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List of colonial governors of North Carolina

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This is a list of the colonial governors of North Carolina.

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Province of Carolina

In 1689-91, a system developed in which the Lord Proprietors appointed one governor for the entire province of Carolina based in Charles Town. This official governed the northern part of the colony through a "Deputy Governor" who was in many ways autonomous. In the early years, the deputy governor was known as the governor of "Ye Lands North and East of Cape Feare." Eventually, this system gave way to the creation of two separate governments.

Governors of Carolina, 1689-1712

  • Philip Ludwell 1689-1693
  • Thomas Smith 1693-1694
  • Joseph Blake 1694
  • John Archdale 1695-1696 (at one point governed from the North)
  • Joseph Blake 1696-1700
  • James Moore 1700-1703
  • Nathaniel Johnson 1703-1709
  • Edward Tynte 1709-1710
  • Robert Gibbes 1710-1712
  • Charles Craven 1712

    • Deputy Governors of Carolina (for the northern part of the province), 1689-1712

  • John Gibbs 1689-1690
  • Thomas Jarvis 1690-1694
  • Thomas Harvey 1694-1699
  • Henderson Walker 1699-1703
  • Robert Daniell 1703-1705
  • Thomas Cary 1705-1706 (refused to abandon his office to Glover)
  • William Glover 1706-1708 (acting)
  • Thomas Cary 1708-1711

    • Governors of North Carolina, 1712-1776

  • Edward Hyde 1712
  • Thomas Pollock 1712-1714 (acting)
  • Charles Eden 1714-1722
  • Thomas Pollock 1722 (acting)
  • William Reed 1722-1724 (acting)
  • George Burrington 1724-1725
  • Richard Everard 1725-1731
  • George Burrington 1731-1734
  • Nathaniel Rice 1734 (acting)
  • Gabriel Johnston 1734-1752
  • Nathaniel Rice 1752-1753 (acting)
  • Matthew Rowan 1753-1754 (acting)
  • Arthur Dobbs 1753-1765
  • William Tryon 1765-1771
  • James Hasell 1771, 1774 (acting)
  • Josiah Martin 1771-1776

    • References

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