"On May 13–15, J.J. Davis was among seven Harrison County men attending the Wheeling Convention which established the Restored Government of Virginia.In June 1861, Harrison County voters elected Davis and John C. Vance to represent them in the Virginia House of Delegates which met in Wheeling from July 1–26; he never served in Richmond, Virginia (the normal meeting place of the Virginia General Assembly, including during the American Civil War).