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These rosters will contain the names of the North Carolina soldiers that fought in the Revolutionary War. COLONIAL RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA Saunders, Vol. X – 1775-1776 Pages 164 to 169 The Journal of the Proceedings of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, held at Hillsboro, N.C. 20th of Aug. A.D. 1775. Pursuant to a resolve of the late Convention, Mr. Samuel Johnston summoned a meeting of the delegates, at Hillsborough on the 20th day of August, 1775, at which time the members from a majority of the counties and towns not appearing, he adjourned the Congress till tomorrow morning at ten o'clock. MONDAY, AUG. 21ST., 1775 At the general meeting of the Delegates of the Inhabitants of this Province, at Hillsborough, the twenty-first day of August, A. Dom, 1775, aforesaid. ANSON COUNTY – Thomas Wade, Samuel Spencer, William Thomas, David Love, William Pickett. BEAUFORT COUNTY– Roger Ormond, Thomas Respass, jr., John Patten, John Cooper BLADEN COUNTY – William Salter, Walter Gibson, Thomas Owen, Thomas Robinson, jr., Nathaniel Richardson. BERTIE COUNTY – William Gray, Johnathan Jaycocks, Charles Jaycocks, William Brimage, William Bryan, Jedekiah Stone, Thomas Ballard, Peter Clifton, David Standley, John Campbell, Johnston (John). BRUNSWICK COUNTY – Robert Howe, Robert Ellis, Parker Quince, Thomas Alton, Roger Moore. BUTE COUNTY – Green Hill, William Person, Thomas Eaton, Rev. Henry Patillo, Jethro Sumner, Josiah Reddick. CRAVEN COUNTY – James Coor, William Bryan, Richard Cogdell, Joseph Leech, Jacob Blount, Edmund Hatch. CARTERET COUNTY – John Easton, William Thomson, Brice Williams, Solomon Sheppard, Enoch Ward. CURRITUCK COUNTY – Thomas Jarvis, Gideon Lamb, James Ryan, James White, Solomon Perkins. CHOWAN COUNTY – Samuel Johnston, Thomas Jones, Thomas Benbury, James Blount, Thomas Hunter, Josiah Granbery. CUMBERLAND COUNTY – Farquard Campbell, Thomas Rutherford, Alexander McKay, Alexander McAlister, David Smith. CHATHAM COUNTY – Elisha Cain, Richard Kennon, Matthew Jones, Jeduthan Harper, John Birdsong, Ambrose Ramsey, Joshua Rosser, Robert Rutherford, John Thompson, William Clark. DUPLIN COUNTY – James Kenan, William Dixon, Thomas Gray, Richard Clinton, Thomas Hicks. DOBBS COUNTY – Richard Caswell, Simon Bright, James Glasgow, Abraham Sheppard, Spyers Singleton, George Miller, Andrew Bass. EDGECOMBE COUNTY – Robert Bignal, Henry Irwin, Duncan Lamon, Thomas Hunter, Thomas Harminson Hall. GRANVILLE COUNTY – Thomas Person, John Penn, John Williams, John Taylor, Memucan Hunt. GUILFORD COUNTY – Alexander Martin, Ransom Southerland, James Park Farley, Thomas Henderson, William Dent, George Cortmer, Nathaniel Williams. HYDE COUNTY – Joseph Hancock, John Jordon. HERTFORD COUNTY – William Murfree, Lawrence Baker, Matthias Brickle, Dan Ridley, George Wynns. HALIFAX COUNTY – Nicholas Long, James Hogan, David Sumner, John Webb, John Geddy. JOHNSTON COUNTY – Benjamine Williams, Samuel Smith, Needham Bryan, William Bryan, John Smith. MECKLENBURG COUNTY – James Polk, John Phifer, Waightstill Avery, Samuel Martin, James Houston, John McNitt Alexander. MARTIN COUNTY – Kenneth McKenzie, Whitmill Hill, John Everett, William Slade, John Stuart, William Williams. NEW HANOVER COUNTY – George Moore, Alexander Lillington, Samuel Ashe, William Hooper, James Moore, John Ashe. NORTHAMPTON COUNTY – Jeptha Atherton, Allen Jones, Howell Edmunds, Drewry Gee, Samuel Lockhart. ONSLOW COUNTY – Isaac Guion, Henry Rhodes, Edward Starkey, John Spicer, John King. ORANGE COUNTY – Thomas Bourk, John Kinchen, Thomas Hart, John Atkinson, John Williams. PERQUIMANS COUNTY – Benjamin Harvey, Andrew Knox, Miles Harvey, Thomas Harvey, William Skinner. PASQUOTANK COUNTY – Joseph Jones, Thomas Boyd, Devotion Davis, Edward Everigin, Demsey Burgess. PITT COUNTY – John Simpson, Robert Salter, William Bryan, James Gorham, James Latham. ROWAN COUNTY – Matthew Locke, James Smith, Moses Winslow, Samuel Young, William Kennon, William Sharpe, Robert Lanier. SURREY COUNTY – Joseph Williams, William Hill, Martin Armstrong, Joseph Winston. TYRRELL COUNTY – Joseph Spruell, Jeremiah Frazier, Peter Wynne, Stevens Lee, Thomas Hoskins. TRYON COUNTY – John Walker, Robert Alexander, Joseph Hardin, William Graham, Frederick Hambright, William Kennon. WAKE COUNTY – Joel Lane, John Hinton, Theophilus Hunter, Michael Rodgers, Tignal Jones, John Rand, Thomas Hines. BATH TOWN COUNTY – William Brown. EDENTON COUNTY – Joseph Hewes, Jasper Charlton. NEWBERN COUNTY – Abner Nash, James Davis, William Tisdale, Richard Ellis. WILMINGTON COUNTY – Cornelius Harnett, Archibald Maclain. BRUNSWICK COUNTY – Maurice Moore. HALIFAX COUNTY – Willie Jones, Francis Nash. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY – William Armstrong, Nathaniel Nash. SALISBURY COUNTY – Hugh Montgomery, Robert Rowan. COMBLETON COUNTY – James Hepburn. The respective counties and towns having certified that the preceding persons were only elected delegates to represent said counties, and towns in General Congress, to be held at Hillsborough, the 20th day of August Inst. Pursuant to which the following persons appeared, to wit: Thomas Respess John Patteu William Gray Charles Jaycocks William Bryan Zedekiah Stone John Johnston Robert Howe John Jordan Lawrence Baker Methias Brickle Alexander Martin Thomas Henderson Nathaniel Williams Joseph Hancock William Sharp Robert Lanier Joseph Williams Nicholas Long Roger Moore Green Hill William Pearsons Robert Alexander William Graham Frederick Hambright William Kennon Josiah Reddick James Coor William Bryan Richard Cogdell Richard Ellis Cornelius Harnett Archibald Maclain Thomas Benbury James Blount James Kennon William Dickson Thomas Gray Jacob Blount John Easton Brice Williams Solomon Shepherd Enoch Ward Samuel Johnston Thomas Jones Thomas Person John Penn John Taylor Memucan Hunt Thomas Hart John Williams Benjamin Harvey Andrew Knox Miles Harvey Thomas Harvey William Skinner John Simpson James Hogan Thomas Eston Henry Patillo Jethro Sumner Kenneth McKinzie Whitmill Hill William Williams George Moore Alexander Lillington Samuel Ashe William Hooper James Moore John Ashe Allen Jones Issac Guion James Gorham James Latham Matthew Locke James Smith Moses Winslow Samuel Young William Kennon Robert Ellis Parker Quince Thomas Allon Day Ridley Richard Clinton Thomas Hicks Richard Caswell Simon Bright James Glasgow Abraham Sheppard Spyers Singleton Robert Bignal Duncan Lamon William Bryan Josiah Granberry John Webb John Geddy John Atkinson William Salter Walter Gibson Thomas Owen Thomas Roberson, jr. Nathaniel Richardson Thomas Wade Samuel Spencer David Love William Picket Elisha Cain Richard Kennon Matthew Jones Robert Salter Drewry Gee Howell Edmunds Samuel Lockhart Jeremiah Frasier Joseph Spruill Peter Wynne Robert Rowan James Hepburn Thomas Rutherford Alexander McAlister Farquard Campbell Alexander McKay Joseph Jones Demsey Burgess John Thompson Samuel Martin James Houston James H. Hall William Hill Jasper Charlton Joseph Leech Maurice Moore Willie Jones Francis Nash William Armstrong John Walker Joseph Hardin David Sumner Benjamin Williams William Bryan John Smith Joel Lane John Hinton John Rand William Brown Joseph Hewes James Davis William Tisdale Michael Rogers Tignal Jones John Cooper Needham Bryan Ambrose Ramsey Robert Rutherford William Clark Theophilus Hunter Thomas Polk Thomas Boyd Devotion Davis Edward Everigin Henry Rhodes Edward Starkey Thomas Burke John King John Kinchen Gideon Lamb Waightstill Avery Martin Armstrong Nathaniel Rochester Hugh Montgomery David Smith John Williams Henry Irwin Thomas Hines John Phifer John McNitt Alexander James White Ransom Southerland James Parke Farley William Dent George Courtner Joshua Rosser Joseph Winston John Birdsong |