Little, George [1]
Little, George
1731–28 Jan. 1800
George Little, soldier, county official, and planter, was born in Chowan County [2], the son of Chief Justice William [3]and Penelope Gale Little, daughter of Chief Justice Christopher [4] and Sarah Laker Harvey Gale (the widow of Governor John Harvey). When Hertford County [5] was formed in 1759, Little's home was in that part of Chowan that became a part of the new county. On 19 Apr. 1776 he was appointed to receive, procure, and purchase firearms for the use of troops, and on 2 Sept. 1777 he was appointed by the Council of State at New Bern to recruit men to fill up the regiments from the District of Hertford. He was a major of the Hertford County [5] militia. On 3 Feb. 1781 he resigned his commission as colonel, the rank he apparently attained at some unknown date, and in 1782 he was a member of the Council of Safety [6]. He also served for many years as a justice of the peace for Hertford County. In 1760 Little married Mary Ann Person, of Surry County, Va., the sister of General Thomas Person [7]. They became the parents of William Person and Penelope, who married Sharp Blount.
References:
Samuel A. Ashe, ed., Biographical History of North Carolina, vol. 2 (1906).
Walter Clark, ed., State Records of North Carolina, vols. 11, 14–15, 17, 22–23 (1895–1907).
Estate Papers, Little-Mordecai Papers (North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh).
William L. Saunders, ed., Colonial Records of North Carolina, vol. 10 (1890).
Additional Resources:
CSR Documents by Little, George, 1731-1800, Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Documenting the American South, UNC Libraries: https://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.html/document/csr14-0825 [8]
1 January 1991 | Skinner, Sue Dossett