Elizabeth Davidson, 1741–1820?> (aged 78 years)
- Name
- Elizabeth /Davidson/
- Given names
- Elizabeth
- Surname
- Davidson
- Nickname
- Betty
- Married name
- Elizabeth /McLean/
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Text: Area is now known as Rockbridge. Augusta County was formed in 1738 from Orange County, although county government was not organized until 1745. Citation details: page 11 Note: Elizabeth was the first of the Davidson's born on American soil.
Note: born 1743 in Pennsylvania from "Davison/Davidson Family : The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Davidson of County Armagh, Ireland" by Robert Stephens Hand |
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Citation details: page 11 Note: Tinkling Spring. [Tinkling Spring, then Augusta, now Rockbridge County, VA (near the present city of Staunton, VA)], Old Centre Presbyterian Church by Rev. John Craig |
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Note: Elizabeth Davidson, daughter of Major John Davidson came to North Carolina from Pennsylvania in 1750. |
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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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Note: Ephraim McLean [Sr.] wrote in the family Bible, "John McLean first son of Ephraim and Elizabeth McLean was June ye 1st 1761." |
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Note: Her tombstone clearly shows her birth as being December 26th, year not so clear - either 61 or 63. Ephraim McLean, her father, clearly wrote in the family Bible her birth as " Margaret McLean, born June ye 23rd 1763." |
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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. |
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Citation details: Find A Grave Memorial # 8553727 Added 24 MAR 2004 by Mary Bob McClain
Source: McLean Families
Citation details: page 6 Note: Ephraim McLean [Sr.] wrote in his family Bible, "Ephraim McLean was born March ye 5th 1766." |
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Address: Catawba River Note: His father, Ephraim McLean [Sr.] wrote in the family Bible, "George MacLean was born December ye 24th 1767." Ephraim used "MacLean" when listing George and Alney. All other children he used "McLean." |
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Citation details: Memorial# 26058982. Added 16 Apr 2008 by Lila Cole Grishok. Maintained by Tammy Hay. Citation details: page 2 Note: Her father, Ephraim McLean [Sr.] wrote in the family Bible, "Jane McLean was born December ye 12th 1769." |
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Source: McLean Families
Citation details: page 7 Note: "The Roster of Texas Daughters Revolutionary Ancestors" states that he was born June 6, 1761, and killed by Indians as a child. |
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Note: The Ephraim Bible does not list this child but it could be because the child died at birth. |
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Citation details: Find A Grave Memorial# 9122243 Text: Created by Margaret’s Daughter
Source: McLean Families
Citation details: page 6 Note: Ephraim McLean [Sr.] wrote in the family Bible, "Charles McLean was born Nov ye 30th 1771." |
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Note: Ephraim McLean [Sr.] wrote in the family Bible, "William McLean was born Febry ye 17th 1773." |
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Address: Western North Carolina on the Catawba River Citation details: Memorial# 16629529. Added 13 Nov 2006 by Paul McCarter. Maintained by May Bob McClain
Source: McLean Families
Citation details: page 13 Note: Ephraim McLean [Sr.] wrote in the family Bible, "Samuel McLean was born January ye 27th 1775." |
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Note: Ephraim McLean [Sr.] wrote in the family Bible, "James McLean was born March ye 30th 1777." |
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Citation details: McLean, Alney (1779-1841) = M000544 Note: Ephraim McLean [Sr.] wrote in the family Bible, "Alney MacLean was born June ye 10th 1779." Ephraim used "MacLean" when listing George and Alney. All other children he used "McLean." |
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Address: Garrard County, Kentucky, USA Citation details: Memorial# 5434431-. Added 01 Jul 2010 by KatieMac |
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Note: Ephraim McLean, his father, wrote in the family Bible, "John Davidson McLean was born July ye 4th 1781." |
Immigration
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Note: In 1782 they moved to Davidson County, Tenn. on Browns Creek where he owned 640 acres. In 1788 he was granted 8500 acres of land on the waters of Obion and Duck rivers. |
Birth of a son
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Note: or Harrodsburg, Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA
Note: Ephraim McLean [Sr.] wrote in the family Bible, "Robert Davidson McLean was born Apr ye 7th 1783." |
Death of a brother
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Address: Stone Mountain, Note: killed by Cherokee Indians |
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Citation details: Memorial# 12645168. Added 10 Dec 2005 by Robert S. Damrell Jr. |
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Note: or married at Adairville, Logan County, Kentucky as stated in The Ewing Genealogy with Cognate Branches. |
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Citation details: Memorial# 37182608 Added 17 MAY 2009 by Lucy Townsend |
1st President of the United States
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Address: Davidson County, West Tennessee, USA Citation details: page 91 Citation details: Memorial#97495338. Added 21 Sep 2012 by Brenda White Broadway. |
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Citation details: Memorial# 26436805. Added 27 Apr 2008 by Martin Paterson. |
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Note: another source gives birth as being August 1, 1790 in Greenville, Munlenberg, Kentucky, USA. |
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Citation details: page 79 |
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Citation details: Memorial# 12346806. Added 14 Nov 2005 by Mary Coursey. |
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Citation details: page 80 |
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Citation details: Memorial# 37260421. Added 19 May 2009 by Lucy Townsend.
Source: Ancestry Family Trees
Citation details: page 81 |
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Citation details: film# 443593, digital folder# 4200052, image# 578
Source: McLean Families
Citation details: page 14 |
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Citation details: Find A Grave Memorial# 9122243 Text: Created by Margaret’s Daughter |
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Citation details: Memorial# 100300292. Added 6 Nov 2012 by Donna Abney |
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Citation details: Memorial# 37242258. Added 18 May 2009 by Lucy Townsend Citation details: page 81 |
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Address: Garrard County, Kentucky Citation details: database - :1997481 |
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Note: William Miller, father of Margaret (Peggy) Miller, filed in old Orange County (now Garrard County) Court House "I am well agreed that my daughter Peggy intermarry with the bearer William McLean and it is my desire that a license may issue.. ..." |
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Citation details: Memorial# 12645168. Added 10 Dec 2005 by Robert S. Damrell Jr. |
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Citation details: Memorial# 29977290 Added 21 SEP 2008 by James Hill Citation details: page 3 |
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Citation details: Memorial# 7585266. Added 16 Jun 2003 by Kay Moore |
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Address: Garrard County, Kentucky, USA Citation details: Memorial# 54344611. Added 01 Jul 2010 by KatieMac. |
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Citation details: Memorial# 166285780. Added 13 No. 2006 by Paul McCarter. Maintained by Sue Macduff |
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Citation details: page 82 |
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Citation details: Memorial# 12354371. Added 15 Nov 2005 by Mary Coursey |
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Citation details: Memorial# 12346798. Added 14 Nov 2005 by Mary Coursey |
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Citation details: Memorial# 109556639. Added 26 Apr 2013 by Margaret’s Daughter. |
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Address: Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Source: McLean Families
Citation details: page 14 Citation details: Memorial# 16629525. Added 13 Nov 2006 by Paula McCarter, Maintained by Sue Macduff. |
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Citation details: page 82 |
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Citation details: page 8 Citation details: Memorial# 65479588. Added 10 Feb 201 by Scott and Priscila Butler Fraser |
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Citation details: page 6 Citation details: Memorial# 100299614. Added 6 Nov 2012 by Donna Abney. Note: Find a Grave and his tombstone have the date as 27 Feb. 1805 |
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Address: Garrard County, Kentucky, USA |
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Citation details: Susan WOOD 5422 Roche Dr, Columbus, Ohio, 43229, USA Citation details: Memorial# 19195939 Added 03 MAY 2007 by Patsy Paterson Citation details: database: phays |
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Citation details: Memorial# 33585775. Added 06 Feb 2009 by Mavis Clemmer. |
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Address: Logan County, Kentucky, USA Citation details: Memorial# 13357474. Added 16 Feb 2006 by K. Citation details: page 83 |
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Note: 1850 Bedford Co., TN census was her a 40 years of age |
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Note: from Judge Alney McLean's family Bible. |
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Citation details: Memorial# 16629551. Added 13 Nov 2006 by Paula McCarter. Maintained by Sue Macduff:)
Source: Barbara D. McLean Corner
Citation details: Digital photo taken 31 JUL 2006 Citation details: page 10 |
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Citation details: page 9 Citation details: Memorial # 8840468. Added 28 May 2004 by Mary Bob McClain |
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Citation details: database: phays |
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Citation details: page 9 Citation details: Memorial# 8840125. Added 28 May 2004 by Mary Bob McClain. Citation details: daughter's death certificate# 495 |
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Address: Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA Citation details: database: phays |
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Death of a son
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Note: drown in Duck River; spine broken. |
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Cemetery: Vestal McLean Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 35.72310, Longitude: -87.12110 Santa Fe, Maury County, Tennessee, USA Citation details: Memorial# 8887727 Added 08 JUN 2004 by Mary Bob McClain Note: Box tombstone inscription: SACRED; To the memory of William McLean; who was born February the; 17th, 1773, and departed this; life the 23rd of July 1814. |
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Citation details: Page 7 Citation details: database: phays Citation details: Memorial# 19152575. Added 30 Apr 2007 by Patsy Paterson. Maintained by Margaret’s Daughter. |
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Source: McLean Families
Citation details: page 14 Citation details: Memorial# 81708430 Added 08 Dec 2011 by Sue Macduff. Note: she was also known as Sara Elizabeth McLean |
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Citation details: "Pedigree Resource File," database. Submitted by: jmurphy1100880 |
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Address: Logan County, Kentucky, USA Citation details: page 80 Note: his second marriage |
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Note: Will written 20 Mar 1818, 1 month 3 days before death. |
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Cemetery: Snow Creek Farm
Source: Mary McClain-Richardson
Citation details: Mary McClain-Richardson Text: "Thank you for your responce. Quality of data: unknown Note: It appears that Ephraim McLean, Jr. and Polly Boyd McLean are the only ones buried on the Snow Creek farm. |
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Note: or possibly 07 MAY 1818 |
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Citation details: Memorial# 13189478. Added 31 Jan 2006 by Mary Bob McClain. Maintained by Pam. |
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Citation details: Memorial# 37242258. Added 18 May 2009 by Lucy Townsend
Source: Bowling Family Connection to the Phillips Family [McLean/Ewing] on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project
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Citation details: Memorial# 14784808 Added 30 JUN 2006 by Tamara |
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Citation details: Memorial# 37260421. Added 19 May 2009 by Lucy Townsend Citation details: page 81 |
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British King
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Number of children
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Note: another source "Revolutionary War Patriots of Marshall County, Tennessee" mentions a son named "Huey" |
Religion
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Note: Old Centre Presbyterian Church where Davidson College stands |
Marriage of a granddaughter
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Citation details: page 80 |
Death
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Note: Some family tradition says she died at the home of Alney McLean and was buried there. |
Burial
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Cemetery: Caney Station Cemetery
Address: Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, USA Citation details: Memorial# 9122718. Added 19 Jul 2004 by Margaret’s Daughter. |
father |
1709–1750
Birth: about 1709
— Shankill, Armagh or Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland Death: 1750 — North Carolina, USA |
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Marriage | Marriage — about 1727 — |
2 years
elder brother |
1728–1814
Birth: 1728
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18
— Armagh or Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland Death: September 22, 1814 — Iredell, North Carolina, USA |
3 years
elder sister |
1730–
Birth: about 1730
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20
— Pennsylvania, USA Death: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA |
4 years
elder brother |
1733–1781
Birth: about 1733
24
23
— Ireland, United Kingdom Death: February 1, 1781 — Cowan's Ford, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA |
4 years
elder brother |
1736–1814
Birth: October 10, 1736
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26
— Shankill, Armagh or Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland Death: May 16, 1814 — Buncombe, North Carolina, USA |
1 year
elder brother |
1737–1784
Birth: October 10, 1737
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27
— Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Death: 1784 — Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA |
4 years
herself |
1741–1820
Birth: August 19, 1741
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31
— Augusta, Virginia, USA Death: 1820 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA |
16 months
younger sister |
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2 years
younger brother |
1744–1825
Birth: November 25, 1744
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34
— Virginia, USA Death: February 28, 1825 — Maury, Tennessee, USA |
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mother | |
Marriage | Marriage — — |
half-brother |
partner |
1730–1823
Birth: 1730
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— Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Death: 1823 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA |
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herself |
1741–1820
Birth: August 19, 1741
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31
— Augusta, Virginia, USA Death: 1820 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA |
son |
1761–1771
Birth: June 1, 1761
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19
— Orange (old Tryon), North Carolina, USA Death: 1771 |
2 years
daughter |
1763–1837
Birth: June 23, 1763
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21
— Tryon, North Carolina, USA Death: December 25, 1837 — Paint Lick, Garrard, Kentucky, USA |
3 years
son |
1766–1818
Birth: March 5, 1766
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24
— Orange (old Tryon), North Carolina, USA Death: April 23, 1818 — Maury, Tennessee, USA |
22 months
son |
1767–1849
Birth: December 24, 1767
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26
— Orange (old Tryon), North Carolina, USA Death: December 12, 1849 — Todd, Kentucky, USA |
2 years
daughter |
1769–1847
Birth: December 12, 1769
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28
— York, Orange (old Tryon), North Carolina, USA Death: June 4, 1847 — Adairville, Logan, Kentucky, USA |
2 years
child |
1771–1771
Birth: 1771
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29
— York, Orange (old Tryon), North Carolina, USA Death: 1771 — York, Orange (old Tryon), North Carolina, USA |
11 months
son |
1771–1825
Birth: November 30, 1771
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30
— Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, USA Death: December 18, 1825 — Midland, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA |
15 months
son |
1773–1814
Birth: February 17, 1773
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31
— York, Orange (old Tryon), North Carolina, USA Death: July 23, 1814 — Maury, Tennessee, USA |
2 years
son |
1775–1850
Birth: January 27, 1775
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— North Carolina, USA Death: April 10, 1850 — Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA |
2 years
son |
1777–1843
Birth: March 30, 1777
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35
— Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, USA Death: July 29, 1843 — Madison, Mississippi, USA |
2 years
son |
1779–1841
Birth: June 10, 1779
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37
— Burke, North Carolina, USA Death: December 30, 1841 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA |
2 years
son |
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21 months
son |
1783–1875
Birth: April 7, 1783
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41
— Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, USA Death: May 10, 1875 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA |
Birth |
Text: Area is now known as Rockbridge. Augusta County was formed in 1738 from Orange County, although county government was not organized until 1745. Citation details: page 11 |
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Baptism |
Citation details: page 11 |
Emigration |
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Marriage bond |
Citation details: page 9 |
Family residence |
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. |
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Burial |
Citation details: Memorial# 9122718. Added 19 Jul 2004 by Margaret’s Daughter. |
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Citation details: page 12 - 13 |
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Birth |
Elizabeth was the first of the Davidson's born on American soil. born 1743 in Pennsylvania from "Davison/Davidson Family : The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Davidson of County Armagh, Ireland" by Robert Stephens Hand |
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Baptism |
Tinkling Spring. [Tinkling Spring, then Augusta, now Rockbridge County, VA (near the present city of Staunton, VA)], Old Centre Presbyterian Church by Rev. John Craig |
Emigration |
Elizabeth Davidson, daughter of Major John Davidson came to North Carolina from Pennsylvania in 1750. |
Marriage bond |
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. |
Immigration |
In 1782 they moved to Davidson County, Tenn. on Browns Creek where he owned 640 acres. In 1788 he was granted 8500 acres of land on the waters of Obion and Duck rivers. |
Number of children |
another source "Revolutionary War Patriots of Marshall County, Tennessee" mentions a son named "Huey" |
Religion |
Old Centre Presbyterian Church where Davidson College stands |
Death |
Some family tradition says she died at the home of Alney McLean and was buried there. |
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Elizabeth Davidson MacLean, wife of Ephraim, was first cousin to General William Lee Davidson who lived on a nearby farm before the Revolution. Davidson County in North Carolina and Tennessee were named in the General's honor, after he was killed at Cowen's Ford, North Carolina, during the Revolution. The Davidson Academies in each of the latter states were also named in his honor, as he was the youngest general in the Revolution. Citation details: page 12 - 13 |
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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 |