Photo of a pre American civil war era home. It is a two story white home with four pillars in the front and a balcony among the pillars over the door. On the sides to the left and right of the pillars are two windows with black shutters on the top and bottom. There are large trees growing up around the sides of the house that seem to frame it in the photo. This was the home of civil war soldier Sam Davis and his family. By RosevineCottageGirls.com

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Sam Davis Home

 
Join us as we visit the Sam Davis Home today in Tennessee. Here we come up the walkway and are greeted by this beautiful well-kept home that was once the home of him and family.
Sam Davis was born October 6th, 1842 in Rutherford County, Tennessee to parents Charles Lewis and Jane Simmons.  In 1860 he attended Western Military Academy, but only for a short time before the American Civil War broke out in 1861.
 
 
Photo of the Sam Davis House a pre Civil War home in Tennessee. The house is a two story white home with four pillars in the front where the front door sits. There is a balcony above the front door between the pillars. On the right and left of the pillared front are four shuttered windows, two on the left and two on the right. The shutters are black. The windows are paned with 24 individual panes four across. There are large beautiful trees to the left and right of the house and their upper branches and trunk frame the house. This article is by RosevineCottageGirls.com

 

 Sam Davis like many others joined the army before Tennessee officially succeeded from the union. In April 1861 he joined the 1st. Tennessee Infantry Regiment.

Sam Davis boyhood home built Circa 1790- 1810

Plaque found with family information on the family of Sam Davis located on the grounds of Sam Davis House. There are three photographs of the family, a line drawing of their cabin and other photographs of restorative work done on the buildings. It is too far away to see the text. By RosevineCottageGirls.com

 

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Photo of a grassy area with old tall trees and in the midst of the trees you can barely see the Sam Davis Home. This is the historic property of the family. It is by RosevineCottageGirls.com

 

The 1st Tennessee Regiment was involved in the Cheat Mountain Campaign in western Virginia under General Robert E. Lee in 1861. In 1862 they moved to the west and were involved in the battles of Shiloh, Perryville, and Stones River.

Photo of tall green trees and the sun shining through them causing patches of light and shadow on the green grass below them in a beautiful display. The sky is blue between the branches of the trees. This is a photo taken at the Sam Davis Home in Tennessee. A historic pre American Civil War home. by RosevineCottageGirls.com

 

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Photo of a memorial plaque for Sam Davis ( Civil War soldier) at the Sam Davis home in Tennessee.

 

Photo of the Sam Davis House a pre Civil War home in Tennessee. The house is a two story white home with four pillars in the front where the front door sits. There is a balcony above the front door between the pillars. On the right and left of the pillared front are four shuttered windows, two on the left and two on the right. The shutters are black. The windows are paned with 24 individual panes four across. There are large beautiful trees to the left and right of the house and their upper branches and trunk frame the house. This article is by RosevineCottageGirls.com

 

 

Early in the year of 1863, he became a member of Colman’s Scouts. He and his fellow scouts worked behind Union lines, disrupting communications and collecting Union troop movement information for the Confederate Army. Though they wore the uniform of the Confederate Army and carried passes signed by General Braxton Bragg of the Confederate Army, the Union Army considered them spies if captured.

Photo of an old slave cabin at the Sam Davis Home in Tennessee. There is what is called a "dog trot" or opening down the hallway separating the cabin into two pieces with a roof covering all. The part on the left has a white door and the right has a small window with a single white shutter. There s a stone fireplace on the right and left of the cabin. by RosevineCottageGirls.com
Log cabin that was once home to some of the enslaved
 
 
Photo of the Sam Davis House a pre Civil War home in Tennessee. The house is a two story white home and this shows it from the side. There is a long covered porch along the side of the home and there is a small log cabin between the house and the person taking the photograph on the left side sitting under tall trees giving it shade. by rosevinecottagegirls.com

 

Around November 20, 1863, Sam was traveling toward Chattanooga, TN, along the way he was captured by Federal troops near Minor Hills. Sam was carrying papers that contained critical information on troop movements near Nashville and Pulaski, as well as newspapers and other personal items for General Bragg. Among the papers was information that could have only come from the desk of Union General Grenville Dodge. Sure that one of his officers supplied Sam with the information, he tried to force Sam to tell him who the spy was. Sam refused and General Dodge ordered a court martial.

Photo of the side of the Sam Davis Home. This shows a two storied home that is white with a series of shuttered windows on the upper and lower stories. The shape of the house is and "L" as it comes away from the front of the building and then turns to the left. There is a single chimney that you can see in the main part of the house. There is a well there in the yard. by RosevineCottageGirls.com
Side view of the Sam Davis Home

 

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Photo of the Sam Davis Home cemetery. It is located on the property of the Sam Davis Home and is the final resting place of his family. There is a large memorial stone for Sam and other smaller stones sitting in the shade of large beautiful trees. The cemetery is encircled by a black rod iron fence. The light from the sun shines between the dappled leaves and dances on the grass below. It is a peaceful setting. by RosevineCottageGirls.com
The Sam Davis Home family cemetery.

 

Photo of the very tall memorial stone for the grave of Sam Davis at the Sam Davis Home Cemetery in Tennessee. The stone that was once white has green on it from sitting under the shade of the trees. It has a memorial statement on it but you can't read it in this photo as you are too far away. The cemetery is surrounded by a rod iron fence and there is a pretty floral wreath next to the memorial. by RosevineCottageGirls.com

 

He was charged with being a courier of mail and being a spy. Sam admitted to being a courier, but pled not guilty to the charge of spying. The military court convicted him on both charges, and he was sentenced to be hung on November 27, 1863. Just before his execution General Dodge offered Sam one last chance to save himself from the gallows- give up the spy. Sam’s response was “I would die a thousand deaths before I would betray a friend,”

The photo is of the memorial stone (grave marker) of Sam Davis at the Sam Davis Home Cemetery in Tennessee. The white tombstone is now gray and green with age and time under the large beautiful trees. It says In Memory of Samuel Davis and the rest I can't read. by RosevineCottageGirls.com
 
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