North Carolina General Assembly of 1778 598738 173192547 2007-11-23T00:17:01Z Jackyd101 1224466 link The '''[[North Carolina General Assembly]] of 1778''' met in three sessions in three locations in the years [[1778]] and [[1779]]. The first session was held in [[New Bern, North Carolina|New Bern]] from [[April 14]] to [[May 2]], [[1778]]; the second session in [[Hillsborough, North Carolina|Hillsborough]], from [[August 8]] to [[August 19]], [[1778]]; the third and final session in [[Halifax, North Carolina|Halifax]], from [[January 19]] to [[February 13]], [[1779]]. 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]]''': [[John Williams (delegate)|John Williams]] ([[Granville County, North Carolina|Granville County]]), until [[April 28]], [[1778]]; [[Thomas Benbury]] ([[Chowan County, North Carolina|Chowan County]]) elected to replace Williams. * '''Clerk:''' [[John Hunt]] ([[Franklin County, North Carolina|Franklin County]]) ===Members=== * '''[[Anson County, North Carolina|Anson County]]:''' [[George Davidson]] * '''[[Anson County, North Carolina|Anson County]]:''' [[Stephen Miller]] * '''[[Beaufort County, North Carolina|Beaufort County]]:''' [[Alderson Allerson]], elected county entry taker, seat declared vacant [[19 January]] [[1779]]; [[Thomas Respress, Jr.]] elected to replace Allerson, took office [[2 February]] [[1779]] * '''[[Beaufort County, North Carolina|Beaufort County]]:''' [[William Brown]] * '''[[Bertie County, North Carolina|Bertie County]]:''' [[William Jordan, Jr.]] * '''[[Bertie County, North Carolina|Bertie County]]:''' [[Simon Turner]] * '''[[Bladen County, North Carolina|Bladen County]]:''' [[Thomas Amis]], elected to another office, seat declared vacant [[May 2]], [[1778]]; [[Benjamin Clark]] elected to replace Amis, took office [[August 8]], [[1778]] * '''[[Bladen County, North Carolina|Bladen County]]:''' [[Samuel Cain]] * '''[[Brunswick County, North Carolina|Brunswick County]]:''' [[Lewis Dupree]], took office [[August 8]], [[1778]] after a special election * '''[[Brunswick County, North Carolina|Brunswick County]]:''' [[William Gause]], took office [[August 8]], [[1778]] after a special election * '''[[Burke County, North Carolina|Burke County]]:''' [[Ephraim McLaine]], elected, but no evidence of service; [[Charles McLean]] took office [[August 13]], [[1778]] * '''[[Burke County, North Carolina|Burke County]]:''' [[Thomas Whitson]] * '''[[Bute County, North Carolina|Bute County]]:''' [[Benjamin Hawkins]] * '''[[Bute County, North Carolina|Bute County]]:''' [[Adkin McLemore]] * '''[[Camden County, North Carolina|Camden County]]:''' [[Caleb Grandy]], seat vacated because he held another public office; [[Willis Bright]], elected to replace Grandy, took office [[January 21]] [[1779]]. * '''[[Camden County, North Carolina|Camden County]]:''' [[John Gray]], seat vacated because he held another public office; [[William Burgess]], elected to replace Gray, no evidence of service. * '''[[Carteret County, North Carolina|Carteret County]]:''' [[John Easton]] * '''[[Carteret County, North Carolina|Carteret County]]:''' [[Solomon Shepperd]] * '''[[Caswell County, North Carolina|Caswell County]]:''' [[Peter Farrow]] * '''[[Caswell County, North Carolina|Caswell County]]:''' [[John Williams (North Carolina)|John Williams]] * '''[[Chatham County, North Carolina|Chatham County]]:''' [[Alexander Clark]] * '''[[Chatham County, North Carolina|Chatham County]]:''' [[James William (North Carolina General Assembly)|James William]] * '''[[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]], resigned [[April 30]], [[1778]]; [[Abner Nash]] elected to replace Tillman, took office [[August 14]], [[1778]] * '''[[Cumberland County, North Carolina|Cumberland County]]:''' [[Peter Mallett]] * '''[[Cumberland County, North Carolina|Cumberland County]]:''' [[Robert Rowan]] * '''[[Currituck County, North Carolina|Currituck County]]:''' [[William Ferebbe]] * '''[[Currituck County, North Carolina|Currituck County]]:''' [[Holowell Williams]], elected, but no evidence that he took office * '''[[Dobbs County, North Carolina|Dobbs County]]:''' [[Jesse Cobb]] * '''[[Dobbs County, North Carolina|Dobbs County]]:''' [[William Fellows]] * '''[[Duplin County, North Carolina|Duplin County]]:''' [[Richard Clinton]] * '''[[Duplin County, North Carolina|Duplin County]]:''' [[Thomas Hicks]] * '''[[Edgecombe County, North Carolina|Edgecombe County]]:''' [[Jonas Johnston]], named county entry taker, seat declared vacant [[April 27]], [[1778]]; a new election was held, Johnston was re-elected, and he took office on [[August 8]], [[1778]] * '''[[Edgecombe County, North Carolina|Edgecombe County]]:''' [[Isaac Sessums]] * '''[[Granville County, North Carolina|Granville County]]:''' [[John Williams (delegate)|John Williams]], resigned [[April 28]], [[1778]] when elected to Continental Congress,; [[Thomas Person]] elected to replace Williams, took office [[August 8]], [[1778]]. * '''[[Granville County, North Carolina|Granville County]]:''' [[Thorton Yancey]] * '''[[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford County]]:''' [[James Hunter]] * '''[[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]]:''' [[John Whitaker]] * '''[[Hertford County, North Carolina|Hertford County]]:''' [[William Baker]] * '''[[Hertford County, North Carolina|Hertford County]]:''' [[Arthur Cotton]] * '''[[Hyde County, North Carolina|Hyde County]]:''' [[Abraham Jones]] * '''[[Hyde County, North Carolina|Hyde County]]:''' [[Joseph Hancock]] * '''[[Johnston County, North Carolina|Johnston County]]:''' [[William Bryan]] * '''[[Johnston County, North Carolina|Johnston County]]:''' [[John Bryan, Jr.]] * '''[[Martin County, North Carolina|Martin County]]:''' [[Nathan Mayo]] * '''[[Martin County, North Carolina|Martin County]]:''' [[E. Edward Smithwick]] * '''[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg County]]:''' [[Caleb Phifer]] * '''[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg County]]:''' [[David Wilson]] * '''[[New Hanover County, North Carolina|New Hanover County]]:''' [[Timothy Bloodworth]] * '''[[New Hanover County, North Carolina|New Hanover County]]:''' [[John Devane]] * '''[[Northampton County, North Carolina|Northampton County]]:''' [[Joseph Bryan]] * '''[[Northampton County, North Carolina|Northampton County]]:''' [[Robert Peebles]] * '''[[Northampton County, North Carolina|Northampton County]]:''' [[Robert Nash]] * '''[[Onslow County, North Carolina|Onslow County]]:''' [[Benijah Doty]] * '''[[Onslow County, North Carolina|Onslow County]]:''' [[George Mitchell]] * '''[[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange County]]:''' [[John Butler]], named county record taker, seat declared vacant [[April 27]], [[1778]]; [[Thomas Burke (governor)|Thomas Burke]] elected to replace Butler, took office [[August 8]], resigned [[August 18]] when elected to Continental Congress; [[Mark Patterson (delegate)|Mark Patterson]] elected to replace Burke, took office [[January 20]], [[1779]] * '''[[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange County]]:''' [[William McCauley]] * '''[[Pasquotank County, North Carolina|Pasquotank County]]:''' [[Thomas Harvey (North Carolina politician)|Thomas Harvey]] * '''[[Pasquotank County, North Carolina|Pasquotank County]]:''' [[Thomas Relfe]] * '''[[Perquimans County, North Carolina|Perquimans County]]:''' [[Charles Blount]] * '''[[Perquimans County, North Carolina|Perquimans County]]:''' John Harvey * '''[[Pitt County, North Carolina|Pitt County]]:''' [[William Robeson]], named county entry taker, seat declared vacant [[April 27]], [[1778]]; [[John Simpson]] elected to replace Robeson, took office [[August 8]], elected to Council of State, resigned [[August 18]]; [[James Gorham]] elected to replace Simpson, took office [[January 21]], [[1779]] * '''[[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]]:''' [[Moses Winslow]] * '''[[Surry County, North Carolina|Surry County]]:''' [[Matthew Brooks]] * '''[[Surry County, North Carolina|Surry County]]:''' [[Frederick Miller]] * '''[[Tryon County, North Carolina|Tryon County]]:''' [[William Gilbert]], expelled from office [[February 8]], [[1779]] for fraud * '''[[Tryon County, North Carolina|Tryon County]]:''' [[Joseph Hardin]] * '''[[Tyrrell County, North Carolina|Tyrrell County]]:''' [[Joshua Swann]] * '''[[Tyrrell County, North Carolina|Tyrrell County]]:''' [[Isham Webb]], died April 1778; [[Benjamin Spruill]] elected to replace Webb, took office [[August 8]], [[1778]] * '''[[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]]:''' [[Lodwick Alford]] * '''[[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]]:''' [[Hardy Sanders]] * '''[[Washington County, North Carolina|Washington County]]:''' [[Luke Boyer]] * '''[[Washington County, North Carolina|Washington County]]:''' [[William Cooke]], named county clerk of court, seat declared vacant [[April 27]], [[1778]]; [[Jesse Walton]] elected to replace Cooke, took office [[January 19]], [[1779]]. * '''[[Wilkes County, North Carolina|Wilkes County]]:''' [[Benjamin Cleveland]] * '''[[Wilkes County, North Carolina|Wilkes County]]:''' [[Elisha Battle]] * '''[[Edenton, North Carolina|Edenton]]:''' [[Joseph Hewes]] * '''[[Halifax, North Carolina|Halifax]]:''' [[Willie Jones (statesman)|Willie Jones]] * '''[[Hillsborough, North Carolina|Hillsborough]]:''' [[William Courtney]] * '''[[New Bern, North Carolina|New Bern]]:''' [[Richard Cogdell]] * '''[[Salisbury, North Carolina|Salisbury]]:''' [[Matthew Troy]] * '''[[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]]:''' [[William Hooper]] ==Senate== ===Leadership=== * '''[[Speaker of the North Carolina Senate|Speaker]]''': [[Whitmell Hill]], until his election to the [[Continental Congress]]; [[Allen Jones (delegate)|Allen Jones]] elected to replace Hill * '''Clerk:''' [[John Sitgreaves]] ===Members=== * '''[[Anson County, North Carolina|Anson County]]:''' [[John Childs (North Carolina General Assembly)|John Childs]] * '''[[Beaufort County, North Carolina|Beaufort County]]:''' [[Thomas Respess]] * '''[[Bertie County, North Carolina|Bertie County]]:''' [[Zedekiah Stone]] * '''[[Bladen County, North Carolina|Bladen County]]:''' [[Thomas Owen]] * '''[[Brunswick County, North Carolina|Brunswick County]]:''' [[Alexius M. Foster]] * '''[[Burke County, North Carolina|Burke County]]:''' [[Charles McDowell]], held another public office, seat declared vacant [[April 22]], [[1778]] * '''[[Bute County, North Carolina|Bute County]]:''' Edward Jones * '''[[Camden County, North Carolina|Camden County]]:''' [[Joseph Jones (North Carolina)|Joseph Jones]] * '''[[Carteret County, North Carolina|Carteret County]]:''' [[William Thompson (North Carolina)|William Thompson]] * '''[[Caswell County, North Carolina|Caswell County]]:''' [[James Saunders]] * '''[[Chatham County, North Carolina|Chatham County]]:''' [[Ambrose Ramsey]], held another public office, seat declared vacant [[April 22]], [[1778]]; [[John Birdsong]] elected to replace Ramsey, took office [[August 8]], [[1778]] * '''[[Chowan County, North Carolina|Chowan County]]:''' [[Luke Sumner]] * '''[[Craven County, North Carolina|Craven County]]:''' [[James Coor]] * '''[[Cumberland County, North Carolina|Cumberland County]]:''' [[Ebenezer Folsome]] * '''[[Currituck County, North Carolina|Currituck County]]:''' [[Solomon Perkins]] * '''[[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]]:''' [[Robert Harris]] * '''[[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford County]]:''' [[Ralph Gorrell]], held office of county entry taker, seat declared vacant [[April 22]], [[1778]]; [[Alexander Martin]] elected to replace Gorrell, took office [[August 12]], [[1778]] * '''[[Halifax County, North Carolina|Halifax County]]:''' [[Oroondates Davis]] * '''[[Hertford County, North Carolina|Hertford County]]:''' [[Robert Sumner]] * '''[[Hyde County, North Carolina|Hyde County]]:''' [[William Russell (North Carolina)|William Russell]] * '''[[Johnston County, North Carolina|Johnston County]]:''' [[Needham Bryan]], held another public office, seat declared vacant [[April 22]], [[1778]] * '''[[Martin County, North Carolina|Martin County]]:''' [[Whitmell Hill]], appointed to Continental Congress, resigned [[August 12]], [[1778]]; [[Kenneth McKenzie]] elected to replace Hill, took office [[January 19]], [[1779]] * '''[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg County]]:''' [[Robert Irwin]] * '''[[New Hanover County, North Carolina|New Hanover County]]:''' [[John Ashe, Jr.]] * '''[[Northampton County, North Carolina|Northampton County]]:''' [[Allen Jones (delegate)|Allen Jones]] * '''[[Onslow County, North Carolina|Onslow County]]:''' [[Henry Rhodes]] * '''[[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange County]]:''' [[John Kinchen]] * '''[[Pasquotank County, North Carolina|Pasquotank County]]:''' [[John Lowrie]] * '''[[Perquimans County, North Carolina|Perquimans County]]:''' [[John Eason]], held office of county entry taker, seat declared vacant [[April 15]], [[1778]]; [[Thomas Harvey]] elected to replace Eason, took office [[January 20]], [[1779]] * '''[[Pitt County, North Carolina|Pitt County]]:''' [[Robert Salter]] * '''[[Rowan County, North Carolina|Rowan County]]:''' [[Griffith Rutherford]] * '''[[Surry County, North Carolina|Surry County]]:''' [[William Sheppard]] * '''[[Tryon County, North Carolina|Tryon County]]:''' [[William Graham]] * '''[[Tyrrell County, North Carolina|Tyrrell County]]:''' [[Jeremiah Frazier]] * '''[[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]]:''' [[Michael Rogers]] * '''[[Washington County, North Carolina|Washington County]]:''' [[Charles Robertson]] * '''[[Wilkes County, North Carolina|Wilkes County]]:''' [[John Brown (North Carolina)|John Brown]] [[Category:North Carolina General Assembly by session|1778]]