| Name |
Senator Jouett Harbert Davenport |
| Birth |
1 Nov 1828, Campbell Co., GA11 |
| Census |
1850, Campbell Co., GA |
| Census Memo |
p. 408, Roll M 432_62, aged 20 |
| Census |
1870, Belton, Bell Co., TX |
| Census Memo |
aged 42 publisher |
| Census |
1880, Eastland Co., TX |
| Census Memo |
T9, Roll 1300, p. 296D aged 51 |
| Death |
4 Nov 1892, Eastland, Eastland Co., TX11 |
| Burial |
Eastland Cem., Eastland, Eastland Co., Texas |
| Father |
William Davenport (1796-1877) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Sydnor Andrew (1800-1888) |
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| Marriage |
4 Dec 1851, Campbell Co., GA108 |
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| Notes for Senator Jouett Harbert Davenport |
Served as a Major in Co. D, 30th TX Cavalry during the Civil War. He was also called Harbie. He and Margaret Sophia Brewster moved to Coryell County, Texas, circa 1854. He was twice elected to the Texas State Senate. He started a newspaper in Belton, Texas. He and Overton Fletcher Davenport started Eastland County's first newspaper.
Confederate Pension: Comanche Co., TX #35637 |
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