Treasurer was one of seven "chief officers" whom the Lords
Proprietors  intended to manage the province of North Carolina.
The treasurer, as envisioned in the Fundamental Constitutions of
1669 , was to deal with "all matters that concern the public
revenue and treasury" and was to be aided by 6 counselors
(undertreasurers) and 12 assistants (auditors ). This office,
like others in the colony , was slow to mature. Early governors
acted as their own treasurers due to insufficient revenues until
the staggering debts accrued from the Cary Rebellion  and the
Tuscarora War  necessitated a more efficient system for raising
taxes . Accordingly, in 1711 the governor and his council
appointed treasurers for each of the seven precincts of the
province. Three years later, the Lower House of the Assembly
joined the Upper House and Governor Edward Hyde  named Edward
Moseley as treasurer of North Carolina and overseer of all
precinct treasurers. Moseley, possibly the most able politician
of his era, held the posts from 171