John Hogan (North Carolina)
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John Hogan was an American
United States
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 planter and soldier from Orange County, North Carolina
Orange County, North Carolina
Orange County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 133,801. Its county seat is Hillsborough...

. He was a member of the North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

 state senate in 1779.

John was born to Thomas and Elizabeth Hogan in Prince William County, Virginia
Prince William County, Virginia
-National protected areas:* Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge* Manassas National Battlefield Park* Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge* Prince William Forest Park-Government and politics:...

. By 1770, he had married Mary Lloyd, and the settled in Orange County, North Carolina. The family grew to include six children: Thomas (1771), John (1773), William (1774), Margaret (1776), Alexander (1778) and James (1780).

John served as a captain in the Orange County militia during the Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War
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. In 1779 his neighbors sent him to represent Orange County in the state senate. After the war and his wife's death he moved his family to Montgomery County, Tennessee
Montgomery County, Tennessee
Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The county seat is Clarksville. The population was 172,331 at the 2010 census. It is one of the four counties included in the Clarksville, TN–KY Metropolitan Statistical Area....

before 1790. He died there in 1810.
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