Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmhand. Kentucky native. Son of Caswell Davis and Mary A. Davis. Filed a marriage bond to Martha E. Carter Davis in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on April 11, 1864. Student in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmhand in Princeton in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 349A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton. 85.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000546374, p. 131.

Citation

Davis, William H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203865 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
William Carter et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-01-22

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