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General William Lee Davidson

Male 1746 - 1781  (35 years)


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  1. 1.  General William Lee Davidson was born in 1746 in Chestnut Level, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania; died on 01 Feb 1781 in Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina; was buried in Hopewell Presbytrian Church, Beatties Ford Road, Charlotte, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    William Lee Davidson (1746-1781) was a North Carolina militia general during the American Revolutionary War.

    Military Campaigns
    Active in the war from its inception as adjutant to General Griffith Rutherford during the Snow Campaign in December 1775, he was promoted to major of the Fourth Regiment of the North Carolina line in 1776. He marched with the North Carolina line to the north and was at the Battle of Germantown, after which he was promoted to Lt. Colonel of the Fifth Regiment of the North Carolina line. At Valley Forge with Washington, ?Light Horse Harry? Lee, Daniel Morgan and others, he became friends with most of the influential military commanders in the Continental Line. Left without a command he had been ordered out for the purpose of preventing the British from crossing the Catawba. Griffith Rutherford appointed Davidson his second in command. Severely wounded at the Battle of Colson's Mill on July 21, 1780, he did not participate in the Battle of Camden at which Rutherford was captured. Davidson was promoted to brigadier general and given command of Rutherford's Salisbury District militia. He participated in resisting the entry of Lord Cornwallis into Charlotte in late September 1780. He was killed at the Battle of Cowan's Ford in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina on February 1, 1781 while opposing the re-entry of Cornwallis into North Carolina. Davidson's body was recovered after the battle and was buried at Hopewell Presbyterian Church located on Beatties Ford Road North of Charlotte
    (Wikipedia)

    William married Margaret Brevard on 19 Dec 1767 in Rowan Co, North Carolina. Margaret was born on 16 Jun 1748 in Rocky River, Rowan Co, North Carolina; died in Jan 1824 in Logan Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. John Alexander Davidson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1770; died after 1810.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Alexander Davidson Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born about 1770; died after 1810.

    John married Elizabeth Green on 19 May 1803 in Jefferson Co, Mississippi. Elizabeth (daughter of Rep MS Congress Thomas Marston Green, Jr. Esq. and Martha Kirkland) was born on 18 Jan 1783 in Natchez District, Mississippi; died about 1862 in Jefferson Co, Mississippi, or Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Thomas Green Davidson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Aug 1805 in Coles Creek, Jefferson Co, Mississippi; died on 11 Sep 1883 in Springfield, Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
    2. 4. Martha Leminda Davidson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1807.
    3. 5. Filmer William Davidson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Feb 1809 in Jefferson Co, Mississippi; died on 28 Feb 1835 in Jefferson Co, Mississippi.
    4. 6. Mary Eliza Davidson  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1813 in Coles Creek, Jefferson Co, Mississippi; died after 1830.
    5. 7. John Hinds Davidson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Jul 1814 in Coles Creek, Jefferson Co, Mississippi; died on 8 Jun 1899 in Galveston Co, Texas.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Thomas Green Davidson Descendancy chart to this point (2.John2, 1.William1) was born on 3 Aug 1805 in Coles Creek, Jefferson Co, Mississippi; died on 11 Sep 1883 in Springfield, Livingston Parish, Louisiana.

    Family/Spouse: Frances Eliza George. Frances was born in 1818 in of, Louisiana; died in 1862. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Thomas married Josephine H. Kille in 1896 in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. Josephine was born on 14 Jul 1835 in Livingston Parish, Louisiana; died on 23 Oct 1917 in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 4.  Martha Leminda Davidson Descendancy chart to this point (2.John2, 1.William1) was born about 1807.

    Family/Spouse: Owen Dorsey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Holmes Dorsey  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 9. Martha Dorsey  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 10. John Dorsey  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 11. Filmer William Dorsey  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 12. Mary Eliza Dorsey  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 5.  Filmer William Davidson Descendancy chart to this point (2.John2, 1.William1) was born on 28 Feb 1809 in Jefferson Co, Mississippi; died on 28 Feb 1835 in Jefferson Co, Mississippi.

  4. 6.  Mary Eliza Davidson Descendancy chart to this point (2.John2, 1.William1) was born in 1813 in Coles Creek, Jefferson Co, Mississippi; died after 1830.

  5. 7.  John Hinds Davidson Descendancy chart to this point (2.John2, 1.William1) was born on 21 Jul 1814 in Coles Creek, Jefferson Co, Mississippi; died on 8 Jun 1899 in Galveston Co, Texas.

    John married Martha A. Higginbotham on 29 Jul 1840 in Louisiana. Martha was born about 1821 in Louisiana; died before 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Thomas Green Davidson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jan 1845 in Chappell Hill, Washington Co, Texas; died in 1880 in Texas.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Holmes Dorsey Descendancy chart to this point (4.Martha3, 2.John2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Jane West. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: (Mrs.) Bowman. (Mrs.) was born in Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Martha Dorsey Descendancy chart to this point (4.Martha3, 2.John2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: C.H. Forman, m 2nd cousin). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 10.  John Dorsey Descendancy chart to this point (4.Martha3, 2.John2, 1.William1)

  4. 11.  Filmer William Dorsey Descendancy chart to this point (4.Martha3, 2.John2, 1.William1)

  5. 12.  Mary Eliza Dorsey Descendancy chart to this point (4.Martha3, 2.John2, 1.William1)

  6. 13.  Thomas Green Davidson Descendancy chart to this point (7.John3, 2.John2, 1.William1) was born on 17 Jan 1845 in Chappell Hill, Washington Co, Texas; died in 1880 in Texas.


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