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. Married to Laura B. Phelps Davis in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on September 7, 1865. 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, p. 86.

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

"James Buford 'J B' Davis (1843-1926)," Find A Grave, Memorial #85670157, accessed June 2, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85670157.

Citation

Davis, James Buford. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214152 (November 12, 2026).

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

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