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. This was the first North Carolina legislature elected after the last provincial congress wrote the first North Carolina Constitution. This assembly elected Richard Caswell as the state's first constitutional governor (he had been serving as acting governor by action of the provincial congress).
Each North Carolina county elected one Senator and two members of the House of Commons; 6 borough towns also elected one House member each.
Speaker: Abner Nash (New Bern)
Clerk: Benjamin Exum (Dobbs County)
Anson County: George Davidson
Anson County: William R. 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: Philip 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: Whitmell 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
Edenton District: John Green
Halifax District: Willie Jones
Hillsborough District: William Courtney
New Bern District: Abner Nash
Salisbury District: David Nisbitt
Wilmington District: William Hooper
Washington (Western) District: John Turner
Speaker: Samuel Ashe (New Hanover County)
Clerk: James Green, Jr. (Craven County)
Anson County: David Love
Beaufort County: Thomas Respess
Bertie County: John Campbell
Bladen County: Thomas Robeson
Brunswick County: Archibald Maclaine
Burke County: Charles McDowell
Bute County: Benjamin Seawell
Camden County: John Gray
Carteret County: James Parrot
Caswell County: James Saunders
Chatham County: Ambrose Ramsey
Chowan County: Luke Sumner
Craven County: James Coor
Cumberland County: David Smith
Currituck County: Samuel Jarvis
Dobbs County: Benjamin Exum
Duplin County: James Kenan
Edgecombe County: Elisha Battle
Granville County: Memucan Hunt
Guilford County: Ralph Gorrell
Halifax County: John Bradford
Hertford County: Robert Sumner
Hyde County: Willilam Russell
Johnston County: Needham Bryan
Martin County: William Williams
Mecklenburg County: John McK. Alexander
New Hanover County: Samuel Ashe
Northampton County: Allen Jones
Onslow County: William Cray replaced by John Spicer, December 8, 1777
Orange County: Thomas Hart (North Carolina politician)
Pasquotank County: Joseph Jones
Perquimans County: William Skinner; appointed state treasurer, resigned seat
Pitt County: Robert Salter
Rowan County: Griffith Rutherford
Surry County: Robert Lanier
Tryon County: Charles McLean
Tyrrell County: Archibald Currie
Wake County: James Jones, resigned after first session; Michael Rogers elected and took office November 15, 1777
Washington County: John Carter
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