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William C. Davis

Henderson, Rusk County

Marker Text

Came to Texas from North Carolina in 1835 and settled in this area, in what was then part of Nacogdoches County. He received a land grant in Lamar County for his service in the Indian wars of the late 1830s, but retained his homestead in Rusk County and was the patriarch of a large family. He set aside part of his homestead for this family cemetery upon the death of his first wife, Caroline, in 1852.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description Davis Cemetery, south of Henderson about 4 mi. via Jacksonville Dr. to CR 401 S
Marker # 10981
Dedicated 1986
Size, Type grave marker
Code pioneers; military topics
Latitude, Longitude 32.107526, -94.827434

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