Display Patriot - P-144258 - Benjamin DAVIDSON Sr

Benjamin DAVIDSON Sr

SAR Patriot #: P-144258

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.

State of Service: NC Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service

DAR #: A030052

Birth: 1743 / Bladen / NC
Death: 1825 / Buncombe / NC

Qualifying Service Description:

TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO MAKE LAND ENTRY, 1778
FURNISHED SUPPLIES; Credited with providing supplies to the cause
Burke County Regiment of Militia under Colonel Joseph McDowell.; Fought at Kings Mountain, Oct 7, 1880

Additional References:

NC REV WAR PAY VOUCHERS, #3545, 1946, ROLL #S.115.81
NC LAND WARRANT FILES, BURKE CO, #33, 2 AUG 1778

Spouse: Anne XX;
Children: Elizabeth; Anne; Rebekah/Rebecca;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child	View Application Detail
1989-10-13	NC	222770	Ernest Morley Boys III (131265)	Elizabeth
1989-10-13	NC	222772	John Edward Boys (131266)	Elizabeth

Burial:

Davidson River Cemetery_(C-0371743)

Location:

Pisgah Forest / Transylvania / NC / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

47209

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

68179372

Marker Type:

SAR

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

18 Oct 2018

Comments:

photo used with permission of Craig Batten, George Washington Chapter, VASSAR
2nd phot0 is displayed courtesy of Craig Isaacson, NC SAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 2

Photo: 2 of 2

Author: Mr. John Lawrence Boyd

Son of Samuel and Margaret Davidson. Baptised by Rev. John Craig, 8 May 1741, Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Church. 1790 Census indicates at least 10 children, and early in 1770s settled near Old Fort, NC. Received two warrants for 640 acres each in western NC and settled on one after 1790 (Note 1). Patriot and his neighbor Patriot Thomas Patton donated land for cemetery in which they are buried.

Note 1: Second warrant for acreage (Grant 545) issued by State of NC on 16 Nov 1790. The area was originally part of Mecklenburg, Burke, Buncombe, Henderson, then became part of Transylvania County, NC.

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