Abner Nash

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1. 1762–1764 Abner Nash settles briefly in Hillsborough and builds the town's first mill on the Eno The Virginia lawyer Abner Nash moved to Hillsborough, then called Childsburgh, in 1762 or early 1763 with his younger brother Francis. He bought town lots, dam…Search the index · NCpedia: Nash, Abner (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography)
2. September 9, 1775 Provincial Congress at Hillsborough elects a Provincial Council to govern between sessions On September 9, 1775, the Congress at Hillsborough elected a thirteen-member Provincial Council to direct the army and militia during its recess: Samuel Johnst… People: Samuel Johnston, Abner Nash, Samuel Ashe, Willie JonesSearch the index · Colonial and State Records of North Carolina: Minutes of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, Aug 20 to Sep 10, 1775 (vol. 10, pp. 164–220)
3. July 19, 1780 Horatio Gates, on his way to the Southern Army, presses the governor for supplies from Hillsborough Writing from Hillsborough, Gates told Governor Abner Nash that the army's commissary and quartermaster departments were in a deplorable state, asked the state … People: Abner NashSearch the index · Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, vol. 15, pp. 3-4: Letter from Horatio Gates to Abner Nash, July 19, 1780
4. September 5–13, 1780 General Assembly meets at Hillsborough and creates a Board of War Meeting at Hillsborough under Governor Abner Nash, the Assembly levied a provision tax in kind to supply the army and navy, passed acts on treason trials and c… People: Alexander Martin, Abner Nash, Thomas BenburyColonial and State Records of North Carolina: Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1780 (September session; vol. 24, pp. 344–357)
5. May 3, 1782 Assembly at Hillsborough elects Abner Nash and Hugh Williamson delegates to Congress On May 3, 1782, a joint ballot of the General Assembly at Hillsborough elected Abner Nash, Hugh Williamson, Benjamin Hawkins and William Blount as the state's …Search the index · Colonial and State Records of North Carolina: Minutes of the North Carolina House of Commons, Apr 16 to May 18, 1782 (vol. 16, pp. 1–177)
6. April 18–May 17, 1783 General Assembly at Hillsborough opens the western land office and passes an act of pardon Meeting at Hillsborough, the Assembly re-elected Alexander Martin governor and chose Hugh Williamson, Benjamin Hawkins, Abner Nash and Richard Dobbs Spaight as… People: Alexander Martin, Abner Nash, Hugh Williamson, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Richard CaswellColonial and State Records of North Carolina: Minutes of the North Carolina Senate, Apr 18 to May 17, 1783 (vol. 19, pp. 129–232)