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William Swan Davis (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, tax assessor, and notary public)

b. 1810-09-07 d. 1885-02-02

Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, tax assessor, and notary public. Kentucky native. Married to Martha Ann Cradle Davis in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on December 30, 1834. Married to Frances M. Simmons Rice Davis in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on April 23, 1840. Father of James G. Davis, Martha A. Davis, Sarah M. Davis, Lucinda Davis, William R. Davis, Charles Davis, and Emily Davis. Farmer in Oldham County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Oldham County in 1850. Lumber merchant in Jefferson County in 1860. Employed Mary Quane as a servant in Jefferson County in 1860. Assistant tax assessor in Jefferson County in 1862. Notary public in Jefferson County in 1862.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Division 1, p. 154B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Division 1, p. 373.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 353.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, Ward 3, p. 121B-122A.

"Excise Taxes." Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), November 10, 1862.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482706, p. 144.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482706, p. 119.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #23156.

"William S. Davis (1810-1885)," Find A Grave, Memorial #7740926, accessed November 23, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7740926.

KYR-0001-031-0056.

Citation

Davis, William Swan. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197642 (November 12, 2026).

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