Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was the first and only president of the Confederate States of America. After a distinguished career in national politics as Secretary of War under Franklin Pierce, Davis served as a congressman and then as a Mississippi senator.
Jacksonville is a city in Pulaski County, in the Little Rock metro area. The community was named after Nicholas Jackson, who donated land for a railroad depot. The latitude of Jacksonville is 34.866N. The longitude is -92.11W.
Wilson and other citizens of Pulaski County in 1951 began to approach the U.S. Air Force to locate an air base in central Arkansas. The citizens of Pulaski County raised funds and purchased the land near Jacksonville to donate for the Little Rock Air Force Base, which was activated on October 9, 1955.