Hezekiah Spruill
Colonel Hezekiah Spruill (January 22, 1732 – March 20, 1804) was an early planter, a member of the North Carolina Provincial Congress and a Captain in the 2nd Battalion of militia in North Carolina.[1][2]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He was the grandson of Dr. Godfrey Spruill, the patriarch of the Spruill family in the United States and the first doctor in North Carolina.[3]
The following epitaph is found on his tombstone:
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My loving friends as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I, As I am now so you must be, Prepare my friends to follow me.[2]
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Military service
There was a Captain Spruill in the 2nd Battalion of the North Carolina militia. He served for two months in 1776 under Colonel Peter Dunge and was from Tyrrell County.[4][5]
References
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