Background
Davie, William Richardson was born on June 20, 1756 in Egremont, Cumberlandshire, England. Son of Archibald Davie.
Governor of North Carolina officer
Davie, William Richardson was born on June 20, 1756 in Egremont, Cumberlandshire, England. Son of Archibald Davie.
Graduate with 1st honors Princeton, 1776.
Helped raise cavalry troop, near Salisbury, North Carolina, 1777-1778, commissioned Lieutenant, then captain, major. Licensed to practice law, 1780. Commissary general under General Nathanael Greene in Carolina campaign, 1780.
Appointed commissary general North Carolina Board of War, 1781.
Lawyer, riding North Carolina circuits, 1782. Member North Carolina Legislature, 1786-1798.
Governor North Carolina, 1793-1799. A founder U. North Carolina.
Influential in obtaining state laws, in sending representatives to Annapolis and Philadelphia constitutional conversations, also in ceding Tennessee to Union and fixing of state boundaries.
Commanded North Carolina troops, 1797. Chairman boundary commissions, 1798. Brigadier general in undeclared naval war with France, 1798-1799.
Peace commissioner to France, 1799.
Under presidential appointment negotiated Tuscarora treaty, 1802. 1st president South Carolina.
Agricultural Society.
Member North Carolina Legislature, 1786-1798.
Married Sarah Jones, 1782, 6 children.