Photograph of Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site — Photograph by JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Jefferson Davis Capture Site

Built in 1920. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site is a 12.668-acre (5.127 ha) state historic site located in Irwin County, Georgia that marks the spot where Confederate States President Jefferson Davis was captured by United States Cavalry on Wednesday, May 10, 1865. The historic site features a granite monument with a bronze bust of Davis that is located at the place of capture.”
Wikipedia article Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 3 National Register listings published here for Irwin County · listed in 1980 · category: Site · built in 1920.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Listed as. Davis, Jefferson, Capture Site - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. N of Irwinville, Irwinville, 31750
When was it listed? April 1980
Category. site
Census division. Irwinville
When was it built? 1920
National Register reference number. 80001094 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

285 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 285 fires within 5 miles of Jefferson Davis Capture Site between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,139 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 22 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	188
Arson/incendiarism	22
Equipment and vehicle use	22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20
Natural	18
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Recreation and ceremony	5
Smoking	3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
7 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2018-IRWIN-005
28 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2018-IRWIN-006
28 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2018-IRWIN-007
27 September 2017	Debris and open burning	5.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2018-IRWIN-004
26 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Irwin County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Jefferson Davis Capture Site: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unnamed Sand Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Alluvium
	Unnamed Sand Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Alluvium

Every working recorded in Irwin County

Storms near this property

19 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Irwinville, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
October 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Irwinville	$500,000	Thunderstorm winds blew out windows in a few homes and downed several large trees. At least 50 pecan trees in one orchard were uprooted, snapped in half or blown away.
December 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Irwinville	$5,000	The Irwin County EMA reported downed trees and power lines.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Irwinville	$4,000	Several trees and power lines were blown down across the county.
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Irwinville	$3,000	Trees were blown down throughout Irwin county.
February 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Irwinville	$3,000	The Irwin County Sheriff reported several downed trees throughout the county. Power lines were down at U.S. Highway 319 and State Highway 32 West.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Irwinville	$1,000	Downed trees reported by the Irwin County Sheriff.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Irwinville	$1,000	Downed trees blocked a county road. Reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Irwinville	$1,000	Numerous trees down. Reported by the Irwin County EMA.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Irwinville	-	An oak tree snapped in Irwinville.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Irwinville	-	A tree was blown down onto Taylor Road.
March 2020	Flood	Irwinville	-	Water was reported over Jackson Road.
March 2020	Flood	Irwinville	-	Water was reported over Jeff Davis Park Road.
March 2020	Flood	Irwinville	-	CM Dove Road was flooded and closed.
March 2019	Hail	Irwinville	-	Half dollar size hail was estimated near Irwinville.
May 2006	Hail	Irwinville	-	The Mitchell County Sheriff reported quarter size hail.
June 2001	Hail	Irwinville	-	Dime size hail. Reported by the Irwin County EMA.
June 2023	Hail	Irwinville	-	no account filed
July 1997	Hail	Irwinville	-	no account filed
March 1996	Hail	Irwinville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Irwin County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 80001094 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Irwin County	All 3 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.