Timothy Bloodworth
He was a leader of the American Revolution and later served as a member of the Confederation Congress, U.S. congressman and senator, and collector of customs for the Port of Wilmington, North Carolina.[citation needed] In 1776, he began making arms including muskets and bayonets for the Continental Army.Following this, he held a number of political posts sequentially until serving as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1786.He served as an Anti-Federalist delegate from New Hannover County to the Fayetteville Convention on the U.S. Constitution in 1789.:[3][4][5][6] He was elected to the First United States Congress as a member of the House of Representatives, serving from 1790 to 1791 before returning to the North Carolina state legislature.[8] During the Second World War, Liberty ship SS Timothy Bloodworth was named in his honor.