Nash-Hooper House, Hillsborough, North Carolina
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N 36° 04.624 W 079° 06.067
17S E 670984 N 3994165
Historic Home in Hillsborough, North Carolina. It is named for Francis Nash, who was a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and William Hooper, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. This house was also the residence of William Graham, former Governor of North Carolina.
Waymark Code: WMBTG
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 05/02/2006
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The Nash-Hooper House is the only extant residence that can be associated with William Hooper and is the only surviving home of a signer of the Declaration of Independence in the State.
It was built in 1772 by Francis Nash, who later attained the rank of brigadier general in the Continental Army and lost his life in the War for Independence. In 1782, after the British had driven Hooper into hiding and destroyed his estate Finian near Wilmington, he moved to Hillsborough, where his family had fled. He purchased the Nash-Hooper House and resided in it until his death in 1790.
Subsequently, from 1869 until 1875, it was the home of William A. Graham, former Governor of North Carolina.
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