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-===== John Lewis Dantzler =====
+===== John Alexander Davidson =====
-//Manuscript heading: John L. Dantzler//
+//Manuscript heading: Captain Davidson//
-  * **Born:** 15 Aug 1788 in Orangeburg, SC
+  * **Born:** 1768 Mecklenburg NC 1768
-  * **Died:** 17 Aug 1852 in[[perryms| Perry]], MS
+  * **Died:** Nov., 1825, Port Gibson, [[claibornems|Claiborne Co]]. MS
-John Lewis Dantzler arrived in [[perryms|Perry County]] in 1812 with his family of five. He was the grandson of Heinrich Henry Denzler, Zurich, Switzerland His relatives later established the Dantzler Lumber Company, which was founded in 1865 by Lorenzo Dantzler in Moss Point, Mississippi. Timber produced by the company was utilized in the construction of the original Panama Canal.
+Captain John Alexander Davidson led the Mississippi Territory Volunteer dragoons from [[jeffersonms|Jefferson County]] between January 12 and February 12, 1807. Dragoons were military units that rode to the engagement but dismounted and fought on foot. His unit was involved in the Burr Affair Davidson was listed on the 1805 Territorial Census in [[jeffersonms|Jefferson County]]. Born in North Carolina he was in [[jeffersonms|Jefferson County]], MS by 1795 when he married Elizabeth Green a native of [[natchez_ms|Natchez]], MS.
-//Source: Trip Through The Piney Woods, PDF p. 33.//
+His father was Brig Gen Lee Davidson who died at the battle of Cowan’s Ford during the Revolution. One son Thomas Green Davidson settled in Springfield Louisiana and served as a U.S. Representative between 1855 and 1861.
+//Source: Trip Through The Piney Woods, PDF p. 35.//