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State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Civil Service / Patriotic Service
Author: Gary Owen Green
Herring , Richard (b.23 Feb 1726, NC; d. 4 Apr 1803, Sampson County, NC) Married about 1753 to Sarah Anders (b. 19 Jan 1733; d. 9 Jun 1813)Service: Appointed Justice of the Peace for Duplin County by the NC Assembly on23 Dec 1778. Appointed as the first named member of the commission to select the new location for the public building for the newly identified Sampson County in 1784. Collaborated with John Devane to build a gun manufactory in the District of Wilmington. They delivered 100 muskets with bayonets, 3 rifles, and 6 smooth guns. The factory with a quantity of gun barrels were destroyed by the Tories and the NC Assembly closed the account of John Devane and Richard Herring in 1778. Signed the Oath of Allegiance. Buried in Herring Family Cemetery, Harrells, NC. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.74778, Longitude: -78.27274
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