File:Montfort Stokes sig.jpg

Summary
Signature of Montford Stokes (1762-1842). Signature is from a copy of the charter of Hiram Lodge No.40, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons in Raleigh, North Carolina. Governor Stokes signed the charter as he was the Senior Grand Warden of North Carolina at the time. The original document is in the archives of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina. Document dated 15 December 1800.