Person:Peter Davis (23)

Peter Davis

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m. 3 Mar 1831

Facts and Events

Name	Peter Davis
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	1837	Fayette County, Virginia
Death^[1]	1865	Fayette County, West Virginia[Killed by bushwackers after Civil War]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

http://person.ancestry.ca/tree/54900007/person/26032425308/facts
Beckley post herald. (Morgantown [West Virginia]: West Virginia University Library, 1957).

HISTORY OF BECKLEY AND RALEIGH COUNTY

Early Settlers of Raleigh County, West Virginia
The following article by Judge W. A. Riffe appeared in the Beckley Post-Herald Centennial Edition on Aug. 26, 1950.
1810 - 1820

DAVIS, Peter - Davis came from Greenbrier River just below Big Bend and settled on the Squire William C. Richmond farm. John Davis, his son moved to Little Whitestick Creek near Mount Tabor about 1850. William Davis, the eldest son of John was a prominent citizen of the Mount Tabor community and a commissioner of the County Court from 1893 to 1899. Peter Davis, son of John, was a Confederate soldier and was killed by bushwhackers when returning home after the war.