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THOMAS NELSON JR.
GEORGE WYTHE
JOSEPH HEWES
Born: December 26, 1738
Birthplace: Yorktown, Virginia
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 37
Occupation: Farmer
Public Service: Virginia House of Burgesses, 1774; Continental Congress, 1775-1777 and 1779; fought in American Revolutionary War, 1777-1781; Governor of Virginia, 1781.
Died: January 4, 1789
Born: 1726
Birthplace: Elizabeth City County, Virginia
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 50
Occupation: Lawyer, Educator
Public Service: Virginia House of Burgesses, 1758-1768; Virginia Committee of Correspondence, 1759; Clerk of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1768-1775; Continental Congress, 1775-1776; Speaker of Virginia House of Delegates, 1777; Judge, Virginia Chancery Court, 1777; U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Virginia Constitutional Convention that ratified U.S. Constitution, 1788. Died: June 8, 1806
NORTH CAROLINA
Born: January 23, 1730
Birthplace: Princeton, New Jersey
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 46
Occupation: Merchant
Public Service: Colonial Assembly of North Carolina, 1766-1775; North Carolina Committee of Correspondence, 1773; Continental Congress, 1774-1776 and 1779; North Carolina General Assembly, 1778-1779.
Died: November 10, 1779
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