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Jethro Sumner

Sumner, a Continental brigadier general, was elected first president of the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati when former officers of the state's Continental line gathered near Hillsborough on October 23, 1783 in a cabin owned by the Hillsborough merchant James Hogg.

Source: North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati: History

1733–1785 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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October 23, 1783 Continental officers organize the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati at James Hogg's cabin Former officers of the North Carolina Continental line gathered near Hillsborough in a cabin owned by the merchant James Hogg and founded the state's Society of the Cincinnati. They elected Jethro Sumner president, Thomas Clark vice president and Adam Boyd secretary. Sixty-six of the roughly six hundred commissioned officers the state sent to the war joined by contributing a month's pay. People: James Hogg, Adam Boyd Place: near Hillsborough · Also named: Thomas ClarkSearch the index · North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati: History

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Adam Boyd 1 entry: Continental officers organize the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati at James Hogg's cabin (October 23, 1783)
James Hogg 1 entry: Continental officers organize the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati at James Hogg's cabin (October 23, 1783)

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House Joint Resolutions, April 17 - May 2

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1782

Joint resolutions of the House of Commons from April 17 to May 2, 1782, with messages, petitions and depositions. Among them are thanks to Thomas Burke, the Hillsborough lawyer who had been governor, a land dispute involving James Taylor and Edmund Pendleton of Virginia, and a poll tax exemption for Francis Falkner. 87 images.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Sumner, Jethro, 1733?-1785.

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Joint Select Committees: Reports and Papers, May 8 - May 18

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1782

From the 1782 session of the General Assembly, joint select committee reports and papers of 8 to 18 May, in 134 images. Captain James Reed, James Houston of Rowan County and George Meek are among those whose cases came before the committees. Other matters include State Legion officers, disabled veterans, price regulation, Cherokee affairs, Thomas Burke, and Hillsborough and Orange County.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Sumner, Jethro, 1733?-1785.

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

Senate Joint Resolutions, May 16 - May 18

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1782

Resolutions of the North Carolina Senate from 16 to 18 May 1782: naming Thomas Davis public printer, favoring Joseph Pitman of Edgecombe County, obtaining clothing for Continental officers and soldiers, and answering a memorial of John Huske. Nathanael Greene, Jethro Sumner and the Battle of Eutaw Springs are among the names. 51 images, with Hillsborough tied to the session.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Sumner, Jethro, 1733?-1785.

NC Digital Collections DPLA

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

August-September, 1780: Joint Select Committees (Reports of and messages concerning)

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1780

Reports and messages of joint select committees from August and September 1780, when the General Assembly met at Hillsborough after the defeat at Camden. Committees worked on supplies and provisions for the army and the adjustment of public claims. Horatio Gates, Richard Caswell, Abner Nash, William Hooper, hospitals, surgeons, cavalry and wagons all appear. 88 pages.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Sumner, Jethro, 1733?-1785.

NC Digital Collections DPLA

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

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Background

NCpedia: Jethro Sumner Dictionary of North Carolina Biography entry
Historical marker E-17: Jethro SumnerNC Highway Historical Marker Brigadier general in the Revolution. Commanded N.C. forces from 1781. A planter, he operated a tavern near here.

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Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
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