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Colonial Records of North Carolina
Minutes of the Vestry of St. Paul's Parish, Chowan County
St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Edenton, N.C.). Vestry
June 19, 1776 
Volume 10, Page 612

[From the Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish]

Proceedings of a Vestry meeting in St. Paul's Parish on 19th June, 1776.

Be it remembered that the Freeholders of St. Paul's Parish met the Sheriff at 
the Court House in Edenton on Monday the 8th of April, then & there pursuant 
to an Act of Assembly did Elect the following Persons to serve as Vestry men 
for one year (agreeable to resolve of the Provincial Congress held at Halifax 
the 2d April and Qualified agreeable thereto) Vizt: Thomas Bonner, Wm Boyd, 
Thomas Benbury, Jacob Hunter, John Beasley, Wm Bennett, Wm Roberts, Richd 
Hoskins, David Rice, Aaron Hill, Pelatiah Walton, Wm Hinton.

We, the Subscribers, professing our Allegiance to the King and acknowledging 
the Constitutional executive power of Government do solemnly profess, testify 
and declare that we do absolutely believe that neither the Parliament of Great 
Britain nor any Member or constituent Branch thereof have a right to impose 
Taxes upon these Colonies to regulate the internal Policy thereof; and that 
all attempts by Fraud or Force to establish and exercise such claims & Powers 
are Violations of the Peace and Security of the People and ought to be 
resisted to the utmost, and that the People of this Province, singly and 
collectively, are bound by the Acts and Resolutions of the Continental and the 
Provincial Congresses because in both they are freely represented by persons 
chosen by themselves, and we do Solemnly and Sincerely promise and engage 
under the Sanction of Virtue, Honor and the Sacred Love of Liberty and our 
Country, to Maintain & Support all and every, the Acts, Resolutions & 
Regulations of the said Continental & Provincial Congresses to the utmost of 
our power and ability. In Testimony whereof we have hereto set our hands, this 
19th of June, 1776.

RICHd HOSKINS 
DAVID RICE 
AARON HILL 
PELATIAH WALTON 
Wm HINTON 
THOS. BONNER 
Wm BOYD 
THOS. BENBURY 
JACOB HUNTER 
JOHN BEASLEY 
WILLm BENNETT 
WILLIAM ROBERTS.

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