Joseph Spruill

Joseph Spruill (born circa 1690) was a vestryman of South Chowan Parish, a major in the Tyrrell County Regiment of the North Carolina militia, magistrate, and supervisor of "The King's High Roads." Joseph also was the sheriff of Tyrrell County, North Carolina. He was a representative to the Province of North Carolina House of Burgesses in 1775 and the First North Carolina Provincial Congress.[1][2][3][4]

Joseph Spruill was the son of Dr. Godfrey Spruill, the patriarch of the Spruill family in the United States and the first doctor in North Carolina.

Sources
  1. Lewis, J.D. "Royal Colony of North Carolina, 27th House of Burgesses". Carolana.com. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  2. Lewis, J.D. "1st Provincial Congress". Carolina.com. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  3. Connor, Robert Diggs Wimberly, ed. (1913). A Manual of North Carolina Issued by the North Carolina Historical Commission for the Use of Members of the General Assembly Session 1913. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  4. North Carolina Provincial Congress. Minutes of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina. 9. pp. 1041–1049., August 25, 1774 - August 27, 1774
  • "The Spruills--a Family of Colonial Notables" by David E. Davis printed in Our State magazine. August 1, 1964.


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