Israel Davis

Birth Date

1814-03-16

Death Date

1880-04-03

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Nancy Davis. Married to Dicy Davis. Father of David Davis, William M. Davis, James P. Davis, George M. Davis, Melissa Davis, Catherine G. Davis, K. H. Davis, Benjamin Davis, and Lavinia J. Davis. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 61A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 800.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 218A.
"Israel Davis (1814-1880)," Find A Grave, Memorial #25172361, accessed October 7, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25172361.

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