When Charles Jackson Davis was born on 2 January 1830, in Madison, Kentucky, United States, his father, Charles Davis, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Carter, was 25. He married Lucinda Struble on 22 May 1859, in Van Buren, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Johnson Township, Scotland, Missouri, United States for about 5 years and Kingman, Kingman, Kansas, United States in 1880. He died on 26 May 1895, in Benedict, Wilson, Kansas, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Roper, Wilson, Kansas, United States.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Historical Boundaries 1841: Scotland County created from Non-County Areas 19, 26, and 27.
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
English and Welsh: patronymic meaning ‘Dafydd's (son)’, equivalent to Welsh ap Dafydd, the Welsh form of David . The spelling Davis is more typical in southwestern England northwards as far as Lancashire, where the frequency of the surname largely reflects Welsh migration, but may sometimes represent a native English surname based on Davy (compare Davies ). Davis (including in the sense 2 below) is the eighth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans.
Irish and Scottish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Daibhéid ‘son of David’; see McDevitt . Compare Davies .
History: John Davis or Davys (c. 1550–1605) was an English navigator who searched for the Northwest Passage. — By the 18th century there were numerous persons named Davis in America, including the jurist John Davis, born in 1761 in Plymouth, MA, and Henry Davis, a clergyman and college president, who was born in 1771 in East Hampton, NY. — Jefferson Davis, born in 1808 in KY, was president of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865.
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