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Subject: Officers & Members 6 OCT 1757-20 AUG 1760
Resent-Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 20:23:34 -0700 (PDT)
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Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 23:23:08 -0400
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OFFICERS AND MEMBERS
OF THE COMMONS HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
OCTOBER 6, 1757-AUGUST 20, 1760

OFFICERS

Speaker
Benjamin Smith

Clerks
John Bassnett, Sworn as acting clerk October 26, 1758
Childermas Croft, Granted leave of absence to recover his health,
                  according to the minutes for October 26, 1758

Clerks Assistant
William Wintle, Sworn March 14, 1758
Henry Joynes, Sworn February 7, 1760

Messengers
Jonathan Badger
Edward Weyman

Cashiers
William Roper, Elected November 23, 1758
Robert Pringle, Elected October 11, 1757; resigned November 23, 1758

MEMBERS

Name                  Seated

  Christ Church
Charles Pinckney     October 7, 1757
David Graeme         November 16, 1757

  Prince Frederick
Thomas Lynch         October 11, 1757
John Waties          October 11, 1757

  Prince George Winyah
Paul Trapier         October 11, 1757
Thomas Waties        October 11, 1757

  Prince William
Thomas Middleton     October 18, 1757
Stephen Bull         November 16, 1757

  St. Andrew
William Drayton      October 7, 1757
Joseph Elliott       October 7, 1757
Thomas Lamboll       October 12, 1757

  St. Bartholomew
Rawlins Lowndes      October 7, 1757
Joseph Glover        October 11, 1757
Daniel Blake         October 14, 1757
James Stobo          October 20, 1757

  St. George Dorchester
Walter Izard         October 7, 1757 Death reported January 23, 1759
Ralph Izard          November 17, 1757
Benjamin Waring      February 15, 1759

  St. Helena
John Murray          October 7, 1757
John Rattray         October 7, 1757
William Roper        October 7, 1757

  St. James Goose Creek
Charles Faucheraud   October 7, 1757
Benjamin Coachman    November 16, 1757
Thomas Wright        November 18, 1757
Peter Taylor         November 23, 1757

  St. James Santee
Daniel Horry         October 7, 1757
Robert Pringle       October 7, 1757

  St. John Berkeley
Isaac Mazyck         October 7, 1757
Alexander Broughton  October 11, 1757
William Moultrie     October 19, 1757

  St. John Colleton
John Cole            October 11, 1757 Death reported October 26, 1758
John Freer           October 11, 1757
Luke Stoutenburgh    November 22, 1757
William Wragg        December 5, 1758

  St. Mark
John Crawford        November 22, 1757
Joseph Poole         November 23, 1757 Death reported October 26, 1758
Richard Richardson   November 30, 1758

  St. Paul
John McQueen         October 7, 1757
Elijah Postell       October 7, 1757
Samuel Wainwright    October 14, 1757

  St. Peter
Samuel Carne         April 19, 1760
Egerton Leigh        October 7, 1757 Ceased to be member January 11, 1760,
                                     when he took seat on the Council

  St. Philip
Christopher Gadsden  October 7, 1757
John Guerard         October 7, 1757
Henry Laurens        October 7, 1757
Benjamin Smith       October 7, 1757
Daniel Crawford      November 17, 1757 Death reported June 5, 1760.

  St. Stephen
Charles Cantey       December 6, 1757

  St. Thomas and St. Dennis
Peter Manigault      October 7, 1757
Richard Berresford   November 17, 1757
John Moore           November 17, 1757

Source:
The Colonial Records of South Carolina
The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly
October 6, 1757-January 24, 1761
Terry W. Lipscomb, Editor
Published by the SC Department of Archives and History
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 51-62239
ISBN: 1-880067-28-5

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