Английская Википедия:Fourth North Carolina Provincial Congress

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The Fourth North Carolina Provincial Congress was one of five extra-legal unicameral bodies that met beginning in the summer of 1774 through 1776. They were modeled after the colonial lower house (House of Commons). These congresses created a government structure, issued bills of credit to pay for the movement, organized an army for defense, wrote a constitution and bill of rights that established the state of North Carolina, and elected their first acting governor in the fifth congress that met in 1776. These congresses paved the way for the first meeting of the North Carolina General Assembly on April 7, 1777 in New Bern, North Carolina. The Fourth Congress met in Halifax from April 4 to May 14, 1776. Samuel Johnston served as president, with Allen Jones as vice-president.

Legislation

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John Trumbull's painting, Declaration of Independence, depicting the five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence presenting their work to the Congress. Hewes and Penn are depicted in the back row. Hooper missed the initial vote approving it on the Fourth of July, 1776, but was able to sign it on August 2, 1776.

The delegates authorized their representatives to the Second Continental Congress to vote for the Declaration of Independence, including Joseph Hewes, William Hooper, and John Penn. The 83 delegates present on April 12, 1776 adopted the Halifax Resolves. On April 13, 1776, the delegates formed a committee to start working on a North Carolina Constitution, which was ratified in December 1776 by the Fifth North Carolina Provincial Congress. In April, 1776, the congress passed a resolve to move loyalists while allowing them to dispose of their property. Later in May 1776, the congress passed a resolve to confiscate the property of those taking up arms against the United States.

Members

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Thomas Amis, Halifax County

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John Baptista Ashe, New Hanover County

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Thomas Burke, Orange County

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Richard Caswell, Dobbs County

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Philemon Hawkins, II, Bute County

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Joseph Hewes, Edenton

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William Hooper, New Hanover County

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Samuel Johnston, Chowan County

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Allen Jones, Northampton County

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Willie Jones, Halifax County

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Abner Nash, New Bern

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John Penn, Granville County

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Nathaniel Rochester, Orange County

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Joseph Winston, Surry County

The following list shows the names of the delegates and the counties or districts that they represented: Шаблон:Mw-datatable

County or Town/District	Delegate
Anson	John Child
Anson	John Crawford
Anson	Daniel Love
Anson	James Pickett
Anson	Samuel Spencer
Beaufort	John Cowper
Beaufort	Roger Ormond
Beaufort	Thomas Respess, Jr.
Bertie	John Campbell
Bertie	John Johnston
Bertie	Charles Jaycocks
Bladen	Thomas Amis
Bladen	Maturin Colville
Bladen	James Council
Bladen	Nathaniel Richardson
Bladen	Thomas Robeson, Jr.
Brunswick	Unknown/Vacant
Bute	William Alston
Bute	Philemon Hawkins
Bute	Green Hill
Bute	William Person
Bute	Thomas Sherrod
Carteret	John Backhouse
Carteret	Solomon Shepard
Carteret	William Thompson
Chatham	Elisha Cain
Chatham	Jeduthan Harper
Chatham	Ambrose Ramsey
Chatham	Joseph Rosser
Chatham	John Thompson
Chowan	Thomas Benbury
Chowan	John B. Beasly
Chowan	Thomas Hunter
Chowan	Samuel Johnston
Chowan	Thomas Jones
Craven	Jacob Blount
Craven	John Bryan
Craven	William Bryan
Craven	James Coor
Craven	Lemuel Hatch
Cumberland	Farquard/Farquhard Campbell
Cumberland	Alexander McAllister
Cumberland	Alexander McCoy (McKay)
Cumberland	Thomas Rutherford
Cumberland	David Smith
Currituck	Samuel Jarvis
Currituck	Gideon Lamb
Currituck	Solomon Perkins
Currituck	James Ryan
Currituck	James White
Dobbs	Simon Bright
Dobbs	Richard Caswell
Dobbs	William McKinnie
Dobbs	George Miller
Dobbs	Abraham Sheppard
Duplin	Richard Clinton
Duplin	William Dickson
Duplin	Thomas Gray
Edgecombe	Elisha Battle
Edgecombe	Nathan Boddie
Edgecombe	William Haywood
Edgecombe	Henry Irwin
Edgecombe	Duncan Lemon
Granville	Charles A. Eaton
Granville	Memucan Hunt
Granville	John Penn
Granville	Thomas Person
Granville	John Taylor
Guilford	William Dent
Guilford	Ralph Gorrell, Jr.
Guilford	Ransom Sutherland
Halifax	Willis Alston
Halifax	John Bradford
Halifax	James Hogun
Halifax	David Sumner
Halifax	Joseph John Williams
Hertford	Laurence/Lawrence Baker
Hertford	Matthias Brickell, Jr.
Hertford	William Murfree
Hertford	Robert Sumner
Hyde	Joseph Hancock
Hyde	John Jordan
Hyde	Rotheas Latham
Hyde	Benjamin Parmelin
Johnston	Needham Bryan, Jr.
Johnston	Henry Rains
Johnston	Samuel Smith, Jr.
Martin	Whitmell Hill
Martin	Kenneth McKenzie
Martin	Edward Smithwick
Martin	Thomas Wiggins
Martin	William Williams
Mecklenburg	John McKnitt Alexander
Mecklenburg	Robert Irwin
Mecklenburg	John Phifer
New Hanover	John Ashe
New Hanover	Samuel Ashe
New Hanover	John DeVane
New Hanover	John Hollingsworth
New Hanover	Sampson Mosely
Northampton	Jeptha Atherton
Northampton	Howard/Howell Edmunds
Northampton	Drewry Gee
Northampton	Eaton Haynes
Northampton	Allen Jones
Northampton	Samuel Lockhart
Northampton	Eaton Haynes
Onslow	Benjamin Doty
Onslow	John King
Onslow	George Mitchell
Onslow	John Norman
Onslow	John Spicer
Orange	Thomas Burke
Orange	John Butler
Orange	John Kinchen
Orange	Nathaniel Rochester
Orange	James Saunders
Pasquotank	Henry Abbot
Pasquotank	Thomas Boyd
Pasquotank	Dempsey Burgess
Pasquotank	William Cumming
Pasquotank	Joseph Jones
Perquimans	Charles Blount
Perquimans	Miles Harvey
Perquimans	Thomas Harvey
Perquimans	Charles Moore
Perquimans	William Skinner
Pitt	William Robeson
Pitt	Edward Salter
Pitt	John Simpson
Rowan	John Johnston
Rowan	Matthew Locke
Rowan	Griffith Rutherford
Surry	Charles Gordon
Surry	Joseph Williams
Surry	Joseph Winston
Tryon	James Johnston
Tryon	Charles McLean
Tyrrell	Archibald Corry
Wake	John Hinton
Wake	William Hooper
Wake	Tignal Jones
Wake	Joel Lane
Wake	John Rand
Bath District	William Brown
Campbellton Town	Arthur Council
Edenton District	Joseph Hewes
Halifax District	Willie Jones
Halifax District	John Webb
Hillsborough District	William Johnston
New Bern District	Abner Nash
Salisbury District	David Nesbitt
Wilmington District	Cornelius Harnett

Notes: Шаблон:Reflist

See also

• Provincial Congress
• North Carolina General Assembly

Further reading

• Шаблон:Cite book
• Шаблон:Cite web
• Шаблон:Cite book
• Шаблон:Cite book, North Carolina State Normal & Industrial, College Historical Publications, Number 2