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Note: Find A Grave Memorial# 9084058 George W Davis, Green�s Company, Thompson�s Regiment, Missouri State Guard--There are over 336 Confederate soldiers from the Civil War buried at Fairview Cemetery, Van Buren, Arkansas. George Washington Davis is one of the soldiers buried there. He marched with Sterling Price from Missouri to Arkansas and died in the Van Buren Hospital. Notes by Mark Eckermann from FindAGrave.com: "Died in action as a soldier for the Confederate States of America. Private, Company F, 4th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment-CSA Served with Green's Company, Thompson's Regiment, Missouri State Guard, CSA. A Missouri State Soldier's database records check revealed that George Davis had been a Private in "Company A, Shelby's Regiment". He had Participated in the Battle of Pea Ridge, where he was wounded and died at Peach Orchard Gap, Arkansas. Note: Peach Orchard Gap was the original name for the Town of El Paso, Arkansas (located in White County) and the 4th Missouri Infantry was involved in the Battle of Pea Ridge (also known as the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern). It should also be noted that the captain of Company F, 4th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment from March - November 1862 (during the time Davis was in that unit) was Henderson P. Green. Note: This was one of the companies that comprised the regiment commanded by Colonel Gideon W. Thompson and this regiment had been attached to General Joseph O. Shelby's Brigade." 1840 United States Federal Census about Geo W Davis Name: Geo W Davis County: Monroe State: Tennessee Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 Total - All Persons (Free White, Free Colored, Slaves): 4 Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1 Free White Persons - Under 20: 2 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2 Total Free White Persons: 4 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 4 1850 United States Federal Census Name: George W Davis Age: 35 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1815 Birth Place: North Carolina Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 6, Monroe, Tennessee Family Number: 1550 Household Members: Name Age George W Davis 35 Nancy Davis 32 Thomas Davis 13 Caroline Davis 12 James Davis 7 Martha Davis 5 Nancy Davis 3 Susan Davis 1 1860 United States Federal Census Name: G W Davis Age in 1860: 45 Birth Year: abt 1815 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1860: Finley, Christian, Missouri Gender: Male Post Office: Ozark G W Davis 45 Nancy Davis 42 Thomas H Davis 22 E C Davis 21 J W Davis 18 Martha J Davis 16 Nancy A Davis 14 Susan E Davis 11 Achalus Davis 9 Wm B Davis 7 Margarat Davis 4 G W Davis 2
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