Brief Life History of Catherine
When Catherine Davis was born in March 1831, in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States, her father, John Davis, was 34 and her mother, Sarah B Metcalf, was 22. She married George Wallace Ligon on 12 April 1847, in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Nebo, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Magisterial District 7 Kitchen, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States in 1900. She died in 1920, in Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States.
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- Catharine Ligon in household of Geoge Ligon, "United States Census, 1850"
- Catharine Davis, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Catharine Elizabeth Davis Ligon, "Find a Grave Index"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
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.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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