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Harvey was born in 1668, in Berkeley Precinct, Albemarle County (modern Perquimans County), North Carolina, to John Harvey and Dorothy Tooke.
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Thomas Harvey
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In March 1683 Harvey was a county court justice. He was a member on the colonial council from 1683 to 1695, serving as its president between 1692 and 1695. He was appointed deputy governor of North Carolina in 1694.
Harvey and his council established the "proprietors’s liberal land policies" and he reorganized the colonial government.
In December 1696, Harvey created another county in North Carolina in modern Bath, because settlers had created settlements in places beyond Albemarle County. The tensions between North Carolina and Virginia increased over a border dispute (along with other issues).
His term ended in 1699.
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United States