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Before becoming sheriff, Davison was a book salesman specializing in Bibles and legal texts. Davison is not listed in the [[1820]] Spanish census of Pensacola and may have arrived with [[Andrew Jackson]]'s [[1821]] party, as Jackson recommended him to President Monroe as a United States Marshal. No appointment was made, and Davison was appointed sheriff by Territorial Governor [[Wikipedia:William Pope Duval|William Pope Duval]] in [[1823]].
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