Dobbs County, NC - 1st Dobbs Vote 1788 State of North Carolina At an Election held for the County of Dobbs, at the Court house in Kinston, on the last Friday & Saturday in March Anno Domo 1788 for five persons to Represent the said County in Convention No. Voter Names 1 Benj White 2 Will Taylor 3 John Taylor 4 Saml Brown 5 Drewry Aldridge Senr 6 Jas Philips Senr 7 Thos Hardee 8 Saml Hardy 9 Danl Witherington 10 Thos Mosely 1 George Miller 2 Jesse Aldridge 3 Will Sutton 4 Nielle Hopkins 5 Clev Witherington 6 Jas Phillips Jr 7 Thos Uzzell 8 Burwill Henry 9 Simon Griffin 20 Jas Ingram Sr 1 Joseph Thigpen 2 Nathl Witherington 3 William Moore Senr 4 Thos Hall 5 Simon Bruton 6 Jas Wilson 7 Azariah Moore 8 Will Lewis 9 Josh Williams 30 C Markland Esqr 1 Isaac Standley 2 Ebine J Ellis 3 Richd Standley 4 James Ingram Jr 5 John Patrige 6 Hugh Ward 7 Needhm Coward 8 Josh Griffin 9 John Hamilton 40 Will White 1 Shadr Hartsfield 2 John Keneday 3 Joseph Hardy 4 Abso Stevens 5 Joel Dawson 6 Dennis Perdue 7 Druwry Aldridge 8 Ben Roberson 9 John Cox 50 Ned Lovick 1 John Tilghman 2 R White Esqr 3 Luther Spalding 4 Mark Philips Sr 5 John Grainger 5 William Ayler 7 William Ayler Jr 8 Solomon Goodrich 9 Josiah Pool 60 Elijah Sheen 1 John Harper 2 Elijah Hutchins 3 Solo Witherington 4 C Markland Junr 5 John Arnitt 6 John Hay 7 Wm Easterling 8 Moses Parker 9 Isaac Taylor 70 Wm Arendale 1 John Tull 2 Martin Sheppard 3 Thomas Budde 4 Thomas Jewell 5 Willis Adams 6 Richard Caswell Er 7 Martin Caswell Er 8 Jas Glasgow Esqr 9 John Moore 80 William McBean 1 Will Lord 2 Ephram Spivey 3 John Brown 4 Nath Lasitter 5 John Fulton 6 Miles Hutchings 7 Thomas Shute 8 Willey Williams 9 John Smorke 90 Jesse Lassiter 1 Martin Caswell 2 Frans Shine 3 Patrick Glasgow 4 Willie Tull 5 James Martin 6 Joseph King 7 Jesse Sheen 8 Hardy Coker 9 John Jewell 100 Will Meed 1 Ricd Croom 2 John Budd 3 Thomas Abbit 4 Joseph Pool 5 Robt Argoe 6 John Hartsfield Jr 7 Robt Ramsey 8 Thos Ramsey 9 John Markland 110 Saml Caswill 1 J B Brand 2 M Westbrook 3 Jonathan Morris 4 Wm Caswell 5 Wm Jarman 6 Andrew Conner 7 James Powell 8 Simon Bright 9 Randl Johnston 120 Chas Tull 1 Elijah Baker 2 Joseph Taylor 3 Leonard Loftin 4 Saml Dillahunty 5 R Hill 6 Stringer Potts 7 Wm Moore Junr 8 Abram Baker 9 Ricd Byrd 130 John Dillahunty Junr 1 Frank Loftin 2 David Hartsfield 3 John Philips 4 Joel Barber 5 Isaih Johnson 6 John Falkner 7 Joseph Williams 8 John Jones 9 Ricd Tilghman 140 John Hartsfield 1 Isaih McNees 2 John Dukes 3 Ben Cull 4 Ben Philips 5 George Oxley 6 John Daily 7 Silas Hartsfield 8 Josha Smith 9 Abram Bush 150 Robt Byrd 1 Stephen Lasitter 2 Silas Lasitter 3 Jas Hooker 4 Nathn Hooker 5 M G Sheppard 6 Wm Speight 7 Wm Sconyers 8 Wm McNamara 9 Chris Linch 160 John Langley 1 Thos Barefield 2 A Sheppard Jr 3 James Falkner 4 Wm Falkner 5 John Ballard 6 Danl Powell 7 Thos Byrd 8 Higotty Martin 9 John Barwick 170 Claret Wine 1 Ben Cross 2 Major Hardy 3 Danl Ward 4 Demsey Hall 5 John Wilson Jr 6 Fred Baker 7 Danl McGee 8 Dred Smith 9 Arendale Sheppard 180 John Murphrey 1 Moses Manning 2 Richd Hill 3 Ben Creech 4 Ezekiel Creech 5 John Smith 6 Ste Sheppard 7 Antho Crane 8 Matt Handy 9 J Herritage 190 John Harper 1 Mical Hill 2 John Rouse 3 Ausn Wilson 4 Robt Caldwell 5 Saml Pope 6 Pool Hall 7 Matt Collins 8 John Farrons 9 Ricd Byrd Senr 200 Jas Whitfield 1 Luke Whitfield 2 John Creech 3 Wm Aldridge 4 Arthr Maxwell 5 John Ellis 6 Boothe Mozingo 7 Thomas Wilson 8 Paul Hartsfield 9 Ezl Mitchel 210 Moses Lovitt 1 John Maton 2 Josha Byrd 3 John Lawson 4 Wm Watters 5 Ben Hardy 6 Druwery Andrs 7 Ben Sutton 8 Simon Sutton 9 Hardy Croom 220 Epa Hanks 1 Jesse Rouse 2 James Lewis 3 Thos Dawson 4 Laz Gattis 5 Mark Smith 6 John Watterer 7 James Johnson 8 Moses Watters 9 John Cox 230 John Grier 1 Saml Holliday 2 Reg Watterer 3 Roger Hook 4 Major Croom 5 Thos Hughes 6 Thos Wilson 7 Jesse Long 8 Jas McDaniel 9 Ben Boothe 240 Solo Rouse 1 John Pipkin 2 Wm. Rain 3 Jas Grace 4 John Aldridge 5 Laz Pearce 6 Thos Aldridge 7 Wm Taylor 8 Wm Coward 9 Absom Sugg 250 Mark Cox 1 B Westbrooke 2 John Cox 3 David Lovitt 4 John Dawson 5 Jas Wood 6 Robt Henry 7 Wm Harper 8 James Young 9 Jacob Lasitter 260 Arthur Graddy 1 Milus Jordan 2 John Holliday 3 James Wilson 4 John Tutle 5 Saml More 6 Wm Jones 7 Job Smith 8 Jona Benton 9 Bri Moore 270 Shah Merur 1 John Clark 2 Amos Moore 3 Jas Hutchins 4 Har Cox 5 Jos House 6 Moses Hollmis 7 Red Price 8 Wm Andrews 9 Mich Barrow 280 John Price 1 Sher Barrow 2 C Christophers 3 W Kilpatrick 4 Ben Askew 5 James Bright 6 Arch Byrd 7 John Forehand 8 George Bill 9 Roger Roberts 290 Ricd Byrd Junr 1 W Vining 2 John Parrot Jr 3 Thomas Smith 4 Hymrich Hooker 5 Jacob Johnston 6 Tolson Wallis 7 Jesse Cobb 8 Robt Williams 9 Thos Moore 300 John Wootin 1 Nathn Byrd 2 Sam Byrd 3 Ricd Hodges 4 Chi Reynolds 5 Jas Caswell 6 John Taylor 7 Jonath Stanley 8 Jesse Farmer 9 W Murphrey 310 B Harper 1 Wm Campbell 2 Lyls Coleman 3 Thos Cole 4 G Mewbern 5 Pe Mozingo 6 David Disnal 7 H Harper 8 M Patrick 9 H Goodman 320 John Powill 1 A Price 2 Wm Witherington 3 Alihn Hebboard 4 George Fisher 5 Jerons Loftin 6 Bryan Medlin 7 Edwd Surles 8 George Oxley Jr 9 Brit Fields 330 James Sutton 1 Jesse Cotton 2 Danl Elmore 3 James Holmes 4 Jere Barrow 5 Frs Harper Junr 6 John Edgley 7 Isaac Croom 8 Joshua Croom 9 John Farcloth 340 William Edwards 1 Joseph Tilman 2 Ben Lewis 3 John W Horton 4 Gashom Wiggins 5 John Slay 6 Red Nox 7 B Whitfield 8 John Aldridge 9 Ed Roberson 350 Wm Aldridge 1 Mark Heath 2 John Wiggins 3 Danl Potts 4 Richard Richardson 5 Joseph Bruton 6 John Patrick 7 Simon Totivine 8 Spencer Caldwell 9 J C T Sponsomby 360 John Sheppard 1 Thos Pridging 2 Peter Callaway 3 Ruffin Pridging 4 J M Hill 5 Marydeth Davis 6 Wm. Nunn 7 Henry Goodman 8 Sanders Bush 9 Josiah Garland 370 Isaac Wingate 1 Graves Bright 2 Wm Croom [Letter from Benjamin Caswell to Governor Samuel Johnston] I Benjamin Caswell Sheriff of Dobbs County Do hereby Certify that at the Time and place mentioned on the Caption of the fore going List that I approved the poles & continued the same agreeably to the law to which the general assembly on their Resolution refer and as I'm set of the second day the poll was closed after three hundred & seventy two persons had voted whose names are mentioned in the foregoing List, That on examining two hundred & eighty two Tickets They appeared to be agreeable to the mark in the said List so far as that number of votes given to each candidate I find this to be as follows that is to say for Rich. Caswell 120 Bryan Whitfield 106 John Herritage 98 Moses Westbrook 159 Isaac Croom 157 James Glasgow 120 Benja Sheppard 118 Abraham Baker 154 Absalom Price 156 Jacob Johnston 158 and sundry other persons a smaller number as appears by the said List that at this time to wit, after taking out the 282 tickets, the lights were suddenly extinguished & the Box forcibly taken from me in which were the remainder of the Tickets, by some persons to me unknown, that there remained according to the foregoing account Ninety Tickets uncounted, so that it was impossible for me to return any of the Number as duly elected because there might have been a sufficient Number in the Box, of the ninety remaining to have given the Majority in favor of those who had not the highest Number so far as I had proceeded to Count. I further Certify that the Box in which the Tickets were put was originally calculated to receive Votes for the Senate & Commons That there was a division in it and two Lids that the Votes on this Quasion had been all carefully put into one side only During the inspection of the Tickets the other side being Sealed up But that on taking out the tickets at the instance of some of the candidates, the other side was opened and the Tickets when taken out & Counted put therein to examine again to see if any mistake should have appeared, and this was Quasioned but a dispute at a former Election where the tickets had been torn in two & thrown away as Counted. Thus I have stated the true Circumstances of the Case so far as I know or believe and presume the Convention will think me justifiable in not making any return in the present instance. April 23rd 1788 Benja Caswell Sheriff Dobbs County April 23rd 1788 Personally appeared Benjamin Caswell Sheriff before me and made Oath that the foregoing Certificate contains a true State of the facts, of the late Election to the best of his remembrance Sworn Before. Benja. Caswell C Markland JP ______________________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________________