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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | GOVERNOR | 
| 1665 | 10 july | Part of UK Colony of Carolina | |
| 1710 | 7 december | UK colony | Edward Hyde | 
| 1712 | 8 september | Thomas Pollock (I) | |
| 1714 | Charles Eden | ||
| 1722 | 17 march | Thomas Pollock (II) | |
| 1722 | 30 august | William Reed | |
| 1724 | George Burrington (I) | ||
| 1725 | Richard Everard | ||
| 1731 | february | George Burrington (II) | |
| 1734 | Gabriel Johnston | ||
| 1752 | Nathaniel Rice | ||
| 1753 | Matthew Rowan | ||
| 1754 | Arthur Dobbs | ||
| 1765 | William Tryon | ||
| 1771 | James Hasell | ||
| 1771 | Josiah Martin | ||
| 1776 | 20 december | State of North Carolina | 
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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | 
| 1789 | 21 november | 12^ state of U.S.A. | 
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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | 
| 1861 | 20 may | Secession | 
| 1861 | 9^ State of Confederate States of America | |
| 1868 | 25 june | Reunion to U.S.A. | 
| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | 
| 1885 | 9 march |