by Nancy Griffith | Feb 18, 2024 | Bottom Left Box, Davidson History, News
Search for: NEWS In Honor of Black History Month: Echoes of Slavery, the Byers Family, by Historian Nancy Griffith Andy Byers, a neighbor whom Ralph Johnson referred to in his book David Played a Harp, was enslaved by James S. Byers of Iredell County, as was his...
by Nancy Griffith | Jan 22, 2024 | Bottom Left Box, Davidson History, News
Search for: NEWS Walnut Grove: a Davidson History Column by Nancy Griffith When we think of plantation houses in Davidson, our minds usually turn to Beaver Dam, the Davidson plantation on Concord Road. There was, however, a large plantation much closer to downtown,...
by Nancy Griffith | Jan 9, 2024 | Davidson History, Local, News
Search for: NEWS “Mr. Baseball’s” Field of Dreams Youth baseball has been a fixture in Davidson for almost 70 years. The three fields at the end of South Street have hosted almost 200,000 players and served as the site of playoff and tournament games. But it was not...
by Nancy Griffith | Dec 22, 2023 | Bottom Left Box, Davidson History, News
Search for: NEWS A History of Christmas in Davidson Christmas celebrations in Davidson have changed greatly over the last century or so. In a 2001 interview with the Lake Norman Times, Van Lear Logan recalls that in her mother’s day Christmas was very simple. As toys...
by Nancy Griffith | Nov 30, 2023 | Davidson History, News
Search for: NEWS Echoes of Slavery: The Nortons Davidson barber Ralph Johnson’s mother was Bessie Norton, and she, too, was a descendant of enslaved people. Her father, Charles, came from near Stony Point in Alexander County, North Carolina, and along with his parents...
