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, Virginia
surface form: Prince Edward County, Colony of Virginia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1786-12-02
deathPlace New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
endTime 1781
ethnicGroup English American
familyName Nash
fieldOfWork law
politics
givenName Abner
honoredIn Nash County
surface form: Nash County, North Carolina
jurisdiction North Carolina
surface form: State of North Carolina
languageSpoken English
legalEducation read law
memberOf Continental Congress
North Carolina House of Representatives
surface form: 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
surface form: New Bern, North Carolina
sibling Francis Nash
spouse Mary Whiting Jones
startTime 1780
succeededBy Thomas Burke

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