William Cawthorn

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William Cawthorn was a state legislator in North Carolina. He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives. He represented Warren County, North Carolina.{{Cite web|url=https://www.carolana.com/NC/1800s/nc_1800s_house_1868-1869.html|title=North Carolina State House of Representatives - 1868-1869|website=www.carolana.com}} He served two terms from 1868 to 1872.{{Cite web|url=https://www.carolana.com/NC/1800s/nc_1800s_house_1870-1872.html|title=North Carolina State House of Representatives - 1870-1872|website=www.carolana.com}} John A. Hyman was the state senator from Warren County.{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vkRKAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22william+cawthorn%22+north+carolina&pg=PA838 | title=North Carolina Manual | year=1913 }}

He lived in Warrenton, North Carolina.{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0FNNAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22william+cawthorn%22+north+carolina&pg=PR13 | title=Public Laws of the State of North-Carolina Passed by the General Assembly | last1=Carolina | first1=North | year=1869 }} He attended the Freedmen's Convention held in Raleigh in 1866.{{Cite web|url=https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/freedmen/freedmen.html|title=Freedmen's Convention (1866 : Raleigh, N.C.). Minutes of the Freedmen's Convention, Held in the City of Raleigh on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th of October, 1866.|website=docsouth.unc.edu}}