John Motley Morehead (July 4 1796 – August 27 1866) was the 29th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1841 to 1845. He is known as the Father of Modern North Carolina.Born in Pittsylvania County Virginia Morehead was the son of Obedience (Motley) and John Morehead. He moved to Rockingham County North Carolina at the age of two.Morehead graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1817.
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