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William Mitchell Davidson

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William Mitchell Davidson

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
31 May 1846 (aged 71)
Washington County, Texas, USA
Burial
Graball, Washington County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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From rootsweb.com, Rick posted for the Fredericksburg National Heritage Program that Wm M. Davidson died at Rock Island Ferry, on the Brazos river, Washington county, Texas and was buried in the Horse Shoe Bend of that stream in the private burying ground of Amos Gates. On January 10, 1804, he married Elizabeth (Betsy)Vance (who was born on Reem's creek, Buncombe county, North Carolina,March 23, 1787), the ceremony being performed by the Rev. Geo. Newton. She died at the home of her son, Col. Allen Turner Davidson, on Valley river,Cherokee county, April 15, 1861. They settled on a beautiful farm on Jonathan's creek, in Haywood county, where they remained until October 24,1844, when the family went to Santa Anna, Ill., where they remained until 1845, when they again set out for Texas. They settled on Wilson's creek of Collin county in April. From there they moved to Rock Island Ferry, where Mr. Davidson died. The family then returned to North Carolina-April, 1847. One cause of his removal to Texas was an unfortunate mercantile venture which he had made with his sons, W. E., H. H., an A.T., at Waynesville, in 1842. The story of the adventures of this family to and from Texas at that early day, as preserved in a manuscript written by John M. Davidson, one of W. M. Davidson's sons.

GinieReed says: He may be related to Samuel Davidson who was one of the "Old Three Hundred" - original settlers of Texas with Stephen F. Austin - because he is buried next to AMOS GATES who has a State Monument placed by the State of Texas that AMOS GATES was one of the original "Old Three Hundred" - which indicates Gates would have known Davidson and Wm could have had a connection to Gates that way.
From rootsweb.com, Rick posted for the Fredericksburg National Heritage Program that Wm M. Davidson died at Rock Island Ferry, on the Brazos river, Washington county, Texas and was buried in the Horse Shoe Bend of that stream in the private burying ground of Amos Gates. On January 10, 1804, he married Elizabeth (Betsy)Vance (who was born on Reem's creek, Buncombe county, North Carolina,March 23, 1787), the ceremony being performed by the Rev. Geo. Newton. She died at the home of her son, Col. Allen Turner Davidson, on Valley river,Cherokee county, April 15, 1861. They settled on a beautiful farm on Jonathan's creek, in Haywood county, where they remained until October 24,1844, when the family went to Santa Anna, Ill., where they remained until 1845, when they again set out for Texas. They settled on Wilson's creek of Collin county in April. From there they moved to Rock Island Ferry, where Mr. Davidson died. The family then returned to North Carolina-April, 1847. One cause of his removal to Texas was an unfortunate mercantile venture which he had made with his sons, W. E., H. H., an A.T., at Waynesville, in 1842. The story of the adventures of this family to and from Texas at that early day, as preserved in a manuscript written by John M. Davidson, one of W. M. Davidson's sons.

GinieReed says: He may be related to Samuel Davidson who was one of the "Old Three Hundred" - original settlers of Texas with Stephen F. Austin - because he is buried next to AMOS GATES who has a State Monument placed by the State of Texas that AMOS GATES was one of the original "Old Three Hundred" - which indicates Gates would have known Davidson and Wm could have had a connection to Gates that way.

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