North Carolina General Assembly of 1779
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "North_Carolina_General_Assembly_of_1779".

The North Carolina General Assembly of 1779 met in three sessions in three locations in the years 1779 and 1780. The first session was held in Smithfield from May 3 to May 15, 1779; the second session in Halifax, from October 18 to November 10, 1779; the third and final session in New Bern, from January to February, 1780.

Each North Carolina county elected one Senator and two members of the House of Commons; 6 borough towns also elected one House member each.

House of Commons

Leadership

• Speaker: Thomas Benbury (Chowan County)
• Clerk: John Hunt (Franklin County)

Members

• Anson County: Charles Medlock
• Anson County: Stephen Miller
• Beaufort County: John Kennedy
• Beaufort County: Robert Tripp
• Bertie County: James Campbell
• Bertie County: John Johnston
• Bladen County: Samuel Cain
• Bladen County: Thomas Brown
• Brunswick County: William Dry
• Brunswick County: (vacant)
• Burke County: William Morrison
• Burke County: Thomas Whitson
• Camden County: Willis Bright
• Camden County: Caleb Grandy
• Carteret County: John Easton
• Carteret County: Solomon Shepperd
• Caswell County: Peter Farrow
• Caswell County: William Moore
• Chatham County: Jonathan Harper
• Chatham County: John Luttrell
• Chowan County: Thomas Benbury
• Chowan County: William Boyd
• Craven County: Hardy Bryan
• Craven County: Benjamin Williams
• Cumberland County: Robert Cochran
• Cumberland County: Robert Rowan
• Currituck County: John Humphries
• Currituck County: Thomas Youngblood
• Dobbs County: Jesse Cobb, seat declared vacant May 15, 1779; William Caswell elected to replace Cobb, took office October 20, 1779
• Dobbs County: Thomas Gray, seat declared vacant May 15, 1779; Abraham Shepherd elected to replace Gray, took office October 20, 1779
• Duplin County: Richard Clinton
• Duplin County: James Gillespie
• Edgecombe County: Ethelred Exum, died before second session; William Haywood elected to replace Exum and served during third session
• Edgecombe County: William Haywood, died Novemebr 1779, no replacement
• Franklin County: Green Hill, elected Halifax district treasurer, seat declared vacant May 15; John Norwood elected to replace Hill October 18, 1779
• Franklin County: Thomas Sherrod
• Granville County: Philemon Hawkins
• Granville County: Thomas Person
• Guilford County: Daniel Gillespie
• Guilford County: James Hunter
• Halifax County: Willie Jones
• Halifax County: Augustine Willis
• Hertford County: Arthur Cotton
• Hertford County: William Wynns
• Hyde County: Joseph Hancock
• Hyde County: Benjamin Parmele
• Johnston County: Lewis Bryan, died November 1779
• Johnston County: Phillip Raiford
• Martin County: Samuel Smithwick
• Martin County: Samuel Williams
• Mecklenburg County: Caleb Phifer
• Mecklenburg County: David Wilson
• Montgomery County: Solomon Gross
• Montgomery County: John Kimbrough
• New Hanover County: Timothy Bloodworth
• New Hanover County: John A. Campbell
• Northampton County: Robert Peebles
• Northampton County: James Vaughan
• Onslow County: James Howard
• Onslow County: Edward Starkey
• Orange County: William McCauley
• Orange County: Mark Patterson
• Pasquotank County: John Blackstock
• Pasquotank County: Thomas Riding
• Perquimans County: Jonathan Skinner
• Perquimans County: John Whedbee
• Pitt County: James Gorham
• Pitt County: John Williams
• Randolph County: Jacob Shepperd
• Randolph County: Absolum Tatum, named county clerk of court, seat declared vacant May 8, 1779; John Arnold elected to replace Tatum, assumed office October 15, 1779
• Richmond County: (vacant)
• Richmond County: (vacant)
• Rowan County: Matthew Locke
• Rowan County: (unknown)
• Rutherford County: (vacant)
• Rutherford County: (vacant)
• Sullivan County: (vacant)
• Sullivan County: (vacant)
• Surry County: Gray Bynum
• Surry County: Frederick Miller
• Tyrrell County: Benjamin Spruill
• Tyrrell County: Joshua Swann
• Wake County: Thomas Hines
• Wake County: John Hinton, Jr.
• Warren County: Joseph Hawkins
• Warren County: John Macon
• Washington County: Henry Clark
• Washington County: Jesse Walton
• Wayne County: (vacant)
• Wayne County: (vacant)
• Wilkes County: Elisha Isaacs
• Wilkes County: Benjamin Herndon

• Edenton: Robert Smith
• Halifax: Henry Montford
• Hillsborough: Thomas Tulloch
• New Bern: Richard Cogdell, elected treasurer for the New Bern district; Richard Dobbs Spaight elected to replace Cogdell, took office October 18, 1779
• Salisbury: Maxwell Chambers
• Wilmington: William Hooper

Senate

Leadership

• Speaker: Allen Jones (Northampton County), resigned October 25, 1779; Abner Nash, elected to replace Jones October 26, 1779
• Clerk: John Sitgreaves (Craven County)

Members

• Anson County: John Childs
• Beaufort County: Thomas Respess
• Bertie County: Jasper Carlton
• Bladen County: Thomas Owen
• Brunswick County: (vacant)
• Burke County: Ephraim McLean
• Camden County: John Gray
• Carteret County: William Thompson
• Caswell County: James Saunders
• Chatham County: Ambrose Ramsey
• Chowan County: Samuel Johnston
• Craven County: James Coor
• Cumberland County: (vacant)
• Currituck County: Solomon Perkins, elected, but no evidence of service
• Dobbs County: Benjamin Exum
• Duplin County: James Kenan
• Edgecombe County: Elisha Battle
• Franklin County: Benjamin Seawell
• Gates County: (vacant)
• Granville County: Memucan Hunt
• Guilford County: Alexander Martin
• Halifax County: Oroondate Davis
• Hertford County: George Wynn
• Hyde County: William Russell
• Johnston County: Samuel Smith
• Jones County: Abner Nash
• Lincoln County: William Graham
• Martin County: (unknown)
• Mecklenburg County: Kenneth McKenzie
• Montgomery County: (vacant)
• New Hanover County: Nathan Boddie
• Northampton County: Allen Jones, elected to the Continental Congress, resigned October 25, 1779; Samuel Lockhart elected to replace Jones, served during third session
• Onslow County: Henry Rhodes
• Orange County: John Hogan
• Pasquotank County: Thomas Relfe
• Perquimans County: Thomas Harvey
• Pitt County: Edward Salter
• Randolph County: John Collier
• Richmond County: (vacant)
• Rowan County: Griffith Rutheford
• Rutherford County: (vacant)
• Sullivan County: (vacant)
• Surry County: William Shepperd
• Tyrrell County: Jeremiah Frazier
• Wake County: John Rand
• Warren County: John Faulcon
• Washington County: Charles Roberson
• Wayne County: (vacant)
• Wilkes County: Benjamin Cleveland

See also

• North Carolina General Assembly of 1778 (which continued into 1779)