28

Death Date

1862-04-07

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Todd County, Kentucky, contractor and soldier. Kentucky native. Contractor in Todd County in 1860. Served in the 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as major from March 5, 1862, to April 7, 1862. Died at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee on April 7, 1862.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, p. 71.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0376.
Find A Grave, “John Littlejohn Davidson (1830-1862),” Memorial #47452423, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47452423 (accessed March 8, 2018).

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