16 Facts About Adlai Osborne

Adlai Osborne was a lawyer, public official, plantation owner, and educational leader from Rowan County, North Carolina.

Adlai Osborne was elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress, but did not serve.

Adlai Osborne's parents moved with Adlai and his older sister to the Anson County, Province of North Carolina in 1749 and settled in the area that became Rowan County, North Carolina, in 1753 and later Iredell County, North Carolina, in 1788.

Adlai Osborne attend Crowfield Academy near his father's home, called Belmont, as well as a private school in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

Adlai Osborne's home at Belmont was a center of local political and Presbyterian religious activity.

Adlai Osborne hosted a public magazine at Belmont to support the coming war efforts and four years later was appointed to build a public magazine.

Adlai Osborne was clerk of the Salisbury District Court of Oyer and terminer.

Adlai Osborne served as commissioner of forfeited estates for Rowan County from 1780 to 1782, inspector of money for the Newington District in 1780, and private secretary of Alexander Martin in 1780.

Adlai Osborne was nominated to be delegate to the Continental Congress in 1782 but was not elected.

Adlai Osborne voted for the ratification of the US Constitution.

Adlai Osborne served as treasurer of Rowan County from 1795 to 1802.

Adlai Osborne was a trustee of the University of North Carolina from its inception in 1789.

Adlai Osborne was trustee of Liberty Hall Academy in Charlotte from 1777 to 1780.

Adlai Osborne served with the North Carolina state troops and militia during the first two years of the American Revolution.

Adlai Osborne had a library with over one hundred volumes and a second floor ballroom at Belmont.

Adlai Osborne was buried at the Centre Presbyterian Church cemetery.