Historical Marker
Arthur H. Davis
One of the earliest landowners in the Jackson Purchase, Davis represented Calloway (now Marshall) County in the state legislature, 1824. Davis also served as justice of the peace and sheriff of Calloway County. He installed the first court of Graves County and served as a general in the Kentucky militia.
Daniel Boone, a legendary explorer and frontiersman, helped blaze the Wilderness Road, which opened up Kentucky and the West to settlement.