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Richard Clinton (1741-1795) was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, a member of the North Carolina General Assembly, Register of Deeds for Duplin County and prominent citizen of Sampson County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.clintonnc.com/news/news/3838382/Footprints-of-Richard-Clinton-(1741-1795)#.U8GJuPldVMA )〕 Richard Clinton is thought to be the step-son of Lieutenant General John Sampson (a member of the council for Josiah Martin) who it is thought to have moved to the Wilmington, North Carolina area around 1736. Lieutenant General John Sampson married Clinton's mother sometime after 1741 when Clinton was born. Around 1762, Clinton's step-father John Sampson built on home on a plantation he purchased near the present day town of Clinton, North Carolina. At this point in history, this area was still a part of Duplin County; however residents had to go many miles east to the nearest courthouse. After the family's move into Duplin County, Richard Clinton became the Register of Deeds for the county from 1773-1883.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.duplincountync.com/rod/hist_list.html )〕 After the establishment of the Independent State Government of North Carolina by the Halifax Constitution in 1776, Richard Clinton became one of the earliest members of the North Carolina House of Commons.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sampsonnc.com/aboutthecounty.asp )〕 It was during his tenure in the House of Commons that Clinton was able to secure the passage of a bill that created Sampson County from the western portion of Duplin County. Richard Clinton proposed the name of "Sampson" for the new county in honor of his step-father. In 1784, this new act was passed by the House of Commons and the first courts were ordered to take place at the home of James Myland just west of the current town of Clinton, North Carolina. ==Revolutionary War Service and actions== Just before the start of the Revolutionary War, Clinton's step-father John Sampson was a Lieutenant General in the Provincial North Carolina Army for Governor William Tryon in support of King George III.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.duplincountync.com/rod/hist_list.html )〕 A few short years later however in 1777, the Oath of Allegiance and Abjuration was passed by the House of Commons that required all state and some county Government officials to sign swearing their oath to support the newly independent State of North Carolina. It is interesting to note that Richard Clinton did indeed sign this oath; however his step-father John Sampson did not, indicating that there may have been a conflict of interest of who the family would support: the British Crown, or the newly independent state.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://cooperfamilytree.com/assets/pdf/FleetCooper.pdf )〕 Richard Clinton was called upon by Duplin County to raise a militia of men and was commissioned a Captain at first, then later a Colonel in the Continental Army in order to serve in support of the American forces. From 1776 to 1781, all was generally quite within the county, and the militia's primary job was to put down any insurrection among the local Tory population; a task he accomplished with his brother-in-law Colonel Kenan. After Lord Cornwallis marched his troops through the county in April of 1781, much of the population was pestered by an emblazoned Tory population. Colonels Clinton and Kenan, marched their troops directly up to the forces of Lord Cornwallis in small guerrilla styled surprise attacks that left many British Soldiers and prisoners taken by the Colonels dead. This "crackdown" on the insurrection of the tories proved to be the pivotal event that prevented any further violence in the county.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.clintonnc.com/news/news/3838382/Footprints-of-Richard-Clinton-(1741-1795)#.U8GJuPldVMA )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Clinton (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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