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| Affiliation | Anti-Federalist |
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| Name | Absalom Tatum |
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Hillsborough, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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00, 1742
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| Died | December 20, 1802
(60 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Mar 26, 2023 05:29pm |
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| Info | TATOM, Absalom, a Representative from North Carolina; born in that State in 1742; sergeant in the Greenville (N.C.) Militia in 1763; during the Revolutionary War was commissioned first lieutenant in the First North Carolina Continental Regiment September 1, 1775; promoted to the rank of captain June 29, 1776; resigned from the Continental Army on September 19, 1776; enlisted as assistant quartermaster and keeper of the arsenal in the State service at Hillsborough, N.C., August 15, 1778; was contractor for Hillsborough in 1778; major of detachment of the North Carolina Light Horse February 12, 1779; was clerk of Randolph County Court in 1779; elected to the State house of commons, but was unseated because he already held the office of county clerk; was district auditor for Hillsborough in 1781; one of three commissioners appointed by Congress to survey lands granted to Continental soldiers in the western territory (later Tennessee) in 1782; private secretary to Gov. Thomas Burke in 1782; State tobacco agent in 1782; elected surveyor of North Carolina by the Continental Congress in May 1785; commissioner to sign State paper money in December 1785; served as a delegate to the constitutional convention in 1788
U.S. Representative (AF-NC) 1795-6/1/1796, when he resigned
NC House of Commons 1797-1802
Died in Raleigh, N.C., on December 20, 1802; interment in the Old City Cemetery.
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