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"He was a son of John Davidson and first cousin
of Gen. Wm. Davidson, who succeeded Griffith Rutherford in the
generalship....Col. Davidson was brother of the Samuel Davidson who was
killed by the Indians in 1781-2 at the head of the Swannanoa river, and
was the first representative of Buncombe country in the State Senate,
taking a prominent part in the preparations made by the North
Carolinians for the Battle of Kings Mountain....(1914. Arthur, John
Preston. Western
North Carolina: A History..., pp.151, 152.)
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