Abner Nash

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Abner Nash was an American lawyer and politician who served as the second governor of North Carolina during the Revolutionary War era.

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Abner Nash canonical 5

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instanceOf American politician
governor
human
lawyer
birthDate c. 1740
birthPlace Prince Edward County, Colony of Virginia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1786-12-02
deathPlace New York City, New York, United States
linked to: New York City
endTime 1781
ethnicGroup English American
familyName Nash
fieldOfWork law
politics
givenName Abner
honoredIn Nash County, North Carolina
linked to: Nash County
jurisdiction State of North Carolina
linked to: North Carolina
languageSpoken English
legalEducation read law
memberOf Continental Congress
North Carolina House of Commons
North Carolina Provincial Congress
notableFor leadership during the American Revolutionary War
serving as second governor of North Carolina
numberOfChildren 7
occupation lawyer
politician
officeEndTime (Governor of North Carolina) 1781
officeStartTime (Governor of North Carolina) 1780
orderInOffice 2
participatedIn American Revolutionary War era politics
partyAffiliation Anti-British colonial Patriot faction
politicalAlignment Patriot
positionHeld Governor of North Carolina
precededBy Richard Caswell
relative Frederick Nash
religion Anglican
residence New Bern, North Carolina
linked to: New Bern
sibling Francis Nash
spouse Mary Whiting Jones
startTime 1780
succeededBy Thomas Burke

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