William Richardson Davie — born June 1756 in Egremont, England; died Nov 29, 1820 in Chester County, SC. 🇺🇸
At Stono Ferry in 1779 he led a cavalry charge, took a musket ball in the thigh, fell from his horse, and barely escaped capture — convalescing, he was presented a sword for “exemplary conduct and courage.” A year later at Hanging Rock he smashed a Tory regiment and captured 60 horses without losing a man. At Charlotte, 150 of his militia held off Cornwallis’s 2,500. After the war he founded the University of North Carolina.#America250 #HeroesOfOurCoast #RevolutionaryWar #NCHistory #UNC #CarolinaAfterDeadline
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