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1 THE ERA OF SETTLEMENT 35
legislature, session of 1834-35, was passed to correct the original
surveys of land the title to which was vested in the parties.
The name Davis was brought to Union County by several
different families, apparently unrelated. William Davis, born in i
Flemingsburg, Kentucky, came to Union County with his brother,
Lewis, in 1819. The Davis brothers cleared land for cultivation
and erected buildings. The brick house built by William Davis,
one of the oldest in the county, is still habitable. It stands on h
State Highway 85, and is occupied by K. G. Davis, a great-
grandson of the builder. William Davis was a successful farmer
and reared a large family.
George W. Davis, born in Pennsylvania in 1813, was brought
by his parents (Reese and Mary Davis) to West Virginia. In
1826, George Davis immigrated to Mason County, Kentucky. ,
Then in 1853, with his wife, Elizabeth, he joined a wagon train i
bound for Union County. There they made their home the rest
of their lives. Ten children were born to this couple. Howard M.
Davis, one of their sons, was well educated and was admitted to
the practice of law in Kentucky in 1878.
“ Benedict Davis came from Mason County to Union in 1853,
  where he bought 100 acres of land, and reared a large family.
i There were other families by the name of Davis who came into .
I the county after the close of the War between the States, many
of whom were descendants of Revolutionary soldiers, and some
connected with the family of Jefferson Davis.
George and Sarah Delaney came to Union County early in the
nineteenth century. Henry Delaney, a son, was born August 5,
1827. He married Elizabeth J. Otten, and four children were
born of this union.
Early in the settlement of Union County, James Finnie, the
father of S. S. Finnie, established a residence there in 1811. Silas
· S. Finnie was born in 1816, attended the local school, and while
he was very young, the family moved to the neighborhood where
, Caseyville now is. Silas Finnie became a blacksmith, serving an i
1 apprenticeship in Louisville. His wife was Elizabeth Buckham.
• Eleven children were born to the couple. In 1882, Mr. Finnie was
i elected a school trustee, serving for three years. His father,
, James Finnie, died in 1820.
l There are numerous families by the name of Floyd in Union
Q County, most of them being farmers in the vicinities of Union-
a town and Waverly. John Cecil Floyd settled at Waverly on 400