Thomas Cary (North Carolina)

Biography:

Thomas Cary was the sixth Deputy Governor of the Province of Carolina at a time when the deputy governor's role was to oversee and manage what is now the state of North Carolina. Cary is most well-known for his role in Cary's Rebellion between 1708 and 1711 in which he usurped power from then-deputy-governor William Glover driving Glover from the province. In 1711 when Edward Hyde (c.