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5299
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This special NORTH CAROLINA magazine community supplement discusses Davie County. An area long overshadowed by neighboring Piedmont counties and cities like Winston-Salem, Greensboro, and Charlotte, Davie County is beginning to be competitive with new growth.
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18522
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Continuing his travels to North Carolina's counties, Goerch visits Davie County. He describes it as having many new and beautiful places, including the Cooleemee Plantation. Daniel Boone's parents are buried there; Judge Richmond Pearson conducted a famous law s school at Richmond Hill; and Marshall Ney, Napoleon's famous general, is said to have escaped execution in France and taught school in the county.
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40976
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The home affiliated with Davie, who had a history of service in education, politics, and the military, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Renovation work decades later, taking place in three phases, is restoring his only house still standing to its glory.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 11 Issue 6, November 2019,
p20-22
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Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820; Historic houses--Halifax County--William R. Davie House ; Revolutionary War--William R. Davie; North Carolina Historic Sites; Historic Halifax State Historic Site; Friends of Historic Halifax--William R. Davie House; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill--William R. Davie; National Register of Historic Places--William R. Davie House; Revolutionary War--Nathanael Greene--William R. Davie; Davie County--History; Davie County--Description and travel; William R. Davie Park (Charlotte)