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Near Columbia in Maury County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
 

Sam Davis

 
 
Sam Davis Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Sandra Hughes, November 20, 2009
1. Sam Davis Marker
Inscription. In a cabin here the escort with the body of the "Boy Hero of the Confederacy" stayed overnight while returning to his home in Smyrna, Tenn., for burial. A member of Coleman's Scouts, Army of Tennessee, he had been executed by the Federal commander at Pulaski, Nov. 27, 1863.
 
Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3D 22.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee Historical Commission series list. A significant historical date for this entry is October 27, 1904.
 
Location. 35° 41.081′ N, 86° 59.802′ W. Marker is near Columbia, Tennessee, in Maury County. Marker is at the intersection of Nashville Highway (U.S. 31) and Walnut Drive, on the right when traveling south on Nashville Highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Columbia TN 38401, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Polk's Boyhood Home (approx. 0.9 miles away); Hood's Command Post (approx. 3.2 miles away); Billy Direct (approx. 3˝ miles away); GrafTech International / National Carbon Company (approx. 4 miles away); Rippa Villa (approx. 4.1 miles away); Rippavilla Plantation (approx.
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4.1 miles away); a different marker also named Rippa Villa (approx. 4.1 miles away); Slave Fields To Battlegrounds (approx. 4.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbia.
 
Also see . . .  Sam Davis at Wikipedia. (Submitted on October 19, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia.)
 
Sam Davis Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane Marsteller, February 29, 2020
2. Sam Davis Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 29, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 18, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 1,311 times since then and 19 times this year. Last updated on October 28, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. Photos:   1. submitted on March 18, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.   2. submitted on March 1, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.

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