page_title: North Carolina General Assembly of 1783
section_title: Legislation
hierarchical_section_title: North Carolina General Assembly of 1783 / Legislation
caption_attribution_description: English: Area of North Carolina from North America with the boundaries of the thirteen United States, as settled by the Treaty of 1783, author unknown, published in England between 1783 and 1789
context_page_description: The North Carolina General Assembly of 1783 was the state legislature that convened in Hillsboro, North Carolina from April 18, 1783, to May 17, 1783. Members of the North Carolina Senate and the North Carolina House of Commons were elected by eligible North Carolina voters. This was the last assembly to meet during the American Revolution. Much of their time was devoted to taking care of the North Carolina soldiers that fought in the war.
  The General Assembly elected Alexander Martin of Guilford County as governor on April 26, 1782. James Glasgow was Secretary of State. James Iredell was Attorney General. There was no Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina until 1868.
context_section_description: The American Revolution was ending, so much of the session was devoted to enacting legislation to compensate soldiers.  There were also act to name an agent for dealing with the Cherokees, dealing with slaves, monetary policy, and an act dealing with pardoning some loyalists (not David Fanning).  The town of Fayetteville was authorized by the assembly.  Martin Academy (later changed to Washington College) in Washington County was chartered by the assembly.
  The territory of North Carolina extended to the Mississippi River in 1783.  The General Assembly established Greene and Davidson Counties in the western region of North Carolina that eventually would become Tennessee in 1796.
caption: North Carolina in 1783
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