Roger Ormond or Ormand (ca. 1740-December 1775) was an early North Carolinian statesman. He served on the Royal council of North Carolina, in the Lower House and Upper House representing
Bath, North Carolina. He was also the Assistant
Attorney General of North Carolina during this period. In the
American Revolution
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, he served on the
committee of safety in
Beaufort County. He was one of the men who read to the citizens of Bath about the
battles of Lexington and Concord. He was a member of the
Third North Carolina Provincial Congress, which met in
Hillsborough on August 20, 1775. He was sent with William Salter,
John Patten, John Cowper, and
Thomas Respress to represent Bath and the Beaufort district. He was appointed a major in the
Beaufort County Regiment of the North Carolina militia by the congress, where he served from 1775-1776. His brother Wyriott Ormand also served as an officer in the Beaufort County Regiment.
References
*Beaufort County two centuries of its history. By Reed C. Wingate Chapter XI, Page 114
*N.C. Digital History. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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1740 births
1775 deaths
North Carolina militiamen in the American Revolution
Members of the North Carolina House of Burgesses
Members of the North Carolina Provincial Congresses