Name: Nixon Davis
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Texas
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private.
Enlisted in Company I, 16th Cavalry Regiment Texas.
Also in this unit........
Name: Alfred Davis
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Texas
Service Record: Enlisted as a Sergeant Major.
Enlisted in Company K, 16th Cavalry Regiment Texas.
Name: David Davis
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Texas
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private.
Enlisted in Company B, 16th Cavalry Regiment Texas.
Name: James Davis
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Texas
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private.
Enlisted in Company A, 16th Cavalry Regiment Texas.
Name: Matthews Davis
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Texas
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private.
Enlisted in Company E, 16th Cavalry Regiment Texas.
Name: William Davis
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Texas
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private.
Enlisted in Company I, 16th Cavalry Regiment Texas.
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Nixon Davis
Death Date: 4 May 1935
Death County: Stonewall
Certificate: 25679
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Nixon Davis
Age in 1860: 32
Birth Year: abt 1828
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Mount Vernon, Titus, Texas
Gender: Male
Post Office: Lone Star
Household Members: Name Age
Nixon Davis 32 Farmer b. NC
Mary J Davis 32 wife b. TN
James S Davis 12 b. TN
Milas L Davis 10 b. TN
David J Davis 9 b. TN
William J Davis 7 b. TN
Sarah E Davis 5 b. TN
Zelpha A Davis 4 b. TN
Perry N Davis 2 b. TX
[Tells you he moved to Texas between 1856 and 1858, probably 1857]
Unproven on-line genealogy indicates..........
Nixon Davis
Born: Apr 1826 North Carolina
Died: 28 Sep 1877 Purley, Franklin, Texas
Marriage: 23 Dec 1847 Mcnairy, Tennessee
Mary Jane Young
Born: Sep 1829 in Tennessee
Died: 29 Nov 1909 in Purley, Franklin, Texas
Children Sex Birth
P L Davis M
James Stanton Davis M 14 Oct 1848 in Mcnairy, Tennessee
Miles Leroy Davis M 27 Apr 1850 in Tennessee
David J Davis M 23 Jun 1851 in Mcnairy, Tennessee
William Isaac Davis M 14 Feb 1853 in Mcnairy, Tennessee
Sarah Elizabeth Davis F 3 Oct 1854 in Mcnairy, Tennessee
Zelphia A Davis F abt 1856 in Mcnairy, Tennessee
Perry N Davis M 6 Sep 1858 in Titus, Texas
Elbert Jeff Davis M Sep 1860 in Franklin, Texas
Mary Rosetta Davis F 18 Jun 1864 in Franklin, Texas
Colonel Foster Davis M 23 Jan 1867 in Franklin, Texas
JR