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David A. Davis (Pulaski County, Kentucky, boat builder and hotelkeeper)

b. 1826-08-26 d. 1913-03-16

Pulaski County, Kentucky, boat builder and hotelkeeper. Kentucky native. Married to Lucinda Flynn Davis. Father of John P. Davis, Mary M. Davis, Emaline Davis, Jesse A. Davis, Ruth Ann Davis, Sarah E. Davis, and William P. Davis. Boat builder in Pulaski County, Kentucky, in 1850. Hotelkeeper in Pulaski County in 1860. Employed Stephen M. Hail as a barkeeper in Pulaski County in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a quartermaster sergeant from November 1861 to December 31, 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Division 1, p. 58B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, District 2, p. 89.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Grundy, p. 241B.

Eleventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1890), Veterans Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Special District 006, Enumeration District 106.

“Davis, David,” Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0003.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Roll 112, Application 136082, Certificate 107770.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 23693.

"David Allen Davis (1826-1913)," Find A Grave, Memorial 16278169, accessed January 20, 2024, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16278169.

Citation

Davis, David A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204100 (November 12, 2026).

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