Jefferson Davis Monument

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This monument to Confederate President Jefferson Davis was built near his birthplace in Fairview, Kentucky in the 1920s. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Jefferson Davis Birthplace

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #57 in Todd County marks the birthplace of Confederate President Jefferson Finis Davis. Both Davis and his Union counterpart, President Abraham Lincoln, were born in…