1731
| 1731 • Royal Colony of North Carolina Governor George Burrington asks the North Carolina General Assembly to pass an act establishing a town on the Cape Fear River, in what is seen as a political move to shift the power away from the powerful Cape Fear plantation class. The town is laid out in 1733 and incorporated as Wilmington in 1740. |
1762
Age: 31y
birth of childAlexander Fraser McDonald Ardnamurchan, Argylshire, Scotland ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1762 • The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates Kingston, named for King George III of the United Kingdom, as the county seat of Dobbs County, North Carolina. The name is later shortened to Kinston in 1784. |