Person
Richard Caswell
1st and 5th governor of North Carolina
b. 1729 CE – d. 1789 CE
World The North Atlantic Lands
Richard Caswell (August 3, 1729 – November 10, 1789) is the first and fifth governor of the U.S. State of North Carolina, serving from 1776 to 1780 and from 1784 to 1787.
Groups
- Cherokee, or Tsalagi (Amerind tribe)
- Lenape or Lenni-Lenape (later named Delaware Indians by Europeans)
- Catawba people (Amerind tribe)
- Shawnees, or Shawanos (Amerind tribe)
- France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
Cite this entry
Moran, J. (2017). Richard Caswell. History Atlas. Retrieved 3 November 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/richard-caswell/
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