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William Madison Davidson

Male 1808 - 1863  (55 years)


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  • Name William Madison Davidson  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 1808  Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Gender Male 
    Death 15 Aug 1863  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • Per "1850 Census Sabine County, Texas with added Family Information and Corrections," William Madison Davidson owned 16 slaves. Per OLDTIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS he fought along with his son-in-law Amazia Vardeman White in Company F, 11th Texas Infantry. He died on the way home, somewhere near Marshall, and the irony of it was that he volunteered after he was past the age of 55, in anothers place, in exchange for a slave.

      He was said by White and Toole to be the son of William "Squire Billy" DAVIDSON and Jane BIRDWELL, and a brother of Blackburn Davidson, who married Harriet Goodrich. White and Toole show him as a grandson of Wm. Davidson, b ca 1755, in N.C., lived to be 96. When members of his family loaded their wagons in 1849, and departed for Texas, never to return, the old grandfather, nearly blind, stood by the side of the road and waved until they were out of sight. He had begged to be taken to Texas with them. SABINE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, pps 84-87, contains details of various early Davidson families settlers in Pennsylvania, Virginia and the Carolinas. Gen. Samuel Houston was the grandson of a Margaret Davidson. Thomas Whitfiled Davidson, a Texas state senator and Lietut. Governor, was claimed as a relative of Jefferson Oliver Davidson of Sabine County (personal interview with Beulah Davis Hughes). (White and Toole, p 87).

      Other researchers show him instead as a son of William DAVIDSON (born 1779 Va, d. 1860 Texas) and Nancy ALBRIGHT (born 1779 Va), and an Uncle of Blackburn Davidson.
    Person ID I393  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Family Martha Claiborne Goodrich,   b. 22 Jan 1814, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Nov 1895 (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1839  [5
    Children 
     1. Thomas Benton Davidson,   b. Bef 1840, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Mary Josephine Davidson,   b. 9 Jun 1840, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1918 (Age 77 years)
     3. William Richard Davidson,   b. 21 Feb 1844, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1927 (Age 83 years)
     4. Jefferson Oliver Davidson,   b. Abt 1846, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1926, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 80 years)
     5. Ary Adney "Addy" Davidson,   b. 17 Aug 1847, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1910, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     6. Martha Ann "Puss" Davidson,   b. Abt 1851, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F316  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Nov 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1808 - Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S349] Schluter & Toole, "1850 Sabine County, Texas Census with Added Family Information and Corrections" c. 1979.

    2. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 61, 87 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S416] Casagranda, Kathy "Sabine Parish The 1850 Census with added Family Information" (May, 1999: P.O. Box 2195, Palmer, Alaska 99645), p 95 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 87 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 69057040 (Reliability: 3).