Big Sandy SAR

Joseph Davis, Jr. was born 1764 in Augusta Co., Va. and he died in Lawrence County, KY. and is buried in the Borders Chapel Cemetery.

At the Intersection of US 23 & Hwy 645 at Ulysses, KY, drive 1.6 miles to Hwy 581 and take Hwy 581 south 2.6 miles to cemetery located on left adjacent to the river. GPS N37.91935° W082.67045°. Proven patriot by the NSDAR.

Joseph Davis served as a private in the company of Capt. Kellar in the regiment of Col. Preston in the Virginia Line for one year.  He was placed on the Kentucky pension roll at $40.00 per annum under the Act of 1832. (Source Lawrence County, Ky. Cemeteries Vol 3, 1997)