|
North Carolina
State Senate |
|
1785 |
| This General Assembly met in New Bern from November
19th through December 29th in 1785. |
|
County |
Delegate |
|
Anson |
Stephen Miller |
|
Beaufort |
John Smaw |
|
Bertie |
Jonathan Jaycocks |
|
Bladen |
Thomas Brown |
|
Brunswick |
Dennis Hawkins |
|
Burke |
Charles McDowell |
|
Camden |
Isaac Gregory |
|
Carteret |
John Easton |
|
Caswell |
Dempsey Moore |
|
Chatham |
Ambrose Ramsey |
|
Chowan |
Michael Payne |
|
Craven |
James Coor |
|
Cumberland |
Thomas Armstrong |
|
Currituck |
Willis Etheridge |
|
Davidson |
Anthony Bledsoe |
|
Dobbs |
John Herritage |
|
Duplin |
James Gillespie (1) |
|
Edgecombe |
Elisha Battle |
|
Franklin |
Henry Hill |
|
Gates |
Joseph Riddick |
|
Granville |
Howell Lewis |
|
Greene |
Vacant** |
|
Guilford |
Alexander Martin* |
|
Halifax |
Benjamin McCulloch |
|
Hertford |
Thomas Wynns |
|
Hyde |
Abraham Jones |
|
Johnston |
Arthur Bryan |
|
Jones |
Frederick Hargett |
|
Lincoln |
Robert Alexander |
|
Martin |
Vacant / Unknown |
|
Mecklenburg |
James Harris |
|
Montgomery |
Samuel Parsons |
|
Moore |
Henry Lightfoot |
|
Nash |
Hardy Griffin |
|
New Hanover |
John A. Campbell |
|
Northampton |
Samuel Lockhart (2) |
|
Onslow |
John Spicer (3) |
|
Orange |
William McCauley |
|
Pasquotank |
Thomas Relfe |
|
Perquimans |
William Skinner*** |
|
Pitt |
John Williams |
|
Randolph |
Edward Sharpe |
|
Richmond |
Henry William Harrington |
|
Rowan |
Griffith Rutherford |
|
Rutherford |
James Miller |
|
Sampson |
Richard Clinton |
|
Sullivan |
Vacant** |
|
Surry |
John Armstrong |
|
Tyrrell |
John Warrington |
|
Wake |
Thomas Hines |
|
Warren |
John Macon |
|
Washington |
Vacant** |
|
Wayne |
Burwell Mooring |
|
Wilkes |
Benjamin Herndon |
| * Alexander Martin was elected Speaker of the
Senate. John Haywood was appointed Clerk. Sherwood Haywood was
appointed Assistant. |
| ** With the unsanctioned creation of the "State
of Franklin," the counties of Greene, Sullivan, and Washington
sent no delegates to the NC General Assembly in 1785. |
| *** William Skinner was elected as Treasurer
of the Continental Loan Office on December 14, 1785. The Senate
ordered a new election. |
| (1) James Gillespie was elected to the Council
of State on December 11th. He apparently finished his term as
Senator before joining the Council of State. |
| (2) Samuel Lockhart was deemed ineligible on
December 8th since he had been the Sheriff of Hyde County on
the day of the election. The Senate ordered a new election to
be held at the end of December. |
| (3) John Spicer was elected to the Council of
State on December 11th. He apparently finished his term as Senator
before joining the Council of State. |
