Editing Davidson County, North Carolina (section)

==History==
[[File:Old Davidson County Courthouse 1.png|thumb|right|[[Old Davidson County Courthouse (Lexington, North Carolina)|Old Davidson County Courthouse]] in Lexington]]
The original North Carolina county of this name was created in 1786 what was then the far western portion of North Carolina, with its county seat at [[Nashville]] and a territory covering most of what is now [[Middle Tennessee]]. When Tennessee was established as a separate state in 1796, this county became [[Davidson County, Tennessee]].

The current North Carolina county was formed in 1822 from [[Rowan County, North Carolina|Rowan County]]. It was named after Brigadier General [[William Lee Davidson]], an [[American Revolutionary War]] general killed at the [[Battle of Cowan's Ford]] on the [[Catawba River]] in 1781.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northcarolinagenealogy.net/north-carolina-counties/davidson/|title=Davidson County Genealogy|publisher=North Carolina Genealogy|access-date=April 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430042923/http://www.northcarolinagenealogy.net/north-carolina-counties/davidson/|archive-date=April 30, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n100 101]}}</ref>

The [[Silver Hill Mine]], the first silver mine in the United States, opened in Davidson County in 1839.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 7, 2016 |title=Nineteenth Century Silver Mining in Davidson County |url=https://www.dncr.nc.gov/blog/2016/01/07/nineteenth-century-silver-mining-davidson-county |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407044400/https://www.dncr.nc.gov/blog/2016/01/07/nineteenth-century-silver-mining-davidson-county |archive-date=April 7, 2024 |access-date=February 24, 2024 |website=NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources}}</ref>

In 1911, a new county called Piedmont County was proposed, with [[High Point, North Carolina|High Point]] as its county seat, to be created from [[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford]], Davidson and [[Randolph County, North Carolina|Randolph Counties]]. Many people appeared at the Guilford County courthouse to oppose the plan, vowing to go to the state legislature to protest. The state legislature voted down the plan in February 1911.<ref>Jack Scism, "Remember When?", ''Greensboro News & Record'', January 23, 2011.</ref><ref>Jack Scism, "Remember When?", ''Greensboro News & Record'', February 6, 2011.</ref>