Facts: - allegiance: united states - alt: 1815 portrait of otway burns - death date: august 25 , 1850 - spouse: joanna jane hall , m. 1814 grant , m. 1809 , d. 1814 ; - office: north carolina general assembly north carolina senate - relations: grandson , walter francis burns - district: carteret county - term end: -lrb- served 7 terms -rrb- -lsb- date ? -rsb- - children: son , owen - term start: 1821 4 terms - birth date: c. 1775 - name: otway burns - branch: privateer - commands: captain of schooner '' snap dragon '' - image: file : otwayburns.png - birth place: queen 's creek , near swansboro , north carolina - occupation: privateer , shipbuilder , politician , businessman Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of otway burns .
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otway burns -lrb- c. 1775 -- august 25 , 1850 -rrb- was an american privateer during the war of 1812 and later , a north carolina state senator .