Limestone County AlArchives Biographies.....Davis, Nicholas 1781 - September 1856
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Author: Willis Brewer

The name of NICHOLAS DAVIS, Sr., is blended with the annals of Limestone.  He 
was born in Hanover County, Virginia, in 1781, near the birthplace of his 
friend and contemporary Henry Clay.  His mother was a Ragland.  In March 1817 
he settled in Limestone, and occupied his time with planting.  He represented 
the county in the convention called to frame a State constitution, and in the 
first legislature.  In 1820 he was elected to the State senate, where he 
remained nine years, served as president of the body nearly the whole time.  In 
1831 he received a very complimentary vote for governor.  Again in 1847 he was 
the candidate of his party against Gov. Chapman, and drew out its full 
strength.  He was also a candidate for elector on the Harrison ticket in 1840, 
and the Clay ticket in ’44. He died in September 1856.  

Capt. Davis was tall, erect and robust, with light hair and blue eyes.  He was 
fluent and eloquent as an orator, with a large find of practical knowledge.  He 
was exceedingly candid and hospitable, and swayed the opinions of men as much 
by his large-heartedness as by his strong magnetism.  He was a patron of the 
turf, and carried out in his Alabama home all the other attributes of a 
Virginia gentleman of the approved school.  His wife was Miss Hargrave of 
Virginia.  Of his four sons, three are residents of Madison; Capt. Zeb. P. 
Davis, Capt. Clint. Davis, and Col. Nich. Davis.  The former has been mayor of 
Huntsville several times.  Another son, 

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Additional Comments:
Biography from the book:  Alabmam:  Her History, Resources, War Record, and 
Public Men, From 1540-1872, published in 1872.



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