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NAMES OF DELEGATES
TO THE
STATE CONGRESS IN 1776.
The following are the names of the delegates who attended the Congress, which met at Halifax, the 12th of November, 1776, and which formed and adopted the Bill of Rights and Constitution of the State. The seats of those names are marked * were vacated by appointments to office. Those whose names are marked † obtained leave of absence from congress, at various times, previous to the adoption of the Constitution. Those only whose names are not marked were present when the Bill of Rights and Constitution finally passed.
- Anson County.
- THOMAS WADE,
- DAVID LOVE,
- WM. PICKET.†
- Chowan County.
- JAS. BLOUNT,
- THOS. BENBURY,
- THOS. JONES,
- LUKE SUMNER,
- JACOB HUNTER.
- Beaufort County.
- JOHN BARROW,†
- THOS. RESPESS,
- THOS. RESPESS, Jun.
- FRANCIS JONES,
- ROBERT TRIPP.
- Chatham County.
- AMBROSE RAMSEY,
- JNO. BIRDSONG,
- MIAL SCURLOCK,
- JOSIAH HOGAN
- Bertie County.
- WM. GRAY,
- NOAH HINTON,
- ZEDEKIAH STONE.
- Craven County.
- WM. BRYAN,
- JNO. BRYAN
- CHRISTOPHER NEALL,
- JNO. TILGHMAN.
- Bladen County.
- THOS. ROBESON,
- THOS. OWEN,
- THOS. AMIS,
- JAS. COUNCIL.
- Cumberland County.
- ROBERT ROWAN,
- PHILIP ALSTON,†
- WM. RAND,
- ROBERT COBB.
- Brunswick County.
- CORNELIUS HARNETT,
- ARCH'D McLEAN,
- LEWIS DUPRE,†
- WM. LORD.
- Currituck County.
- SAMUEL JARVIS,*
- JAS. WHITE,
- KEDAR MERCHANT,
- HOLLOWELL WILLIAMS,
- THOS. WILLIAMS
- Bute County.
- JAS. DENTON,
- THOS. EATON,
- PHILEMON HAWKINS,
- BENJAMIN SEAWELL,
- BENJAMIN WARD.
- Dobbs County.
- RICHARD CASWELL,
- SIMON BRIGHT,
- ABRAHAM SHEPPARD,
- BENJAMIN EXUM,
- ANDREW BASS.
- Carteret County.
- SOL'N SHEPPARD,
- BRICE WILLIAMS,
- JNO. EATON,
- THOS. CHADWICK.
