William Mitchell Davidson

"He was born January 2, 1780, and died at Rock Island Ferry on the Brazos river,...Texas, May 32, 1846....On January 10, 1804 he married Elizabeth Vance (who was born on Reems Creek, Buncombe county, North Carolina, March 23, 1787), the ceremony being performed by the Rev. Geo. Newton.... They settled on a beautiful farm on Jonathan's creek in Haywood country, where they remained until October 24, 1844, when the family went to Santa Anna, Ill., where they remained until the first of March 1845 when they again set out for Texas....The family 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. and A. T. at Waynesville in 1842....Elizabeth Vance Davidson died at her son's home [Col. Allen T. Davidson] on Valley river, Cherokee country, April 15, 1861. (1914. Arthur, John. Western North Carolina: A History..., p. 152.)