sentences:  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.In 1911, a new county called Piedmont County was proposed, with High Point as its county seat, to be created from Guilford, Davidson and Randolph Counties.Many people appeared at the Guilford County courthouse to oppose the plan, vowing to go to the state legislature to protest.