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 Message Board Post: Davidson County, Tennessee was named in honor of William Lee Davidson (ca. 1746-1781), colonial soldier, Revolutionary War officer in the North Carolina Third, Forth, and Fifth Regiments who was killed in action at Valley Forge. Info from the Tennessee Blue Book.