About Meshack Franklin
Lived 1772 – 1839 (aged 66–67). Meshack Franklin was an American politician.
Meshack Franklin (1772 – December 18, 1839) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Surry County, North Carolina, in 1772; Brother of Jesse Franklin. member of the State house of commons in 1800 and 1801; served in the State senate in 1828, 1829, and 1838; elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Tenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1815); died in Surry County, N.C., December 18, 1839. Franklin's house, built by his father-in-law Gideon Edwards in 1799, is currently owned and maintained by the Surry County Historical Society as the Edwards-Franklin House.
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American politician (1772-1839)
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Meshack Franklin was born in 1772 in Surry County.
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Meshack Franklin died on 18 December 1839 in Surry County.
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