Hugh Davis papers 1825-1898

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Hugh Davis papers 1825-1898

http://acumen.lib.ua.edu/u0003_0001611

Extensive correspondence, business records, and receipts of this Marion, Alabama, plantation owner and attorney, and his family.

1.5 Linear feet; includes 6 ledgers

W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama

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SNAC Resource ID: 6279766

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Davis, Hugh, 1954-

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Hugh Davis, the son of Nathaniel and Martha Davis, was born November 22, 1811, in Fayette County, Kentucky. He moved to Marion, Alabama, in 1834 and began a successful career as an attorney. Davis married Sarah Rachel Jones in 1839, and the couple had seven children. In 1848, Davis assumed the management of the Beaver Bend plantation along the Cahaba River. Upon his death in 1862, his sons took over his faming activities. From the guide to the Hugh Davis papers MSS. 1611., 1825-1898,...