{"id":1370,"date":"2020-09-17T07:20:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T07:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-setup.local\/about\/"},"modified":"2022-09-23T00:11:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T00:11:46","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.generaldaviedar.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"General Davie Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"inherit-container-width wp-block-group alignfull has-ast-global-color-4-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:38px\">Who was General Davie?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"inherit-container-width wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-vertically-aligned-center is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 34%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.generaldaviedar.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/davie_portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2192 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.generaldaviedar.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/davie_portrait.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.generaldaviedar.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/davie_portrait-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>General William Richardson Davie was born in England in 1756 and came to America as a young child in 1763. He was well educated, attending Queen\u2019s Museum, later Liberty Hall, in Charlotte, North Carolina, and then the College of New Jersey, later known as Princeton University. William Davie served several times during the American Revolutionary War. He served in the North Carolina militia as a lieutenant in the Rowan County Regiment, a captain in the North Carolina Light Dragoons Regiment, and a major in the 2nd Mecklenburg County Regiment. He later served in the Continental Army and as Commissary General for North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his recovery from a war wound received in 1779, he completed his law study and obtained his license to practice law. He was appointed to the North Carolina delegation to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and helped secure the Great Compromise. He was appointed by President John Adams to brigadier general in 1798.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>William Davie was instrumental in the formation of the University of North Carolina, proposing a bill to the North Carolina House of Representatives, then known as the House of Commons, that established the University of North Carolina. Known as the \u201cFather of the University,&#8221; he was awarded a Doctor of Laws degree in 1810 by the board of trustees. He was closely involved in selecting the first instructors, curriculum, and location for the country\u2019s first public university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of the inscription on his tombstone states that William Davie was \u201cA true lover of his Country, Always preferring the People\u2019s good to the People\u2019s favour \u2026 A Great Man in an age of Great Men.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our chapter is honored to be named for this beloved great man.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:430px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-2194\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.generaldaviedar.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Davie-Bench.jpg\" style=\"object-position:52% 50%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"52% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.generaldaviedar.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Davie-Bench.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.generaldaviedar.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Davie-Bench-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.generaldaviedar.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Davie-Bench-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:900\"> In 1914, the chapter placed a stone bench under the Davie Poplar at<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:900\"> <strong> <\/strong> the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in memory of the life of General Davie.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"inherit-container-width wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.generaldaviedar.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/David-Bench-Back.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.generaldaviedar.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/David-Bench-Back.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.generaldaviedar.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/David-Bench-Back-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.generaldaviedar.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/David-Bench-Back-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who was General Davie? General William Richardson Davie was born in England in 1756 and came to America as a young child in 1763. He was well educated, attending Queen\u2019s Museum, later Liberty Hall, in Charlotte, North Carolina, and then the College of New Jersey, later known as Princeton University. 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