From Wikipedia.
This is the man who took a particular interest in Fort Hampton.
William Hawkins, governor of North Carolina during the War of 1812.
Born 1777, died May 17, 1819. 17th governor, serving from 1811 to 1814.Born on the Pleasant Hill Plantation in Vance County, N.C.. Studied law at Princeton and worked two years in Georgia as the Creek Indian agent.
Returned to N.C. to practice law in 1801. Elected governor by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1811 He served terms that ran concurrent with the War of 1812.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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