Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820
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Davie, William R. (William Richardson), 1756-1820
Davie, W. R. (William Richardson), 1756-1820
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found: Robinson, B.P. William R. Davie, 1957.
found: University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections Library. J.G.M. Ramsey family papers, 1790-1912(Gov. Davie; Davie's Ms. [Davie's Manuscript])
found: Rural Hill Center of Scottish Heritage website, Dec. 14, 2007(in Apr. 6, 1800 a fire at [John McKnitt Alexander] home destroyed all written records of the Mecklenburg mtgs., including the original [Mecklenburg Declaration]; on Sept. 3, 1800 [he] transcribed 2 additional copies from memory, one [became] known as the "Davie Copy", [which ended in the] possession of General William R. Davie)
found: Wikipedia website, Dec. 14, 2007(10th Gov. of N. C. from 1798-1799; Federalist; considered a Founding Father of the U.S.; William Davie; b. in Egremont Parish, Cumberland Co., England; immigrated to North America in 1764)
found: NCpedia WWW site, Mar. 21, 2019(Davie, William Richardson; born 22 June 1756, in the parish of Egremont, County Cumberland, England, died 5 Nov. 1820, at his South Carolina plantation, Tivoli, near Lancaster; statesman, Revolutionary War officer, and founder of The University of North Carolina; practiced law in Halifax, N.C.; elected governor of North Carolina in 1798) - https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/davie-william-richardson
found: List of the grants executed by His Excellency W.R. Davie, Esq. [MS], 1799.
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1980-08-25: new
2021-07-10: revised
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