Adlai Osborne

Adlai Osborne
Born
Adlai Osborne

(1744-06-04)June 4, 1744
Province of New Jersey
Died(1814-12-14)December 14, 1814
Mount Mourne, North Carolina, US
Resting placeCentre Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mooresville, North Carolina
EducationPrinceton University
Occupation(s)soldier, lawyer, land speculator
Known forpatriot in American Revolutionary War, Clerk of Court, Belmont Plantation, Rowan County Committee of Safety
TitleColonel
Board member ofTrustee, University of North Carolina
SpouseMargaret (Lloyd) Osborne
Children11
Parents
Military Career
AllegianceNorth Carolina
Service / branchMinutemen, Militia
Years of service1775-1776
RankColonel
CommandsSalisbury District Minutemen, 2nd Rowan County Regiment

Adlai Osborne (June 4, 1744 – December 14, 1814) was a lawyer, public official, plantation owner, and educational leader from Rowan County, North Carolina (became Iredell County in 1788). During the American Revolution, he served on the Rowan County Committee of Safety and commanded the 2nd Rowan County Regiment of the North Carolina militia. He was elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress, but did not serve. In 1789, he was a delegate to the convention in Fayetteville that ratified the United States Constitution.[1][2]

  1. ^ D. W. Adams (1991). "Adlai Osborne". NCPedia. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  2. ^ Encyclopedia, Adams, D.W. (1991). "Osborne, Adlai". In Powell, William S (ed.). Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. Vol. 4 (L-O). Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-1918-0.