Murphy to Manteo:
These North Carolina Masons co-founded The United States of America
History is the ultimate judge as to the identity of the Founding Fathers. Among those great men were these fourteen North Carolina Masons. The source is Masonic Membership of the Founding Fathers by Ronald E. Heaton, published by The Masonic Service Association in 1965:

William Blount
Richard Caswell
Cornelius Harnett
Joseph Hewes
James Hogun
William Hooper
Robert Howe
James Moore
Francis Nash
John Penn
Richard Dobbs Spaight
Jethro Sumner
John Williams
Hugh Williamson


Produced by the public relations committee of the Grand Lodge AF&AM of Masons in North Carolina,
2921 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27628 MMVIII
Author/editor: Walter J. Klein wklein(at)carolina.rr.com