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The 1930 census, conducted three months after Davidson's death showed Tensas Parish with a population of 10,795 blacks (72 percent) and 4,301 whites (28 percent); by contrast in 1920, there were about the same number of African Americans, 10,314 (85 percent), but only 1,771 whites (15 percent) in the parish.<ref>''Once Proud Princes'', census charts, p. 274.</ref>​

The 1930 census, conducted three months after Davidson's death showed Tensas Parish with a population of 10,795 blacks (72 percent) and 4,301 whites (28 percent); by contrast in 1920, there were about the same number of African Americans, 10,314 (85 percent), but only 1,771 whites (15 percent) in the parish.<ref>''Once Proud Princes'', census charts, p. 274.</ref>​

 

A. H. Jackson, then the principal of the all-black Tensas Parish Training School in St. Joseph, later known as the former ensas Rosenwald High School, described Davidson as "always straightforward, full of advice and sympathy," and supportive of "movements which he felt were good for all the people irrespective of race or color."<ref name=bio/> ''The Natchez Democrat'' described Davidson as a "man of sterling character, honest and upright in his dealings with his fellow man, possessing all of the attributes of a true [[Christianity|Christian]] gentleman."<ref name=bio/>​

A. H. Jackson, then the principal of the all-black Tensas Parish Training School in St. Joseph, later known as the former ensas Rosenwald High School, described Davidson as "always straightforward, full of advice and sympathy," and supportive of "movements which he felt were good for all the people irrespective of race or color."<ref name=bio/> ''The Natchez Democrat'' described Davidson as a "man of sterling character, honest and upright in his dealings with his fellow man, possessing all of the attributes of a true [[Christianity|Christian]] gentleman."<ref name=bio/>​

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For the Tensas planter class, small in number but powerful in influence, Davidson's death signaled the quick passing of the old order. Davidson personally epitomized the [[Queen Victoria|Victorian]] ideals of the old planter aristocracy unaccustomed to much social, political, or economic change but in expectation of the periodic soaring of its profits based on agricultural market conditions.<ref name=bio/>​

For the Tensas planter class, small in number but powerful in wealth and influence, Davidson's death signaled the quick passing of the old order. Davidson personally epitomized the [[Queen Victoria|Victorian]] ideals of the old planter aristocracy unaccustomed to much social, political, or economic change but in expectation of the periodic soaring of its profits based on agricultural market conditions.<ref name=bio/>​

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William and Carrie Davidson are interred at Natchez City Cemetery in Natchez, Mississippi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.natchezbelle.org/adams-ind/d-burials.htm|title="D" burial records|publisher=natchezbelle.org|accessdate=July 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>Confirmed by Danny Brown, Natchez City Cemetery.</ref>

William and Carrie Davidson are interred at Natchez City Cemetery in Natchez, Mississippi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.natchezbelle.org/adams-ind/d-burials.htm|title="D" burial records|publisher=natchezbelle.org|accessdate=July 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>Confirmed by Danny Brown, Natchez City Cemetery.</ref>