North Carolina General Assembly of 1777 598657 173192391 2007-11-23T00:15:58Z Jackyd101 1224466 link The '''[[North Carolina General Assembly]] of 1777''' met in two sessions in [[New Bern, North Carolina]], from [[April 7]] to [[May 9]], [[1777]], and from [[November 15]] to [[December 24]] [[1777]]. This was the first North Carolina legislature elected after the last [[North Carolina Provincial Congress|provincial congress]] wrote the first [[North Carolina Constitution]]. This assembly elected [[Richard Caswell]] as the state's first constitutional governor (he had been serving as acting governor by action of the provincial congress). Each North Carolina county elected one Senator and two members of the House of Commons; 6 borough towns also elected one House member each. ==House of Commons== ===Leadership=== * '''[[Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives|Speaker]]:''' [[Abner Nash]] ([[New Bern, North Carolina|New Bern]]) * '''Clerk:''' [[Benjamin Exum]] ([[Dobbs County, North Carolina|Dobbs County]]) ===Members=== * '''[[Anson County, North Carolina|Anson County]]:''' [[George Davidson]] * '''[[Anson County, North Carolina|Anson County]]:''' [[William R. Pickett]] * '''[[Beaufort County, North Carolina|Beaufort County]]:''' [[Alderson Ellison]] was elected but out of the country; [[Nathan Keas]] was elected to replace him and took office [[December 4]], [[1777]]. * '''[[Beaufort County, North Carolina|Beaufort County]]:''' [[William Brown]] * '''[[Bertie County, North Carolina|Bertie County]]:''' [[Zedekiah Stone]] * '''[[Bertie County, North Carolina|Bertie County]]:''' [[Simon Turner]] * '''[[Bladen County, North Carolina|Bladen County]]:''' [[Thomas Owen]] * '''[[Bladen County, North Carolina|Bladen County]]:''' (''vacant seat'') * '''[[Brunswick County, North Carolina|Brunswick County]]:''' [[William Lord (North Carolina politician)|William Lord]] * '''[[Brunswick County, North Carolina|Brunswick County]]:''' [[Richard Quince, Jr.]] * '''[[Burke County, North Carolina|Burke County]]:''' [[Ephraim McLean]] * '''[[Burke County, North Carolina|Burke County]]:''' [[James Wilson]] * '''[[Bute County, North Carolina|Bute County]]:''' [[Green Hill]] * '''[[Bute County, North Carolina|Bute County]]:''' [[Benjamin Ward]] * '''[[Camden County, North Carolina|Camden County]]:''' [[Caleb Granby]]; took office [[December 8]], [[1777]] * '''[[Camden County, North Carolina|Camden County]]:''' [[Thomas Humphries]]; took office [[December 8]], [[1777]] * '''[[Carteret County, North Carolina|Carteret County]]:''' [[Brice Williams]] * '''[[Carteret County, North Carolina|Carteret County]]:''' [[Thomas Chadwick]] * '''[[Caswell County, North Carolina|Caswell County]]:''' [[John Atkinson]] * '''[[Caswell County, North Carolina|Caswell County]]:''' [[Richard Moore (1777)|Richard Moore]] * '''[[Chatham County, North Carolina|Chatham County]]:''' [[John Birdsong]] * '''[[Chatham County, North Carolina|Chatham County]]:''' [[Mial Scurlock]]; elected county clerk; seat declared vacant [[November 15]], [[1777]] * '''[[Chowan County, North Carolina|Chowan County]]:''' [[Thomas Benbury]] * '''[[Chowan County, North Carolina|Chowan County]]:''' [[Jacob Hunter]] * '''[[Craven County, North Carolina|Craven County]]:''' [[Nathan Bryan]] * '''[[Craven County, North Carolina|Craven County]]:''' [[John Tillman]] * '''[[Cumberland County, North Carolina|Cumberland County]]:''' [[William Rand]]; elected county clerk; seat declared vacant [[November 15]], [[1777]] * '''[[Cumberland County, North Carolina|Cumberland County]]:''' [[Phillip Alston]] * '''[[Currituck County, North Carolina|Currituck County]]:''' [[James Ryan]] * '''[[Currituck County, North Carolina|Currituck County]]:''' [[James White (politician)|James White]] * '''[[Dobbs County, North Carolina|Dobbs County]]:''' [[Andrew Bass]] * '''[[Dobbs County, North Carolina|Dobbs County]]:''' [[Jesse Cobb]] * '''[[Duplin County, North Carolina|Duplin County]]:''' [[Richard Clinton]] * '''[[Duplin County, North Carolina|Duplin County]]:''' [[Robert Dixon (politician)|Robert Dixon]] * '''[[Edgecombe County, North Carolina|Edgecombe County]]:''' [[Nathan Boddie]] * '''[[Edgecombe County, North Carolina|Edgecombe County]]:''' [[Jonas Johnston]] * '''[[Granville County, North Carolina|Granville County]]:''' [[John Penn (delegate)|John Penn]] * '''[[Granville County, North Carolina|Granville County]]:''' [[Thomas Person]] * '''[[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford County]]:''' [[John Collier]] * '''[[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford County]]:''' [[Robert Lindsay (politician)|Robert Lindsay]] * '''[[Halifax County, North Carolina|Halifax County]]:''' [[Egbert Haywood]] * '''[[Halifax County, North Carolina|Halifax County]]:''' [[Joseph John Williams]] * '''[[Hertford County, North Carolina|Hertford County]]:''' [[Joseph Dickenson]] * '''[[Hertford County, North Carolina|Hertford County]]:''' [[James Garrett]] * '''[[Hyde County, North Carolina|Hyde County]]:''' [[John Jordan]], elected county clerk, seat declared vacant [[November 15]], [[1777]]; [[Joseph Hancock]] elected to replace Jordan, took office [[December 11]], [[1777]] * '''[[Hyde County, North Carolina|Hyde County]]:''' [[Benjamin Parmely]] * '''[[Johnston County, North Carolina|Johnston County]]:''' [[Alexander Averet]] * '''[[Johnston County, North Carolina|Johnston County]]:''' [[Henry Rains]] * '''[[Martin County, North Carolina|Martin County]]:''' [[Whitmell Hill]] * '''[[Martin County, North Carolina|Martin County]]:''' [[William Slade (North Carolina politician)|William Slade]] * '''[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg County]]:''' [[Waightstill Avery]] * '''[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg County]]:''' [[Martin Phifer]] * '''[[New Hanover County, North Carolina|New Hanover County]]:''' [[Alexander Lillington]] * '''[[New Hanover County, North Carolina|New Hanover County]]:''' [[Samuel Swann]] * '''[[Northampton County, North Carolina|Northampton County]]:''' [[Jeptha Atherton]], elected county clerk, seat declared vacant [[November 15]], [[1777]]; [[Robert Peebles]] elected to replace Atherton, took office [[December 6]], [[1777]] * '''[[Northampton County, North Carolina|Northampton County]]:''' [[Howell Edmunds]] * '''[[Onslow County, North Carolina|Onslow County]]:''' [[John King]] * '''[[Onslow County, North Carolina|Onslow County]]:''' [[Henry Rhodes]] * '''[[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange County]]:''' [[John Butler]] * '''[[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange County]]:''' [[Nathaniel Rochester]], elected county clerk, seat declared vacant [[November 15]], [[1777]]; [[Thomas Burke (governor)|Thomas Burke]] elected to replace Rochester, took office [[December 1]], [[1777]] * '''[[Pasquotank County, North Carolina|Pasquotank County]]:''' [[James Ferebee]], died before second session; [[Thomas Harvey (North Carolina politician)|Thomas Harvey]] elected to replace Ferebee, took office [[December 4]], [[1777]] * '''[[Pasquotank County, North Carolina|Pasquotank County]]:''' [[Thomas Relfe]] * '''[[Perquimans County, North Carolina|Perquimans County]]:''' [[Jesse Eason]] * '''[[Perquimans County, North Carolina|Perquimans County]]:''' [[Benjamin Harvey]] * '''[[Pitt County, North Carolina|Pitt County]]:''' [[William Robeson]] * '''[[Pitt County, North Carolina|Pitt County]]:''' [[John Williams (Pitt County)|John Williams]] * '''[[Rowan County, North Carolina|Rowan County]]:''' [[Matthew Locke (U.S. Congress)|Matthew Locke]] * '''[[Rowan County, North Carolina|Rowan County]]:''' [[James Smith]] * '''[[Surry County, North Carolina|Surry County]]:''' [[Charles Gordon]] * '''[[Surry County, North Carolina|Surry County]]:''' [[Joseph Winston]] * '''[[Tryon County, North Carolina|Tryon County]]:''' [[Andrew Neel]] * '''[[Tryon County, North Carolina|Tryon County]]:''' [[John Barber]] * '''[[Tyrrell County, North Carolina|Tyrrell County]]:''' [[John Hooker]] * '''[[Tyrrell County, North Carolina|Tyrrell County]]:''' [[Benjamin Spruill]] * '''[[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]]:''' [[John Rice (deputy)|John Rice]], elected county clerk, seat declared vacant [[November 15]], [[1777]]; [[John Rand]] elected to replace Rice, took office [[December 5]], [[1777]]. * '''[[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]]:''' [[Thomas Wooten]], elected county sheriff, seat declared vacant [[November 15]], [[1777]]; [[Tignal Jones]] elected to replace Wooton, took office [[December 6]], [[1777]] * '''[[Washington County, North Carolina|Washington County]]:''' [[John Sevier]] * '''[[Washington County, North Carolina|Washington County]]:''' [[Jacob Womack]] * '''[[Edenton, North Carolina|Edenton]]:''' [[John Green]] * '''[[Halifax, North Carolina|Halifax]]:''' [[Willie Jones (statesman)|Willie Jones]] * '''[[Hillsborough, North Carolina|Hillsborough]]:''' [[William Courtney]] * '''[[New Bern, North Carolina|New Bern]]:''' [[Abner Nash]] * '''[[Salisbury, North Carolina|Salisbury]]:''' [[David Nisbitt]] * '''[[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]]:''' [[William Hooper]] * '''district unknown:''' John Turner ==Senate== ===Leadership=== * '''[[President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate|Speaker]]:''' [[Samuel Ashe (1725-1813)|Samuel Ashe]] ([[New Hanover County, North Carolina|New Hanover County]]) * '''Clerk:''' [[James Green, Jr.]] ([[Craven County, North Carolina|Craven County]]) ===Members=== * '''[[Anson County, North Carolina|Anson County]]:''' [[David Love]] * '''[[Beaufort County, North Carolina|Beaufort County]]:''' [[Thomas Respess]] * '''[[Bertie County, North Carolina|Bertie County]]:''' [[John Campbell]] * '''[[Bladen County, North Carolina|Bladen County]]:''' [[Thomas Robeson]] * '''[[Brunswick County, North Carolina|Brunswick County]]:''' [[Archibald Maclaine]] * '''[[Burke County, North Carolina|Burke County]]:''' [[Charles McDowell]] * '''[[Bute County, North Carolina|Bute County]]:''' [[Benjamin Seawell]] * '''[[Camden County, North Carolina|Camden County]]:''' [[John Gray]] * '''[[Carteret County, North Carolina|Carteret County]]:''' [[James Parrot]] * '''[[Caswell County, North Carolina|Caswell County]]:''' [[James Saunders]] * '''[[Chatham County, North Carolina|Chatham County]]:''' [[Ambrose Ramsey]] * '''[[Chowan County, North Carolina|Chowan County]]:''' [[Luke Sumner]] * '''[[Craven County, North Carolina|Craven County]]:''' [[James Coor]] * '''[[Cumberland County, North Carolina|Cumberland County]]:''' [[David Smith (American politician)|David Smith]] * '''[[Currituck County, North Carolina|Currituck County]]:''' [[Samuel Jarvis]] * '''[[Dobbs County, North Carolina|Dobbs County]]:''' [[Benjamin Exum]] * '''[[Duplin County, North Carolina|Duplin County]]:''' [[James Kenan]] * '''[[Edgecombe County, North Carolina|Edgecombe County]]:''' [[Elisha Battle]] * '''[[Granville County, North Carolina|Granville County]]:''' [[Memucan Hunt]] * '''[[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford County]]:''' [[Ralph Gorrell]] * '''[[Halifax County, North Carolina|Halifax County]]:''' [[John Bradford]] * '''[[Hertford County, North Carolina|Hertford County]]:''' [[Robert Sumner]] * '''[[Hyde County, North Carolina|Hyde County]]:''' [[Willilam Russell]] * '''[[Johnston County, North Carolina|Johnston County]]:''' [[Needham Bryan]] * '''[[Martin County, North Carolina|Martin County]]:''' [[William Williams]] * '''[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg County]]:''' [[John McK. Alexander]] * '''[[New Hanover County, North Carolina|New Hanover County]]:''' [[Samuel Ashe (1725-1813)|Samuel Ashe]] * '''[[Northampton County, North Carolina|Northampton County]]:''' [[Allen Jones (delegate)|Allen Jones]] * '''[[Onslow County, North Carolina|Onslow County]]:''' [[William Cray]] replaced by [[John Spicer]], [[December 8]], [[1777]] * '''[[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange County]]:''' [[Thomas Hart (politician)]] * '''[[Pasquotank County, North Carolina|Pasquotank County]]:''' [[Joseph Jones (North Carolina)|Joseph Jones]] * '''[[Perquimans County, North Carolina|Perquimans County]]:''' [[William Skinner]]; appointed state treasurer, resigned seat * '''[[Pitt County, North Carolina|Pitt County]]:''' [[Robert Salter]] * '''[[Rowan County, North Carolina|Rowan County]]:''' [[Griffith Rutherford]] * '''[[Surry County, North Carolina|Surry County]]:''' [[Robert Lanier]] * '''[[Tryon County, North Carolina|Tryon County]]:''' [[Charles McLean]] * '''[[Tyrrell County, North Carolina|Tyrrell County]]:''' [[Archibald Currie]] * '''[[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]]:''' [[James Jones]], resigned after first session; [[Michael Rogers]] elected and took office [[November 15]], [[1777]] * '''[[Washington County, North Carolina|Washington County]]:''' [[John Carter]] [[Category:North Carolina General Assembly by session|1777]]