WYNNS, Thomas, a Representative from North Carolina; born near Barfields, Hertford County, N.C., in 1764; received his education in England; captured at sea on a vessel called the Fair American in 1780, and with several other colonists was carried to London; returned to North Carolina and settled as a planter in Hertford County; one of the first trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; member of the North Carolina House of Commons in 1787; delegate to the State conventions for the ratification of the Federal Constitution in 1788 and 1789; served in the North Carolina State senate 1790-1802 and 1807-1817; elected as a Republican to the Seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles Johnston; reelected to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses and served from December 7, 1802, to March 3, 1807; resumed planting in Hertford County; member of the North Carolina Executive Council 1818-1824; brigadier general of militia; died near Winton, Hertford County, N.C., on June 3, 1825; interment in Maneys Cemetery, near Maneys Ferry, N.C.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present.)

WYNN, THOMAS, planter, state senator, congressman, was born in 1764 in Hertford County, N. C. He was a general of militia; and served a number of years in the North Carolina House of Commons and senate. He was a representative in congress in 1802; from 1803 to 1807; and in 1800 and 1808 was a presidential elector. He died June 3, 1825, in Hertford County, N. C.
[Herringshaw's encyclopedia of American biography of the nineteenth century; Edited by Thomas William Herringshaw; Publ. 1901; Donated and Transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack]

WYNNS, THOMAS, soldier, state senator, was born in 1764 in Hertford County, N. C. In 1790 he was state senator from North Carolina. He was also a member of the executive council and brigadier general of militia. He died June 3, 1825, in Hertford County. N. C.
[Herringshaw's encyclopedia of American biography of the nineteenth century; Edited by Thomas William Herringshaw; Publ. 1901; Donated and Transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack]