William Hooper, Marker G-4
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N 36° 04.660 W 079° 05.977
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William Hooper was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Waymark Code: WM8DH
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 03/05/2006
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William Hooper was one of three North Carolinians to sign the Declaration of Independence.
William Hooper was born in Boston Massachusetts in 1742. He graduated from Harvard College in 1760, continued his studies in the law, and settled in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1767. In 1773 he represented Wilmington in the General Assembly of North Carolina.
He attended the Continental Congress in 1774. He resigned from the Congress in 1776. The British sought to capture Hooper during the Revolutionary War. He evaded capture, but the British destroyed his property in Wilmington. He then moved to Hillsborough, where his family has fled earlier.
In 1789 he was appointed to the Federal Bench, but a year later he retired due to failing health. He died in October of 1790.
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