The Emergence of North Carolina's Revolutionary State Government

Abner Nash Albemarle counties American Revolution appointed April Archives arms assembly Association authority backcountry Bern committee bills Britain British called Carolina Colonial Government Carolinians Chapel Hill Colonial Records colony's Committee of Correspondence conservative constitution Continental Congress convene Cornelius Harnett council of safety county courts courthouse rings crown delegates democratic district eastern counties Edenton elected established executive Fifth Provincial Congress Fourth Provincial Congress freeholders Ganyard Governor Martin Halifax hereinafter cited Hillsborough History instructions Iredell issued Joseph Hewes Josiah Martin judicial land leaders legislature letter lower house loyalists Martin to Dartmouth measures Mecklenburg ment military militia North Carolina Colonial Orange Parliament passed patriot persons piedmont political population Proceedings provincial council quitrents radical regulators revolutionary Richard Caswell Richard Cogdell royal period Samuel Johnston Saunders session sheriffs slaves South Stamp Act Thomas Burke Thomas Person tion tory towns Virginia vols William Hooper Wilmington