Bounty Land Application File for Sergeant Jefferson C. Davis, Captain Gibson's Company, 3rd Regiment of Indiana Volunteers (47-160-9380)

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Bounty Land Application File for Sergeant Jefferson C. Davis, Captain Gibson's Company, 3rd Regiment of Indiana Volunteers (47-160-9380)

1847

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Davis, Jefferson Columbus, 1828-1879

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Davis was born in Clark County, Indiana, near present-day Memphis, Indiana. He was born to William Davis, Jr. (1800–1879) and Mary Drummond-Davis (1801–1881), the oldest of their eight children. His father was a farmer. His parents came from Kentucky, and like many of the time including President Abraham Lincoln's family, moved to Indiana. When Davis was 19 years old, in June 1847, he joined the 3rd Indiana Volunteers. He enlisted as a soldier during the Mexican–American War. Through the war,...