Dobbs County, NC - 2nd 1779 Election ~~~~~~~~~~ State of North Carolina In the House of Commons 15 May 1779 To the Sheriff of Dobbs County Greeting We command you to summons the Freeholders and Freemen of your County to meet at the Court House thereof on the 6 & 7 days of September next, then and there to elect two persons properly qualified to represent the said County in the Commons House of Assembly in the room and stead of Thomas Gray and Jesse Cobb Esquires whose seats are vacated giving to an undue election in the said County on the 10 & 11 days of March last: Herein fail not and make due return hereof Witnesses Thomas Benbury Esquire at Smithfield Speaker of the House of Commons this 15 day of May Anno Dom 1779 Jno Benburry By order John Hunt [No record of election papers found in folders] Source: General Assembly Oct-Nov 1779 Folder: Joint Papers, Election Certificates Box 1 ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts - gpotts1@nc.rr.com ______________________________________________________________________