Hezekiah Spruill

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Colonel Hezekiah Spruill was born January 22, 1732, and died March 20, 1804, in what is now Tyrrell County, North Carolina. Spruill was an early planter, a member of the Provincial Congress and a Revolutionary.

This quote is from his tombstone.

"My loving friends as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I, As I am now so you must be Prepare my friends to follow me."

Source: "The Spruills--a Family of Colonial Notables." Our State magazine. August 1, 1964 by David E. Davis and from the research of Jasper W. Hassell.