Puryear, Richard C
soldier, merchant, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 9, 1801, in Mecklenburg, Va. He moved to North Carolina, and was elected a representative in the legislature of that state. In 1840 he was elected to the state senate, and in 1844, 1846, and 1852 was again elected to the lower house of the legislature. He was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1853 to 1857. He took part in the rebellion of 1861 as a member of the confederate congress.