Biographies, Adair County KY; James N. DAVIS        1807-

Submission Date: 14-Nov-2001
Source: "Kentucky - A History of the State"; W.H. Perrin, J.H. Battle, &
G.C. Kniffin; 4th edition, 1887

James N. DAVIS was born 20-Jan-1807, in Hanover County VA. His father, Peter
DAVIS, was also a native of Hanover County and a life-long farmer and
slaveholder. He brought his family to KY in 1817 and settled on and owned about
230 acres on Butler's Creek, Adair County, where he farmed until the spring of
1821 when he died in the seventy-fifth year of his age. He had been a soldier in
the army of General Washington. He married Elizabeth, a daughter of Robin PAGE,
who owned a large plantation which he cultivated with slave labor in his native
county of Albemarle VA. The names of the children born to Peter and Elizabeth
DAVIS were Polly (wife of John BREEDING), Jenny (SNEAD), Judith (WALKER),
Elizabeth (SCHUYLER), John, Patsy (CALLISON), Lucy (LAGE), Rebecca (BANKS),
Nancy (BROWNING) and James N., the only living one of the family. Mrs. DAVIS
died about the same time her husband did, and was in the sixty-sixth year of her
age, a member of the Methodist Church. John DAVIS, grandfather of James N.
DAVIS, was also a Virginian; he was a man of considerable wealth, a slave owner
and a farmer. The life of James N. DAVIS has been spent in farming. In Oct-1829
he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Frances HOLMAN
of VA. The marriage was blessed with two children: Frances Henry Edrington and
Elizabeth James, who died in childhood. Mrs. DAVIS in life was a member of the
Baptist Church, first of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and died in 1844, in
the thirty-sixth year of her age. Mr. DAVIS was next married, in 1847, to Miss
Jane, daughter of Alexander and Nancy (FOSTER) McCLURE, natives of VA. Mr. DAVIS
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church while Mrs. DAVIS is a member of
the Christian Church. The first farm owned by Mr. DAVIS was on Green River and
contained 112 acres. There he lived during the years 1850 and 1851, prior to
which time he had rented and made many moves. In 1851 he purchased the farm of
112 acres on which he now lives, two miles from Cane Valley, Adair County. This
is a fertile tract and is in a fair state of cultivation and improvement. Mr.
DAVIS began life with no inheritance but a strong constitution and willing hands,
and by his own industry has accumulated all that he possesses.

Surnames: BANKS, BREEDING, BROWNING, CALLISON, DAVIS, FOSTER, HOLMAN, LAGE,
McCLURE, PAGE, SCHUYLER, SNEAD, WALKER

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