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- ↑ The Letterbook of James Abercromby, Colonial Agent, 1751-73
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- ↑ 1730 February. Warrant to appoint Nathaniel Rice as Secretary of North Carolina . Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Volume 3, p76
- ↑ George Burrington 1685-1759 was the son of John & Mary Burrington. His father was MP for Okehampton in Devon and had influential contacts which he used to secure his son George's appointment as Governor initially. These included: Peter King (Lord Chancellor), Arthur Onslow (Speaker of the House of Commons) and Sir William Yonge (MP for Honiton in Devon and Secretary for War). Robert Walpole and the Duke of Newcastle were later contacts who helped Burrington secure his second term as Governor of North Carolina. Ribble, Frederick G. (1997). "George Burrington: Some time Governor of North Carolina: The "Janus" of Fielding's Champion'". Studies in Bibliography. 50: 272–294. JSTOR 40372066.
- ↑ Minutes of North Carolina's Governor's Council, 3 April 1731, Volume 3, pp215-21
- 1 2 3 Price, William S. (April 1974). "A Strange Incident in George Burrington's Royal Governorship". The North Carolina Historical Review. 51 (2): 149–158. JSTOR 23529537.
- ↑ Journal of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations 1704-82, Volume 6, p136. William L. Saunders (ed); Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Volume 3, pp85-86 (list of councillors)
- ↑ Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Volume 3, pp232-39
- ↑ Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Volume 3, pp331-334, 356-368
- ↑ Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Volume 3, pp437-38
- ↑ Governor George Burrington by Marshall de Lancey (Raleigh: Edwards and Broughton, 1896)
- ↑ 'Governor George Burrington with an account of his official administrations in the colony of North Carolina 1924-25 and 1731-4' by Marshall DeLancey Haywood, 1896. Also see Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, 2nd Series, Volume 7, pp310-321
- ↑ Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Volume 3, pp642-43 and Volume 4, pp1-3
- ↑ The Two Faces of Dixie: politicians, plantations and slaves by J. Christy Judah, p109
- ↑ Bibliography: Elizabeth Moore, "The Rice, Hassell, Hawks and Carruthers Families of North Carolina. Bladensburg, MD, 1966
- ↑ August married Anne Gibbs, St Clement Danes Church, London - Vicar-General Mar. Licence
- ↑ Transcribed Will of Nathaniel Rice, Craven County Deed Abstracts, Volume I: 1707-1775 (dates of deeds & wills) Deed Books I & 5 (Book 5 mostly wills), Weynette Parks Haun
- ↑ Marriage of John Rice & Abigail Sugg: Thomas Rice, Bondsman; Peter Uptegroves, Wit., Consent from Joshua Sugg, father of Abigail. Marriages of Wake County, North Carolina 1770-1868, Compiled by Brent H. Holcomb & Indexed by Elizabeth P. Bentley. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1983 Baltimore
- ↑ Wake: Capital County of North Carolina," by Elizabeth Reid Murray, Volume I, Prehistory through Centennial Capital County Publishing Company Raleigh, North Carolina 1983
- ↑ Brunswick County, North Carolina Deeds Transcribed by Joseph Sheppard: Brunswick County Deed Book C, Page 45-47 and Page 274; Brunswick County Deed Book D, Page 231
