{"product_id":"the-davidson-family-of-rural-hill-north-carolina-9781476680484","title":"The Davidson Family of Rural Hill North Carolina","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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 pa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\tvii\u003cbr\u003ePreface\t1\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\t5\u003cbr\u003e 1. Isabella Ramsay Davidson Hendry, Mother of Major John Davidson\t9\u003cbr\u003e 2. Samuel and Mary Wilson, Parents of Violet Wilson Davidson\t14\u003cbr\u003e 3. The First Generation at Rural Hill: Major John and Violet Davidson\t23\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Davidson Children and Rural Hill\t37\u003cbr\u003e 5. Holly Bend: Robin and Peggy Davidson\t50\u003cbr\u003e 6. Robin and Peggy: Family, Wills and Estates\t66\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Second Generation at Rural Hill: Jacky and Sallie Davidson\t88\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Third Generation at Rural Hill: Brevard and Mary Davidson\t99\u003cbr\u003e 9. Brevard and Mary: Mills, Wills and Children\t119\u003cbr\u003e10. Scientific Farming at Rural Hill\t130\u003cbr\u003e11. Rural Hill: The Last Three Generations\t147\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDICES:\u003cbr\u003eA.\tDavidson Family Genealogy\t153\u003cbr\u003eB.\tDavidson College\t156\u003cbr\u003eC.\tHopewell Presbyterian Church\t158\u003cbr\u003eD.\tThe Lunacy of the Rev. Alexander Caldwell\t159\u003cbr\u003eE.\tThe Story of Plum, Enslaved Man, Freedman, Property Owner\t161\u003cbr\u003eF.\tA Marriage Deed of Trust\t162\u003cbr\u003eG.\tNaming Conventions and Other John Davidsons\t165\u003cbr\u003eH.\tBrevard's Slave Inventories\t168\u003cbr\u003eI.\tRoad and River Work\t174\u003cbr\u003eJ.\tIron Making in North Carolina\t175\u003cbr\u003eK.\tThe Value of Money\t179\u003cbr\u003eL.\tA Confusion of Counties\t183\u003cbr\u003eM.\tLand Acquisition by Grants and Deeds\t185\u003cbr\u003eN.\tMajor John's Earliest Land Transactions\t193\u003cbr\u003eO.\tLand Acquisition by Robert Davidson\t203\u003cbr\u003eP.\tCourts and Legal Structure\t205\u003cbr\u003eQ.\tThe Court House Law of 1774\t210\u003cbr\u003eNotes\t213\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\t223\u003cbr\u003eIndex\t231\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040471941463,"sku":"9781476680484","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476680484.jpg?v=1750946862","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-davidson-family-of-rural-hill-north-carolina-9781476680484","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}