 He participated in resisting the entry of Lord Cornwallis into Charlotte in late September 1780.Brigadier General William Lee Davidson was in Charlotte, North Carolina by December 3, 1780 the day after General Nathanael Greene arrived in Charlottetown as it was then called.After the defeat of the American Forces at the Battle of Camden or as called by most veteran's in their pension records the Battle of Gum Swamp; so it was then that the Continental Congress finally agreed to permit General George Washington to replace General Gates with his best officer.