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  Richard Caswell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A lawyer and surveyor by training, Caswell represented North Carolina in the Continental Congress of 1774 and 1775.
Caswell was president of the congress that wrote the first North Carolina Constitution in 1776.
Caswell was also chosen to be one of North Carolina's delegates to the United States Constitutional Convention of 1787, but he did not attend.
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 Richard Dobbs Spaight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard Dobbs Spaight (March 25, 1758 – September 6, 1802) was the Anti-Federalist governor of the American State of North Carolina from 1792 to 1795.
Spaight was born in New Bern, North Carolina, the son of the Secretary of the Crown in the colony.
Orphaned at the age of eight, Spaight was sent to school in Ireland and graduated from the University of Glasgow.
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 The Story of Richard Caswell
At the age of sixteen Richard and his brother, William, came to North Carolina on horseback with letters of introduction and rec-ommendation from the governor of Maryland to North Carolina's royal governor, Gabriel Johnston, at New Bern William was given employment in the secretary's office.
Richard became an officer in the troop of horse of the Johnston County militia.
Caswell was appointed Commander of the Minutemen of the New Bern District.
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 CSS Neuse - The Site Today   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A native of Maryland, Caswell moved to North Carolina and settled in the area eventually known as Lenoir County.
During the American Revolution, Caswell resumed his military career and commanded Patriot forces at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in 1776.
It was during the war that Caswell was chosen to be North Carolina's first elected governor and headed the committee that wrote the new state's constitution.
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 caswellreport
Caswell's grave is traditionally thought to have been buried in a family cemetery, now part of the Caswell Memorial Park on U.S. 70 in Kinston.
Richard Caswell was born in Maryland and moved to North Carolina when he was 17.
Caswell desperately tried to prevent the cession of the western counties of the state in the Cumberland area, who were suffering from Indian attacks.
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 Caswell County
Established during the American Revolution, Caswell County was the first county to be ratified by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1777.
Because of this division, a new courthouse was erected in the center of the newly redrawn county and Yanceyville became the county seat.
Caswell County continues to be primarily an agricultural region.
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 Richard Caswell descendants
Richard Caswell3 Rynex (Eliza2 Caswell, Richard1); born 25 Dec 1837 in Boston, MA; married Amanda Virginia Burns, daughter of Benjamin Burns and Ann Cross, 27 Nov 1865 in Washington, DC; died 16 Jan 1921 in Washington, DC, at age 83; buried 19 Jan 1921 in Washington, DC.
Walter Caswell5 Rynex (John4, Richard3, Eliza2 Caswell, Richard1); born 15 Jan 1893 in DC; married Ethel Middleton Barco 20 Jan 1914 in Alexandria, VA; died 18 Jul 1968 in VA at age 75.
Richard E.7 Boese (Helen6 Wieland, Helen5 Rynex, John4, Richard3, Eliza2 Caswell, Richard1); born 30 Sep 1952 in DC; married Cynthia Green 3 Feb 1979 in DC.
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 History
Caswell Center was founded in 1911 and has been serving people with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities for over 90 years.
Caswell Center's history can be traced through the leadership of 14 permanent full-time directors.
Banks McNairy in 1914 welcomed the first 15 admissions; and in 1915, he persuaded the Legislature to change the facility name to "Caswell Training School." The name "Caswell Center" honors Revolutionary War leader and the State's first Governor, Richard Caswell, and was established in 1963 under the directorship of Dr. Frank Badrock.
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 Caswell Family Pages
Richard Caswell was the first Governor of the independent state of North Carolina.
Caswell was distinguished also among governors of the newly independent states for having directly participated in the Revolutionary battles.
General Caswell was chosen and reelected Governor of North Carolina by the general assemblies of 1777, 1778, and 1779.
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 Caswell County, North Carolina
Caswell County, North Carolina, was established in 1777.
The new county appropriately was named Caswell after Richard Caswell, the first governor of the new State of North Carolina.
Caswell County natives famous for contributing to the war of independence are: Lieutenant Colonel Henry ("Hal") Dixon; Captain John Herndon Graves; Dr. Lancelot Johnston; and Starling Gunn.
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 History of Fort Caswell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The North Carolina Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell is located on Oak Island at the mouth of the Cape Fear River (from 1526 until 1662 the river was recorded on the maps as the River Jordan).
The remainder of the fort, seven long cement batteries, along with barracks and officer’s quarters, a hospital/morgue, bakery, horse barn, firehouse and prison, were built around the turn of the century.
It was a pentagonal structure with a two-story citadel and surrounded by a dry moat and a wet moat.
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 Thomas Caswell
Thomas was the son of Sir Richard Caswell and Mary Slany.
In the parish of North Curry, Somerset on October 20, 1618, Thomas Caswell, son of Thomas Caswell, was baptized.
As for Thomas Caswell's land holdings, on November 27, 1649, at a town meeting, he was granted his second division, on the other side of Two Mile River opposite Thomas Coggins' land extending to the head of the great lots there.
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 Caswell County, North Carolina NC, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Caswell County, NC The county was named for Gov. Richard Caswell
Caswell County is one of 100 counties in North Carolina.
This was an increase of.73% from the 2000 census.
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 Ian Caswell — Raleigh Cat : ZoomInfo Business People Information
Justin Francis Caswell was born on December 31, 1986 to Pamela and Arthur Caswell of Uxbridge, NM.
CASWELL, CAROLINE MATILDA, social settlement worker, daughter of Arthur and Sarah (Porter) Caswell, was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Caswell then carried on the business in his own name for a time, but soon, with his brother, Solomon T. Caswell, and others, formed the...
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 Ancestry Message Boards - Message [ Lenoir ]
and Caswell was named commander of the militia in one of the six military districts.
Richard Caswell, surveyor, lawyer,legislator, speaker of the assembly, colonel, treasurer, delegate to the Continental Congress, president of the provincial Congress, brigader-general,major-general,chairman of the Council Extraordinary, speaker of the Senate, comptroller-general and governor, was as highly honored by the people of North Carolina as any other citizen before or since his day.
Nathanial Macon, who received his first training in statecraft under Richard Caswell, says of him: "Governor Caswell of Lenoir was one of the most powerful men that ever lived in this or any other country.
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 CASWELL, Richard (1729-1789) Guide to Research Papers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A letter from Richard Caswell to General James Moore written on February 6, 1777.
In the letter, Richard Caswell orders General Moore and his troops to join those of General Washington without delay and recommends he increase his regiments to full strength.
A letter from Richard Caswell to the Governor of Massachusetts written on January 12, 1787.
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 Richard Caswell Rynex Family and Mini Bio
Richard Caswell Rynex was born on 25 December 1837 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, the seventh child of John Rynex of Schenectady and Eliza Caswell of Boston.
He enlisted in Company F of the 23rd Missouri Infantry Regiment in Chillicothe, MO in December of 1861 and was immediately assigned to the Quartermaster Department.
After the battle of Shiloh in April of 1862, in which the 23rd was badly mauled Richard was promoted to Sergeant.
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 Fort Caswell, Confederate fort located in NC Photo Gallery by Kenny Carter at pbase.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Fort Caswell, Confederate fort located in NC Fort Caswell is located near Southport, NC and is owned by The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, which purchased the 250 acre fort from the Government on Sept. 29, 1949 for $86,000.
I went to Fort Caswell only one time, and I LOVE the beach going through the forts and watching not only the sun fall, but rise, it is a amazing place and I can not wait to go back.
The remainder of the fort, seven long cement batteries, along with barracks and officer’s quarters, a hospital/morgue, bakery, horse barn, firehouse & prison, were built around the turn of the century.
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 The History of Fort Caswell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Fort Caswell, named in 1833 for the first Governor of North Carolina, Richard Caswell, is located in Brunswick County on the
Congress authorized construction of the fort in 1825 because the area was vulnerable due to its lack of defenses.
Fort Caswell served as a training camp for World War I. After World War I, thinking that the world was at peace, Fort Caswell was abandoned.
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 Spaight Richard Dobbs
Spaight, Richard Dobbs (1758-1802) Signer of the Constitution: Born in New Berne, North Carolina, on March 25, 1758; Richard Dobbs Spaight lost his parents when he was eight years old.
He was sent abroad for his education, and graduated from the University of Glasgow, in Scotland.
Upon his return to North America in 1778, he became an aide-de-camp to Gen. Richard Caswell, and was present at the Battle of Camden.
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 Caswell County Historical Association | Ourmedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Organized in 1954, the Caswell County Historical Association (CCHA) operates the Richmond-Miles History Museum in the Graves-Florance-Gatewood House.
Born of Orange County in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War, Caswell County was named in honor of Richard Caswell (1729-1789), delegate to the first Continental Congress, first governor of North Carolina after the Declaration of Independence, and Major General in the Revolutionary Army.
After 1792, when Person County was carved from Caswell County, the county seat was moved to a location nearer the center of the county.
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 My Family/Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Caswell Richard ADKINS, was born in 1802 in Tazewell Co., Virginia.
Children were: Tamson ADKINS,, Washington Richard ADKINS,, Sarah Minerva ADKINS,, Sampson ADKINS,, Dorothea ADKINS,, Tamson ADKINS,, Washington Richard ADKINS,, Sarah Minerva ADKINS,, Sampson ADKINS,, Dorothea ADKINS,.
She was married to Richard F. on 20 Mar 1923 in Elliott Co., Kentucky.
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 RICHARD DOBBS SPAIGHT
Throughout his short life Richard Dobbs Spaight, who represented North Carolina in the Constitutional Convention, exhibited a marked devotion to the ideals heralded by the Revolution.
Caswell, who under the state constitution also served as commander in chief of the militia, appointed the well-educated, socially prominent patriot as his aide-de-camp.
In hastily devising a defense strategy, the Continental Congress called on Governor Caswell to recruit 4,000 militiamen to take to the field under his command.
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 North Carolina ECHO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Caswell Center, established in 1911, is the oldest and largest residential mental retardation care facility of its kind in North Carolina.
The museum and visitors center displays the history of the Caswell Center, featuring the everyday life of the residents, the residential farm, arts and crafts, and medical care at the center.
The CSS Neuse and Caswell Memorial State Historic Site preserves what remains of the CSS Neuse, the Confederate ironclad that was burned and sunk not far from Kinston in the Neuse River in March of 1865.
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 Richard CASWELL PhD
It may also be possible to harness immune evasion mechanisms evolved by the virus as a means of intervention in inflammatory disease, and these areas form one of the themes of the Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Interdisciplinary Research Group (I 3-IRG) in Cardiff University.
Cook, M, Caswell, R, Richards, R, Kay, J and Tatnell, P (2001).
Regulation of human and mouse procathepsin E gene expression.
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 Caswell County, North Carolina Genealogical Records Information
It was named in honor of Richard Caswell, member of the first Continental Congress, first governor of North Carolina after the Declaration of Independence, and Major General in the Revolutionary army.
The act creating the county authorized the first court to be held at the home of Thomas Douglas; it also named commissioners to select a location and have the courthouse, prison, and stocks erected.
In 1783 Leesburg was established "adjoining to where the Caswell Court House now stands." In 1791, when Person was formed, the court was ordered to be held at Joseph Smith's.
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 700000 people connected with European Royalty
In Genealogies of New England, III 1183, it is stated that he was the third son of Richard Caswell, Esq.
Thomas Caswell was an early resident of Taunton as in 1643 he was on a roster of the First Military Company of Taunton.
In the parish of North Curry, Somerset on October 20, 1618, Thomas Caswell, son of Thomas Caswell, was baptised.
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 Richard Hatfield
Don't know if this is the right guy or not - appears to be the only Richard Hatfield on the 1850 census of the right age who was born in New York.
Note: Richard Hatfield, one of the sturdy pioneers of Mason County, was born at Gailou, Wayne County, New York on July 15 1826.
During the first few years of the 1850s, Burr Caswell had his home on the clay banks in the neighborhood of the old Indian apple tree, and it was there that Dick Hatfield spent a portion of his leisure time between hunting and trapping excursions.
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 Richard Caswell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Richard joined our class a week into our Junior year.
Richard is currently teaching at the Elementary School at Milo, taking over for Joy Veverka who left this school year to teach in the Portland area.
Richard was married July 12, 2001 in Pendleton, Oregon.
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 Defendant beats product liability lawsuit.(Richard Caswell vs. Air Products and Chemicals Inc.) American Machinist - ...
Richard Caswell, an employee of Yale-South Haven Inc., operated a deflashing tumbler machine manufactured by Air Products and Chemicals Inc. The 14-year-old machine used liquid nitrogen and, through tumbling action, removed excess material from molded rubber parts.
On September 6, 1996, Caswell was removing parts from the machine when the door fell on him.
Caswell filed a product liability suit against Air Products, arguing that the springs on the...
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