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Wiley Oren Davis (Breathitt County, Kentucky, farmer, soldier, and justice of the peace)

b. 1832? d. 1898?

Breathitt County, Kentucky, farmer, soldier, and justice of the peace. North Carolina native. Married to Susan Davis. Father of Calvin Davis, William Davis, Thoms J. Davis, John W. Davis, Hopkins Davis, Wiley Davis, Jr., and Sarah Davis. Farmer in Breathitt County in 1860. Private in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (CSA) from October 1862 to December 1862. Justice of the pace in Breathitt County in 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0066; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District 1, p. 59; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Breathitt County, Precinct No. 3, p. 2; Find A Grave, "Pvt. Wiley Oren Davis (1832-1898)," Memorial #36694749, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=DAVI&GSfn=W&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=19&GScntry=4&GSsr=241&GRid=36694749& (accessed March 23, 2017); KYR-0001-007-0308.

Citation

Davis, Wiley Oren. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198765 (November 12, 2026).

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