Joseph Hewes

Life and Orange County connections

Dated events connected with this person, in date order. See these 6 dated events in the chronology →

1. August 23, 1775 Congress at Hillsborough appoints a committee to address the inhabitants of the province The same day the congress named Maurice Moore, William Hooper, Robert Howe, Richard Caswell and Joseph Hewes to prepare an address to the inhabitants of North Carolina, stating the controversy with Great Britain in plain language and calling on them to unite in defence of American liberty. Doctor Burke was added to the committee on August 24. People: William Hooper, Richard Caswell, Maurice Moore, Robert Howe Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Minutes of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, August 20 to September 10, 1775
2. August 23, 1775 Provincial Congress at Hillsborough names a Committee of Secrecy to procure arms On August 23, 1775 the congress sitting at Hillsborough resolved that its president, Mr. Harnett, Mr. Caswell, Mr. Hewes, Mr. Nash, Mr. Willie Jones and Mr. Young be a Committee of Secrecy for procuring arms and ammunition. The committee was to report what sums of money would be needed for the purpose. People: Richard Caswell, Willie Jones, Cornelius Harnett Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Minutes of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, August 20 to September 10, 1775
3. September 2, 1775 Congress at Hillsborough appoints Hooper, Hewes and Caswell to the Continental Congress Meeting at Hillsborough on September 2, 1775, the congress thanked William Hooper, Joseph Hewes and Richard Caswell for their service as the province's delegates at the last Continental Congress and appointed the three delegates for a further year, each to be paid five hundred pounds proclamation money. People: William Hooper, Richard Caswell Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Minutes of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, August 20 to September 10, 1775
4. September 7, 1775 The Provincial Congress at Hillsborough appoints John Penn to the Continental Congress Richard Caswell told the congress at Hillsborough that his new duties as treasurer for the Southern District and as a signer of the public bills of credit left him unable to serve in the Continental Congress. The congress resolved the same day that John Penn take his place beside William Hooper and Joseph Hewes, with the same powers and allowance. People: John Penn, Joseph Hewes, Richard Caswell Place: Hillsborough · Also named: William HooperSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Minutes of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, August 20 to September 10, 1775
5. August 2, 1776 William Hooper signs the Declaration of Independence William Hooper signed the Declaration in Philadelphia. He later became a Hillsborough resident. People: William Hooper, John Penn, Joseph Hewes Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; later Hillsborough connectionSearch the index · NCpedia
6. December 20, 1776 Thomas Burke of Hillsborough is elected to the Continental Congress The last Provincial Congress chose Burke with William Hooper and Joseph Hewes. Apart from April to August 1778 he served until April 12, 1781, sitting on 108 committees. People: Thomas Burke, William Hooper, Joseph Hewes Place: HalifaxSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 46