John enlisted in the Florida 1st Cavalry, Company D on 16 Oct 1861 in Sanderson, Baker, Florida, United States.[1] His unit was dismounted on 13 May 1862 and reformed as the 11th Florida Infantry, Co D.[1]
Lieutenant John Davis served in the United States Civil War. Enlisted: October 16, 1861 Mustered out: July 6, 1863 Side: CSA Regiment(s): 1st Cavalry; 11th Florida Infantry, Co D
On 4 Aug 1862 he was elected 3rd Lt.[2] He died on 6 Jul 1863 of disease contracted in the war.[2]
Lt John Davis died of disease during the United States Civil War.
↑ 1.01.1 Florida Board of State Institutions, Soldiers of Florida in the Seminole Indian-Civil and Spanish-American Wars (Board of State Institutions, May 14, 1903)
↑ 2.02.1 Hartman & Coles, Biographical Rosters of Florida's Confederate and Union Soldiers 1861-1865; Broadfoot Publishing Company, 1995, Page 1352
1850 US Census, Columbia County, Florida, enumerated 18 Nov 1850
1860 US Census, Bradford County, Florida
1870 US Census
US General Land Office Certificate, US Land Patent 2269, 25 Feb, 1857
LDS Florida Deaths, 1877-1939; Family History Library, database, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family Search: accessed 24 December 2014, Florida Deaths, 1877-1939
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