North Carolina State House of Commons - 1784




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North Carolina State House of Commons
1784 - October
During the last General Assembly in April of 1784, it was decided to change the meeting of the General Assembly from a Spring Session to a Fall/Winter Session. New elections were held for this session. This General Assembly met in New Bern - October 25th to November 26th in 1784. During 1783, the NC Legislature created Davidson County and Greene County. These two counties sent delegates to the NC General Assembly for the first time in 1784. During 1784, the NC Legislature created Moore County and Sampson County. These two counties also sent delegates to the NC General Assembly for the first time in 1784.
County	Delegates
Anson	James Terry	John DeJarnett
Beaufort	Thomas Alderson	John Gray Blount
Bertie	Zedekiah Stone	Andrew Oliver
Bladen	Samuel Cain	Peter Robeson
Brunswick	Jacob Leonard	David Flowers
Burke	Joseph McDowell	Waightstill Avery
Camden	Benjamin Jones	Abner Harrison
Carteret	John Easton	Eli West
Caswell	Edward Clay (1)	William Moore
Chatham	Elisha Cain	Joseph Stewart
Chowan	Clement Hall	Michael Payne
Craven	William Bryan	William Blount*
Cumberland	Edward Winslow	James Emmett
Currituck	Joseph Ferebee	Dr. James White
Davidson	Elijah Robertson	Ephraim McLean
Dobbs	William Caswell	John Sheppard
Duplin	Robert Dickson	Thomas Gray
Edgecombe	Robert Diggs	John Dalvin (Dolvin)
Fayette	William Rand	Alexander McAllister
Franklin	Thomas Sherrod	Durham Hall
Gates	Joseph Riddick	Seth Riddick
Granville	Thomas Person	Thornton Yancey
Greene	Alexander Outlaw	Unknown
Guilford	John Hamilton	John Leak
Halifax	Benjamin McCulloch	John Baptiste Ashe
Hertford	William Hill	Thomas Brickell
Hyde	John Eborne	William Russell
Johnston	Joseph Boon	Kedar Powell
Jones	William Randall	Abner Nash
Lincoln	John Sloan	Daniel McKissick
Martin	Nathan Mayo	Thomas Hunter (2) / John Ross
Mecklenburg	Caleb Phifer	David Wilson
Montgomery	Mark Allen	William Kendall
Moore	John Cox	William Seals
Nash	Micajah Thomas	John Bonds
New Hanover	Timothy Bloodworth (3)	James Bloodworth
Northampton	James Vaughan	William Richardson Davie
Onslow	Edward Starkey	Daniel Yates
Orange	Alexander Mebane	John Butler
Pasquotank	Thomas Reading	John Smithson, Jr.
Perquimans	John Reed	Robert Riddick
Pitt	John Jordan	Richard Moye
Randolph	Joseph Robbins	Aaron Hill
Richmond	Robert Webb	Charles Robertson (4)
Rowan	William Sharpe	James Kerr
Rutherford	Richard Singleton	James Withrow
Sampson	David Dodd	John Hay
Sullivan	William Cage	David Looney
Surry	Joel Lewis	James Martin
Tyrrell	Benjamin Spruill	Nathan Hooker
Wake	Tignal Jones	John Humphries
Warren	John Macon	James Payne
Washington	Charles Robertson	Landon Carter
Wayne	William Alford	John Handley
Wilkes	Bejamin Herndon	Jesse Franklin

Town	Delegate
Edenton	Stephen Cabarrus
Halifax (town)	Henry Montfort
Hillsborough	Archibald Lytle
New Bern	Spyars Singleton
Salisbury	Spruce McCoy (McCay, McKay)
Wilmington	Archibald MacLaine
*William Blount was elected Speaker of the House. John Hunt was appointed Clerk. John Haywood was appointed Assistant. On November 20th, William Blount was elected by this General Assembly as a Delegate to the Continental Congress. He accepted at the end of this session (11/26).
(1) Edward Clay was accused of stealing money at a store. The House of Commons heard testimony and decided that the accusation must be true, and they expelled Clay from the House on November 11th.
(2) Thomas Hunter was deemed ineligible because he was already the Clerk for Martin County. A new election was ordered and John Ross was elected to replace him.
(3) On November 20th, Timothy Bloodworth was elected by this General Assembly as a Delegate to the Continental Congress. He accepted at the end of this session (11/26).
(4) Charles Robertson was accused of being an ardent Loyalist sympathizer during the recent war, and after reviewing numerous deposititions and ex parte evidence, the House agreed and expelled Robertson on November 1st.

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