Cornelius Harnett

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Cornelius Harnett was an American Revolutionary War-era political leader from North Carolina who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and a prominent patriot in the struggle for independence.

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Cornelius Harnett canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
Continental Congress delegate
human
patriot
birthName Cornelius Harnett self-link
capturedBy British forces
causeOfDeath illness following imprisonment
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain ONNED1
United States of America
surface form: United States
dateOfBirth 1723
dateOfDeath 1781
ethnicGroup English American
familyName Harnett
givenName Cornelius
mannerOfDeath died in captivity-related illness
memberOf Second Continental Congress
surface form: Continental Congress

North Carolina Provincial Congress
surface form: North Carolina Council of Safety

North Carolina Provincial Congress
Sons of Liberty
namesake Harnett County, North Carolina NERFINISHED
notableFor early advocacy of American independence
leadership in North Carolina during the American Revolution
service as a delegate to the Continental Congress
notableWork leadership in the Halifax Resolves
opposition to the Stamp Act
organization of resistance in Wilmington, North Carolina
occupation merchant
planter
politician
participantIn American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary era
surface form: American independence movement

Stamp Act 1765
surface form: Stamp Act crisis
placeOfBirth Chowan County
surface form: Chowan County, Province of North Carolina
placeOfDeath Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
surface form: Wilmington, North Carolina
politicalAlignment Patriot
Whig (American Revolution)
surface form: Whig
positionHeld chairman of the Wilmington Committee of Safety
commissioner of Wilmington
delegate to the Continental Congress
justice of the peace in New Hanover County
member of the North Carolina Committee of Correspondence
member of the North Carolina General Assembly
member of the North Carolina House of Commons
member of the North Carolina Provincial Congress
president of the North Carolina Council of Safety
sheriff of New Hanover County
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
residence Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
surface form: Wilmington, North Carolina
spouse Mary Holt Harnett NERFINISHED

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Harnett County, North Carolina namedAfter Cornelius Harnett
North Carolina Patriots notableMember Cornelius Harnett
Cornelius Harnett birthName Cornelius Harnett self-link