Individual Details

William Hardin Davison

(18 Nov 1839 - 7 Mar 1865)



Hawesville Cemetery, Hancock Co, KY
COL LEE SYPERTS CONFEDERATE PARTISAN RANGERS
CAPTAIN WILLIAM DAVISON
Confederate Captain William Davison is buried here. He died March 7, 1865, from a gunshot wound suffered in a firefight with Union Home Guard, February 24, 1865, near Patesville during the Civil War. Davison led a band of rebel guerrillas that raided countries from Brandenburg to Owensboro in 1864. The rebels burned the Daviess Country Courthouse, January 4, 1865.
Presented by Hancock County Fiscal Court

Events

Birth18 Nov 1839Kentucky
Death7 Mar 1865

Families

FatherHardin Aurelis Davison (1811 - 1860)
MotherJane Stark Duprey (1822 - 1912)
SiblingJames Abbett Davison (1842 - 1861)
SiblingHenry Hugh Davison (1846 - 1920)
SiblingNathaniel D. Davison (1851 - )
SiblingLemuel Duprey Davison (1856 - 1893)