Josiah Martin

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1. later 1771 Outlawed Regulator leaders petition Governor Martin for pardon From hiding, some in South Carolina, Jeremiah Field, Ninian Bell Hamilton, Matthew Hamilton, James Hunter, Thomas Welborn, William Butler and John Fruit asked the new governor, Josiah Martin, for pardon. The Assembly asked mercy for all but Husband, Butler and Howell, but Martin waited because Tryon had left the matter to the Crown. People: Josiah Martin, James Hunter, William Butler (Regulator) Place: Orange County · Also named: Jeremiah Field, Ninian Bell Hamilton, Matthew Hamilton, Thomas Welborn, John FruitInternet Archive: Bassett, The Regulators of North Carolina (1765-1771) (1896), p. 207
2. 1772 At Governor Martin's urging, Edmund Fanning drops his riot damage suits After the matter was raised with Governor Martin in March 1772, he urged Fanning, by then surveyor general of New York, to drop his suits over the destruction of his Hillsborough property, and Fanning had them discontinued, leaving his 1,500 pound claim to the Assembly. The House refused to pay it in March 1773. People: Edmund Fanning, Josiah Martin Place: HillsboroughColonial and State Records of North Carolina, vol. 9, pp. 548-562: Minutes of the Lower House, February 27 to March 6, 1773 · Also: Nash, Hillsboro, Colonial and Revolutionary
3. 1772 Governor Josiah Martin complains about Orange County's roads On his time in the backcountry in 1772, Governor Martin wrote of how poor the roads in Orange were. Place: Orange CountySearch the index · NC Historic Preservation Office: Richard L. Mattson, History and Architecture of Orange County (1996), p. 5
4. July to September 1772 Governor Josiah Martin spends the summer at Hillsborough Governor Martin dated his dispatches to London from Hillsborough through the summer of 1772, and in August the Rev. Charles E. Taylor wrote that the governor had gone up to Hillsborough to spend the summer. Place: Hillsborough · Also named: Charles E. TaylorSearch the index · Documenting the American South (Colonial and State Records): Letter from Charles Ebenezer Taylor to Daniel Burton, August 24, 1772
5. August 25, 1772 Governor Martin and his council at Hillsborough forbid the export of wheat, rye and flour Told of a long drought and failing corn crops in the western parts of the province, the council sitting at Hillsborough advised an embargo, and Martin proclaimed a three-month ban on shipping wheat, rye or flour out of the province. People: Martin Howard, Samuel Strudwick, Alexander McCulloch Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Documenting the American South (Colonial and State Records): Minutes of the North Carolina Governor's Council, August 25, 1772
6. August 1772 Governor Martin summons the judges to Hillsborough over the cases of the outlawed Regulators After Regulator leaders offered to surrender, Martin called the judges to Hillsborough and asked in writing whether their outlawry could be completed and whether they could still be tried. Writing from Hillsborough on August 30, he told London the troubles had been provoked by extortion from attorneys, clerks and other officers. People: Richard Henderson, Martin Howard, James Hunter Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Documenting the American South (Colonial and State Records): Letter from Josiah Martin to Wills Hill, Marquis of Downshire, August 30, 1772
7. August 25, 1775 Provincial Congress at Hillsborough orders Governor Martin's proclamation burnt by the hangman The congress read a proclamation Martin had issued on August 8 from HMS Cruizer in the Cape Fear, addressed to the "Provincial Convention of Hillsborough", and resolved unanimously that it was a seditious libel to be burnt by the common hangman. Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Documenting the American South (Colonial and State Records): Minutes of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, August 20 to September 10, 1775
8. February 1776 Michael Holt turns back from the Loyalist march and later takes the Whig oath Holt took a commission from Governor Martin and started for the Loyalist gathering at Cross Creek, but turned for home with some of his men. After his arrest he was permitted to take the Whig oath of allegiance, as James Hunter later was. People: James Hunter, Josiah Martin Place: Orange County · Also named: Michael HoltSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 44