Davis Floyd
| Davis Floyd | |
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| Clark County Recorder | |
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In office 1801–1802 |
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| Harrison County Sheriff | |
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In office 1803–1806 |
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| Indiana Territorial House of Representatives | |
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In office 1805–1806 |
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| Indiana Territorial Auditor | |
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In office 1813–1814 |
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| Indiana Territorial Treasurer | |
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In office 1814–1816 |
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| Indiana House of Representatives | |
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In office November 4, 1816 – November 3, 1817 |
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| Floyd County Circuit Court Judge | |
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In office 1817–1823 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1776 Virginia |
| Died | December 13, 1834 (aged 57–58) Leon County, Florida |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Religion | Methodist |
Davis Floyd (1776 – December 13, 1834) was an Indiana Jeffersonian Republican politician who was convicted of aiding American Vice President Aaron Burr in the Burr conspiracy. Floyd was not convicted of treason however and returned to public life after several years working to redeem his reputation. He lost his wealth in the Panic of 1819 and died in obscurity in Florida 1834.
Davis Floyd was born in 1776 to Robert and Lillian Floyd in Virginia. In 1779, the family moved to Jefferson County, Kentucky. Floyd had three siblings, Elizabeth, Charles, and Mary Lee.
As a boy in Kentucky, Floyd came to befriend William Clark, younger brother of George Rogers Clark. The Floyd family became political allies of Clark. Floyd would briefly be 2nd Lieutenant of the Jefferson County militia. Floyd married his first wife Susanna Johnston Lewis in Jefferson County in 1794. Floyd had three children by Susannah, Gabriel Jones, Charles, and Elizabeth. Susanna died about 1807.
In 1801 Floyd moved to Clarksville, Indiana. In the same year Floyd became Deputy Sheriff of Clark County and the Clark County Recorder. Floyd, along with his father, was appointed to the Clarksville Board of Trustees. Floyd would ferry boats through the Falls of the Ohio rapids until 1808. Floyd was elected as a Clark County delegate to the territory's slavery convention in 1802, the convention would set in motion events that would attempt to legalize slavery and indentured servitude in the Indiana Territory. Floyd would become the Sheriff of Clark County in 1803 and served until 1806.
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