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| Affiliation | Democratic-Republican |
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| Name | Matthew Locke |
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Salisbury, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
00, 1730 |
| Died |
September 07, 1801
(71 years) |
| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Jul 11, 2021 03:24pm |
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| Info | LOCKE, Matthew, (uncle of Francis Locke, and great-great-great-grandfather of Effiegene (Locke) Wingo), a Representative from North Carolina; born in the north of Ireland in 1730; immigrated to the United States and located in Rowan County, N.C.; engaged in transportation by wagon; treasury commissioner of the colony of North Carolina in 1771; elected a member of the safety committee of Rowan County on August 8, 1774, and of the committee of secrecy, intelligence, and observation of Rowan County on September 23, 1774; member of the Provincial Congress at Hillsboro, N.C., and Johnston Court House in 1775; served as paymaster of troops in the Salisbury District in 1775; member of the Colonial Congress at Halifax in 1776; delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1776; member of the state house of commons 1777-1781; brigadier general of North Carolina troops during the Revolutionary War; served in the state senate in 1781 and 1782; again a member of the state house of commons 1783-1792; delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1789 called to ratify the Federal Constitution and voted against ratification
Presidential Elector (AF-NC) 1792
U.S. Representative (AF-NC) 1793-1799; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1798 to the Sixth Congress
Engaged as a planter and was an extensive landowner; died in Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C., September 7, 1801; interment in the Thyatira Churchyard, near Salisbury, N.C.
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