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Gen. Richard Dobbs Spaight
| Birth | 25 MAR 1758 | |||
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| Occup | 1785-1787 |  | ||
| History | May-Sep 1787 | Constitutional Convention, 1787 Signer |  | |
| Reside | ||||
| Org. | 1789-1802 | Chapel Hill, University of NC, Trustee |  | |
| Occup | 1792-1795 | | ||
| Occup | 1798-1801 | | ||
| Occup | 1801-1802 | | ||
| Death | 5 SEP 1802 | Cause: killed in duel | ||
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in 1763 on the death of his parents, he was sent to Ireland, graduated University of Glasgow 1778, then returned to NC. at Battle of Camden 1780; member of the Constitutional Convention 1787, signer of the US Constitution for NC; first native born Governor of NC 1792-1795
