Jessamine County KyArchives Biographies.....Davis, James R. 1809 - 1886
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Author: Bennett H. Young

James R. Davis.

   James R. Davis was born near Nicholasville in 1809. He was the third son of
James Davis, and nephew of William Davis, two brothers, who came from Culpeper
Court House, Va, and settled in Jessamine county in 1798. James Davis was the
son of Henry Davis, of Culpeper county, Va., who served in the Revolutionary
War, under General Washington, and General Wayne. He died in Fayette county in
1794.

   James R. Davis lived in the Sulphur Wells neighborhood for fifty years. He
was a good and worthy man, noted for his hospitality. He died in 1886.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

A HISTORY OF JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY,
FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO 1898.
By BENNETT H. YOUNG,
PRESIDENT POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; MEMBER FILSON CLUB; MEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION, 1890; AUTHOR HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY, OF "BATTLE OF
BLUE LICKS, ETC, ETC.

S. M. DUNCAN, ASSOCIATE AUTHOR.

Every brave and good life out of the past is a treasure which cannot  be
measured in money, and should be preserved with faithfullest care.

LOUISVILLE, KY.: COURIER-JOURNAL JOB PRINTING CO., 1898.


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