Joseph Spruill

{{Short description|American vestryman (1697–1764)}}

Joseph Spruill (~1697 - 1764){{cite web |last1=Spruill Jr. |first1=William Kenneth |title=Spruill Family Colonial Chronology 1684-1800 |url=https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/585862-redirection |website=Family Search |access-date=8 January 2023}} was a vestryman of South Chowan Parish, a major in the Tyrrell County Regiment of the North Carolina militia, magistrate, and supervisor of "The King's High Roads." Joseph also was the sheriff of Tyrrell County, North Carolina. He was a representative to the Province of North Carolina House of Burgesses in 1775 and the First North Carolina Provincial Congress.{{cite web|url=https://www.carolana.com/NC/Royal_Colony/House_of_Burgesses/royal_27th_house_of_burgesses.html|author=Lewis, J.D.|title=Royal Colony of North Carolina, 27th House of Burgesses|website=Carolana.com|accessdate=October 24, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/nc_revolution_1st_provincial_congress_members.html|title=1st Provincial Congress|author=Lewis, J.D.|accessdate=August 13, 2019|website=Carolina.com}}{{cite book|url=http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/manual/manual.html#p387|title=A Manual of North Carolina Issued by the North Carolina Historical Commission for the Use of Members of the General Assembly Session 1913|year=1913|editor=Connor, Robert Diggs Wimberly|editor-link=Robert D. W. Connor|accessdate=August 13, 2019}}{{cite book|url=https://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.php/document/csr09-0303|title=Minutes of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina|author=North Carolina Provincial Congress|volume=9|pages=1041–1049}}, August 25, 1774 - August 27, 1774

Joseph Spruill was the son of Dr. Godfrey Spruill, the patriarch of the Spruill family in the United States and the first doctor in North Carolina.