HARNETT, Cornelius, a Delegate from
North Carolina; born near Edenton, Chowan County, N.C., April 20, 1723; moved
with his parents to Brunswick in 1726 and later to Wilmington, N. C.; engaged in
mercantile pursuits; appointed by Governor Johnston as justice of the peace for
New Hanover County in April 1750; elected town commissioner in August 1750 and
served at different times for eleven years; member of the colonial assembly
1754-1775; chairman of the Sons of Liberty of North Carolina and leader in the
resistance to the Stamp Act in 1765 and 1766; member of the committee of
correspondence in 1773 and 1774; chairman of the Wilmington Committee of Safety
in 1774 and 1775; member of the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Provincial
Congresses in 1775 and 1776, serving as president in the Fifth; delegate to the
provincial council in 1775 and 1776, and served as president of the council,
thus becoming chief executive of the new government; excepted by Sir Henry
Clinton from his proclamation of general amnesty in 1776; councilor of state in
1777; Member of the Continental Congress 1777-1779; captured by the British upon
their occupation of Wilmington, N.C., in January 1781, and died as a prisoner in
Wilmington on April 28, 1781; interment in St. James’ Churchyard. - -Biographical
Data courtesy of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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