John Davis

Birth Date

1814-12-23

Death Date

1864-10-08

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mildred A. Davis. Father of Joseph R. Davis, Mary E. Davis, Lucinda C. Davis, Martha H. Davis, Mildred A. Davis, Verene Davis, and Laura E. Davis. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Employed Enoch Luckey as a brick mason in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 58A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 632.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 211A.
"John Davis (1814-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial #65128641, accessed November 24, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65128641.

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