Davis, Absalom Pinkney

Story submitted by: Opal Hopper Green

A.P. Davis, the only son of Thomas and Holland Davis, was born April 11, 1843, on the north bank of Pawticfaw Creek, six and one-half miles south of DeKalb

In August 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate army. He was a private, Company I, Fifth Regiment.

On October 17, 1865, he married Mary Jackson, daughter of Needham and Francis Jackson. Children born to this union were: Roxanna Holland (August 11, 1866); John Thomas (January 14, 1868-August 7, 1889); Harriett Cornelia (December 7, 1871); James Arnett (August 25, 1873; Mary Olive (June 8, 1875); Absalom Pinkney (December 20, 1876- February 25, 1897); Hood (September 12, 1878); O. Dewitt (July 29, 1880); and C. Vernon (August 29, 1882).
On March 22, 1883, he married Sarah Amanda McCoy the daughter of Redden McCoy. Children born to this union were: Dan Pearley (February 9, 1884); infant son (April 4-7, 1885); Barbara Amanda (December 5, 1886); Peggy Jones (November 28, 1889); and Mary Annie Bett (May 11, 1893).

He is buried in the Liberty Cemetery in Kemper County.

 

 

 

 

From "Kemper County, Mississippi - A Pictorial History", placed here with permission by the Kemper County Historical Commission.