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State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
James Hogg was born in East Lothian, Scotland in about 1730 and he attended the University of Edinburgh. In 1774 James Hogg left Scotland to join his brother Robert Hogg in business in North Carolina. The firm had established a trade route between Charleston, SC and Wilmington, NC. James would move inland establishing the business in Cross Creek (now Fayetteville) and in Hillsborough, NC. In addition to his expansion of the family business, James Hogg purchased land in both areas.
When war approached James Hogg became a member of the Committee on Safety in Hillsborough. Hogg also associated with Richard Henderson’s Transylvania Company and was appointed by the company to travel to Philadelphia to plea the case before the Continental Congress for the admittance of a fourteenth colony to be called Transylvania. Hogg traveled to Philadelphia but he was unsuccessful in his quest.
Following the American Revolution, James Hogg became one of the founding trustees of the University of North Carolina. He helped select the site for the University and he served on the curriculum selection committee.
In 1787 James Hogg successfully petitioned the state legislature to change the last names of his sons to Alves which was his wife’s maiden name. This gave rise to a rhyme: Hogg by name, hog by nature, changed to Alves, by act of legislature.
Both of James Hogg’s sons, Walter Alves and Gavin Alves, served as treasures of the University of North Carolina.
James Hogg died on November 9, 1804 and he is buried in Hillsborough, NC
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