The John H. Pickens Davis House - Texas Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

This marker is located in the George Ranch Historical Park. It costs $9 for adults to get in. Their website is: George Ranch Historical Park

Marker Number: 8987 Marker Text: Built by son of Kinchen Davis, who escaped death by drawing a white bean in famous ordeal of Texans in 1842 Mexican conflict. As a "Jaybird" leader, builder J. H. Davis (1851-1927), prevented lynchings in Jaybird-Woodpecker War of the 1880s. He was owner of much land and livestock. This house, built about 1880, is of cypress and white pine, with many fine details unusual in its era. It was given in 1947 to Polly Ryon Memorial Hospital, named for Davis' mother-in-law. (1962)

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