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McDonald advanced towards Colonel Moore's camp, and sent him a communication, with the governor's proclamation, to lay down his arms, and take the oath of allegiance ; Colonel Moore (after delaying to allow the militia time to assemble) declined his proposal, and replied, "that as he was engaged in a noble and glorious cause, the defence of the rights of man; he invited General McDonald to join him, and enclosed a copy of the test."
The forces of Caswell and Lillington now increasing, McDonald endeavored by rapid marches to unite with Sir Henry Clinton, who had just arrived in the Cape Fear River, with Lord William Campbell, the royal governor of South Carolina, and strong re- inforcements.
He crossed South River, on the banks of which Caswell and Lillington were encamped with about one thousand men, consisting of the Newbern battalion of minute men, the militia from Craven, Johnston, Dobbs (now Green and Lenoir), and Wake, and a de- tachment of the Wilmington battalion of minute men. Here he encamped for the night, and determined to attack them in the morning. Lillington and Caswell were equally ready and eager for the conflict.
This night the small stream of South River only separated the" belligerent camps; the watch-fires of both were plainly visible to each. Like on the famed and bloody field of Agincourt :- ..
" From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night, The hum of either army stilly sounds ;
That the fixed sentinels almost receive
The secret whispers of each other's watch.
Fire answers fire-
Give dreadful note of preparation."*
By the dawn of day, 27th February, 1776, the royal forces were
* Henry V., Act I.
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in motion ; the shrill notes of their pibroch were heard summoning their belted chiefs with their clans to battle.
- Our troops had removed the planks from the bridge, had been under arms all night, and were ready to receive them.
An active and brisk fire commenced on both sides of the stream, which for a moment was severe and fatal, when the Scottish leader, Colonel McLeod, in attempting a gallant charge across the bridge, was killed. His troops were confused by the loss of their leader, and the unexpected absence of the planks on the bridge. Availing themselves of these advantages, our troops charged in turn, with great animation across the stream, and engaged the whole force of the enemy. After a gallant resistance, the royal troops were routed, and their general, McDonald, taken prisoner.
A number of prisoners were taken, a large amount of ammunition and arms of various kinds, and thirteen wagons with horses, and a box of guineas, containing £15,000 sterling.
Colonel Moore arrived on the field soon after the battle with his troops.
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The Provincial Congress, which met soon after (4th April, 1776), at Halifax, upon the call of the President, Samuel Johnston, granted parole to General MacDonald. The laurels gained by this early passage of arms, were made more bright by the generous conduct of the victors.
This battle was most important in its effects. Had the Tories effected a union with Clinton, the whole country would have been at their mercy; Gen. Clinton issued a proclamation on board of the Pallas transport, in Cape Fear River, on 5th May, 1776, declaring that a most wicked and unprovoked rebellion existed in his Ma- jesty's province of North Carolina, to the total subversion of all lawful authority," requiring all congresses and committees to be dis- solved, and offering pardon to all persons who should obey, and lay down their arms, "except Cornelius Harnett and Robert Howe."
This had no effect. He landed on General Howe's plantation, in Brunswick County, on the 12th, with nine hundred men under. Lord Cornwallis, afterwards so famed in the Revolutionary War, in the South-ravaged and plundered the same, and treated with great brutality some women, who were left in the house. After burning some mills in the neighborhood, they again embarked, and despairing of all success in North Carolina, with thirty ships, he left the coast on the 29th, and sailed for Charleston, having on board Governor Martin, the last of the royal governors.
THE PROVINCIAL CONGRESS met at Halifax, 4th April, 1776 (the fourth meeting of the people in a representative capacity op- posed to the Royal Government in North Carolina).
The following persons were elected and appeared, viz :-
Counties.
Members.
1. Anson
[ Samuel Spencer, Daniel Love, John Crawford, James Picket, and John Childs.
2. Beaufort Roger Ormond, Thomas Respiss, Jr., and John Cooper.
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Counties.
3. Bladen
4. Bertie
5. Brunswick
6. Bute*
Green Hill, William Alston, William Person, Thomas Sherrod, and Philemon Hawkins.
7. Craven
James Coor, Lemuel Hatch, John Bryan, William Bryan, and Jacob Blount.
William Thompson, Solomon Shepard, and John Back- house.
9. Currituck
Samuel Jarvis, James White, James Ryan, Gideon Lamb, and Solomon Perkins.
Samuel Johnston, Thomas Benbury, Thomas Jones, John B. Beasly, and Thomas Hunter.
David Smith, Alexander McAllister, Farquard Camp- - bell, Thomas Rutherford, and Alexander McCoy.
Ambrose Ramsay, John Thompson, Joshua Rosser, Jeduthan Harper, and Elisha Cain.
Thomas Gray, and William Dickson.
Richard Caswell, Abraham Shepard, George Miller, Simon Bright, and William McKinnie.
William Haywood, Duncan Lemond, Elisha Battle, Henry Irwin, and Nathan Boddie.
16. Granville
Thomas Person, John Penn, Memucan Hunt, John Taylor, and Charles A. Eaton.
17. Guilford
Ransome Southerland, William Dent, and-Ralph Gor- rell.
18. Hyde
Rotheas Latham, Joseph Hancock, John Jordan, and Benjamin Parmelly.
- 20. Halifax
Robert Sumner, Matthias Brickle, Lawrence Baker. John Bradford, James Hogan, David Sumner, Joseph John Williams, and Willis Alston.
21. Johnston
22. Mecklenburg
Samuel Smith, Jr., Needham Bryan, Jr., Henry Rains. John Phifer, Robert Irwin, John McKnitt Alexander. William Williams, Whitmel Hill, Kenneth Mckenzie, - Thomas Wiggins, Edward Smithwick.
24. New Hanover
John Ashe, John Devane, Samuel Ashe, Sampson Mosely, and John Hollingsworth.
25. Northampton
Allen Jones, Jeptha Atherton, Eaton Haynes, Drury Gee, Samuel Lockhart, Howel Edmunds.
26. Onslow
George Mitchell, Benjamin Doty, John Spicer, John King, and John Norman.
27. Orange
John Kinchen, James Saunders, John Butler, Na- thaniel Rochester, Thomas Burke.
28. Perquimans
Miles Harvey, William Skinner, Thomas Harvey, Chas. Blount, and Charles Moore.
29. Pasquotank
Thomas Boyd, Joseph Jones, William Cumming, Dempsey Burges, and Henry Abbot. John Simpson, Edward Salter, William Robeson. Griffith Rutherford, Matthew Locke.
30. Pitt
31. Rowan
32. Surry
33. Tyrrell
. Archibald Corry.
34. Tryon?
35. Wake
S Joel Lane, John Hinton, John Rand, William Hooper, and Tignal Jones.
* Bute was divided in 1779, into Warren and Franklin.
+ Dobbs was divided in 1791, into Glasgow and Lenoir. Glasgow was changed in 1799; to Greene.
¿ Father of Hon, Wm. H. Battle.
¿ Tryon was divided in 1791, into Lincoln and Rutherford.
8. Carteret
10. Chowan
11. Cumberland
12. Chatham
13. Duplin
14. Dobbst
15. Edgecombe
19. Hertford .
23. Martin
· Members. [ Nathaniel Richardson, Thomas Robertson, James Council, Maturan Colvill and Thomas Amis. John Campbell, John Johnston, Charles Jacocks. .
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Towns .- Bath, William Brown; Edenton, Joseph Hewes ; Newbern, Ab- ner Nash ;* Wilmington, Cornelius Harnet ; Halifax, Wilie Jones ; Hillsboro', William Johnston ; Salisbury, David Nesbit ; Campbelton, Arthur Council.
Allen Jones proposed SAMUEL JOHNSTON for President, who was unanimously chosen.
James Green was appointed Secretary, John Hunt, assistant, and Francis Lynaugh and Evan Swann, Door Keepers.
Six Brigadier Generals were created at this session, viz. : on the 22d of April.
John Ashe, for the District of Wilmington.
Edward Vail,
66 66 Edenton.
Richard Caswell,
Newbern.
Allen Jones, 66
66 Halifax.
Thomas Person,
66 66 Hillsboro'.
Griffith Rutherford, 66
1 1 66
Salisbury.
Four regiments in addition to the two already raised were created, and as the colonels of these, James Moore and Robert Howe, had been promoted to the rank of Brigadier Generals in the Continental Army, the following appointments were then made :-
Regiments. Colonels.
Lieut. Colonels.
Majors.
1st. Francis Nash,t
2d. Alexander Martin,
John Patton,
John White.
3d. Jethro Sumner,
William Alston,
Samuel Lockhart.
4th. Thomas Polk,
James Thackston,
William Davidson.
5th. Edward Buncombe,
Henry Irwin,
Levi Dawson.
6th. Alex'r Lillington,
William Taylor,
Gideon Lamb.
The other officers of the 1st and 2d Regiments, have already been recorded. The following were appointed captains in the re- maining regiments :-
3d Reg't. 1st. William Brinkley.
3d. John Gray. 5th. Jacob Turner. 7th. James Cook.
2d. Pinkithan Eaton. 4th. William Barrot.
6th. George Grandbury.
8th. James Ennet.
, 4th. Reg't. 1st. Roger Moore. 3d. Jerome McLean. 5th. William Temple Cole. 7th. Joseph Phillips.
2d. John Ashe.
4th. Robert Smith.
6th. Thomas Harris.
8th. John Nelson.
Dr. Robert Hall, Chirurgeon of 3d Regiment ; Dr. Hugh Boyd, 4th Regiment; Dr. Samuel Cooley, 5th Regiment ; Dr. Wm. Mc Clure, 6th Regiment.
Paymasters .- James Hogan, of 3d Regiment, also of the three companies of Light Horse ; Samuel Ashe, 1st Regiment ; Jacob · Blount, 2d Regiment ; Hezekiah Alexander, 4th Regiment ; Thomas Benbury, 5th Regiment ; Nathaniel Rochester, 6th Regiment.
Commissaries .- William Kennon, 1st Regiment ; Robert Salter, 2d Regiment ; John Webb, 3d Regiment ; Ransom Southerland, 4th Regiment; Peter Mallet, 5th Regiment; Thomas Hart, 6th Regi- ment.
* Father of IIon. Frederick Nash.
+ Uncle of the same.
r
Thomas Clarke,
William Davis.
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Officers of the Battalions ordered to be raised, appointed by the House :-
Edenton District .- Peter Simon and John Pugh Williams, Captains ; An- drew Duke and Thomas Witmel Pugh, Ist Lieutenants ; Nehemiah Long and Joseph Clayton, 2d Lieutenants ; Benjamin Bailey and Elisha Rhodes, En- signs ; Jerome McLaine, Thomas Grandbury, and Kedar Ballard, Captains ; Jacob Pollock and John Grandbury, Ist Lieutenants ; Whitmel Blount and Zephaniah Burgess, 2d Lieutenants ; Wm. Knott, Ensign; Rodger Moore, Captain ; William Goodman, Ist Lieutenant; Beniajah Turner, 2d Lieutenant; Abel Mosslander, Ensign.
Halifax District .- William Brinkly and Pinkithan. Eaton, Captains; Isaac Privat; and James Bradly, Ist Lieutenants; Christopher Lucky and Robert Washington, 2d Lieutenants ; William Etheridge and Joseph Mont- fort, Ensigns ; John Gray and Jacob Turner, Captains ; Joseph Clinch and Daniel Jones, Ist Lieutenants ; Matthew Wood and Alsop High, 2d Lieute- nants; William Linton and Benjamin Morgan, Ensigns.
Hillsboro' District .- Philip Taylor and Archibald Lytle, Captains; John Kennon and Thomas Donoho, Ist Lieutenants ; Dempsey Moore and William Thompson, 2d Lieutenants ; Solomon Walker and William Lyttle, Ensign's ; James Emmett, Captain ; William Clements, Ist Lieutenant.
Wilmington District .- John Ashe, Jr. and John James, Captains; Charles Hollingsworth and Daniel Williams, Ist Lieutenants ; Mark McLainy and, John McCan, 2d Lieutenants ; David Jones and Edward Outlaw, Ensigns; Griffith John McKee, Captain ; Francis Child, Ist Lieutenant.
Newbern District .-- Simon Alderson and John Enloe, Captains; William Groves and George Suggs, Ist Lieutenants ; 'John Custin and Henry Cannon, 2d Lieutenants; James McKenny and Shadrack Wooten, Ensigns; William Cassel and Reading Blount, Captains ; Henry Darnell and Benjamin Cole- man, Ist Lieutenants ; John Sitgreaves and John Allen, 2d Lieutenants ; John Bush and Thomas Blount, Ensigns; Benjamin Stedman, Captain; Robert Turner, Ist Lieutenant; John Eborn, 2d Lieutenant ; Charles Stewart, Ensign.
Salisbury District .- Robert Smith and William Temple Cole, Captains ; William Brownfield and James Carr, Ist Lieutenants ; William Caldwell and David Craig,* 2d Lieutenants; Thomas McClure and Joseph Patton, Ensigns ; Thomas Haines and Jesse Saunders, Captains ; Thomas Picket and William Clover, Ist Lieutenants ; John Madaris and Pleasant Henderson, ; 2d Lieute- nants ; John Morpis and Thomas Grant, Ensigns ; William Ward, Captain; Christopher Gooding, 2d Lieutenant; John Whitley, Ist Lieutenant; Richard Singletary, Ensign; Willis Pope, 2d Lieutenant; John Hopson, Ensign ; George Mitchell and Austin Council, Captains; Amos Love and Thomas White, Ist Lieutenants ; Benjamin Pike and Thomas Armstrong, 2d Lieute- nants ; Reuben Grant and Denny Porterfield, Ensigns; James Farr, 2d Lieu- tenant ; Jamas Coots, Ensign ; Joseph Phillips and John Nelson, Captains ; James Sheppard and William Dent, Jr., Ist Lieutenants ; Micajah Lewis and James Starrat, 2d Lieutenants ; William Meredith and Alex. Nelson, Ensigns ; John Baptiste Ashe, Captain; George Dougherty, Ist Lieutenant; Andrew Armstrong, 2d Lieutenant; Joshua Hadley, Ensign; James Cook, Captain ; Adam Hampton, Ist Lieutenant; John Walker, Jr., 2d Lieutenant ; Adam McFadden, Ensign.
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LIGHT HORSE.
Ist Company .- John Dickerson, Captain; Samuel Ashe, Jr., Lieutenant ; Abraham Childers, Cornet.
2d Company .- Martin Pfifer, Captain; James Sumner, Lieutenant; Valen- tine Beard, Cornet.
3d Company .- James Jones, Captain; Cosimo Madacy, Lieutenant; James Armstrong, Cornet.
* Father of Burton Craig, Esq., of Salisbury.
t Father of Dr. Pleasant Henderson, of Salisbury, and of Mrs. H. C. Jones.
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FIELD OFFICERS APPOINTED FOR EACH COUNTY.
Counties.
Colonels.
Lieut. Colonels.
1st and 2d Majors.
Anson
Charles Medlock,
David Love,
Beaufort
Bute Thomas Eaton,
Wm. Alston,
Craven
John Bryan,
Lemuel Hatch,
Currituck
Hollowell Williams,
Solo. Perkins,
David Smith,
Cumberland Alex'r McAllister
Ebenezer Folsome,
Chatham
Duplin Thos. Routledge,
Dobbs
Martin Caswell,
Simon Gray, ~
Thos. Hunter. Thornton Yancy.
Granville
Guilford Jas. Martin,
John Paisley,
S. Thos. Owen, Thos. Blair.
Halifax Willis Alston,
David Sumner,
Jas. Hogan, Sam'I Weldon.
Johnston Wm. Bryan,
John Smith,
Sam'l Smith, John Stevens.
Mecklenburg Adam Alexander,
John Phifer,
. New Hanover Anthony Ward,
Northampton Wm. Eaton,
Jephtha Atherton,
Orange
John Butler,
N. Rochester,
(No. Reg't) A
Pasquotank Thos. Boyd,
Spencer Ripley,
Do
Isaac Gregory,
Dempsy Burgess,
(2d Reg't)
Rowan Francis Locke,
Alex'r Dobbins,
Do
C. Beckman,
Chas, McDowell,
(2d Reg't)
Surrey
Tyrrell
Clement Crook,
Jas. Long,
Tryon. Thos. Beatty,
A. Hampton,
Howell Edmunds, . Drury Gee. Robt. Abercrombie, Hugh Tennen. John Paine,
(So. Reg't) Same Jas. Saunders,
Wm. Moore,
Thos. Harrison.
Othneil Lascelles,
John Casey. Joshua Campbell, Peter Daugh. Jas. Brannon, Jas. Smith. Hugh Brevard, Geo. Wilfong. Jos. Winston, Jesse Walton. Jos. Spruill, Andrew Long. Jacob Costner.
This finished the military organization of the State. The names of these men are preserved, that they be known, as men who, in' " times that tried men's souls," stood up for their country and our liberties.
This body passed April 12th, 1776, the following resolution unanimously :- 6
Wm. Picket, Geo. Davidson. Wm. Brown, Henry Bonner. Thos. Sherwood, Green Hill. John Bryan, Jr. John Tilman. Asahel Simmonds.
Philip Alston. Matthew Jones. .
Jas. Moore, . Robt. Dickson. Wm. Mckennie,
Jas. Glasgow. Jonas Johnston,
Edgecombe Exum Lewis,
John Davidson, Geo. A. Alexander.
Henry Young, Thos. Bloodworth.
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" Resolved, That the Delegates from this Colony in the Con- tinental Congress be impowered to concur with the delegates from the other colonies, in declaring Independence and forming foreign alliances; reserving to this colony the sole and exclusive right of forming a constitution and laws for this colony."
This showed the spirit of North Carolina, and proves that more than two months before the event was declared in Congress, that she was ready as a State to dissolve the bands that bound her to the mother country.
On the 1st of May, WILLIAM HOOPER, JOSEPH HEWES, and JOHN PENN, were appointed delegates to the Continental Congress.
And these names are signed to the Declaration of Independence, 4th of July, 1776. It is not very flattering to our State pride that not one of these were natives of the State.
William Hooper, from Wilmington, was born in Boston, June 17th, 1742, a lawyer by profession, and an able writer. He died in October 1790.
Joseph Hewes, from Edenton, born in New Jersey, in 1735, a merchant. Died November 10th, 1779.
John Penn, from Granville, born in Caroline County, Virginia, May 17th, 1741, a lawyer. He died in September, 1788. ,
Every member from Virginia, and every member from South Carolina, who signed the Declaration, were natives of their re- spective States.
The House, on the 11th, made choice of one, and the members from the districts of twelve person's to serve as
A COUNCIL OF SAFETY FOR THE STATE. Wilie Jones, Chairman.
Newbern
John Simpson.
Wilmington
Samuel Ashe.
Edenton
Whitmel Hill.
Thomas Eaton,
Salisbury
Hezekiah Alexander,
Halifax
Joseph John Williams.
William Sharpe.
The formation of a Constitution engaged the attention of this Assembly. ·
On the 28th of April, the House had under consideration certain resolutions as a foundation for a civil government. But the more urgent business of preparing the State for defence from the enemy, so engrossed the attention of the Assembly that the matter was post- poned until the next meeting of the delegates.
On the 14th of May, 1776, this body adjourned.
The COUNCIL OF SAFETY met at Wilmington, on the 5th of June, 1776. Cornelius Harnett was again chosen President, and James Glasgow, and James Green, Jr., Secretaries. Measures to put down the Tories chiefly occupied their attention.
Early in July, Gen. Rutherford, at the head of nineteen hundred men, crossed the Mountains against the Cherokees. He was accom-
James Coor,
Cornelius Harnett,
Thomas Jones,
Hillsboro'
Thomas Person,
John Rand.
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panied by Benjamin Cleaveland, of Wilkes, as one of his Captains, and William. Lenoir,* of the same county. He was harassed on his march by the savages lying in ambush; no general action en- sued. He succeeded in vanquishing them without serious loss, destroyed their crops and provisions, laid waste their farms, and compelled them to sue for peace. t
The Council of Safety met in July, 1776, at Halifax.
On the 22d of July, the Declaration of Independence reached them. The council unanimously resolved "that the committee of the respective counties and towns in this State, on receiving the Decla- ration of Independence, do cause the same to be proclaimed in the most public manner."
The Council set apart the first day of August, as a day for pro- claiming the Declaration at the Court House in Halifax.
It was a proud day for the ancient borough.
" And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry."
Bright shone the glorious sun, as if nature rejoiced at the birth of a mighty nation ; at noon, Cornelius Harnett ascended a stage in front of the court house, and read the words of that instrument, that so many millions have since heard, which gave life to our own nation, and has proved a beacon of liberty to others.
When he had finished, the people gave one long united shout of joy, the loud cannon responded, and the glorious tidings was pro- claimed, that "these Colonies were, and ought to be, sovereign, free, and Independent States."
And here ends the first series of these sketches.
* See the Biography of Gen. Lenoir, Wilkes, vol. ii. chap. lxxx.
t See Biography of Gen. Rutherford, Rowan, vol. ii. chap. Ixvii.
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SERIES II.
HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA FROM 1776 TO 1851.
CHAPTER I.
The Constitution, by whom, when, and where formed-Congress of the State meets at Halifax, on the 12th of November, 1776-Names of the members -Richard Caswell, President-Committee appointed to form a Constitu- tion-Names of committee-RICHARD CASWELL elected Governor, and the names of the Council of State.
NORTH CAROLINA early took steps to organize a civil form of government.
Before the Declaration of Independence by Congress at Phila- delphia, the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, then assembled at Halifax (on the 13th of April, 1776), appointed a committee of its ablest men to prepare a civil constitution. This was no easy duty: To take up arms, and to contend against tyranny and op- pression, was not difficult ; but to create a new government, based upon principles distinct and different from all the forms to which the people had been accustomed ; to give to the hand of power that strength which was necessary for the full execution of the law, and at the same time prevent oppression ; to reserve to the people all their proper rights, and yet check anarchy and confusion ; demanded great sagacity.
The committee, consisting of such men as Samuel Johnston, Cor- nelius Harnett, Samuel Ashe, William Hooper and others, could not agree upon any form of a constitution ; and after much debate and frequent postponements, in this body, the question was adjourned by the appointment of Thomas Burke, Richard Caswell, and others. as a committee to propose a temporary form of government until the next session."
The system of the Council of Safety was adopted, and the Coun- cil recommended to the people to elect, on the 15th of October, delegates to a Congress appointed to assemble at Halifax, on the 12th of November following, which was "not only to make laws, but also to form a Constitution which was to be the corner-stone of all law; and, as it was well or ill ordered, would tend to the happiness or misery of the State."
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This body met at the time and place recommended. The following delegates appeared :-
Counties.
Members.
1. Anson Thomas Wade, David Love, William Picket, George Davidson, Charles Robertson. John Barrow, Thomas Respiss, Thomas Respiss, Jr., Francis Jones, Robert Tripp. -
2. Beaufort.
3. Bladen
4. Bertie Thomas Pugh, John Johnston, William Gray, Noah Hinton, Zedekiah Stone.
5. Brunswick
'Maurice Moore, Cornelius Harnett, Archibald McLean, Lewis Dupree, William Lord.
7. Craven
James Coor, William Bryan, John Bryan, Christopher Neale, John Tilghman.
8. Carteret
Solomon Shepard, Brice Williams, William Borden, John Easton, Thomas Chadwick.
9. Currituck
Samuel Jarvis, James White, Kedar Merchant, Hol- lowell Williams, Thomas Williams.
10. Chowan
James Blount, Thomas Benbury, Thomas Jones, Luke Sumner, Jacob Hunter.
11. Cumberland
12. Chatham
Ambrose Ramsey, John Birdsong, Mial Scurlock, Isaiah Hogan, Jeduthan Harper.
13. Dobbs
14. Duplin .
15. Edgecombe
William Haywood, Elisha Battle, Jonas Johnston, Isaac Sessums, William Horn.
16. Granville
Thomas, Person, Robert Lewis, Memucan Hunt, Thorn- ton Yancey, John Oliver.
17. Guilford
David Caldwell, Joseph Hinds, Ralph Gorrell, Charles Bruce, Isham Browder.
18. Hyde
Joseph Hancock, John Jordan, Benjamin Parmerle, William Russel, Abraham Jones. 4 Lawrence Baker, William Murfree, Robert Sumner, Day Ridley, James Wright.
20. Halifax
John Bradford, James Hogan, Willis Alston, Samuel Weldon, Benjamin McCulloch.
21. Johnston
Needham Bryan, Jr., Samuel Smith, Jr., John Stevens, Henry Rains, Alexander Averyt.
22. Mecklenburg
John Pfifer, Robert Irwin, Zaccheus Wilson, Hezekiah Alexander, Waightstill Avery.
23. Martin
William Williams, Whitmell Hill, Thomas Hunter, John Hardison, Samuel Smithwick.
24. New Hanover
John Ashe, Samuel Ashe, John Devane, Sampson Mosely, John Hollingsworth.
25. Northampton
Allen Jones, Jephtha Atherton, James Ingram, How- ell Edmunds, Robert Peaples.
26. Onslow
27. Orange
John Spicer, Thomas Johnston, Benejah Doty, Edward Starkey, Henry Rhodes. James Saunders, William Moore, John McCabe, John Atkinson, John Paine .*.
* These seats were vacated, and on the 16th of December, 1776, Thomas Burke, Nathaniel Rochester, Alexander Mebane, John Butler, and John McCabe, took their seats from Orange.
19. Hertford
Richard Caswell, Simon Bright, Abraham Sheppard, Benjamin Exum, Andrew Bass. James Kenan, Thomas Gray, William Dickson, Wil- liam Taylor, James Gillaspie ..
6. Bute
James Denton, Thomas Eaton, Philemon Hawkins, Benjamin Sewall, Benjamin Ward.
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Counties.
28. Perquimans
29. Pasquotank
Members. Benjamin Harvey, Miles. Harvey, Thomas Harvey, William Hooper, William Skinner. - Henry Abbot, Devotion Davis, Isaac Gregory, Demsey Burgess, Lemuel Sawyer. Benjamin May, William Robson, James Gorham, George Evans, Edward Salter.
30. Pitt
Griffith Rutherford, Matthew Lock, William Sharpe, James Smith, John Brevard.
31. Rowan
32. Surry
33. Tyrrell
Peter Wynn, Jeremiah Frazier, Isham Webb, Stephens Lee, Benjamin Blount.
34. Tryon
35. Wake
Joseph Harden, Robert Abernathy, William Graham, William Alston, John Barber. Tignal Jones, James Jones, Michal Rogers, John Rice, Britain Fuller, William Brown.
Towns .- Bath, Parker Quince; Brunswick, Thomas Hadley ; Campbelton, Joseph Hewes ; Edenton, Willie Jones; Halifax, William Johnston ; Hills- boro', Abner Nash; Newbern, David Nisbet; Salisbury, William Hooper ; Wilmington.
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