Davol, William R., 1836-1895

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William R. Davol was a private secretary to Mississippi’s governor, a sheriff, and a tax collector in Mississippi during the 1870s.

He was likely born in Georgia in 1836, and served in the Fifteenth Mississippi Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Following the war, he became the secretary to Governor Adelbert Ames in 1874. A short time later, he was elected sheriff of Warren County, Mississippi, and in 1875 was responsible for collecting taxes in the county. Around this time he also received an appointment as quartermaster at the rank of captain in the Mississippi militia. By the late 1870s, he apparently relocated to Alabama and became the manager of the Alabama White Sulphur Springs Hotel, a popular hot springs resort opened in 1871. In 1880, Mississippi officials discovered that Davol had failed to collect or submit tax payments for Warren County during his tenure as tax collector. Little is known about penalties levied against him, as he lived out of state, but the Mississippi legislature passed a bill regarding the financial compensation for the county board of supervisors.

Davol died in 1895. He was married to Cornelia Foy and had at least three children. He is buried in Magnolia Cemetery in Mobile, Alabama.

(FindaGrave; 1880 U.S. Census for Dekalb, Alabama, Roll 12, page 529c; Mississippi Democrat, Hazlehurst, MS, October 13, 1875; The Vicksburg Business Chronicle, Vicksburg, MS, November 1, 1875; Daily Mississippi Pilot, Jackson, MS, November 2, 1875; The Comet, Jackson, MS, June 12, 1880; Wikipedia; Laws of the State of Mississippi, Passed at a Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature, 1880, 355)

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See also: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Laws_of_the_State_of_Mississippi/iIlCAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22w.%20r.%20davol%22

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