Second North Carolina Provincial Congress

Second North Carolina Provincial Congress (1775)

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Overview
Legislative body| North Carolina Provincial Congress
Jurisdiction| North Carolina, United States
Meeting place| New Bern, North Carolina
Term| 1775
Members| 107 Delegates (33 counties, 3 not represented; 9 towns/districts)
President| John Harvey
Sessions
| 1st| April 3, 1775 – April 7, 1775

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The Second North Carolina Provincial Congress was the second extra-legal unicameral body of the North Carolina Provincial Congress that met beginning in 1774. They were modeled after the colonial lower house (House of Commons). These congresses created a government structure, issued bills of credit to pay for the movement, and organized an army for defense, in preparation for the state of North Carolina. These congresses paved the way for the first meeting of the North Carolina General Assembly on April 7, 1777 in New Bern, North Carolina.[1] The second Congress met in New Bern from April 3 to April 7, 1775.[1][2][3][4]

## Legislation

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The second congress met at New Bern, from April 3 to 7, 1775. John Harvey served as moderator. The congress met at the same place and almost the same time as the Province of North Carolina General Assembly of 1775 and had almost exactly the same membership (61 of the 107 delegates attended both). This infuriated the royal governor Josiah Martin, who dissolved the colonial legislature on April 8 and never called another. This congress approved the Continental Association, an economic boycott of Great Britain authorized by the First Continental Congress. Just after this congress met, news reached North Carolina about the Battle of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. Following this news, Governor Josiah Martin fled and this ended the royal government in the Province. The first military action occurred on July 18 when patriots burned Fort Johnston, where Governor Martin had transferred his headquarters.[5][4]

## Delegates

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John Baptista Ashe, New Hanover County Thomas Burke, Orange County Richard Caswell, Dobbs County Joseph Hewes, Edenton William Hooper, New Hanover County Robert Howe, Brunswick County Samuel Johnston, Chowan County Allen Jones, Northampton County Willie Jones, Halifax County James Kenan, Duplin County Alexander Martin, Guilford County Joseph Montfort, Halifax Abner Nash, New Bern Benjamin Williams, Johnston County County/Town Representing | Delegates to the Second North Carolina Provincial Congress (April 3–7) | Also delegate to the Province of North Carolina General Assembly of 1775 (April 4–8)

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Anson | Samuel Spencer |
Anson | William Thomas |
Beaufort | Roger Ormond | Yes
Beaufort | Thomas Respess, Jr. | Yes
Beaufort | William Salter |
Bertie | John Campbell | Yes
Bertie | John Johnston | Yes
Bertie | David Stanley | Yes
Bladen | William Salter? |
Bladen | James White[6] | Yes
Brunswick County | Robert Howe | Yes
Brunswick County | John Rowan | Yes
Bute | Thomas Eaton |
Bute | Green Hill[7] | Yes
Bute | William Person | Yes
Bute | James Ransom |
Carteret | Solomon Shepard | Yes
Carteret | William Thompson | Yes
Chatham | Not represented |
Chowan | Thomas Benbury | Yes
Chowan | Thomas Hunter | Yes
Chowan | Samuel Johnston | Yes
Chowan | Thomas Jones[8] | Yes
Chowan | Thomas Oldham | Yes
Craven | William Bryan |
Craven | Richard Cogdell[9] |
Craven | Jacob Blount |
Craven | James Coor | Yes
Craven | Joseph Leech |
Craven | Lemuel Hatch | Yes
Cumberland | Farquard Campbell | Yes
Cumberland | Thomas Rutherford | Yes
Currituck | Samuel Jarvis | Yes
Currituck | Nathan Joyner[note 1] | Yes
Currituck | Thomas McKnight | Yes
Currituck | Solomon Perkins | Yes
Currituck | Francis Williamson | Yes
Dobbs | Richard Caswell | Yes
Dobbs | William McKinnie | Yes
Dobbs | George Miller |
Dobbs | Simon Bright |
Duplin | William Dickson[10] |
Duplin | Thomas Gray |
Duplin | Thomas Hicks |
Duplin | James Kenan |
Edgecombe | Not represented |
Granville | Memucan Hunt |
Granville | Robert Montfort |
Granville | Robert Williams |
Granville | John Paine |
Granville | Thomas Person | Yes
Guilford | Alexander Martin |
Halifax County | Willie Jones |
Halifax County | Nicholas Long | Yes
Halifax County | Benjamin McCulloch | Yes
Hertford | Joseph Worth |
Hertford | George Wynns | Yes
Hyde | Rotheas Latham |
Hyde | Samuel Smith |
Johnston | Needham Bryan | Yes
Johnston | Benjamin Williams | Yes
Martin | Edmund Smithwick |
Mecklenburg | Benjamin Patten |
New Hanover | John Baptista Ashe | Yes
New Hanover | William Hooper | Yes
Northampton | Jeptha Atherton | Yes
Northampton | Allen Jones | Yes
Onslow | William Cray | Yes
Onslow | Henry Rhodes | Yes
Onslow | Edward Starkey |
Orange | Thomas Burke |
Orange | Thomas Hart | Yes
Orange | John Kinchen |
Pasquotank | Edward Everagin | Yes
Pasquotank | Jonathan Herring | Yes
Pasquotank | Joseph Jones | Yes
Pasquotank | Isaac Gregory | Yes
Pasquotank | Joseph Reading | Yes
Perquimans | John Harvey | Yes
Perquimans | Thomas Harvey | Yes
Perquimans | Andrew Knox | Yes
Perquimans | John Whedbee | Yes
Perquimans | Benjamin Harvey |
Pitt | James Gorham |
Pitt | James Lanier |
Pitt | William Robeson |
Pitt | Edward Salter | Yes
Pitt | John Simpson | Yes
Rowan | Griffith Rutherford |
Rowan | William Sharpe |
Surry | Not represented |
Tryon | David Jenkins |
Tryon | Robert Alexander |
Tyrrell | Jeremiah Frazier | Yes
Tyrrell | Benjamin Spruill | Yes
Tyrrell | Joseph Spruill | Yes
Wake | John Hinton |
Wake | Tignal Jones |
Wake | Michael Rogers |
Bath Town | William Brown[11] | Yes
Brunswick Town | Parker Quince | Yes
Campbellton Town[note 2] | Robert Rowan | Yes
Edenton Town | Joseph Hewes | Yes
Halifax Town | John Webb |
Halifax Town | Joseph Montfort |
Hillsborough Town | Francis Nash | Yes
New Bern Town | Abner Nash |
New Bern Town | James Davis |
Salisbury Town | William Kennon |
Wilmington Town | Cornelius Harnett | Yes

Notes:

1. ^ Nathan Joyner was recorded as Poyner.
2. ^ Campbellton became part of Fayetteville in 1783)

## References

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1. ^ a b Butler, Lindley (2006). Powell, William Stevens (ed.). Encyclopedia of North Carolina, Provincial Congresses. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 917–918. ISBN 0807830712.
2. ^ "State Library of North Carolina. Information page for Tryon Palace". Archived from the original on 2008-05-03.
3. ^ Lewis, J.D. "2nd Provincial Congress". Carolina.com. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
4. ^ a b Connor, Robert Diggs Wimberly, ed. (1913). A Manual of North Carolina Issued by the North Carolina Historical Commission for the Use of Members of the General Assembly Session 1913. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
5. ^ Lewis, J.D. "Members of the 2nd Provincial Congress". The American Revolution in North Carolina. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
6. ^ Powell, William S. (1996). "James White". NCPEDIA. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
7. ^ Malone, E. T. Jr. (1988). "Green Hill, Jr". NCPEDIA. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
8. ^ Powell, William S. (1988). "Thomas Jones". NCPEDIA. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
9. ^ Watson, Alan D. (1979). "Richard Cogdell". NCPEDIA. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
10. ^ Ingram, Charles M. (1986). "William Dickson". NCPEDIA. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
11. ^ Lewis, J.D. "William Brown". Carolana.com. Retrieved November 3, 2019.

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