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__ David Fanning __ __ ﻿ __ The most famous Tory was David Fanning. Depending on who told the story he may be the most infamous. Fanning wanted nothing but revenge over the Whigs because they abused and beat him. When the British army invaded in 1781, Fanning raised a second regiment for them and became its colonel. Although he sided with the British, he did not join them. David Fanning's harsh treatmen﻿t at the hands of some Whig's resulted in Fanning organizing Tory groups that committed their own atrocities upon the Whigs. He operated independently. He terrorized the backcountry neighborhoods that sent men to the North Carolina militia. Fanning's men were accused of theft, murder, and more than one rape during this time. The Tory-Whig war in North Carolina stopped after the British withdrew from Wilmington in 1782. Danny Fanning and many of his men left with them, resettling in Nova Scotia.
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__ John Hancock __

John Hancock was the representative of Massachusetts in the Continental Congress. He was also the third governor of Massachusetts. He is most famous for his large signature on the Declaration of Independence. His was the most recognizable of them all. It was his way of telling the king(King George) "in his face." Hancock was the first to sign and he did so in a blank space. Few figures were more well known or popular than John Hancock. He was born in Braintree, Massachusetts in 1737. He was an orphaned child and was then adopted by a wealthy merchant uncle and who had no children. In 1763, his uncle died and John inherited what was said to be the greatest body of wealth in New England.

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