He married 1) Lucinda Emiline Moody on 27 Oct 1840. After her death, he married Maryann Elizabeth Rogers on 6 Jun 1865.
Hugh served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the 39th North Carolina Regiment. He died in Clay County on 1 Jul 1889.
In Cherokee County Heritage Vol. I article 175 it relates that in 1860 "while serving as Sheriff of Cherokee County, Hugh Harvey Davidson had a capias for arrest of a party charged with crime. He came upon his man near the Georgia State line, who, as soon as he saw the Sheriff, ran and crossed into Georgia. He stood across the Georgia line and defied the Sheriff to cross over. The Sheriff knew he had no right to cross over, and Quietly withdrew. When he went to make his return on the capias, "Not taken, "he wrote. "Not taken. Seeable, but not comeatable."
It is said Hugh Harvey Davidson was a man of great popularity, and was noted for his wit and humor. He was always active and prominent in all things pertaining to the advancement of his country. In the War Between the States,he was Lieutenant Colonel of Company C of the 39th North Carolina Regiment. He was in active service till the Battle of Murfreesboro, where he was severely wounded. The Confederate Army fell back to Tullahoma, where he was captured and held a prisoner till near the end of the war, when he was paroled.
Hugh Harvey Davidson, and his brother Samuel Winslow, came to Cherokee County in 1846. They were the sons of William Mitchell Davidson, who had taken his family from Buncombe County to Texas in 1844., After William Mitchell died in Texas, the family returned to North Carolina."
He married 1) Lucinda Emiline Moody on 27 Oct 1840. After her death, he married Maryann Elizabeth Rogers on 6 Jun 1865.
Hugh served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the 39th North Carolina Regiment. He died in Clay County on 1 Jul 1889.
In Cherokee County Heritage Vol. I article 175 it relates that in 1860 "while serving as Sheriff of Cherokee County, Hugh Harvey Davidson had a capias for arrest of a party charged with crime. He came upon his man near the Georgia State line, who, as soon as he saw the Sheriff, ran and crossed into Georgia. He stood across the Georgia line and defied the Sheriff to cross over. The Sheriff knew he had no right to cross over, and Quietly withdrew. When he went to make his return on the capias, "Not taken, "he wrote. "Not taken. Seeable, but not comeatable."
It is said Hugh Harvey Davidson was a man of great popularity, and was noted for his wit and humor. He was always active and prominent in all things pertaining to the advancement of his country. In the War Between the States,he was Lieutenant Colonel of Company C of the 39th North Carolina Regiment. He was in active service till the Battle of Murfreesboro, where he was severely wounded. The Confederate Army fell back to Tullahoma, where he was captured and held a prisoner till near the end of the war, when he was paroled.
Hugh Harvey Davidson, and his brother Samuel Winslow, came to Cherokee County in 1846. They were the sons of William Mitchell Davidson, who had taken his family from Buncombe County to Texas in 1844., After William Mitchell died in Texas, the family returned to North Carolina."
Family Members
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Roszel O.B. Davidson
1851–1851
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Allen Winfield Davidson
1852–1907
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Sarrah Viola Davidson Bell
1855–1939
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Celia Charlotte Davidson McCombs
1866–1937
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Ella Vance "Nana" Davidson Ritch
1868–1961
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Georgia L Davidson Parks
1870–1892
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Hugh Harvey Davidson Jr
1872–1872
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Julia Blanche Davidson Clark
1875–1928
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William Edwin Davidson
1879–1965
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