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May 17th, 1741 | Birth of John Penn, US attorney and signer of the Declaration of Independence, in Caroline County, Virginia. In 1774 he moved to Granville County, North Carolina, where he established a law practice. He was elected to attend the provincial Congress in 1775 and elected to the Continental Congress that same year. He served there until 1777, and again from 1779-1780. He died in 1788 at the age of forty-eight. Originally buried in the family graveyard adjacent to his home, his remains now rest in Guilford Courthouse National Military Park near Greensboro.