William Salter II
William Salter II | |||||||||||||||||
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| Member of the North Carolina House of Burgesses from Bladen County | |||||||||||||||||
| In office April 4, 1775 – April 8, 1775 Serving with James White | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | John Burgwin[1] Thomas Robeson Jr.[2] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1732 New Hanover Precinct (now Bladen County), Province of North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1802 (aged 69–70) Bladen County, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Sarah "Sallie" Lloyd
(died 1800) | ||||||||||||||||
| Burial place | Elizabethtown, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
William Salter II (1732–1802) was an American politician in North Carolina that represented Bladen County in the North Carolina House of Burgesses and at the first, second, and third North Carolina Provincial Congresses. He was also a director of Elizabethtown and is buried there. During the Revolutionary War, his wife Sarah "Sallie" Salter (née Lloyd) spied on a Tory camp led by John Slingsby under the pretense of selling eggs,[4] eggs and socks,[5] or baked goods,[6] later reporting to Thomas Brown and Thomas Robeson Jr. before the Battle of Elizabethtown.
Biography
William Salter II was born in 1732 and was the son of William Salter.
A deed from 1773 names Salter as a director of Elizabethtown with Walter Gibson, James White, and others.[7] Salter represented Bladen County at the First North Carolina Provincial Congress in 1774 alongside Walter Gibson.[8][9]
He represented Bladen County at the Second North Carolina Provincial Congress and the North Carolina House of Burgesses in New Bern in April 1775 alongside James White.[10][11] On July 20, 1775, Salter was a visitor from Bladen County to a monthly meeting of the Safety Committee of the Town of Wilmington.[12]
Salter also represented Bladen County at the Third North Carolina Provincial Congress at Hillsborough in 1775 alongside Walter Gibson, Thomas Owen (the father of governor John Owen and U.S. congressman James Owen), Nathaniel Richardson, and Thomas Robeson Jr.[13]
Salter died in 1802.[14]
Legacy
William Salter and his wife Sarah "Sallie" Salter (née Lloyd)[15] had one son that had heirs, Richard Salter, and several daughters.[14] During the Revolutionary War, his wife Sarah "Sallie" Salter (née Lloyd) spied on the Tory camp led by John Slingsby under the pretense of selling eggs,[4] eggs and socks,[5] or baked goods,[6] and afterwards reported to Thomas Brown and Thomas Robeson Jr. before the Battle of Elizabethtown. A monument to William Salter II and his wife Sarah "Sallie" Salter is located at the Elizabethtown Court House.[4][5]
His estate was subject to at least one North Carolina Supreme Court case, Archibald McKay, Guardian, &c. v. William Hendon and Alexander McKay, Eliza McKay, and John McKay v. William Hendon, which settled an inheritance dispute between the surviving sibling and the half-siblings of his grandson through his son Richard, William James Salter, who had no children.[16]
Citations
- ^ Lennon, Donald R. (1979). "Burgwin, John". NCpedia.
- ^ Smith, Maud Thomas (1994). "Robeson, Thomas, Jr". NCpedia.
- ^ Powell, William S. (1991). "Owen, Thomas". NCpedia.
- ^ a b c Fox, Sara (March 13, 2023). "Sallie Salters and the Battle of Elizabethtown". The Bladen Journal.
- ^ a b c "Sallie Salter Monument, Elizabethtown". Documenting the American South. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ a b "Memorial for Sallie Salter, heroine of the Battle of Elizabethtown". North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution. January 2, 2023.
- ^ "Bladen County Deeds, 1734–1778" (PDF). Orange County California Genealogical Society.
- ^ Wheeler 1851, p. 64.
- ^ "Members of the 1st Provincial Congress". Carolana.
- ^ "27th House of Burgesses - 1775". Carolana.
- ^ "Members of the 2nd Provincial Congress". Carolana.
- ^ Waddell 1909, p. 129.
- ^ "Members of the 3rd Provincial Congress". Carolana.
- ^ a b Murphey 1821, p. 210.
- ^ Melvin 1988, p. 197.
- ^ Murphey 1821, p. 21–26, 209–213.
Bibliography
- Melvin, Lionel Dane (1988). Remember Our Melvins and Kin. H. Eaton Historical Publications – via Google Books.
- Murphey, Archibald DeBow (1821). Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of North-Carolina, During the Year 1819. Vol. III. Raleigh: J. Gales – via Google Books.
- Waddell, Alfred Moore (1909). A History of New Hanover County and the Lower Cape Fear Region. Vol. I:1723–1800. Wilmington: Alfred Moore Waddell – via East Carolina University.
- Wheeler, John Hill (1851). Historical Sketches of North Carolina, From 1584 to 1851. Compiled from Original Records, Official Documents, and Traditional Statements. With Biographical Sketches of her Distinguished Statesmen, Jurists, Lawyers, Soldiers, Divines, Etc. Vol. I. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and Co. – via the Internet Archive.