Record #:

14585

Author(s):

Seay, Majel Ivey

Abstract:

Although not generally known, it was Colonel Samuel Davison who blazed the trail for the first permanent settlement across the Blue Ridge, where he later met a tragic fate.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 13 Issue 35, Jan 1946, p11

Subject(s):

Davison, Samuel, 1782-1858; Blue Ridge Mountains--Settlements