Daviess County Jail
1820?
Detention facility in Owensboro, Kentucky. First constructed on the town square in Owensboro in 1820. By the time of the Civil War, the jail was in its third constructed building, with construction completed in 1862. Jailer(s): B D Mitchell (1862-63).
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Daviess County Jail. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200489 (November 12, 2026).
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