| Notes |
- - Jane was previously married to ??? Morrison -- maiden name unknown - possibly Tucker - see findagrave.com entry for son William
- See Davidson-John document in Misc-Docs folder
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found at findagrave.com on 9/14/2016
John Davidson
Birth: 1717 ????
Death: Apr. 3, 1778 ?? poss death date of 1749 ?? ?? See also tombstone picture
Spouse of Mary, foot stone engraved "John and Mary" in line with headstones.
Family links:
Spouse:
Mary Morrison Davidson (1725 - 1798) ** ?? **
Children:
William Davidson (1736 - 1814)* ****
Thomas Jasper Davidson (1755 - 1800)* ?? poss death date of 1749 -- birth 1755??
*Calculated relationship
Note: Information from Coddle Creek ARP Church Cemetary Directory
Burial:
Coddle Creek ARP Church Cemetery
Mooresville
Iredell County
North Carolina, USA
Plot: I 4 (24)
Created by: Haley Wince Stone
Record added: May 26, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 52886487
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found at DAR.org
DAVIDSON, JOHN Ancestor #: A030095
Notice:
FUTURE APPLICANTS MUST PROVE CORRECT SERVICE (WHY?) ****
Birth: CIRCA 1700 IRELAND
Death: POST 1790 ROWAN CO NORTH CAROLINA
Comments (Overview)
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1) NO PROOF THIS CAN BE SAME MAN WITH REV SERVICE,NOR IS THERE DOCUMENTATION **********
Created: 2002-03-27 23:23:50.97, Updated: , By: Conversion
2) THAT HE WAS EVEN ALIVE DUR REV.HE MAYBE JOHN DAVISON WHO D.BEF 27 DEC 1749 **********
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3) SEE ANSON CO,NC,ABSTRACTS OF EARLY RECDS,V1,P127,129. MH/BDT 6-2-80.DATACF **********
Residence
Created: 2002-03-27 23:23:55.3, Updated: 2005-08-11 08:28:41.0, By: sjohnson
1) County: ROWAN CO. - State: NORTH CAROLINA
Spouse
Number Name
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1) X X MORRISON
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Associated Applications and Supplementals
Natl Num Add Vol. Docs Child [Spouse #] Spouse
165408 259 REBECCA [1] WILLIAM YOUNG Purchase ????
132840 278 SAMUEL [1] X SMITH Purchase
293475 REBECCA [1] WILLIAM YOUNG Purchase
314132 REBECCA [1] WILLIAM YOUNG Purchase
348168 WILLIAM [1] MARGARET MCCONNELL Purchase
385049 WILLIAM [1] MARGARET MCCONNELL Purchase
425923 REBECCA [1] WILLIAM YOUNG Purchase
498225 REBECCA [1] WILLIAM YOUNG Purchase
464318 440 JOHN [1] NANCY BREVARD Purchase
560960 484 Z S SAMUEL [1] X SMITH Purchase
560961 485 Z S SAMUEL [1] X SMITH Purchase
543441 492 ELIZABETH [1] EPHRAIM MCLEAN Purchase
595642 513 WILLIAM [1] MARGARET MCCONNELL Purchase
537606 527 GEORGE [1] CATHERINE REESE Purchase
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found at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caswellcounty&id=I1350
ID: I1350
Name: John Davidson 1 2
Sex: M
Reference Number: 1350
Title: General
Birth: BEF 1709 in Armagh, Ireland 2
Death: ABT 1749 in Rowan County, North Carolina 2
Note:
John Davidson (bef.1709 - c.1749)
Sometimes referred to by Davidson family researchers as "Import" John Davidson.
The following is from Family History Research Center--The Davidson Family of Iredell County, North Carolina, John Bulmer Lisle ([email protected]) and Carolyn Miethe Lisle (2000): http://www.tqsi.com/genealogy/ [last updated 6 February 2000, when accessed 12 February 2010]:
This is a study of the descendants of John Davidson and his wife Jane who came to America in the late 1730s from Ireland. They were of Scottish ancestry. This research includes a study of his brother George and other Davidsons that can be linked to this Davidson family. This study also includes the descendants of other direct ancestors, such as the Reese family, the Dickey family, the Hall family, the Norton family, the Beall family, the Charles family, the Boatright family, and others.
John Davidson was born before 1709 in Ireland. He married and had several children there and brought them to America about 1737. He arrived in Philadelphia; his older brother George may have already been living there. Shortly thereafter, he and his family bought land in Beverly Manor in Orange County, Virginia. This area was split off as part of Augusta County shortly afterwards. He lived in nearby a Samuel Davidson who seems to have been related; however, we cannot now determine how they were connected. About 1747 he was granted land in what is now Iredell County, North Carolina. Shortly after their move, he died. His son George Davidson, born 1728, my 5g-grandfather, married Catharine Penelope Reese who was of Welsh ancestry. His son William Davidson, my 4g-grandfather, married Mary Dickey who was of Scottish ancestry. His son Abner migrated to Bedford County, Tennessee, in the late 1820s. After the Civil War, his grandson went to San Antonio, Texas.
John and Jane Davidson with their children migrated first to Augusta County, Virginia, now Rockbridge County. The first land surveyed for John was in Beverly Manor in May of 1738 on Christian Creek. By June 5, 1739, he had bought 785 acres. On February 18, 1747, he sold 485 acres of the Beverly Manor land and 350 acres of land on Buffalo Creek that runs into the upper portion of James River. Jane had also signed these land sales when they took place. Elizabeth and her sister Margaret and her brother John were all born while living there in Virginia. Elizabeth had been baptized April 19, 1741, by Rev. John Craig at Tinkling Spring. She was the first of John and Jane's children to be born on American soil.
After some eight to ten years in residence of Virginia, John moved into North Carolina with his family. He chose land on Davidsons Creek, named for him. It was located in the northwest corner of what is now Mecklenburg County and the southwest corner of present Iredell County, just a short distance north of present Charlotte. Centre Presbyterian Church was only a short distance to the south.
The first of the Granville lands surveyed in what was then Anson County, now Iredell County, was dated November 13, 1748. The Granville surveyor was Charles Robertson for John McDowell on McDowell's Creek. The second survey was for John Davidson on November 26, 1748. John had the land titled jointly with his first born son, George Davidson. This old practice of first born son getting sole title was still in practice from the medieval times. It wouldn't change till America became free after the Revolution. John made application for the land and moved onto it, and George has assisted as a chairman in the survey. John never saw the completion of the paperwork, due to his untimely death. The land on Davidson's Creek followed the creek southwest to join into the Catawba River.
Surveys for the Granville land in the area of Davidson's Creek area were made December 1, 1748, for John McConnell and then followed by other surveys for James Templeton, George Davidson, Samuel Baker, John Thompson, James and John McCullock, Moses White, John Reed, Benjamin Winsley, John McDowell, William Morrison, Hugh Lawson, John Parks, John Brevard, and Edward Givens. These names will show up again in the history of the Davidsons and McLeans.
After only two years in the North Carolina lands John had died, leaving most of his estate to his son George. After John's death, Jane, later on, married William Morrison and had her last child, William Morrison, Jr. William Morrison helped Jane to close out inventory of John's last Virginia lands, for the aid of his new wife. He was noted to be the present husband of the "said Jane Davidson."
Before moving on I'd like to list the children of John and Jane Davidson.
Col. George Davison born in 1728 in Ireland
Rachel Davidson born abt. 1730 in Ireland
Thomas Davidson born abt. 1733 in Ireland
Samuel Davidson born 1736 in Ireland, twin
Maj. William Davidson born 1736 in Ireland, twin
Elizabeth Davidson born 1741 in Virginia
Margaret Davidson born 1742 in Virginia
John (One Eyed) Davidson born 1744 in Virginia
John Davidson was born in Ireland about 1709. Although we have suggested a parentage for him, this parentage is speculative. For most of his life, he seems to have spelled his name as "Davison"; however, he added the second "d" to make it Davidson when he entered land in North Carolina.
The first fairly concrete evidence of his existance is a proof of importation that was entered into the Orange County Virginia Order Book in 1740. This documents announces that John Davison and his wife Jane and sons George, Thomas, William, and Samuel had arrived in America in Philadelphia and had now migrated to the Virginia Colony to acquire land. This document places their arrival in America as sometime between 1737 and 1740 as the twins William and Samuel were born in 1737. The were looking to acquire land in the Tinkling Springs Beverly Plantation, near where the city of Stanton in Rockbridge county, VA is today. In 1840 it was part of Orange County. Then in became part of Augusta County in the 1740s; and later still Rockbridge County.
A key research understanding is that several other John Davidsons or John Davisons were in the same area at the same time. And all of them claim to be the John Davison referred to in this document. A key reason why it should be accepted for this John Davidson is that there is other evidence to document the existance of the sons and their birth order. In most other cases, they only have one son that they can document.
While John Davidson was in Tinkling Spring, he had three more children and they were baptised there and records exist of those ceremonies.
About 1748 inexpensive land was being made available by Lord Granville in northwestern North Carolina. John and his son George travelled there to claim some land. George served as a surveyor laying out a claim in what it now Iredell County. During the next year his family began selling the land in Virginia and moved to North Carolina.
Shortly after the move, John Davidson died. His wife Jane, with the help of William Morrison, a neighbor whom she married, sold off the remaining properties in Virginia by 1753. It is said that Jane had a son William by William Morrison. Evidence is unclear if the son is hers or it is his by a previous marriage.
However, her marriage to William Morrison has been the basis for a legend that is documented in many early histories of this family. The legend assumes that a Mister Morrison was her first husband and that he died in transit to America and that she married John Davidson afterwards. This would place the birth of the young William Morrison at about 1720. The William Morrison half-brother or step-brother who retained Tory sympathies during the War was obviously a young man - a man still raising a family about 1800.
John Davidson was buried on the family farm in North Carolina. Unfortunately, no marker exists. But his presence is felt in the large numbers of people who can point back and call him their ancestor.
George Franklin Davidson, son of Ephraim Davidson, grandson of Col. George Davidson, great-grandson of John Davidson, wrote a letter in 1840 that is one of the most important clues to the family ancestry.
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Irdele Co., N.C. Sept. 20, 1840
Dear Cousin:-
Since my return I have seen the letter you wrote to Father, making inquiries about the family of Davidsons, and he has attempted in some degree to answer them. The oldest members of the family who came to this country were John and George Davidson. George married a widow Simmeral and was the father of General Wm. Davidson, killed in Revolution, and another son who died a young man before that time.
John was the father of Grandfather George D., and also 4 other sons, viz: Thomas who lived and died near Charleston, S.C. - William and Samuel (twins) both lived and died inn Buncombe (the latter was killed by Indians -- the first was father of Col. Samuel Davidson who now lives in Buncombe on the same plantation) -- the 4th brother was the one-eyed John D. who lived in Murry Co. Tenn -- and a half brother, William Morrison, whose family went to Kentucky.
Great G. Father John had three daughters, Rachel and Peggy who married John and David Alexander, some of whose descendents are now living in Buncombe and Tennessee -- and Betty who married Ephraim McLean, and lived in Kentucky.
G. G. Father and mother Reece died about 1800, the former, who first name was William, aged 100, the latter, name was Penelope Groner, aged 75. Grandfather George Davidson was born in 1728, died in 1814; Grandmother born in 1731, died 1814.
Our family emigrated from Rockbridge, Virginia about 1748. G.G. father died about 2 years after. and was buried on his plantation.
There are some of the particulars about which you wished to be informed and I expect are mostly correct. I hope they will meet your wishes and enable you to effect your purpose.
We are all well at present time, tho Father has recently had a dangerous spell of sickness.
There is little news here. I should be gratified to hear from you. Father sends his best wishes, etc.
Yours etc.
Geo. F. Davidson
Source: T. P. Davidson, Memphis, Tenn (Copied July 3 1896)
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The following is from The Heritage of Old Buncombe County, Doris Cline Ward, Editor (1981) at 189-190 (Article #304, "Allen Turner Davidson" by Mrs. Dorothy Hyde and Mr. William E. Bryson). The facts claimed have not been confirmed, and researchers are advised to proceed with caution:
Three brothers, John, George, and Robert Davidson of Scottish ancestry, Whigs and Presbyterians, immigrated to America from Northern Ireland early in the eighteenth century. They landed at Philadelphia and lived in southern Pennsylvania and northern Maryland until about 1740 when John and George moved their families as well as the widow and two children of Robert, to Rowan County, North Carolina to a place near Centre Church.
According to tradition, John Davidson (b. 1709) married a young widow named Mary Morrison whose beauty and charm had attracted him during the long voyage. She was born in Ireland of wealthy parents and had eloped with a devout young Protestant who succumbed to disease aboard the ship. One Morrison boy was born of this union who was raised by the Davidson family. During the Revolution that young man remained a Tory and family ties were strained.
[Yes, I have read this account, however, most of the serious researchers in times past dismissed this romantic story. Who knows? After reading all of the stories in Caswell County Heritage, I know some are right on the nose and a few are from a good imagination or not so good memory. I take them as my starting point. Source: Dottie Pickett]
John Davidson saw much action during the French and Indian War in associatin with General Washington, and when General John Rutherford came through Western North Carolina on a punitive expedition against the Cherokee Indians in 1775, General John Davidson was in command of the supply train. This consisted of 1900 soldiers, 1400 horses, 160 light horsemen and all were equipped with a four months? supply of rations. He was chosen for this job because of his previous skill in handling such arrangements over the years.
The Davidsons lived on the land that later became the site of Davidson College which was named years later for his nephew General William Lee Davidson.
The children of General John and Mary (?) (Morrison) Davidson were: Twins: William D. and Samuel (first settler west of the Blue Ridge, murdered by the Cherokees); Thomas who settled in South Carolina; James and Benjamin who settled in Transylvania County, NC; ?one-eyed? John who married Mary Brevard and lived at Old Fort, NC; Rachel who married John Alexander; Margaret (Peggy) who married James Smith; Elizabeth who married Ephraim McClean; and Rebecca who married William Young.
Mrs. Dorothy Hyde and Mr. William E. Bryson
The above description of the family of General John and Mary (Morrison) Davidson is found on pages 189-190 of The Heritage of Old Buncombe County, Volume I (1981), Doris Cline Ward, Editor (Published by the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society).
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Either Robert Davidson or his brother George Davidson was the father of General William Lee Davidson (nephew of General John Johnson). The Davidsons originally were from Center Church. Gen. William Lee Davidson was killed during the Revolutionary War in 1781 at Cowan's Ford of Catawba River. In his honor are named Davidson College of North Carolina and Davidson Counties of North Carolina and Tennessee. A monument also stands to him on the Revolutionary battle ground at Guilford Court House. See Sondley at 369 for a further description of Center Church and the Davidson family.
Notes on John: John "imported from Ireland to Philadelphia" his family including his wife Jane and 4 sons between 1737 & 1740. On July 24, 1740 at Orange County VA Court House, John Davidson gave an Oath of Importation as follows: "John Davidson came into Court & made oath that he imported himself, Jane, George, Thomas, William & Samuel Davison at his own charge from Ireland to Philadelphia & from thence into this Colony and that this is the first time of his proving his and their rights in order to obtain Land which is ordered to be certifyed." (per Orange Co., VA Order Book 2, p.209) He moved to what is now Rockbridge Co., VA. where he lived for about ten years and where some of his children were born, and removed to Rowan Co., NC Abt. 1748. The four youngest children were baptized at the Tinkling Springs Meeting House, Orange [Augustua] County, VA. by the Rev. John Craig, a Presbyterian minister. Source: Dottie PIckett
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"In 1756, Virginia had asked to join South Carolina in the building of Fort Loudon, but the Cherokees wanted each colony to construct a fort. Virginia built a small fortification, therefore, near the ancient capital of Echota, but it was never garrisoned. At the same time North Carolina took steps to protect the Catawbas east of the Blue Ridge from the ever-raiding Cherokees by building a fort, thus strengthening the colony's relationship with the Catawbas and safeguarding the westward moving settlers. Later [1757], for protection against both the Catawbas and the Cherokees, settlers just east of the Blue Ridge built Fort Davidson, on the site of the present Old Fort."
Source: Western North Carolina: Its Mountains and Its People to 1880, Ora Blackmun (1977) at 79-80.
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Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: John Davison
Year: 1740
Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Family Members: Relative Jane; Relative Thomas; Relative Samuel; Relative William; Relative George
Source Publication Code: 4627
Primary Immigrant: Davison, John
Annotation: Includes facts about the person making the oath, the family accompanying him, and the date of the oath. Information found in Orange County Order Book, vol. 2 (1739-1741).
Source Bibliography: LINDSAY, JOICEY HAW, contributor. "Importation Oaths 1739-1741, Orange County [Virginia]." In Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol. 17:2 (Apr. 1979), pp. 51-52; vol. 17:3 (July 1979), pp. 100-102; vol. 17:4 (Oct. 1979), pp. 121-123.
Page: 121
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References
Those Members of the Davison/Davidson Family Who Descended from William and Elizabeth Davison of County Armagh, Ireland, Robert Stephens Hand (1990).
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John Davidson was born in Ireland about 1709. Although we have suggested a parentage for him, this parentage is speculative. For most of his life, he seems to have spelled his name as "Davison"; however, he added the second "d" to make it Davidson when he entered land in North Carolina.
The first fairly concrete evidence of his existance is a proof of importation that was entered into the Orange County Virginia Order Book in 1740. This documents announces that John Davison and his wife Jane and sons George, Thomas, William, and Samuel had arrived in America in Philadelphia and had now migrated to the Virginia Colony to acquire land. This document places their arrival in America as sometime between 1737 and 1740 as the twins William and Samuel were born in 1737. The were looking to acquire land in the Tinkling Springs Beverly Plantation, near where the city of Stanton in Rockbridge county, VA is today. In 1840 it was part of Orange County. Then in became part of Augusta County in the 1740s; and later still Rockbridge County.
A key research understanding is that several other John Davidsons or John Davisons were in the same area at the same time. And all of them claim to be the John Davison referred to in this document. A key reason why it should be accepted for this John Davidson is that there is other evidence to document the existance of the sons and their birth order. In most other cases, they only have one son that they can document.
While John Davidson was in Tinkling Spring, he had three more children and they were baptised there and records exist of those ceremonies.
About 1748 inexpensive land was being made available by Lord Granville in northwestern North Carolina. John and his son George travelled there to claim some land. George served as a surveyor laying out a claim in what it now Iredell County. During the next year his family began selling the land in Virginia and moved to North Carolina.
Shortly after the move, John Davidson died. His wife Jane, with the help of William Morrison, a neighbor whom she married, sold off the remaining properties in Virginia by 1753. It is said that Jane had a son William by William Morrison. Evidence is unclear if the son is hers or it is his by a previous marriage.
However, her marriage to William Morrison has been the basis for a legend that is documented in many early histories of this family. The legend assumes that a Mister Morrison was her first husband and that he died in transit to America and that she married John Davidson afterwards. This would place the birth of the young William Morrison at about 1720. The William Morrison half-brother or step-brother who retained Tory sympathies during the War was obviously a young man - a man still raising a family about 1800.
John Davidson was buried on the family farm in North Carolina. Unfortunately, no marker exists. But his presence is felt in the large numbers of people who can point back and call him their ancestor.
The Legend
According to family tradition, Mister Morrison was a young unmarried, Irish Protestant who became enamored of a young, unmarried Irish Catholic lady. Her father, an ardent Catholic, opposed the marriage, and the young couple ran away, were married, and embarked for America. Mister Morrison died on the way and his young widow reached Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in a destitute condition.
John Davidson, a young bachelor, was an emigrant from Ireland to America on the same ship and there became acquainted with the Morrisons. His sympathy was awakened in behalf of the young widow, especially, when on their arrival at Philadelphia, he learned of her necessitous condition.
He procured for her a home with a family of some of his friends and and advanced her some money to defray her expenses in the interval. On returning to the city after several months, her learned that her family had refused her any aid and that she had given birth to a son of her marriage which was adding to her distress. Again, he came to her relief, and eventually that ripened into affection. They were married and raised a large family.
He raised his family in Pennsylvania, probably in Lancaster County. About 1750 the family moved to Rowan County, North Carolina in an area known as Center Church. That area is now in Iredel County.
Source: Davidson Family History and Ancestry.
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Father: William Davidson b: ABT 1680 in Legacorry, Parrish Shankill, Armagh County, Ireland
Mother: Elizabeth Unknown b: ABT 1684 in Legacorry, Parrish Shankill, Armagh County, Ireland
Marriage
1 Jane Tucker b: in Armagh, IrelandMarried: ABT 1727 in Ireland
Note:
According to tradition, John Davidson (b. 1709) married a young widow named Mary Morrison whose beauty and charm had attracted him during the long voyage. She was born in Ireland of wealthy parents and had eloped with a devout young Protestant who succumbed to disease aboard the ship. One Morrison boy was born of this union who was raised by the Davidson family. During the Revolution that young man remained a Tory and family ties were strained. Source: The Heritage of Old Buncombe County, Volume I (1981), Doris Cline Ward, Editor (Published by the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society)(pages 189-190).
However, several Davidson family researchers and descendants strongly disagree with this story and claim that her name was Jane, that she married John Davidson in Ireland, had children with him there, and moved with him to America. After John Davidson died c.1849, Jane Davidson married William Morrison and had one child. Source: Family History Research Center--The Davidson Family of Iredell County, North Carolina, John Bulmer Lisle ([email protected]) and Carolyn Miethe Lisle (2000): http://www.tqsi.com/genealogy/ [last updated 6 February 2000, when accessed 12 February 2010].
Children
1.Has Children George Davidson b: 1728 in County Armagh, Ireland
2.Has Children Rachel Davidson b: ABT 1730 in Ireland
3.Has Children Thomas Davidson b: ABT 1733 in Ireland
4.Has Children Samuel Davidson b: 10 OCT 1736 in Ireland
5.Has Children William Davidson b: 10 OCT 1736 in Ireland
6.Has Children Elizabeth Davidson b: 1741 in Virginia
7.Has No Children Margaret Davidson b: 1742 in Virginia
8.Has No Children John Davidson b: BEF 24 NOV 1744 in Augusta County, Virginia
Sources: 1.Details: The Heritage of Old Buncombe County, Doris Cline Ward, Editor (1981) at 190-191 (Article #307, "Major William and Margaret McConnell Davidson" by Mrs. Dorothy Hyde and Mr. William E. Bryson)
2.Details: Family History Research Center--The Davidson Family of Iredell County, North Carolina, John Bulmer Lisle ([email protected]) and Carolyn Miethe Lisle (2000): http://www.tqsi.com/genealogy/ [last updated 6 February 2000, when accessed 12 February 2010]
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found at http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/u/r/Lisa-J-Hurley/GENE2-0025.html
1736. John Davidson, born Abt. 1705 in Armagh, Ireland; died Abt. 1790 in Davidson's Creek, Rowan County, North Carolina. He was the son of 3472. William Davidson and 3473. Elizabeth. He married 1737. Jane Morrison.
1737. Jane Morrison, born Bef. 1714 in Ireland; died Unknown.
Notes for John Davidson:
On Nov. 26, 1748 a grant of 650 acres was surveyed for John along Davidson's Creek in southern portion of present day Iredell County, NC. John and his sons fought in the American Revolution. John was a member of Safety and Correspondence, Rowan County, NC, 1774-1776. He was the Pack Horse Master under General Griffith Rutherford on the campaign against the Cherokee Indians in 1776.
1773 he introduced a bill to erect a permanent courthouse at Charlotte, but it was vetoed. ('The Olden Days" by Laverne Hutchins Bish)
One of the signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. Came from Pennsylvania or Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland to Iredell County, NC about 1748 and resided near Center Church. Was a major in a NC regiment commanded by Col. Adam Alexander during the Revolutionary War. A monument in Charlotte, NC bears his name as a signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration. (from World FamilyTreeMaker CD volume 9 tree number 0919).
More About John Davidson:
Military service: fought American Revolution with sons
Other/Misc.: see notes
Notes for Jane Morrison: ****
previously married, maiden name unknown
Children of John Davidson and Jane Morrison are:
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i. Colonel George Davidson, born 1728 in Shankill Parrish, County Armagh, Ulster, Ireland; died 22 Sep 1814 in Iredell Co., NC; married Catherine Penelope Reese 1749 in Anson County, NC.
ii. William Davidson, born 10 Oct 1737 in Lancaster County, PA; died 16 May 1814 in Buncombe County, NC; married Margaret McConnell 01 May 1762; born 1738; died 13 Nov 1806.
Notes for William Davidson:
William was a major in the 4th NC Regiment at King's Mountain. After the Revolution, William and his family along with a group of settlers were the first to cross over the mountains and settle west of the Blue Ridge. They settled at the mouth of Bee Tree Creek. ("The Olden Days", Laverne Hutchins Bish)
First Senator in the Legislature of North Carolina, from the county of Buncombe. The County of Buncombe was organized in his home and the first County Court was held there. (World FamilyTree Maker volume 9 tree 0919)
More About William Davidson and Margaret McConnell:
Marriage: 01 May 1762
iii. Samuel Davidson, born 10 Oct 1737; died 1784; married Mary Ruth Smith; died Unknown.
Notes for Samuel Davidson:
Killed by Indians. Wife and daughters escaped.
iv. Thomas Davidson, died Unknown.
Notes for Thomas Davidson:
fought at Cowan's Ford, settled in South Carolina
v. John Davidson, born 15 Feb 1749/50; died 28 Feb 1825; married Ruth Clement; died Unknown.
Notes for John Davidson:
Also known as "One-eyed John"
vi. James Davidson, died Unknown.
vii. Benjamin Davidson, died Unknown.
viii. Rachel Davidson, died Unknown in near Nashville, TN; married John Alexander 1754; died Unknown.
More About John Alexander and Rachel Davidson:
Marriage: 1754
ix. Elizabeth Davidson, born 1743; died 1820 in near Nashville, TN; married Ephraim McLean 1761; died Unknown.
More About Ephraim McLean and Elizabeth Davidson:
Marriage: 1761
x. Margaret Davidson, died Unknown; married James Smith; died Unknown.
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