Career
Haywood began public service in 1781 as clerk of the State Senate, and held this office for five years, after which he was elected Treasurer by the state legislature. Haywood also became the first Intendant of Police, or Mayor, of Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1795.
Haywood County was named in his honor after its creation in 1808, and he also subsequently had a town named after him in Chatham County.
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