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Timothy Bloodworth

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“U.S. Senator, 1795-1801; member, U.S. House, in First Congress, 1790-91. Opposed ratification of U.S. Constitution, 1788, 1789. Lived near here.”

State historical marker: D-106: Timothy Bloodworth

1736–1814 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

6 works about Timothy Bloodworth are indexed here.

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Governor Richard Caswell (2nd Administration) Correspondence: January 14-December 21, 1786

Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789 · 1786

Richard Caswell's correspondence from 14 January to 21 December 1786, during his second administration as governor, in 108 images that include proclamations. Topics range over wars with the Cherokee and Creek, enslaved people, enemy property, an embargo, fraud, debt and military trials. Philip Alston, Timothy Bloodworth, Griffith Rutherford, the Tar River and Hillsborough all appear.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Bloodworth, Timothy, 1736-1814.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Senate Joint Resolutions: Apr 20-May 17

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1783

North Carolina Senate resolutions of 20 April to 17 May 1783, 42 images. They favor William Moore and Philip Thomas, recommend an annuity for John Benton, weigh an allowance for John Haywood Jr., and reject a measure against Henry Irwin Toole as executor of Joseph Moore of Edgecombe County. Governor Alexander Martin and the peace treaty figure in the session, as does Hillsborough.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Bloodworth, Timothy, 1736-1814.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

House Joint Resolutions, May 3 - May 9

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1782

House joint resolutions of May 3 to 9, 1782, largely acting on petitions from individuals, among them Timothy Bloodworth and Henry Williams. Matters include poll tax exemptions, disabled veterans, sheriffs and clerks, confiscations and militia drafts. From the Hillsborough session; 107 images.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Bloodworth, Timothy, 1736-1814.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Miscellaneous petitions: Apr.-May, 1782

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1782

Petitions and memorials laid before the General Assembly at its April and May 1782 session in Hillsborough. They include a memorial from the inhabitants of Wilmington, a petition of William Borritz of Edenton, a rejected Rowan County petition for Edward Turner, and Timothy Bloodworth's memorial for Thomas Bloodworth. Loyalists, confiscations, the draft, militia, tobacco, widows and orphans all come up. Fourteen images.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Bloodworth, Timothy, 1736-1814.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Joint Papers (April-May, 1780): Joint Select Committee Reports and Papers

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1780

Reports and papers of the joint select committees of the North Carolina General Assembly from its April to May 1780 session, in 223 images. Items include a Virginia governor's letter on naval officers and duties at the Ocracoke channel, committee appointments, and Henry Mounger's petition on where Montgomery County's public buildings should stand. Orange County is among the many counties touched.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Bloodworth, Timothy, 1736-1814.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Joint Papers (January-February, 1779): Election writs and certificates

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1779

Election writs and certificates for the January to February 1779 session of the North Carolina General Assembly, twelve images. Counties and towns named include Beaufort, Chowan, New Hanover, Pitt, Washington, Edenton and Orange. Joseph Hewes and Timothy Bloodworth are among the people.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Bloodworth, Timothy, 1736-1814.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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