|
North Carolina
State House of Commons |
|
1778 |
| This General Assembly met in New Bern from April
14th to May 2nd in 1778. They met again in Hillsborough from
August 8th to ? They met for a third session in Halifax from
January 19th to February 13th in 1779. |
|
County |
Delegates |
|
Anson |
George Davidson |
Stephen Miller |
|
Beaufort |
Alderson Ellison## / Thomas
Respess, Jr. |
William Brown |
|
Bertie |
William Jordan, Jr. |
Simon Turner |
|
Bladen |
Samuel Cain |
Thomas Amis***** / Benjamin
Clark |
|
Brunswick |
Lewis Dupree |
William Gause |
|
Burke |
Charles McLean |
Thomas Whitson |
|
Bute |
Benjamin Hawkins |
Adkin McLemore |
|
Camden |
Caleb Grandy** / Willis Bright |
John Gray** / William Burgess |
|
Carteret |
Solomon Sheppard |
John Easton |
|
Caswell |
John Williams |
Peter Farrow |
|
Chatham |
Alexander Clark |
James Williams |
|
Chowan |
Thomas Benbury |
Jacob Hunter |
|
Craven |
Nathan Bryan |
John Tillman**** / Abner Nash |
|
Cumberland |
Peter Mallett |
Robert Rowan |
|
Currituck |
William Ferebee |
Holowell Williams |
|
Dobbs |
William Fellows |
Jesse Cobb |
|
Duplin |
Richard Clinton |
Thomas Hicks |
|
Edgecombe |
Isaac Sessums |
Jonas Johnston** / Jonas Johnston |
|
Granville |
John Williams* / Thomas Person |
Thornton Yancey |
|
Guilford |
James Hunter |
Robert Lindsay |
|
Halifax |
Egbert Haywood |
John Whitaker |
|
Hertford |
William Baker |
Arthur Cotton |
|
Hyde |
Abram Jones |
Joseph Hancock |
|
Johnston |
William Bryan |
John Bryan, Jr. |
|
Martin |
Nathan Mayo |
Edmonson Edward Smithwick |
|
Mecklenburg |
Caleb Phifer |
David Wilson |
|
Nash |
Thomas Hunter |
Hardy Griffin |
|
New Hanover |
John DeVane |
Timothy Bloodworth** / Timothy
Bloodworth |
|
Northampton |
Joseph Bryan |
Robert Peoples |
|
Onslow |
Benajah Doty |
George Mitchell |
|
Orange |
William McCauley |
John Butler** / Thomas Burke#
/ Mark Patterson |
|
Pasquotank |
Thomas Harvey |
Thomas Relfe |
|
Perquimans |
Charles Blount |
John Harvey |
|
Pitt |
William Robeson** / John Simpson###
/ James Gorham |
John Williams |
|
Rowan |
Moses Winslow |
Matthew Locke |
|
Surry |
Matthew Brooks |
Frederick Miller |
|
Tryon |
William Gilbert#### |
Joseph Hardin |
|
Tyrrell |
Isham Webb*** / Benjamin Spruill |
Joshua Swain |
|
Wake |
Lodowick Alford |
Hardy Sanders |
|
Washington |
William Cocke** / Jesse Walton |
Luke Boyer |
|
Wilkes |
Benjamin Cleveland |
Elijah Isaacs |
|
Town |
Delegate |
|
Edenton |
Joseph Hewes |
|
Halifax (town) |
Willie Jones |
|
Hillsborough |
William Courtney |
|
New Bern |
Richard Cogdell |
|
Salisbury |
Matthew Troy |
|
Wilmington |
William Hooper |
| * John Williams was elected Speaker of the House
of Commons. John Hunt was appointed Clerk, Joseph Blithe was
appointed Assistant. John Williams was elected to the Continental
Congress, and he was replaced as Speaker of the House by Thomas
Benbury soon thereafter. Thomas Person was elected to take his
place in the House of Commons and he took his seat on August
8, 1778. |
| ** Already elected to another County post. On
April 28, 1778, they were ordered to give up their House Seats,
and new elections ordered to replace them. Some were voted back
in later. |
| *** Died in office in April of 1778. New election
ordered to fill his seat. Benjamin Spruill was elected to take
his place and was seated on August 8, 1778. |
| **** John Tillman selected to lead the garrison
at the newly-created Fort Hancock on 4/30/1778, and he was asked
to give up his seat in the House of Commons. Abner Nash was elected
to take his place and he took his seat on August 14, 1778. |
| ***** Thomas Amis was appointed to be the Contractor
for provisions in the Wilmington District on 5/2/1778, and he
was asked to give up his seat in the House of Commons. Benjamin
Clark replaced him on August 8, 1778. |
| # Thomas Burke was elected to the Continental
Congress on August 12, 1778. Mark Patterson was elected to replace
Burke and he took his seat on January 20, 1779. |
| ## Alderson Ellison was elected County Entry
Taker and he was ordered to give up his seat on January 19, 1779.
Thomas Respess, Jr. was elected to take his place and he took
his seat on February 2, 1779. |
| ### John Simpson took his House seat on August
8, 1778, but he was soon thereafter elected to the Council of
State and resigned his House seat on August 18, 1778. James Gorham
was elected to replace him and he took his House seat on January
21, 1779. |
| #### William Gilbert was kicked out of office
on February 8, 1779 - for fraud. He was re-elected in subsequent
years. |
