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Bute
County Safety Committee Meeting, 1775-1776
Names mentioned
in the minutes of the meeting.
27 Aug 1774
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William
Person
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Green
Hill
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James
Ransom
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Thomas
Eaton
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8 Jul 1775
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Thomas
Eaton, D.C.
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William
Green
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James
Milles
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Jethro
Sumner
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Thomas
Turner
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William
Person
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William
Johnson
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Jno Hawkins
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Phil
Hawkins Jr.
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John
Hawkins Jr
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John
Marshall
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John
Brown
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William
Duke
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Phil
Burford
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William
Alston
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James
Ransom Sr
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James
Ransom Jr
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Julius
Nichols
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Atkins
McLemore
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Green
Duke
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James
Denson
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William
House
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William
Park
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Jhn Christmas
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Thomas
Christmas
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Will
Johnson
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Robert
Hill
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Thomas
Hill
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Sol Williams
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Thomas
Robinson
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Josiah
Perry
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John
Thorton
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William
Massey
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Samuel
High
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William
Tabb
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Benjamin
Ward
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Thomas
Cook
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Daniel
Jones
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Bennet
Wood
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Thomas
Newman
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J. Wills
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Thomas
Alston
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Jesse
Person
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Benjamin
Seawell
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John
Jones
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William
Burrow
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Daniel
Sledge
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Benjamin
Hill
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Peter
Tatam
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Edmond
Jones
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John
Broom
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Benjamin
Eaves
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John
Stone
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Thomas
Young
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Gray
Andrews
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Jacob
Hartsfield
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Mathew
Thomas
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Thomas
Sherrod
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Giles
Bowers
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James
Murry
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John
Norwood
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John
Pinnell
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Daniel
Barrow
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James
Barrow
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James
Martin
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Jenkins
Devany
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Enoch
Stringfellow
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William
Rush
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Aaron
Fuzell
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William
Bagley
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Shearly
Watley
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Richard
Hill
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Michael
Collins
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Michael
Dent
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Peter
Wills Milliner
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Edward
Jones
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Samuel
Morris
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Isaac
Colyer
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Thomas
Smith
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George
Goodwin
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Fred
Davis
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Benjamin
Kimball
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Josiah
Reddick
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Julius
Alford
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Daniel
Burford
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Henry
Hill
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Green
Hill
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William
Hill
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Richard
Ward
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Joseph
Seawell
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Daniel
Voss
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Peter
Davis
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William
Wortham
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Jesse
Hunter
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William
Cheek
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Thomas
Mechen
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Solomon
Alston
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John
Christmas Jr
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George
Nicols
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Robert
Goodloe
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Richard
Williams
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Richard
White
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William
Denson
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William
Cooper
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John
Power
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John
Weathers
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John
Bobbitt
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Isaac
Hunter
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James
Alston
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William
Walker
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Jeremiah
Perry
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William
Gilbreath
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Joseph
Shearing
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James
Johnson
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Bur Perry
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Samuel
Thompson
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William
Shearing
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John
Hoof
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Roger
Jones
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William
Myrick
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Charles
Allen
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William
Jean
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Thomas
Keach
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Robert
Caller Jr
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Jacob
Turner
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William
Powell
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Francis
Capps
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John
Faulcon
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John Harvey
died in May 1775
10 Jul 1775
Letter from
Sam Johnson, Edenton
7 Apr 1775
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Thomas
Eaton
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Green
Hill
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William
Person
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Rev.
Henry Pattillo
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Josiah
Reddick
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Jethro
Sumner
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2 Aug 1775
Letter written
by Thomas Person.
5 Aug 1775
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Thomas
Eaton
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Benjamin
Seawell
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Josiah
Riddick
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Jacob
Turner
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William
Cheek
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William
Hill
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William
Alston
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Jethro
Sumner
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James
Ransom
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Julius
Nichols
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Atkins
McLemore
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James
Denson
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William
House
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Thomas
Whitmell Alston
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Henry
Hill
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James
Milles
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Daniel
Sledge
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Gray
Andrews
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John
Bobbitt
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James
Alston
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Isaac
Hunter
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Charles
Allen
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Robert
Caller Jr
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Daniel
Burford
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Joseph
Seawell
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Jesse
Hunter
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Robert
Hill
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John
Shearing
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Mathew
Thomas
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John
Hoof
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Julius
Alford
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Jacob
Heartsfield
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James
Murray
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John
Marshall
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William
Person
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Jesse
Person
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William
Burrow
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Green
Hill
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William
Green
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Ben Hill
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Phil
Hawkins Jr
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Solomon
Williams
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William
Massey
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Daniel
Jones
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John
Pinnell
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James
Martin
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Jenkins
Devany
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Enoch
Stringfellow
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William
Rush
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Aaron
Fussell
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Benjamin
Carell
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Edward
Jones
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John
Broom
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Daniel
Potter
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James
Paine Jr
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Benjamin
Kimball
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5 Jan 1775
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Henry
Patillo
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Thomas
Machen
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Thomas
Earon
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James
Paine
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William
Person
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Phillip
Burford
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James
Ransom Jr.
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James
Miller
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Jethro
Sumner
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John
Brown
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Edward
Jones
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Green
Hill
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Henry
Hill
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Benjamin
Seawell
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James
Ransom
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William
Tabb
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Mathew
Thomas
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Thomas
Sherrod
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Robert
Goodloe
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Herbert
Haynes
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Isaac
Hunter
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Julias
Nichols
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Js. Norris
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Thomas
Turner
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William
Alston
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William
Green
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chosen to serve
as County Committee.
Signed:
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James
Milles
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Henry
Patillo
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William
Tabb
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William
Alston
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William
Person
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Thomas
Eaton
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James
Ransom Jr.
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Matthew
Thomas
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Green
Hill
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Edward
Jones
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Jethro
Sumner
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Benjamin
Seawell
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Jesse
Person
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James
Paine Jr.
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Gray
Anders
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William
Clements
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Isham
Lucy
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William
Hill
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Peter
Green
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Joseph
Shearin
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Henry
Hill
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William
Myrick
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Phil
Burford
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H. Haynes
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James
Ransom
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25
Aug 1775
A meeting at
Hillsborough; the notice signed by Andrew Knox
6 Jan 1775
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Henry
Pattillo, Chairman
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James
Milles
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William
Person
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James
Ransom Jr
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Edward
Jones
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Benjamin
Seawell
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John
Brown
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Thomas
Turner
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William
Green
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Thomas
Eaton
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William
Alston
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Green
Hill
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Jethro
Sumner
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Julius
Nichols
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Isaac
Hunter
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Thomas
Sherrod
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Thomas
Machen Clerk
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... resolved
that
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William
Person
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Green
Hill
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Thomas
Eaton
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Jethro
Sumner
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James
Milles
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William
Tabb
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...nominated
to represent this county as Convention delegates at Newbern.
...signed
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Henry
Pattillo
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James
Lilles
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Thomas
Eaton
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Benjamin
Seawell
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James
Ransom Jr
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Jethro
Sumner
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William
Green
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William
Tabb
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John
Brown
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William
Person
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Green
Hill
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Edward
Jones
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William
Alston
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Thomas
Turner
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Isaac
Hunter
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Thomas
Sherrod
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Julius
Nichols
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Committee sent
for Mr. Willaim Duncan Merchant...
refusing to subscribe to the committee until he has advise from his owners.
He was to wait at the house of Edward Jones and meet with said Jones and
Isaac Hunter.
Signed by Henry
Pattillo, Chairman.
Agreeable to
resolve Acts of the Congress the Committee proceeding to appoint officers
for the Militia...:
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Fishing
Creek District
William
Burrow Jr.,Capt.
Jordan Harris,Left.
Isham Lucy, Ensign
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Norris
Company
Bryant
Ferrell, Capt.
Julius Alford, Left.
William Fish, Ensign
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Shoco
Company
James
Alston, Capt.
Danirl Jones, Left.
Joel Terrill, Ensign
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Jeffries
Company
Jos Riddick,
Capt.
Richard Williams (crossed through)
Nathaniel Thomas, Left
Anthony Winston, Ensign
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Bells
Company
Green
Hill, Capt.
Ben Seawell, Left.
Jenkins Devany, Ensign
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Alston
Company
Jacob
Turner, Capt.
Thomas Colbert, Left.
Peter Davis, Ensign
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Collins
Company
Patewills
Milner, Capt.
Britian Harris, Left.
William Denson, Ensign
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Hawkins
District
James
Denton, Capt.
Jno Bowden, Capt. (crossed through)
Agrippa Nichols, Left.
William Wortham, Ensign
Isaac House (crossed through)
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Burford
Company
Jno.
Twitty, Capt.
Phillamon Hawkins son of Jno., Left.
Daniel Buford, Ensign
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Peoples
Company
Jno.
Meachan, Capt.
Roger Jones, Left.
Aaron Fussle, Ensign
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Hardridges
Company
Bennett
Wood, Capt.
David Turner, Left.
Wood Mallone, Ensign
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Browns
Company
Robert
Hill, Capt.
Peter Goodwin, Left
Jno Huff, Ensign
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Stone
House District
Joseph
Shearrin, Capt.
Daniel Sledge, Left.
Jno. Riggin, Ensign
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Josiah Riggin
a member of this committee having acquainted this Committee with the situation
of Marry Freeman, Executrix of Robert Freeman, deceased, ... now taken
by William Freeman her Father-in-law and claimed by him, the Committee
appointed Thomas Sherrod, Green Hill & Robert Goodloe, after citing
the parties to meet at their discretion to inquire into the dispute...
signed by Henry Pattillo, Chairman.
16 Oct 1775
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Josiah
Riddick appointed Clerk
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Phillip
Alston
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William
Green
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Julius
Nichols
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Thomas
Turner
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Jacob
Turner
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William
Johnson
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Joseph
Seawell
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Edward
Jones
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Green
Hill
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Roger
Jones
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Benjamin
Eaves
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Henry
Hill
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Mathew
Thomas
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John
Huff
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Thomas
Hill
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William
Park
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William
Cheak
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William
Myrick
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Josiah
Riddick
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Michael
Dent
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Robert
Goodloe
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Samuel
High
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Richard
Williams
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Benjamin
Kimball
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Jesse
Person
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John
Weathers
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Jinkens
Devany
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Thomas
Sherrod
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William
Alston
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Isaac
Hunter
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James
Mills
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Lewis
Bobo
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Peter
Green
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16 Mar 1775
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Henry
Pattillo Chairman
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William
Person
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Green
Hill
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Jethrow
Sumner
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Isaac
Hunter
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Edward
Jones
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William
Alston
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James
Ransom Jr.
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Benjamin
Seawell
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Julius
Nichols
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Phillip
Burford
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Herbert
Haynes
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James
Ransom Sr.
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William
Tabb
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22 Oct 1775
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Henry
Pattillo
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J Norwood
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J Mills
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W Burrow
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B Kimbell
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William
Person
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Robert
Goodloe
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William
Alston
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Thomas
Turner
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Herbert
Hanes
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William
Johnson
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Phil
Hawkins Jr.
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James
Ransom Jr
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Atkins
McLemore
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Thomas
Sherrod
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Jos.
Riddick
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Green
Hill
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Mathew
Thomas
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Edward
Jones
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Benjamin
Seawell
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Phill
Burford
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Sol Williams
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Thomas
Cook
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Isaac
Hunter
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Daniel
Sledge
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3 May 1775
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Henry
Pattillo Chairman
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James
Milles
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Edward
Jones
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William
Green
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Isaac
Hunter
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Jethro
Sumner
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Julius
Nichols
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William
Tabb
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Thomas
Turner
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James
Ransom Jr.
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Phillip
Burford
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4 Nov 1775
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Henry
Pattillo
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James
Mills
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William
Person
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Benjamin
Kimbell
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Phil
Hawkins Jr
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Jos Reddick
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Thomas
Cook
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William
Alston
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Phil
Burford
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Isaac
Hunter
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Daniel
Sledge
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Thomas
Turner
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Green
Hill
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Thomas
Sherrod
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William
Person
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Green
Hill
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Josiah
Reddick
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William
Alston
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Thomas
Sherrod
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Philimon
Hawkins Jr
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Edward
Jones
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11 May 1775
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Henry
Patillo Chrm.
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James
Mills
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Thomas
Eaton
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James
Ransom Jr.
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William
Alston
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Edward
Jones
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Henry
Hill
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Mathew
Thomas
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John
Brown
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Thomas
Turner
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Phill
Burford
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William
Green
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Thomas
Sherrod
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Robert
Goodloe
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Isaac
Hunter
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Jethro
Sumner
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Jos.
Norris
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William
Person
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Green
Hill
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William
Tabb
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resolve that
the thanks of this Committee be given to William Person, Thomas Eaton,
James Ransom and Green Hill delegates for our county of Bute.
28 June
1775
Rev Henry Pattillo
gives sermon.
5 Nov 1775
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Henry
Pattillo
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Daniel
Sledge
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James
Mills
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William
Person
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Benjamin
Kimbell
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Phil
Hawkins Jr.
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Josiah
Reddick
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Thomas
Cook
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William
Alston
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Phil
Burford
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Isaac
Hunter
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Thomas
Turner
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Green
Hill
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Thomas
Sherrod
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Benjamin
Seawell
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William
Johnson
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Edward
Jones
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Mathew
Thomas
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James
Ransom Jr.
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Rudrick
McIntosh
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14 Jun 1775
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Henry
Pattillo Chrm
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James
Mills
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Thomas
Eaton
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William
Person
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Green
Hill
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William
Tabb
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Edward
Jones
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James
Ransom Sr.
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Henry
Hill
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William
Green
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Julius
Nichols
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Jethro
Sumner
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Isaac
Hunter
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31 May 1775
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Henry
Pattillo Chrm
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Thomas
Eaton
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James
Mills
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William
Person
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Julius
Nichols
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Henry
Hill
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James
Ransom Sr.
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William
Green
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Green
Hill
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Jethro
Sumner
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Edward
Jones
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William
Tabb
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Isaac
Hunter
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Dec 1775
Rev. Mr. Charles
Cupples
Lord Dunmore
23 June
1775
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Henry
Patillo
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Thomas
Eaton
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James
Mills
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William
Person
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Jethro
Sumner
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Thomas
Turner
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James
Paine
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Phil
Burford
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William
Alston
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James
Ransom
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James
Ransom Jr.
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Julius
Nichols
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Herbert
Hanes
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Adkins
McLemore
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Green
Duke
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James
Denton
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Peter
Green
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William
House
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William
Green
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John
Christmas
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Thomas
Christmas
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William
Johnson
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James
Johnson (crossed through)
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Phillimon
Hawkins
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John
Hawkins
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Phillimon
Hawkins Jr.
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John
Hawkins Jr.
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Tomas
Miller
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Jno.
Marshall
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William
Duke
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Benit
Woood
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Phil
Alston Jr.
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Thomas
Newman
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Jno.
Brown
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Jno Jones
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William
Burrow
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Daniel
Sledge
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Samuel
Thompson
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Joseph
Shering
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Samuel
Yearging
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Mat.
Mirrick
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Jno.
Folcon
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William
Cooper
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Henry
Foote
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Moses
Wright
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Gray
Anders
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Brit
Harriss
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Natn.
Nicholson
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Jno Bobbitt
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Isaac
Hunter
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James
Alston
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William
Myrick
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Charles
Allen
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Jno.
Mosley
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Burl.
Robinson
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Francis
Thorton Ameila (crossed through)
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William
Jean
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Thomas
Leech
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Robert
Caller Jr
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Jacob
Turner
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William
Powell
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Francis
Caps
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Daniel
Burford
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Jos Seawell
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Thomas
Young
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Daniel
Voss
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Peter
Davis
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William
Wortham
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William
Gilreefe
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James
Hardridge (crossed through)
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William
Denson
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Jno Moody
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David
Tanner
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Jno Power
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Jno Weathers
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John
Christmas Jr.
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George
Nichols Jr.
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Robert
Godloe
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Richard
Williams
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Richard
White
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Osb.
Jeffers
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William
Jeffers
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Josiah
Riddick
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Jerimiah
Perry
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John
Perry (crossed through) don't cause to serve
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Burl.
Perry
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Thomas
Arnold
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Jacob
Heartsfield
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Joseph
Norris
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Julius
Alford
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Lod.
Alford
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William
Walker
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Mat.
Thomas
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Jno Hoof
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Thomas
Sherrod
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Benjamin
Seawell
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Giles
Bowers
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James
Murrey
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Nat Harris
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Jes.
Hunter
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William
Cheak
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William
Shearing
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Thomas
Mechin
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Jno Thompson
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Sol Alston
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Edmond
Jones
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Roger
Jones
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Jno Norwood
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H. Hill
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G. Hill
and Ben K.
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William
Green
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W. Hill
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15 Dec 1775
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Henry
Pattillo
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William
Person
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John
Norwood
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Thomas
Cook
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Thomas
Turner
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Atkins
McLemore
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William
Johnson
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Daniel
Sledge
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Benjamin
Kimbell
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William
Burrough
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Solomon
Williams
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Benjamin
Seawell
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James
Mills
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Col.
William Johnson
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Mr. Thomas
Bell
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2 Jul 1775
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Mr. Richard
Caswell
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Gen.
Thomas Gage
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Gen.
John Burgoyne
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Henry
Clinton
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William
Howe
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Thomas
Eaton Chrm.
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William
Green Clerk.
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