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Sam Davis, known as "The Boy Hero of the Confederacy," lived in the house 1 mile northeast. A trooper in Coleman's Scouts, CSA, he was captured by Federal forces with secret papers of great value to the Confederacy. Threatened with death unless he revealed the source of his information, he steadfastly refused. He was hanged at Pulaski, Tenn., Nov. 27, 1863.
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