Brigadier General William Lee Davidson, the leading partisan officer of the North Carolina piedmont in the Revolutionary War, was killed on the Mecklenburg bank of the Catawba River at Cowan's Ford on February 1, 1781. The exact spot is now under . . . — — Map (db m248196) HM WM
To the memory of General William Lee Davidson of Mecklenburg County N.C. Born in 1746. Youngest son of George Davidson of Lancaster, PA. who moved to Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, in 1750. Major 4th Reg. North Carolina Troops. Promoted . . . — — Map (db m63062) HM