Samuel Emory Davis
(born c. 1755–1758; died 1824)
BIRTH
c. 1755–1758
PLACE
Unknown
DEATH
July 4, 1824
PLACE
At son Joseph's plantation, Warren County, Mississippi
FAMILY
CHILDREN
Jefferson Davis
(1808-1889)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Samuel Emory Davis was the father of Jefferson Davis. He served with American forces during the Revolutionary War, married Jane Cook in 1783, and moved his family from Georgia through Kentucky to Mississippi.
EARLY LIFE
After the war he served as a court clerk in Georgia.
CAREER
DEATH
Samuel Emory Davis became ill while visiting his eldest son Joseph in Warren County, Mississippi, and died on July 4, 1824. A family history describes a short illness without naming the disease. The Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution records that his remains were moved from Hurricane Plantation Cemetery to Beauvoir Cemetery in 1943.
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