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.
Calhoun County. Benton County was established on December 18, 1832, named for Thomas Hart Benton, a member of the United States Senate from Missouri, with its county seat at Jacksonville. Benton, a slave owner, was a political ally of John C. Calhoun, another slaveholder and a U.S. senator from South Carolina.