- Hezekiah Spruill
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Colonel Hezekiah Spruill was born January 22, 1732,[1] and died March 20, 1804,[1] in what is now Tyrrell County, North Carolina in the United States. Spruill was an early planter, a member of the North Carolina Provincial Congress and a revolutionary.[2] The following epitaph is found on his tombstone:
My loving friends as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I, As I am now so you must be, Prepare my friends to follow me.[1]References
- ^ a b c "Spruill - Spruiell Family". http://www.calcis.us/godfrey04.html.[unreliable source?]
- ^ Davis, David E. (August 1, 1964). "The Spruills--a Family of Colonial Notables". Our State. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~takelley/spruill/ourstate.htm.
Categories:- 1732 births
- 1804 deaths
- People of North Carolina in the American Revolution
- American planters
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