North Carolina General Assembly of 1779
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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.
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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