page_title: Third North Carolina Provincial Congress
section_title: Delegates
hierarchical_section_title: Third North Carolina Provincial Congress / Delegates
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Brigadier Allen Jones, Commander of the Halifax District Brigade, North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution. He was also a representative to the Continental Congress
context_page_description: The Third North Carolina Provincial Congress was the third of five extra-legal unicameral bodies that met between 1774 and 1776 in North Carolina. They were modeled after the colonial lower house. These congresses created a government structure, issued bills of credit to pay for the movement, and organized an army for defense, in preparation for the state of North Carolina. These congresses paved the way for the first meeting of the North Carolina General Assembly on April 7, 1777 in New Bern, North Carolina.
  The third congress met in Hillsborough, from August 20 to September 10, 1775. Its president was Samuel Johnston.
context_section_description: There were 213 delegates, representing 35 counties and 8 towns/districts in North Carolina.
  Notes:
  Campbellton became part of Fayetteville in 1783.
caption: Allen Jones, Northampton County
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