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1780-1804
Henry Evans' remains are entombed beneath the chancel of Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church.
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Footnotes
Among the notables attending the 1789 Constitutional Convention in Fayetteville was John Sevier, the one-time governor of the ill-fated State of Franklin, which had briefly been established in the western territories of North Carolina.
Seventy-First Township in western Cumberland County is named for a British unit -- the 71st Regiment of Foot or 'Fraser's Highlanders,' as they were first called.
There is a family connection with the names of Rowan, Grove and Hay streets. Col. Robert Rowan was a leading Patriot. William Barry Grove, his stepson, was another political and civic leader (some sources say the street was named for his father). John Hay, who was Rowan's son-in-law, was a lawyer, developer and state legislator.
James Square was named for James Hogg of Hillsborough, a prominent developer who gave land for a courthouse on the site. Hogg Street (later Ray Avenue) also was named for him. Hogg actually disliked his name and had the General Assembly officially change the name of his children to that of their mother.
Robert Raiford made an official survey of the boundary of Fayetteville as early as 1799.
Fayetteville resident John Hay was one of the first members of the University of North Carolina board of trustees.
1790 Census
White: 8,671
Other free people: 83
Slaves: 2,180
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1800 Census
White: 9,264
Other free people: 119
Slaves: 2,723
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