Thomas Wade (North Carolina politician)

He served for two two-year terms as justice of the Anson County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions.

He was elected as a delegate to the North Carolina Provincial Congress in Hillsborough in August 1775 and in Halifax in November 1776.

He was chosen as commissioner for Anson County to supervise prisoners, especially former Loyalists, and to take care of "unhappy women and children.

"[1] On September 9, 1775, the North Carolina Provincial Congress appointed him as colonel and commandant of the Salisbury District Minutemen.

He was selected as colonel and commandant of the Anson County Regiment of the North Carolina militia on March 2, 1776.

[2] He led the Anson County Regiment in the following battles and skirmishes: When the British invaded North Carolina in September 1780 and February 1781, Colonel Thomas Wade went to Virginia to avoid capture.