Title The Davidson family of Rural Hill, North Carolina : three generations on a Piedmont plantation / Jim Williams and Ann Williams

Published Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Isabella Ramsay Davidson Hendry, Mother of Major John Davidson -- 2. Samuel and Mary Wilson, Parents of Violet Wilson Davidson -- 3. The First Generation at Rural Hill: Major John and Violet Davidson -- 4. The Davidson Children and Rural Hill -- 5. Holly Bend: Robin and Peggy Davidson -- 6. Robin and Peggy: Family, Wills and Estates -- 7. The Second Generation at Rural Hill: Jacky and Sallie Davidson -- 8. The Third Generation at Rural Hill: Brevard and Mary Davidson 9. Brevard and Mary: Mills, Wills and Children -- 10. Scientific Farming at Rural Hill -- 11. Rural Hill: The Last Three Generations -- Appendices -- A. Davidson Family Genealogy -- B. Davidson College -- C. Hopewell Presbyterian Church -- D. The Lunacy of the Rev. Alexander Caldwell -- E. The Story of Plum, Enslaved Man, Freedman, Property Owner -- F.A Marriage Deed of Trust -- G. Naming Conventions and Other John Davidsons -- H. Brevard's Slave Inventories -- I. Road and River Work -- K. The Value of Money -- L.A Confusion of Counties -- N. Major John's Earliest Land Transactions O. Land Acquisition by Robert Davidson -- P. Courts and Legal Structure -- Q. The Court House Law of 1774 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary John Davidson came to the North Carolina back country circa 1751 as a young man, with his sister and widowed mother. Typical of Scots-Irish settlers, they arrived with little more than basic farming tools, determined to make it on their own terms. Davidson worked hard, prospered, married well and built a plantation on the Catawba River he called Rural Hill. The Davidson's were loyal British citizens who paid their taxes and participated in colonial government. When the Crown's overbearing authority interfered, independence became paramount and Davidson and his neighbors became soldiers in the Revolutionary War. After the war Davidson managed his plantation, created shad fisheries, helped develop the local iron industry with his sons-in-law and was an early planter of cotton. His sons and grandsons, along with their slave families, continuously increased and improved the acreage and became early practitioners of scientific farming. Drawing on public documents, family papers and slave records, this history describes how a fiercely independent family grew their lands and fortunes into a lasting legacy Subject Davidson family. Davidson, John, 1735-1832. SUBJECT Davidson family fast Subject Plantation owners -- North Carolina -- Mecklenburg County -- History Plantations -- North Carolina -- Mecklenburg County -- History History / United States. History / Military / United States. Plantation owners Plantations SUBJECT Rural Hill (N.C.) -- History Subject North Carolina -- Mecklenburg County North Carolina -- Rural Hill Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Williams, Ann, 1940-2020, author ISBN 9781476638522 1476638527

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