North Carolina in the 1900s

North Carolina State House of Representatives

1983-1984

The First Session of this General Assembly met from January 12th to July 22nd in 1983. The Second Session met from March 7th to July 7th in 1984. An Extra Session was convened on August 26, 1983 (one day).

The previous NC General Assembly reapportioned the House of Representatives districts based upon the 1980 U.S. Census, effective this term. As a temporary measure for this General Assembly only, the number of districts was increased from forty-five (45) to fifty-three (53). This apportionment would be adjusted again during this General Assembly, and the number of House districts would change again for the next General Assembly (1985).

For the first time in State history, the House districts were defined with parts of some counties in one district and other parts of these counties in another district. This method would continue to the present day.

To date, this Author has not been able to locate a decent map of this temporary districts layout, so greater detail of each district's makeup is provided herein.

District

Number of
Delegates Authorized

Counties in District 

Delegate(s) (County From)

1

2

Camden; Chowan; Currituck; Dare; Gates - Holly Grove township; Pasquotank; Perquimans; Tyrrell; Washington - Lees Mills, Plymouth, and Skinnersville townships

Charles Douglas Evans (Dare),
Vernon Grant James (Pasquotank)

2

1

Beaufort; Hyde; Washington - Scuppernong township

Howard B. Chapin
(Beaufort)

3

3

Craven; Lenoir; Pamlico

Gerald L. Anderson (Craven),
Christopher Sylvanus Barker, Jr. (Craven),
Daniel T. Lilley (Lenoir)

4

3

Carteret; Onslow

Gerald Malcolm Fulcher, Jr. (Carteret),
Wilbur Bruce Ethridge (Onslow),
James Paul Tyndall (Onslow)

5

1

Bertie - Indian Woods, Roxobel, Snake Bite, and Woodville townships; Gates - Gatesville, Hall, Haslett, Hunters Mill, Mintonsville, and Reynoldson townships; Hertford - Harrellsville, Maneys Neck, Murfreesboro, St. Johns, and Winton townships; Northampton

Charles Melvin Creecy
(Northampton)

6

1

Bertie - Colerain, Merry Hill, Mitchells, Whites, and Windsor townships; Hertford - Ahoskie township; Martin - Beargrass, Cross Roads, Griffins, Jamesville, Poplar Point, Williams, and Williamston townships; Pitt - Bethel and Carolina townships

John Bond Gillam, III
(Bertie)

7

1

Halifax - Brinkleyville, Butterwood, Conoconnara, Enfield, Faucett, Halifax, Palmyra, Roseneath, Scotland Neck, and Weldon townships; Martin - Goose Nest, Hamilton, and Robersonville townships; Warren - Fishing Creek, Fork, Sandy Creek, Shocco, and Warrenton townships

Frank W. Ballance, Jr.
(Warren)

8

4

Edgecombe; Nash; Wilson

Josephus Lyman Mavretic (Edgecombe),
Allen Cromwell Barbee (Nash),
Thomas Hill Matthews (Nash),
Jeanne Tucker Fenner (Wilson)

9

2

Greene; Pitt - Arthur, Ayden, Belvoir, Chicod, Falkland, Farmville, Fountain, Greenville, Grifton, Grimesland, Pactolus, Swift Creek, and Winterville townships

Samuel David Bundy (Pitt) (1) / Walter Beaman Jones, Jr. (Pitt) (1),
Edward Nelson Warren (Pitt)

10

1

Duplin; Jones

Wendell Holmes Murphy (Duplin)

11

2

Wayne

H. Martin Lancaster,
Charles Dalmer Woodard

12

2

Bladen; Pender - Burgaw, Caswell, Columbia, Holly, Canetuck, Grady, Long Creek, Rocky Point, and Union townships; Sampson

Edward C. Bowen (Sampson),
Murray Powell Poole (Sampson)

13

2

New Hanover - Federal Point, Harnett, Masonboro, and Wilmington townships

Harry Eugene Payne, Jr.,
Samuel Thomas Rhodes

14

1

Brunswick; New Hanover - Cape Fear township; Pender - Topsail township

Tom Bragg Rabon, Jr.
(Brunswick)

15

1

Columbus

Richard Wright

16

3

Hoke; Robeson; Scotland - Spring Hill, Stewartsville, and Williamsons townships

Daniel Howard DeVane (Hoke),
John Calvin Hasty (Robeson),
Sidney Alvin Locks (Robeson)

17

2

Cumberland - Block 901 and Enumeration District 534 of Census Tract 34 in Manchester township, Block 901 and Enumeration District 535 of Census Tract 34 in 71st township, Block 901 of Census Tract 34 in Carver's Creek township, Cross Creek Precincts 1, 3, 5, 9, 13, 16, 17, and 19, Spring Lake Precinct, and that part of Census Tract 33.02 in Precinct 71st 1, any part of Cross Creek township which may be entirely surrounded by Morganton Road 1 Precinct. Block 304 of Census Tract 26 of Cross Creek Township is NOT in this district.

Chancy Rudolph Edwards,
Luther Reginald Jeralds

18

3

Cumberland - the remainder not defined in District 17 above.

Rayford Donald Beard,
William Edwin Clark,
Henry McMillan Tyson

19

2

Harnett; Lee

Bobby R. Ethridge (Harnett),
Dennis Alvin Wicker (Lee)

20

2

Franklin; Johnston

George Wyatt Brannan (Johnston),
Barney Paul Woodard (Johnston)

21

6

Wake

Allen Adams,
Daniel Terry Blue, Jr.,
Ruth E. Cook,
Aaron Eleazar Fussell,
Marvin Duncan Musselwhite, Jr.,
Margaret Ann Stamey

22

3

Caswell; Granville; Halifax - Littleton and Roanoke Rapids townships; Person; Vance; Warren - Hawtree, Judkins, Nutbush River, Roanoke, Sixpound, and Smith Creek townships

James Walker Crawford, Jr. (Granville),
William Thomas Watkins (Granville),
John Trammell Church (Vance)

23

3

Durham

George W. Miller, Jr.,
William Paul Pulley, Jr.,
Kenneth Bridgeforth Spaulding

24

2

Chatham - Baldwin, Cape Fear, Center, Hadley, Haw River, Hickory Mountain, Matthews, New Hope, Oakland, and Williams townships; Orange

Anne Craig Barnes (Orange),
Joe Hackney (Orange)

25

4

Alamance; Rockingham; Stokes - Beaver Island and Snow Creek townships

Bertha Merrill Holt (Alamance),
John M. Jordan (Alamance),
Timothy Hill McDowell (Alamance),
Robert Lee McAlister (Rockingham)

26

1

Guilford - Greensboro Precincts 5, 6, 7, 8, 19, 29, and 30, and Fentress township; Randolph - Providence township

Herman Colridge Gist

27

3

Guilford - South Center Grove Precinct, Jamestown Precinct 2, North Madison Precinct, South Monroe Precinct, North Sumner Precinct, and Greensboro Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36

John Howard Coble,
Margaret Pollard Kesee-Forrester,
Mary Powell Seymour

28

2

Guilford - Deep River township, Friendship township, High Point township, Jamestown Precincts 1 and 3, and South Sumner Precinct

Dorothy Rockwell Burnley,
Mary Long Jarrell

29

1

Forsyth - Belews Creek and Salem Chapel townships; Guilford - South Madison Precinct, North Monroe Precinct, and Bruce, Clay, Greene, Jefferson, Oak Ridge, Rock Creek, and Washington townships

William T. Grimsley, Jr.
(Guilford)

30

1

Chatham - Albright, Bear Creek, and Gulf townships; Randolph - Asheboro, Coleridge, Columbia, Franklinville, Liberty, and Randleman townships

William Frank Redding, III
(Randolph)

31

1

Moore

Toffie Clyde Auman

32

1

Richmond; Scotland - Laurel Hill township

Hugh Alfred Lee
(Richmond)

33

1

Anson; Montgomery

Foyle Robert Hightower, Jr. (Anson)

34

4

Cabarrus; Stanly; Union

Dwight Wilson Quinn (Cabarrus),
Betty Marie Dorton Thomas (Cabarrus),
Robert L. Slaughter (Stanly),
Joseph Richardson Hudson (Union)

35

2

Rowan

Bradford Verdize Ligon,
Robie Lee Nash

36

8

Mecklenburg

Philip O. Berry,
James Boyce Black,
Louise Smith Brennan,
Ruth Moss Easterling,
Gus Nickolas Economos,
Jo Graham Foster,
Harold Parks Helms,
LeRoy Page Spoon, Jr.

37

3

Davidson; Davie; Iredell - Eagle Mills and Union Grove townships

James Erwin Lambeth, Jr. (Davidson),
John Wesley Varner (Davidson),
Betsy Lane Cochrane (Davie)

38

1

Randolph - Bank Creek, Brower, Cedar Grove, Concord, Grant, Level Cross, New Hope, New Market, Pleasant Grove, Richland, Tabernacle, Trinity, and Union townships

Harold James Brubaker

39

5

Forsyth - Abbotts Creek, Bethania, Broadbay, Clemmonsville, Kernersville, Lewisville, Middle Fork, Old Richmond, Old Town, South Fork, Vienna, and Winston townships

Robert Jackson Childress,
Charlie Brady Hauser,
Annie Brown Kennedy,
Margaret Rose Tennille,
Thomas C. Womble, Jr.

40

3

Alleghany; Ashe; Stokes - Big Creek, Danbury, Meadows, Peters Creek, Quakers Gap, Sauratown, and Yadkin townships; Surry; Watauga - Bald Mountain, Blowing Rock, Blue Ridge, Boone, Brushy Fork, Cove Creek, Elk, Meat Camp, New River, North Fork, Stony Fork, and Watauga townships

Margaret Bledsoe Hayden (Alleghany),
James Worth Gentry (Stokes),
David Hunter Diamont (Surry)

41

2

Alexander - Gwaltneys, Sharpes, and Sugar Loaf townships; Wilkes; Yakdin

John Walter Brown (Wilkes),
George Milton Holmes (Yadkin)

42

1

Iredell - Bethany, Chambersburg, Concord, Cool Spring, New Hope, Olin, Sharpesburg, Statesville, and Turnersburg townships

Joseph Patterson Huskins

43

1

Alexander - Millers township; Caldwell; Catawba - Catawba and Mountain Creeek townships; Iredell - Barringer, Coddle Creek, Davidson, Fallstown, and Shiloh townships

Clyde Robert Brawley, Jr.
(Iredell)

44

4

Gaston; Lincoln

Sam Lee Beam (Gaston),
David Webster Bumgardner, Jr. (Gaston),
Donald Rudisill Mauney, Jr. (Gaston),
Joseph Boxley Roberts, III (Gaston)

45

2

Burke - Lower Fork and Upper Fork townships; Catawba - Bandy's Clines, Hickory, Jacobs Fork, and Newton townships

Austin Murphy Allran (Catawba),
Julius Reid Poovey (Catawba)

46

3

Alexander - Ellendale, Little River, Taylorsville, and Wittenberg townships; Avery; Burke - Drexel Icard, Jonas Ridge, Lower Creek, Smoky Creek, and Upper Creek townships; Caldwell; Mitchell; Watauga - Beaverdam, Laurel Creek, and Shawneehaw townships

James Frank Hughes (Avery),
Swan Burnett Lacey, Jr. (Avery),
George S. Robinson (Caldwell)

47

1

Burke - Linville, Lovelady, Morganton, Quaker Meadow, and Silver Creek townships

Ray Charles Fletcher

48

3

Cleveland; Polk; Rutherford

John Jackson Hunt (Cleveland),
Edith Ledford Lutz (Cleveland),
Charles Donald Owens (Rutherford)

49

1

McDowell; Yancey

Robert Carl Hunter (McDowell)

50

1

Henderson - Blue Ridge, Clear Creek, Edneyville, Green River, Hendersonville, and Mills River townships

Charles Harry Hughes

51

4

Buncombe; Henderson - Crab Creek and Hoopers Creek townships; Transylvania

Marie Watters Colton (Buncombe),
Narvel James Crawford, Jr. (Buncombe),
Gordon Hicks Greenwood (Buncombe),
Martin L. Nesbitt, Jr. (Buncombe)

52

2

Graham - Stecoah and Yellow Creek townships; Haywood; Jackson; Madison; Swain

Charles Millwee Beall (Haywood),
Liston Bryon Ramsey* (Madison)

53

1

Cherokee; Clay; Graham - Cheoah township; Macon

Jeff Hailen Enloe, Jr.
(Macon)
*Liston Bryan Ramsey was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. Grace Averette Collins was Clerk.
(1) Samuel David Bundy died on January 19, 1983. Walter Beaman Jones, Jr. was appointed on January 31, 1983 to replace him.
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