List of colonial governors of North Carolina facts for kids
This is a list of the colonial governors of North Carolina.
Province of Carolina
In 1689-91, a system developed in which the Lord Proprietors appointed one governor for the entire province of Carolina based in Charles Town. This official governed the northern part of the colony through a "Deputy Governor" who was in many ways autonomous. In the early years, the deputy governor was known as the governor of "Ye Lands North and East of Cape Feare." Eventually, this system gave way to the creation of two separate governments.
Governors of Carolina, 1689-1712
- Philip Ludwell 1689-1693
- Thomas Smith 1693-1694
- Joseph Blake 1694
- John Archdale 1695-1696 (at one point governed from the North)
- Joseph Blake 1696-1700
- James Moore 1700-1703
- Nathaniel Johnson 1703-1709
- Edward Tynte 1709-1710
- Robert Gibbes 1710-1712
- Charles Craven 1712
Deputy Governors of Carolina (for the northern part of the province), 1689-1712
- John Gibbs 1689-1690
- Thomas Jarvis 1690-1694
- Thomas Harvey 1694-1699
- Henderson Walker 1699-1703
- Robert Daniell 1703-1705
- Thomas Cary 1705-1706 (refused to abandon his office to Glover)
- William Glover 1706-1708 (acting)
- Thomas Cary 1708-1711
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