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PVT Jesse Davis

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PVT Jesse Davis Veteran

Birth
Stafford County, Virginia, USA
Death
12 Nov 1857 (aged 104–105)
Rowan County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Mr. Davis' headstone shows 1752 as his year of birth, but his signed pension records show it as 1762. Most records show he was born in the 1750's.

He served in the Army during the Revolutionary War in the Virginia Line from Oct 1779 to Dec 1781. He received an honorable discharge. In 1855, he was a resident of Fleming County, Kentucky and applied for Bounty Land. He died in Rowan County, Kentucky, where he had resided for one year before his death, and previous thereto he resided in Fleming Co., Kentucky. Isaac R. Cassity was the administrator of his estate.
Mr. Davis' headstone shows 1752 as his year of birth, but his signed pension records show it as 1762. Most records show he was born in the 1750's.

He served in the Army during the Revolutionary War in the Virginia Line from Oct 1779 to Dec 1781. He received an honorable discharge. In 1855, he was a resident of Fleming County, Kentucky and applied for Bounty Land. He died in Rowan County, Kentucky, where he had resided for one year before his death, and previous thereto he resided in Fleming Co., Kentucky. Isaac R. Cassity was the administrator of his estate.

Inscription

IN
MEMORY
of
JESSE DAVIS
born 1752 died
November 12, 1857
Age 105 years

Gravesite Details

Single stone. Buried next to Elizabeth Davis.



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  • Maintained by: AWilliams
  • Originally Created by: Ruthy
  • Added: Aug 17, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134502053/jesse-davis: accessed ), memorial page for PVT Jesse Davis (1752–12 Nov 1857), Find a Grave Memorial ID 134502053, citing Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by AWilliams (contributor 49340914).