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Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1798; member of North Carolina state senate, 1801; US Representative from North Carolina 7th district, 1803-05. Died on an exploring expedition into the West (on the Red River?) about 1806. Burial location is unknown.
PURVIANCE, Samuel Dinsmore, a Representative from North Carolina; born on Masonboro Sound at Castle Fin House, near Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C., January 7, 1774; attended a private school; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced at Fayetteville, N.C.; also owned and operated a large plantation; member of the State house of commons in 1798 and 1799; member of the State senate from Cumberland County in 1801; trustee of Fayetteville Academy in 1803; elected as a Federalist to the Eighth Congress (March 4, 1803-March 3, 1805); continued the practice of law in Fayetteville; died on the Red River about 1806, while on an exploring expedition into the West.