Davis Floyd

Davis Floyd
Floyd County Circuit Court Judge
In office
1817–1823
Indiana House of Representatives
In office
November 4, 1816 – November 3, 1817 [1]
Indiana Territorial Treasurer
In office
1814–1816
Indiana Territorial Auditor
In office
1813–1814
Indiana Territorial House of Representatives
In office
1805–1806
Harrison County Sheriff[2]
In office
1803–1806
Clark County Recorder[2]
In office
1801–1802
Personal details
Born1776
Virginia
DiedDecember 13, 1834(1834-12-13) (aged 57–58)
Leon County, Florida
Political partyDemocratic-Republican

Davis Floyd (1776 – December 13, 1834) was an Indiana Jeffersonian Republican politician who was convicted of aiding American Vice President Aaron Burr in the Burr conspiracy. Floyd was not convicted of treason however and returned to public life after several years working to redeem his reputation. He lost his wealth in the Panic of 1819 and died in obscurity in Florida 1834.

  1. ^ Biographical and Historical Sketches of Early Indiana by William Wesley Woollen, p. 179
  2. ^ a b Dunn Jr, J.P. Indiana, A Redemption from Slavery (Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888), p. 327