This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FNR.2ACEB/2287.1.1.2.1.2 Message Board Post: My understanding is three William Davidsons were first cousins. General, Major, and Lt.Colonel The General was killed in NC, the Major died in Buncombe Co, and Lt Colonel was supposedly the 1st Senator of Buncombe Co and moved to Knox Co TN @ 1795. The records are mixed up in the National Archives and seem to be confused as to which Wm was known as the Colonel. The General was dead and the Major stayed in Buncombe Co and some say he went to TN for awhile but returned and is buried in Buncombe Co. There is a monument to Wm Lee Davidson in Morgan Co and info about him is that he was born in VA and fought with the Overthemountain Boys at the Battle of Kings Mt. Then he and brother James settled in Rutherford County and were involved in the formation of Buncombe Co and later was Justice of the Peace in TN. I lose James in NC when they moved to Knox Co but there was a James in Russell Co VA that might be the same man. He married a Nancy Osborne and settled along the Big Mocassi! n around 1745? This settlement was on the Warrior's Path from NC to KY! Wm the Colonel opened a tavern on the Wilderness Road to KY in Morgan TN. Does this seem unusual or were the Davidsons trying to control or capitalize on the Pioneers moving west? The mircofilm record has a letter stating that he thought the Colonel was involved in the government of NC before moving to TN. I am a Davidson and it is confusing to me. What about some government employee trying to put records together. I can see the confusion amongst the three Wm Davidsons. No telling about the sons and cousins who were named Wm, Samuel, John and Alexander!