Col. Rotheus Latham

Other Events and Attributes:

• Moved To: 1735 or 1736, Hyde County, North Carolina; He moved with his family to Hyde County, North Carolina in 1735 or 1736.
• Legal: 1740, Hyde County, North Carolina; Deborah (Hardin) wife of Thomas Latham, millwright, was waylaid on the Kings High Road in North Carolina in 1740. Deborah's 15 year old son Rotheus was a witness.
• Land/House: 6 Mar 1759, Hyde County, North Carolina; On 6 March 1759 he was granted 100 acres on the west side of the Matchapougo River in Hyde County, North Carolina.
• Offices Held: 20 Nov 1760, Hyde County, North Carolina; He was made a Justice of the Peace on 20 November 1760. The Minutes of the North Carolina Governor's Council North Carolina. Council November 18, 1760 - November 29, 1760 Volume 06, Pages 341-343 read: "Ordered that a Commission and Dedimus issue to William Harris, Thomas Smith, Thomas Barrow, Richard Harvey, Edward McSwain, John Lockhart, Benjamin Mason, John Webster, Thomas Jordan, George Barrow, Samuel Smith, Robert Gilles, Richard Wilkinson, Thomas Jones and Rotheas Latham to be Justices of the Peace of Hyde County."
• Offices Held: From 1767 to 1774; From 1767 to 1774 he represented Hyde County in the Colonial Assembly.
• Military: 9 Sep 1775; The North Carolina Provincial Congress appointed Rotheas Latham as Colonel/Commandant over the Hyde County Regiment of Militia on 9 September 1775. Col. Rotheas Latham resigned his commission in the second quarter of 1779.
• Offices Held: From 1780 to 1781; From 1780 to 1781 he represented Hyde County in the NC House of Commons.
• Probate/Proved: 1784; In 1784 his will was proved.
• Last Full Review: 7 Jul 2020