John Williams (Pitt County, North Carolina)

John Williams ( – 1789) was a planter and an

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Pitt County, North Carolina Pitt County is a county located in the Inner Banks region of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 170,243, making it the 14th-most populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Greenville. Pit ...

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North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

provisional Assembly of 1777 as well as the state's House of Commons in 1778 and 1779. Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives Farmers from North Carolina 1730s births 1789 deaths 18th-century American planters People from Pitt County, North Carolina People from colonial North Carolina 18th-century American politicians {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub