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/2314.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I was just quoting The Tennessee Blue Book which is published by the State of Tennessee. Another book I have says: On October 6, 1783, Davidsibn County was formed by an act of the North Carolina Legislature. Thus, Davidson became the forth county to be formed in the territory that would one day become Tennessee. Like the other three---Washington, Sullivan and Greene---Davidson was named after a Revolutionary War general, William Davidson of NorthCarolina. This same book says the following: Davidson County was named in honor of General William Lea (sic) Davidson, a North Carolina Revolutionary War Commander, who was killed while resisting British troops in North Carolina in 1781. North Carolina's Davidson County, The Davidson River and Davidson College are also named after this early hero.