Editing Jefferson Davis (section)

===Birth and family background===
Jefferson F.{{efn|Davis used the initial F., but there is no direct evidence what his middle name was. Some historians argue that the claim that it was "Finis" originated in Davis's biography by [[Hudson Strode]], who provides no citation.{{sfnm|1a1=Cooper|1y=2000|1p= 711 fn 1|2a1=Hattaway|2y=1992|2pp=1178–1179|3a1=Williams|3a2=Cooper|3a3=Roland|3y=2003|3p=429 fn 53}} (Also see {{harvnb|Rice University|2018}}.)}} Davis was the youngest of ten children of Jane and Samuel Emory Davis.{{sfn| Davis|1991|p=6}} Samuel Davis's father, Evan, who had a [[Wales|Welsh]] background, came to the [[colony of Georgia]] from Philadelphia.{{sfnm|Cooper|2000|1p=9|Davis|1991|2p=4|Eaton|1977|3p=2}}{{efn|[[Clement Eaton]], William Davis, and William Cooper agree that evidence about Evan Davis's origins is unclear (cf., {{harvnb|Davis|1927|pp=16–19}}, which is cited by Eaton.)}} Samuel served in the [[Continental Army]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]], and received a land grant for his service near present-day [[Washington, Georgia]].{{sfn|Davis|1991|pp=4–5}} He married Jane Cook, a woman of [[Scots-Irish Americans|Scots-Irish]] descent whom he had met in [[South Carolina]] during his military service, in 1783.{{sfnm|Cooper|2000|1p=11|Eaton|1977|2pp=2–3}} Around 1793, Samuel and Jane moved to Kentucky.{{sfn|Eaton|1977|p=3}} Jefferson was born on June 3, 1808,{{efn|Historians [[William C. Davis (historian)|William Davis]] and William Cooper acknowledge that Davis's birth year is uncertain; he may have been born in 1807. William Davis argues that 1807 is more likely correct based on Davis's own writings, his [[West Point]] muster rolls, and an 1850 biography by [[Collin S. Tarpley]] written in collaboration with Davis;{{sfn|Davis|1991|p=709 fn 8}} Cooper argues that 1808 is more likely correct because Davis stated in two letters written in 1858 and 1878 that this was the year his mother told him.{{sfn|Cooper|2000|p=662 fn1}}}} at the family homestead in Davisburg, a village Samuel had established that later became [[Fairview, Kentucky]].{{sfnm|Cooper|2000|1p=662 fn1|Davis|1991|2p=6|Rennick|1984|3p=97}} He was named after then-President [[Thomas Jefferson]].{{sfn|Cooper|2000|p=3}}