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William Lee Davidson

From the state marker

“Whig general, was killed at Cowan's Ford, Feb. 1, 1781. Davidson College and Davidson County are named for him.”

State historical marker: L-23: William Lee Davidson

1746–1781 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

5 works about William Lee Davidson are indexed here.

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House Joint Resolutions: April 21-June 3

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1784

House joint resolutions from the session of April 21 to June 3, 1784 at Hillsborough, 193 images of resolutions, petitions and depositions. They range from a replacement certificate for John Hogan and claims by auditors and veterans to courts-martial, Cherokee affairs, taxation and the Continental Congress.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Davidson, William Lee, 1746-1781.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Joint Select Committees: reports and papers, May 6-17

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1783

Revolutionary War aftermath runs through these General Assembly select committee reports of 6 to 17 May 1783, in 54 images. Business includes a memorial from officers of the State Legion, another from Richard Henderson and others, a petition of John Ramsey of Chatham County, and the accounts of a Colonel Polk. Loyalist estates, iron works, western lands and Hillsborough also come up.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Davidson, William Lee, 1746-1781.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Joint Papers (June-July, 1781): Miscellaneous petitions

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1781

Miscellaneous petitions to the North Carolina General Assembly, June to July 1781, 22 images. Petitioners include Edward Hall of Perquimans County, John Evans of Nash County, Henry O'Daniel, Thomas Cabeen and officers of the Salisbury militia battalions. Nathanael Greene, William Lee Davidson, deserters and pardons figure in the topics.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Davidson, William Lee, 1746-1781.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Governors' Papers: Abner Nash, Correspondence, September 1780

Brice, Francis · 1780

September 1780 letters of Governor Abner Nash, 40 images, from the weeks after the defeat at Camden. Francis Brice is among the writers, and Horatio Gates, William Lee Davidson, Thomas Jefferson and the Continental Congress are named, together with Hillsborough and Orange County.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Davidson, William Lee, 1746-1781.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

House Joint Resolutions: August 31-September 6

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1780

House joint resolutions of August 31 to September 6, 1780, passed in the weeks after the defeat at Camden. They include a poll tax exemption for John Vaughan of Orange County, allowances for wagon owners, and William Lee Davidson's appointment as brigadier general for the Salisbury District. 77 images.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Davidson, William Lee, 1746-1781.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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