1779 Voter List – Old Dobbs

Wayne County, NC – 1779 Voter List (Old Dobbs)

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It Was Not Easy To Vote in 1779

Kinston Daily Free Press

Friday – November 2, 1962, Page 10

In 1779 the outlook for the success of the American Revolution had grown very dim. This year and the next were to be the darkest hours for the patriots. Kinston, the home town of Governor Richard Caswell, had become the de facto capital of the new State. Here the State’s Board of War usually met in secret sessions. Sometimes the Council of State met here. Sessions of the General Assembly, being more a matter of public knowledge, usually were convened at larger and more heavily guarded towns. While the name of the town was changed from Kingston to Kinston by law in 1784, already by 1779 the patriots were calling it Kinston in derision of the King of England from whose title the original name derived.

The vote in the general election in 1779 required the highest patriotic conviction. If the Revolutionary cause failed, each of these voters would be marked as among the rankest seditionists. For these were the men of Dobbs County who closest held to heart the pledge of the Declaration of Independence, the pledge of “our sacred honor.” This list of Dobbs voters is complete but does not complete her roll of honor, for there were those who were away with the armies in the field and the women whose names do not appear on this list. Still, these are the fathers and brothers and staunch supporters of those who fought, and each of them deserves to be remembered.

Even to those whose resolute patriotism stilled all fear of the possibility of danger in defeat, to vote was no easy matter. The voting place was at the old Dobbs County Courthouse erected near Walnut Creek about midway between present LaGrange and Goldsboro. Dobbs County included practically all of the areas now comprised in Lenoir, Greene and Wayne Counties, and it was from these areas that the voters came on horseback to cast the vote of freemen in a __ State. Because of the distances, the polls were open for two days, March 10th and 11th.

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

At an election of one Senator and Two Members of the House of Commons to Represent the county of Dobbs held at the Court House the 10th and 11th of March, 1779, the following persons voted for Members of the House of

Commons to wit:

Aldridge, Drewry

Aldridge, William

Alford, Benjamin

Alford, William

Anderson, John

Andrews, John

Andrews, William

Arnett, Philemon

Ayers, Robert

Baggett, Everett

Baker, Elijah

Baker, John

Ball, Aaron

Banet, Hamed

Barden, James

Barden, Jesse

Barefoot, John

Barfield, Blake

Barfield, Thos

Barrow, Sherrod

Barrow, Simon

Barrow, Taylor

Barrus, John

Bartlett, Samuel

Barwick, John

Bass, Andrew

Bass, Arthur

Bass, Edward

Bass, John

Bass, Moses

Bass, Richard

Bateman, Claibourne

Beaman, Oziah

Beard, Edmond

Beck, Caleb

Belcher, Woody

Bell, William

Bennett, John

Bennett, Joseph

Benton, Jonathan

Best, Benjamin

Bizzell, John

Blythe, Samuel

Boles, John

Bond, William

Boone, Joseph

Borren, Francis

Boyett, Amos

Boyett, Etheldred

Boyett, James

Boyett, Moses

Boyett, Thomas

Boyett, Thos

Boykin, Thomas Senr

Boykin, Thos

Bradbury, George

Brand, John

Braswell, Richard

Brewer, Moses

Bridgers, Athriel

Briggs, Benjamin

Britt, Jesse

Brogden, John

Brown, John

Brown, Thomas

Bruton, Joseph

Bryan, Blake

Bucher, Thomas

Bunn, James

Bunn, William

Burke, Thomas

Bush, Abram

Bush, Bibby

Byrd, Nathaniel

Cail, John

Caldwell, Spencer

Campbell, Alexander

Campbell, Micajah

Campbell, Shadrack

Carraway, Adam

Carraway, Henry

Carraway, Joshua

Carraway, Thos

Carter, Edward

Casey, Jeremiah

Caswell, Martin

Caswell, Richard Esq

Caswell, Samuel

Chance, Bright

Christy, Robert

Coart, John

Cobb, Benjamin

Cobb, Jas

Cobb, Stephen

Cogdill, David

Cogdill, Francis

Cole, James

Coleman, Elias

Collier, John

Coor, Arthur

Coor, Thomas

Cotton, Ephraim

Couch, Ezekiel

Covington, Francis

Coward, Zachariah

Cox, Benjamin

Craft, David (Charl)

Craft, Levi (Charl)

Crawford, John

Crawford, Lazarous

Crawford, Robert

Crawford, William

Creech, John

Creech, Joshua

Croom, Jesse

Crow, John

Crow, William

Dail, William

Daniel, James Senr

Daniel, John

Daniel, Nathaniel

Dardan, John

Darden, John

Darden, William

Davis, Elisha

Davis, Ichabod

Davis, James Senr

Davis, John

Davis, Thomas

Dawson, Joel

Dawson, Thos

Dawson, William

Dennis, Daniel

Dickerson, Joel

Dickerson, John

Dickerson, Winborne

Dixon, Daniel

Dortch, Walter

Dunn, Walter

Eagley, Frederick

Edmondson, James

Edmondson, John

Edwards, Benjamin

Edwards, John

Elvinston, Hardy

Evans, David

Evans, Isham

Evans, Joel

Evans, John

Everett, Jos

Exum, Benjamin

Faircloth, Frederick

Faircloth, John

Faircloth, William Junr

Falkner, James

Fanning, John

Faulkner, Robert

Fellow, John

Ferrell, John

Ferrell, William

Field, Brittle

Fleetwood, John

Flowers, John

Flowers, William

Folk, Solomon

Fort, Benjamin

Francis, Richard

Fulgham, John

Galloway, John

Gardner, Avin

Gardner, Needham

Garland, John

Garner, Lewis

Garris, Benjamin

Garris, John

Gilbert, William

Gimmalian, Christian

Glasgow, James

Gliton, Joseph

Goodling, William

Goodman, James

Goodman, William

Grace, James

Grady, William

Grainger, John

Grantham, Joshua

Graw, Thomas

Gray, John

Gray, Thos

Griffin, Benjamin

Griffin, Evan

Griffin, Simon

Grizzard, Hardy

Gurley, Joel

Hall, Burrell

Ham, Richard

Ham, William Senr

Hamilton, John

Hamm, Henry

Handley, Jesse

Handley, John

Hanks, John Senr

Hardy, Lemuel

Hardy, Thos

Harper, Blaney

Harper, John

Harper, William

Harrell, Abner

Harrell, Samuel

Harrill, John

Hart, John

Hart, Richard

Hayes, Jesse

Heath, Mark

Henley, James

Heritage, John

Herren, Jacob

Herring, Benjamin

Herring, Frederick

Herring, John

Herring, Michael

Herring, Simon

Herring, Solomon

Hicks, Billy

Hiley, Jethro

Hill, Braggs

Hill, Isaac

Hill, John

Hines, Ceder

Hines, Charles

Hines, George

Hines, Reuben

Hodges, Francis

Hodges, Joshua

Hodges, Richard

Hodgpeth, Daniel

Holland, Ezekiel

Holliday, Samuel

Holloman, Christopher

Holloman, Jeremiah

Holloman, John

Holloman, Nathan

Holmes, Charles

Holmes, Frederick

Holmes, James

Holmes, John

Holmes, Simon

Holmes, Timothy

Hood, Edward

Hooker, Hymerick

Hooker, William

Hooks, Robert

Hopkins, Aaron

House, Everett

Howell, Admiral

Howell, Arihelius

Howell, John

Howell, John Senr

Howell, Joshua

Howell, Major

Howell, William

Ingram, Charles

Ingram, Jacob

Ingram, James

Ipock, Felton

Jenkins, George

Jenkins, Nathan

Jergenson, James

Jernigan, Arthur

Jernigan, David

Jernigan, David Senr

Jernigan, Frederick

Jernigan, Gardner

Jernigan, Jesse

Jernigan, Jesse Junr

Johnston, Jacob

Johnston, James

Johnston, John

Johnston, Martin

Johnston, Robert

Johnston, William

Jones, Arthur

Jones, Frederick

Jones, Hardy

Jones, John

Jones, Richard

Jones, Uriah

Jones, William

Jones, Willis

Jordan, Charles

Jordan, Frederick

Jordan, James (Bear Creek)

Keatley, Johathan

Keatley, Richard

Kerner, Joseph

King, Charles

Kutley, John

Lamb, Hardy

Lane, Isham

Lane, Thos

Langley, James

Langston, Uriah

Lassiter, Nathan

Lawhon, John

Lawson, James

Lawson, John

Lewis, James

Lloyd, Thomas

Love, Edmond

Lovitt, David

Lowell, John

Lowrey, John

Lucas, John

Lynch, Bryan

Lynch, James

Lynch, Joshua

Manley, Henry

Manley, James

Manning, Moses

Markland, Charles

Martin, Aaron

Mathews, Alexander

Mathews, James

Mathews, Josiah

McCullen, Bryan

McKinne, Richard

McKinne, William

McKinney, John

McLamb, Solomon

McPherson, Daniel

Medlin, Nicholas

Melser, Patrick

Mercer, Shadrack

Miles, David

Miles, James

Miles, William

Miller, George

Miller, Joshua

Miller, William

Minshew, Isaac

Minshew, Nathan

Moltin, John

Monk, Menan

Moore, Azariah

Moore, Britain

Moore, Samuel

Mozingo, Booth

Mozingo, George

Murphy, Jethro

Murphy, John

Musgrove, Caleb

Musgrove, Jesse

Musgrove, Moses

Musgrove, Thos

Myers, John

Myers, Mark

Neville, John

Newsome, Hardy

Nixon, Henry

Odham, Jacob

Oxley, George

Packer, Micajah

Paramore, William

Parker, Benjamin

Parker, Isaac

Parker, John

Parrott, John

Partridge, John

Pate, Isaac

Pate, William

Patrick, Joel

Patterson, Thos

Peacock, Abram

Peacock, Jesse

Peacock, Solomon

Persons, Solomon

Pipkin, Arthur

Pipkin, Elisha

Pipkin, Jesse

Pipkin, John

Pipkin, Luke

Pipkin, Stephen

Poole, Samuel

Pope, Jacob

Pope, John

Pope, Poole

Potter, William

Potts, Stringer

Powell, Hardy

Powers, Samuel

Price, John

Price, Robert

Price, Thos

Price, William

Pridgen, Thos

Radford, William

Rasberry, Joseph

Reaves, William

Rentfrough, Jacob

Rentfrow, William

Revell, Edmund

Revell, John

Revell, Randall

Reynold, Nathaniel

Reynolds, Christopher

Rhodes, James

Rhodes, Solomon

Ridgin, William

Roach, William

Roberts, John

Robertson, John

Roche, Solomon

Rook, Thomas

Rouse, Jesse

Rouse, John

Rouse, John Junr

Rouse, Simon

Rowell, Benjamin

Rowell, John

Ruff, Daniel

Sasser, Stephen

Sasser, William

Sauls, James

Sauls, Raymond

Scarborough, Frederick

Sessions, Joseph

Sessions, Richard

Shackleford, Willoughby

Shaddock, James

Sheppard, Abram

Sheppard, Benjamin

Sheppard, John

Sheppard, William

Sherrod, Benjamin

Sherrod, John

Sherrod, Robert

Shirley, David

Shirley, Michael

Simmons, Jesse

Simms, Robert

Sims, Brittain

Sims, Shadrack

Slocomb, Ezekiel

Slocomb, Jos

Smith, Arthur

Smith, Henry

Smith, John

Smith, Joseph

Smith, Mark

Smith, Richard

Spain, John

Speight, Francis

Speight, Joseph

Speight, Samuel

Speight, Seth

Speight, William Esq

Spivey, Ephraim

Spivey, Jacob

Stancil, John

Stanley, Isaac

Stanley, Moses

Stanley, Sand

Stanley, Shadrack

Stephens, Gabriel

Stevenson, James

Stith, John

Stradley, Nimrod

Stridley, Samuel

Sugg, Absolom

Sugg, John

Supper, Jocob

Surls, Edward

Sutton, Thomas

Tarver, Jacob

Tarver, Samuel

Taylor, Daniel

Taylor, James

Taylor, Jonathan

Taylor, Robert

Taylor, William

Tedder, George

Thigpen, Francis

Thigpen, Joab

Thigpen, Sipherand

Thitherton, John

Thomas, Solomon

Thompson, John

Thompson, Thos

Timberlake, Richard

Toler, Nehemiah

Toler, Robert

Toler, Thos Junr

Totwine, Winder

Tull, Charles

Tull, Isaac Junr

Tull, John

Tull, William

Turnage, James

Tyner, Nicholas

Uzzell, Elisha

Vanpelt, Anthony

Verger, George

Vessimer, John

Vining, William

Vinson, Levin

Wade, James

Wadkins, William

Walden, Benjamin

Walker, James

Wallace, Robert

Walston, John

Walston, William

Warbutton, William

Ward, Daniel

Ward, Ezekiel

Ward, Hugh

Waters, William

Watson, Isham

Westbrook, James

Westbrook, John

Westbrook, William

Whitfield, Needham

Whitfield, William

Whitfield, William Senr

Whitford, John

Whitley, Josiah

Wiggings, Mick

Wiggins, Thos

Wiggs, Benjamin

Wiggs, Henry

Wiggs, John

William Faulkner

Williams, Alexander

Williams, Jonas

Williams, Jos

Williamson, Willoughby

Wills, William

Wilson, Hosiah

Wilson, James

Wilson, John

Wilson, Thomas

Wine, Claret

Winfield, Joseph

Wise, Isaac

Wise, James

Wolf, Charles (Michael)

Wolf, George (Michael)

Wolkins, Jesse

Wood, Furnifold

Wood, William

Woodard, Isaac

Woodard, Jesse

Woodard, Luke

Wootus, John

Worrell, David

Worrell, Isaac

Worrell, John

Worrell, Richard

Worthington, Cleaverly

Worthington, Nathan

Worthington, Stephen

Worthington, William

Yarborough, Jos

Yelverton, Noah

“At the close of the Poll on openning the Scrolls, I found the candidates

had the following number of votes respectively Viz: Thos Gray 493, Jesse

Cobb 535, Etheldred Ruffin 333, John Sheppard 5, James Bradbury 3, Major

Croom 1, Abram Sheppard 1. I Further certifie that on Examining the Scrolls

for the Senate and House of Commons there were in the Senate Box two tickets

for Gray and Ruffin and in the Commons Box were also two tickets for Exum

which Scrolls or votes are not including in the foregoing numbers.

Benja Caswell, Sheriff – March 1779″

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