Harrison, William, Jr., c. 1750-1789
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Harrison, William, Jr., c. 1750-1789
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Harrison
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William
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c. 1750-1789
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William Harrison Jr. (c. 1750 – July 21, 1789) was an American planter from Charles County, Maryland. He was a delegate for Maryland in the Continental Congress of 1786.
Born in Charles County in the Province of Maryland, Harrison was engaged as a shipbuilder and planter. Harrison was an active revolutionary in Charles County. He served in the local militia, and as a representative in 1775 to the state’s revolutionary assembly, the Annapolis Convention. In 1778, Harrison was named as a justice of the peace for Charles County, and reappointed regularly until 1785. He served as a delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland in 1786 and in the Maryland Senate from 1786 to 1789. Harrison died in Charles County while a state senator.
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Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress
Justices of the peace
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Charles County
MD, US
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Charles County
MD, US
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