North Carolina General Assembly of 1777
The North Carolina General Assembly of 1777 met in two sessions in New Bern, North Carolina, from April 7 to May 9, 1777, and from November 15 to December 24 1777.
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
Members
- Anson County: George Davidson
- Anson County: William Pickett
- Beaufort County: Alderson Ellison was elected but out of the country; Nathan Keas was elected to replace him and took office December 4, 1777.
- Beaufort County: William Brown
- Bertie County: Zedekiah Stone
- Bertie County: Simon Turner
- Bladen County: Thomas Owen
- Bladen County: (vacant seat)
- Brunswick County: William Lord
- Brunswick County: Richard Quince, Jr.
- Burke County: Ephraim McLean
- Burke County: James Wilson
- Bute County: Green Hill
- Bute County: Benjamin Ward
- Camden County: Caleb Granby; took office December 8, 1777
- Camden County: Thomas Humphries; took office December 8, 1777
- Carteret County: Brice Williams
- Carteret County: Thomas Chadwick
- Caswell County: John Atkinson
- Caswell County: Richard Moore
- Chatham County: John Birdsong
- Chatham County: Mial Scurlock; elected county clerk; seat declared vacant November 15, 1777
- Chowan County: Thomas Benbury
- Chowan County: Jacob Hunter
- Craven County: Nathan Bryan
- Craven County: John Tillman
- Cumberland County: William Rand; elected county clerk; seat declared vacant November 15, 1777
- Cumberland County: Phillip ALston
- Currituck County: James Ryan
- Currituck County: James White
- Dobbs County: Andrew Bass
- Dobbs County: Jesse Cobb
- Duplin County: Richard Clinton
- Duplin County: Robert Dixon
- Edgecombe County: Nathan Boddie
- Edgecombe County: Jonas Johnston
- Granville County: John Penn
- Granville County: Thomas Person
- Guilford County: John Collier
- Guilford County: Robert Lindsay
- Halifax County: Egbert Haywood
- Halifax County: Joseph John Williams
- Hertford County: Joseph Dickenson
- Hertford County: James Garrett
- Hyde County: John Jordan, elected county clerk, seat declared vacant November 15, 1777; Joseph Hancock elected to replace Jordan, took office December 11, 1777
- Hyde County: Benjamin Parmely
- Johnston County: Alexander Averet
- Johnston County: Henry Rains
- Martin County: Whitmel Hill
- Martin County: William Slade
- Mecklenburg County: Waightstill Avery
- Mecklenburg County: Martin Phifer
- New Hanover County: Alexander Lillington
- New Hanover County: Samuel Swann
- Northampton County: Jeptha Atherton, elected county clerk, seat declared vacant November 15, 1777; Robert Peebles elected to replace Atherton, took office December 6, 1777
- Northampton County: Howell Edmunds
- Onslow County: John King
- Onslow County: Henry Rhodes
- Orange County: John Butler
- Orange County: Nathaniel Rochester, elected county clerk, seat declared vacant November 15, 1777; Thomas Burke elected to replace Rochester, took office December 1, 1777
- Pasquotank County: James Ferebee, died before second session; Thomas Harvey elected to replace Ferebee, took office December 4, 1777
- Pasquotank County: Thomas Relfe
- Perquimans County: Jesse Eason
- Perquimans County: Benjamin Harvey
- Pitt County: William Robeson
- Pitt County: John Williams
- Rowan County: Matthew Locke
- Rowan County: James Smith
- Surry County: Charles Gordon
- Surry County: Joseph Winston
- Tryon County: Andrew Neel
- Tryon County: John Barber
- Tyrrell County: John Hooker
- Tyrrell County: Benjamin Spruill
- Wake County: John Rice, elected county clerk, seat declared vacant November 15, 1777; John Rand elected to replace Rice, took office December 5, 1777.
- Wake County: Thomas Wooten, elected county sheriff, seat declared vacant November 15, 1777; Tignal Jones elected to replace Wooton, took office December 6, 1777
- Washington County: John Sevier
- Washington County: Jacob Womack
Senate
Leadership
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