Facts and events
Marriage bond
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Citation details: page 9 Note: Other sources say the marriage was in 1761. Family tradition says the year was 1760. The marriage bond was taken out from Virginia, from "My Ancestry" by F. A. Sondley, A History of the Davidson Family and from Phillip B. Davidson's web site . Note that Rowan County became Iredell County in 1788. |
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Family residence
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Citation details: page 13 Text: On October 19, 1765, Ephraim and Elizabeth settled on 640 acres of land on Fishing Creek in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, deeded over to them by William and Mary Moore. (10) One of the witnesses on this deed was William Dunlap, the uncle who raised Ephraim and Charles after their parents died. From time to time they moved to new lands along the western bank of the Catawba River, North Carolina, in the general direction of the Cumberland Gap, gateway to the west. (10) Mecklenburg register of deeds book I, pages 343 and 344 gives year as 1765. Two deeds of 320 acres each, and the two witnesses who signed the deeds. |
Number of children
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13
Note: another source "Revolutionary War Patriots of Marshall County, Tennessee" mentions a son named "Huey" |
Unique identifier
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5C0D1C8043E852C431EAF7D16660DB26BA6E
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Note
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another source "Revolutionary War Patriots of Marshall County, Tennessee" mentions a son named "Huey" in addition to the ten sons and three daughters, including the baby who died in infancy |
Last change
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Author of last change: barbaracorner |