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| Captain Henry Wilkinson was appointed governor
of Albemarle County in 1680, but personal difficulties in England
prevented his sailing, and therefore he never really served as
Governor. Who was "running things" in his absence is
still up for debate. It was most likely John Jenkins, but could
have well been John Harvey - or both. Captain Henry Wilkinson was appointed Governor of Carolina by the Lords Proprietors in February, 1680, but delays in sailing and some problems resulting from debts prevented his departure for Carolina. These facts are recited in his own publication of 1681, but the main body is devoted to Wilkinson’s account of efforts to persuade him to appear in court as a witness against the Earl of Shaftesbury who was accused of a plot to overthrow King Charles II. |
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