North Carolina State Senate - 1784




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North Carolina State Senate
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	Delegate
Anson	Thomas Wade
Beaufort	John Smaw
Bertie	Jonathan Jaycocks
Bladen	Thomas Owen
Brunswick	William Walters
Burke	Charles McDowell
Camden	Isaac Gregory
Carteret	Enoch Ward
Caswell	Vacant
Chatham	Ambrose Ramsey
Chowan	William Boritz
Craven	James Coor
Cumberland	David Smith
Currituck	James Phillips
Davidson	Unknown / Vacant
Dobbs	Richard Caswell, Sr.*
Duplin	James Gillespie
Edgecombe	Isaac Sessums (died)
Fayette	Thomas Armstrong
Franklin	Vacant
Gates	William Baker
Granville	John Taylor
Greene	Unknown / Vacant
Guilford	James Galloway
Halifax	Nicholas Long
Hertford	John Baker
Hyde	Abraham Jones
Johnston	Benjamin Williams
Jones	Frederick Hargett
Lincoln	Robert Alexander
Martin	Whitmell Hill
Mecklenburg	James Harris
Montgomery	Samuel Parsons
Moore	Henry Lightfoot
Nash	Hardy Griffin
New Hanover	John A. Campbell
Northampton	Allen Jones
Onslow	Thomas Johnston
Orange	William McCauley
Pasquotank	Thomas Relfe
Perquimans	John Skinner
Pitt	John Williams
Randolph	Thomas Dougan
Richmond	Charles Medlock
Rowan	Matthew Locke
Rutherford	James Miller
Sampson	Richard Clinton
Sullivan	Unknown / Vacant
Surry	John Armstrong
Tyrrell	John Warrington
Wake	Joel Lane
Warren	Nathaniel Macon
Washington	William Cocke
Wayne	Burwell Mooring
Wilkes	William Lenoir
* Richard Caswell, Sr. was elected Speaker of the Senate. On November 9th, he was elected as Governor. Apparently, he did not take office immediately because he signed the Senate Journal on November 26th as Speaker of the Senate. John Haywood was appointed Clerk. Sherwood Haywood was appointed Assitant.

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