Eliza Jane Van Benthuysen Davis (January 23, 1811 – October 24, 1863) was an American planter, letter writer, and the châtelaine of Hurricane Plantation.

[1][2] Her widowed mother owned a shoe and boot store and later ran a boarding house in New Orleans.

[5][6] Her husband, a planter and retired lawyer, was the older brother of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

[5] In 1859, Davis traveled to the United Kingdom and wrote letters, from London and Glasgow, to members of her family.

[11][12][13] In 1862, during the American Civil War, the Davis home at Hurricane Plantation was burned to the ground by Union forces.