|
North Carolina
State House of Commons |
|
1777 |
| This General Assembly met in New Bern from April
7th to May 9th in 1777. They met a second time, also in New Bern,
from November 6th to December 24th in 1777. |
|
County |
Delegates |
|
Anson |
George Davidson |
William Pickett |
|
Beaufort |
William Brown |
Alderson Ellison (1) / Nathaniel
Keais |
|
Bertie |
Zedekiah Stone |
Simon Turner |
|
Bladen |
Thomas Owen |
John Turner |
|
Brunswick |
William Lord |
Richard Quince, Jr. |
|
Burke |
Ephraim McLean |
Unknown / Vacant |
|
Bute |
Green Hill |
James Wilson (2) / Benjamin
Ward |
|
Camden |
Thomas Humphries |
Caleb Grandy |
|
Carteret |
Thomas Chadwick |
Bryce Williams |
|
Caswell |
John Atkinson |
Richard Moore |
|
Chatham |
Mial Scurlock (3) / Alexander
Clark |
John Birdsong |
|
Chowan |
Thomas Benbury |
Jacob Hunter |
|
Craven |
Nathan Bryan |
John Tilman (Tilghman) |
|
Cumberland |
Philip Alston |
William Rand (4) |
|
Currituck |
James Ryan |
James White |
|
Dobbs |
Andrew Bass |
Jesse Cobb |
|
Duplin |
Richard Clinton |
Robert Dickson (Dixon) |
|
Edgecombe |
Nathan Boddie |
Jonas Johnston |
|
Granville |
John Penn |
Thomas Person |
|
Guilford |
John Collier |
Robert Lindsay |
|
Halifax |
Egbert Haywood |
Joseph John Williams |
|
Hertford |
Joseph Dickson |
James Garrett |
|
Hyde |
John Jordan (5) / Joseph Hancock |
Benjamin Parmele |
|
Johnston |
Alexander Averett (Averitt) |
Henry Rains |
|
Martin |
Whitmell Hill |
William Slade |
|
Mecklenburg |
Waightstill Avery |
Martin Phifer |
|
New Hanover |
Alexander Lillington |
Samuel Swann |
|
Northampton |
Jeptha Atherton (6) / Robert
Peoples |
Howell Edmunds |
|
Onslow |
Henry Rhodes |
John King |
|
Orange |
Nathaniel Rochester (7) / Thomas
Burke |
John Butler |
|
Pasquotank |
James Ferebee (died) (8) / Thomas
Harvey |
Thomas Relfe |
|
Perquimans |
Benjamin Harvey |
Jesse Eason |
|
Pitt |
William Robeson (Robson) |
John Williams |
|
Rowan |
Matthew Locke |
James Smith |
|
Surry |
William Dobson (9) / Charles
Gordon |
Joseph Winston |
|
Tryon |
John Barber |
Andrew Neal |
|
Tyrrell |
John Hooker |
Benjamin Spruill |
|
Wake |
Thomas Wooten (10) / Tignal
Jones |
John Rice (11) / John Rand |
|
Washington |
John Sevier |
Jacob Womack |
|
Town |
Delegate |
|
Edenton |
John Green |
|
Halifax (town) |
Willie Jones |
|
Hillsborough |
William Courtney |
|
New Bern |
Abner Nash* |
|
Salisbury |
David Nesbett |
|
Wilmington |
William Hooper |
| * Abner Nash was elected Speaker
of the House of Commons. John Hunt was appointed Clerk. John
Sitgreaves was appointed Assistant. |
| Mr. J. Twiner is named as a member
of the House of Commons in the second session of 1777, but this
Author has not been able to ascertain which county he was from.
Possibly from Burke County (vacant above). |
| (1) Alderson Ellison was elected,
but he was out of the State/Country. Nathaniel Keais was elected
to replace him and he took his seat in the second sesion. |
| (2) Unclear why Benjamin Ward replaced James
Wilson in second session. |
| (3) Mial Scurlock was elected as
Clerk of Chatham County and he had to give up his seat in the
House. Alexander Clark was elected to replace him and he took
his seat in the second session. |
| (4) William Rand was elected as Clerk
of Cumberland County and he had to give up his seat in the House.
Apparently his seat remained open thereafter. |
| (5) John Jordan was elected as Clerk
of Hyde County and he had to give up his seat in the House. Joseph
Hancock was elected to replace him and he took his seat in the
second session. |
| (6) Jeptha Atherton was elected as Clerk of Northampton
County and he had to give up his seat in the House. Robert Peoples
was elected to replace him and he took his seat in the second
session. |
| (7) Nathaniel Rochester was elected as Clerk
of Orange County and he had to give up his seat in the House.
Thomas Burke was elected to replace him and he took his seat
in the second session. |
| (8) James Ferebee died while in office. Thomas
Harvey was elected to replace him and he took his seat in the
second session. |
| (9) William Dobson served in the first session,
but not the second, reason not known to this Author. Charles
Gordon was elected to replace him and he took his seat in the
second session. |
| (10) Thomas Wooten was elected as Sheriff of
Wake County and he had to give up his seat in the House. Tignal
Jones was elected to replace him and he took his seat in the
second session. |
| (11) John Rice was elected as Clerk of Wake County
and he had to give up his seat in the House. John Rand was elected
to replace him and he took his seat in the second session. |
