William Johnston Dawson

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William Johnston Dawson (1765 – January 16, 1796)[1][2][3] was a U.S. Congressman from the state of North Carolina from 1793 to 1795 and a member of the North Carolina House of Commons.

Early life

Dawson was born near

The College of William & Mary, and a great-great grandson of John Stith and William Randolph.[5][6][7]

Political career

Dawson represented

Dempsey Burges.[11]

Death

Dawson died in Bertie County, North Carolina. His obituary, printed in the North Carolina Journal on February 1, 1796, stated that Dawson died on January 16, 1796[3] but the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, which lists his middle name as "Johnson," puts his death at 1798.

References

  1. ISBN 9780807867013
    . Retrieved 16 March 2017 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Crilley, Virginia. "Bertie County, NCGenWeb Project Page -- Personal Political Histories". Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b "William Dawson". North Carolina Journal. Halifax, North Carolina. 1796-02-01. p. 3.
  4. ^ "Royal Governor of North Carolina - Gabriel Johnston". Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  5. ^ Gordon, Armistead C (1914). "The Stith Family". In Tyler, Lyon G. (ed.). William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. Vol. XXII. Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson. pp. 44–51, 197–208. Retrieved February 25, 2011.
  6. ^ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed. (1915). "Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons". Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Vol. II. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp. 330–331.
  7. ^ Goode, George Brown (1887). "Excursus.-The Stith Family". Virginia Cousins: A Study of the Ancestry and Posterity of John Goode of Whitby. Richmond, Virginia: J. W. Randolph & English. pp. 210–212.
  8. ^ North Carolina Manual
  9. ^ Amis, Moses Neal (1 January 1913). Historical Raleigh: With Sketches of Wake County (from 1771) and Its Important Towns; Descriptive, Biographical, Educational, Industrial, Religious. Commercial Printing Company. Retrieved 16 March 2017 – via Internet Archive.
  10. ^ "Our Campaigns - NC District 08 Race - Feb 15, 1793". Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Our Campaigns - NC District 08 Race - Feb 13, 1795". Retrieved 16 March 2017.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
District created
 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 8th congressional district
1793-1795 		Succeeded by
Dempsey Burges
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