NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 791
HOUSE BILL 839

AN ACT TO APPOINT JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The following named persons be, and they are hereby appointed justices of the peace for their respective townships and counties in North Carolina, for a term of two years, said terms to begin on July 1, 1959, unless otherwise provided in this Act: Provided, that they may qualify at any time within ninety (90) days after the beginning of their term.
Alamance County
Patterson Township: J. C. B. Hester
Coble Township: J. Ernest Crabtree
Boone Station Township: H. D. Lambeth, Sr., William Haley
Morton Township: C. L. Simpson
Faucette Township: J. C. Hall, Walter H. Garrison
Graham Township: C. C. Bayliff, J. M. Buckner, A. Ross Henderson
Albright Township: Roy Holt
Newlin Township: Harold Braxton, W. M. Talbert, E. Loy Guthrie
Thompson Township: George B. Bason, Adrian Jobe, R. B. Newlin
Melville Township: C. Dewey Covington, W. S. Harris, Sr., Norman Wood, L. C. Gardner
Pleasant Grove Township: Julian E. Sellars, J. Floyd Bowland
Burlington Township: R. E. Harden, M. C. Loy, Bill Hilliard
Haw River Township: Roger P. Ingram, J. Manly Williamson
Alleghany County
Gap Civil Township: B. F. Wagoner, G. Glenn Nichols
Anson County
Wadesboro Township: H. C. Gray, C. H. Ferguson, Frank Jones, Alvin Butler
Ansonville Township: Glenn K. Martin, J. D. Porter, T. E. Griffin, Ray Hendley
Burnsville Township: Samp Curlee, J. C. Edwards, J. P. Gaddy, Ray Lee, G. H. Parker
Gulledge Township: Jerome Adams, William R. Burr, Ben C. Jones, E. G. Jones, R. D. R. Little, Jesse R. Ratliff, W. C. Webb
Lanesboro Township: Tom W. Allen, James Austin, Ernest Caudle, Stephen Funderburk, C. W. Maness, L. W. Medlin, Frank McCollom, Robert Glenn, Press Thomas, J. R. Glenn
Lilesville Township: Beverly Allen, James Clark, J. G. Williams
Morven Township: Susan E. Braswell, C. E. Ratliff, Marion T. Ratliff, Milton D. Stegall, Robert W. Thomas
White Store Township: A. B. Collins, L. Huntley, Jr., John Leonard, Joe Lowery, C. B. Morgan
Ashe County
Piney Creek Township: A. A. Perry
Pine Swamp Township: A. H. Church
Hurricane Township: Fred D. Blevins
North Fork Township: B. H. Duncan
Jefferson Township: Tom Cockerham
West Jefferson Township: W. L. Tucker, C. O. Parsons, D. N. Pless
Avery County
Linville Township: Julian Forbes Greene, W. S. Bowman, Sewell C. Laughridge, L. W. Suddreth, Earl La Berbera, Finley Banner, J. L. Hartley, Jr., Joseph T. Bannon and Robert B. Guy
Roaring Creek: Horton Cooper, Mack McCourry
Buck Mt. Township: A. I. Greene
Toe River Township: Zellian McCourry, Arizona Hughes
Cranberry Township: Lucille Winters, R. L. Cloniger
Banner Elk Township: Robert Guy
Beaufort County
Long Acres Township: Harvey C. Elliott
Bertie County
Windsor Township: Joe S. Warlick, J. L. Perry, Lacy M. Early, John G. Hoggard
Merry Hill Township: Bernard L. Smithwick
Colerain Township: Lee O. Perry, H. R. Perry, W. S. Tayloe
Roxobel Township: J. G. Hall, Sr.
Mitchell Township: W. G. Slade
Snakebite Township: Henry Dempsey
Bladen County
Bladenboro Township: J. O. Bullard
Brown Marsh Township: Wade Tart
Elizabethtown Township: C. C. Campbell
Brunswick County
Northwest Township: Charles W. Harvell
Burke County
Morganton Township: T. Earl Franklin
Drexel Township: L. B. Bollinger, Ervin A. Stamey, Harold Miller, William T. Burns
Lovelady Township: Oliver D. Keever, Gus Jacumin, John Henry
Causey, Kermit W. (Kay) Scruggs
Icard Township: Curtis L. Bolick, W. G. Johnson, D. A. Hutto, Henry M. Carpenter, Forest H. Berry, Boyd Owens, R. F. Berry, Sr.
Lower Fort Township: Robert Frazier Chapman, Gus Peeler, Glen P. Hoyle
Lower Creek Township: W. S. Hallyburton
Upper Creek Township: Clyde Barnhill
Silver Creek Township: Maie Propst Lane
Jonas Ridge Township: Evelyn L. Poore, W. M. Shuffler
Cabarrus County
No. 4 Township: Ira T. Chapman, E. A. Johnson, F. L. Chambers, M. N. Robinson, W. S. McCommons
No. 12 Township: Ira Padgett, Sam Boger, Ray Wilkerson, Earl S. Allen
Camden County
Shiloh Township: W. B. Harrison
Courthouse Township: S. B. Seymour, R. L. Whaley
Carteret County
Cedar Island Township: E. T. Gaskill
Caswell County
Anderson Township: D. O. Chandler, I. W. Fitch
Dan River Township: F. W. Allen, H. P. Hunt
Hightowers Township: H. B. Claton, Joseph H. Warren, L. L. Nelson, C. Frank Smith
Leasburg Township: Robert Briggs
Locust Hill Township: W. A. Cobb
Milton Township: J. F. Pointer, J. V. Hudson, Mrs. Iola T. Gwyn
Pelham Township: G. W. White, W. M. Zimmerman, William T. Gentry, Mrs. Erma P. Fowlkes, Herbert McDowell
Stoney Creek Township: Clarence Matkins, William L. Boone, W. D. Garrison
Yanceyville Township: H. R. Thompson, Arthur Moorefield, Jr.
Chatham County
Williams Township: Jesse Owen Fearrington
Cherokee County
Murphy Township: M. S. Richards, J. W. Odell
Valleytown Township: Sam W. Jones
Shoal Creek Township: Lon Raper
Chowan County
1st. Township: F. W. Hobbs, R. L. Pratt
Clay County
No. 1 Township: Ben H. Martin, Jim Rogers
Cleveland County
No. 2 Township: Guy P. Hamrick
No. 3 Township: L. G. Albea, W. G. Graham
No. 4 Township. J. Lee Roberts
No. 6 Township: E. W. Dixon
No. 8 Township: H. H. Gold, Herbert Shuford, Warren Toney
No. 9 Township: Cline O. Lee, David E. Wease
No. 10 Township: J. L. Propst
Columbus County
South Williams Township: B. B. Courtney
Ransom Township: L. V. Connor, A. V. Scully
Whiteville Township: Italy Marlowe, Bruce Williamson, W. L. White, Bill Stover
Chadbourn Township: W. M. Andrews, T. S. Lewis
Fair Bluff Township: W. A. Bracey
Bolton Township: Isaac Stanley Faulk
Cumberland County
Cross Creek Township: James L. Fabrikant
Davie County
Jerusalem Township: Walter Wilson, Hayden Steller, G. W. Jordan
North Mocksville Township: John Waters, Maxaline Alexander, Thomas R. Cope
Farmington Township: Gilmer Ellis, Ed Johnson, J. R. Smith
East Shady Grove Township: Taylor Howard, Mrs. Alpha Vogler, Louise Zimmerman
West Shady Grove Township: Mary Robertson, Mrs. Ralph Jones, Mrs. Florence Mock
Fulton Township: Robert Lee Seaforth, Mrs. Clarence Carter, Floyd Monday
Clarksville Township: Joe H. Harpe, Cedric Smoot, Linnie Peoples
South Mocksville Township: Glenn Hammer, Hilary Arnold, R. P. Martin, C. W. Woodruffin
North Calahan Township: N. B. Dyson, W. L. Reeves
South Calahan Township: Mrs. Ernest Lagle, Claude Cartner
Duplin County
Cypress Creek Township: William Elmo Maready
Edgecombe County
No. 1 Township: R. D. Thompson, III
No. 3 Township: J. K. Turner
Franklin County
Dunn Township: H. B. Harris, W. Horace Baker, M. C. Pearce
Harris Township: M. L. Fowler, H. T. Rogers
Youngsville Township: Melvin J. Young
Franklinton Township: Calvin W. Brown, John T. Sawyer, Owen Wilder, Arthur Webb
Hayesville Township: R. G. Winn
Sandy Creek Township: J. L. Foster, Jasper Parrish, Hugh Moseley
Gold Mine Township: L. S. Ward, Esley Manning
Cedar Rock Township: T. W. Boone, D. C. Swanson
Cypress Creek Township: Lonnie Turnage and Avery Stallings
Louisburg Township: W. J. Shearin, Frances B. Spivey, William H. Horton
Gaston County
Gastonia Township: Crawford Dalton
Gates County
Gatesville Township: Aaron L. Lilley
Holly Grove Township: S. E. Riddick
Mintonville Township: P. D. Hobbs
Hazeletts Township: J. C. Carroll
Graham County
Cheoah Township: Carl Phillips, J. J. Dalua
Yellow Creek Township: Clark McMilligan
Granville County
Dutchville Township: Marguerite H. Hibbs, M. O. Lester
Brassfield Township: William A. Jenkins
Oxford Township: C. R. Gordon, J. G. Wheeler, Jr., L. H. Davis, Joseph K. Bryan, Jr.
Oak Hill Township: R. C. Pittard, S. M. Watkins
Walnut Grove Township: J. L. Williford
Tally Ho Township: L. D. Franklin
Harnett County
Averasboro Township: Geo. W. Williams, Geo. F. Owens, Mallie A. Jackson, A. B. Adams
Anderson Creek Township: Ernest Darrock, W. E. Lassiter
Barbecue Township: G. L. Cameron, Carey Howard
Black River Township: C. E. Denning, W. B. Williams, N. I. Dupree, Jack Marley
Buckhorn Township: L. B. McKinnie, Jeter Jones, J. Leo Betts
Duke Township: L. B. McLean, James E. Glover, John Page, C. G. Colville, Fred W. Brown, Harvey Williams
Grove Township: Ralvin McLeod, C. J. Turlington, J. B. Williams, H. A. Turlington, Sr., Roy Langdon, C. B. Dixon, Graham Byrd
Hector's Creek Township: D. R. Smith, R. L. Lanier, B. F. Kendall, Tyree Senter
Johnsonville Township‑ E. J. Gilchrist, Geo. A. McKay
Lillington Township: Geo. Truitt Johnson, M. B. Stewart
Neill's Creek Township: H. T. Hight, Edward Gaskins
Stewart's Creek Township: Herbert Williams, Thomas Allen
Upper Little River Township: B. B. Holder, J. S. McLean, Dougald McRae, H. M. O'Quinn, Roy H. Brown, T. H. Morrison
Haywood County
Clyde Township: Larry H. Cagle
Crabtree Township: Gilmer Sanford
Beaverdam Township: R. R. Mease, W. S. McElrath
Fines Creek Township: C. B. McCracken
Waynesville Township: J. J. Ferguson
Pigeon Township: Gaston Burnette
East Fork Township: J. Bryan Heatherly
Jonathan Township: R. W. Howell
Hertford County
Ahoskie Township: J. Stanley Vinson, J. N. Vann, Eugene Mustian
Winton Township: P. S. Jordan, W. L. Daniel
Murfreesboro Township: Harry Council, R. H. Underwood
Saint Johns Township: C. R. Cooke
Harrellsville Township: Maynard W. Callis
Maneys Neck Township: Edwin W. Evans
Hoke County
Raeford Township: Helen Snow Barrington
Hyde County
Lake Landing Township: J. M. Long
Currituck Township: John Worth Moore
Iredell County
Turnersburg Township: A. M. Gaither
Statesville Township: Sam T. Laws
Coddle Creek Township: H. C. Miller
Union Grove Township: H. P. VanHoy
Jackson County
Cashiers Township: Lynch Dillard
Canada 1 Township: Roy Mathis
Canada 2 Township: Milas Galloway, Mitchel Shelton
Caney Fork Township: J. C. Shuler
Cullowhee Township: John Phillips
Dillsboro Township: Boyd Brown
Greens Creek Township: G. L. Green
Hamburg Township: Redell Breedlove
River Township: J. H. Middleton
Savannah Township: John Dietz, Ferry Buchanan
Balsam Township: George Knight
Webster Township: Henry Pangle
Johnston County
Wilders Township: D. Marvin Price
Lee County
West Sanford Township: K. E. Seymour
Deep River Township: Jessie Sloan, Julian Causey
Jonesboro Township: Percy Measmer, Oscar Keller
East Sanford Township: Clyde Atkins, Stacey Love, Glenn Phillips
Greenwood Township: T. C. Adams
Macon County
Highlands Township: Charles F. McKinney
Franklin Township: Sam J. Murray, J. Lee Barnard
Madison County
No. 1 Township: Zeb Merrell, John Ward, Garrett Metcalf
No. 2 Township: Lee Roy Shelton, Bennie Gunter
No. 4 Township: Clyde Rice
No. 7 Township: B. J. Ledford
No. 11 Township: Fred Edmonds
No. 13 Township: Caney Smith
No. 15 Township: Walter Bennett
Martin County
Hamilton Township: J. L. Etheridge, H. A. Haislip
Jamesville Township: O. P. Wolfe
Goose Nest Township: W. E. Early
Williamston Township: W. M. Tetterton, C. R. Mobley
Robersonville Township: H. S. Everett
McDowell County
Old Fort Township: W. L. Dalton
Mitchell County
Bakersville Township: Brown McKinney, R. Burns Turner, J. C. Burleson
Snow Creek Township: W. B. Ellis, Clarence Hensley
Cane Creek Township: J. H. DeGroat
Red Hill Township: Frank Jones, Dolph Peterson
Poplar Township: Briscoe Peterson
Harrell Township: Robert (Bob) Street, W. D. Ledford, Joe M. Street, Jr.
Grassy Creek Township: Clifton Gibbs, Clyde Pritchard, O. V. Coulter, Jack Tappan
Bradshaw Township: John Bradshaw
Little Rock Creek Township: Aught Burleson
Fork Mountain Township: Dewey Burleson
Montgomery County
Ophir Township: N. W. Davis
Troy Township: R. B. Reynolds
Biscoe Township: Joanna F. Steed
Mt. Gilead Township: J. O. Russell
Nash County
Dry Wells Township: D. H. Bunn, Jr.
Rocky Mount Township: W. S. Swain, Jr., James T. Buffaloe, J. H. Valentine
Whitakers Township: Richard S. Cutchin
Northampton County
Gaston Township: John C. Gay, G. A. Brewer
Kirby Township: Otis Ricks, D. W. Barnes
Rich Square Township: James G. Collier, A. M. Futrell, Walter Reinhardt, Ralph Thompson
Pleasant Hill Township: Romie E. Coker
Seaboard Township: Z. L. Davenport, Russell Lee Bass
Jackson Township: W. E. Harris, L. R. Taylor, L. T. Warrick, Howard Rogers
Onslow County
Stump Sound Township: Paul S. Pate
Pamlico County
No. 1 Township: Herbert M. Harris
No. 3 Township: Earl C. Miller, E. M. Harris
Perquimans County
Hertford Township: D. J. Pritchard
Person County
Mt. Tirzah Township: R. P. Moore, Ben S. Glenn
Roxboro Township: S. C. Tillman, J. Alex Bass, W. W. Woods, J. Brodie Riggsbee, P. T. Whitt, Sr.
Allenville Township: Bradsher Gentry
Cunningham Township: N. H. Montgomery
Flat River Township: S. O. Jones
Holloway Township: Mrs. Grace Gillis
Olive Hill Township: Charles G. Nelson
Woodsdale Township: Mrs. Cleo Bailey
Polk County
Saluda Township: A. A. Atkins
White Oak Township: Oliver Taylor
Shields Township: Earl Swain
Cooper's Gap Township: Leonard Greene, G. H. Ruff
Tryon Township: Nelson Leonard
Randolph County
Trinity Township: Reggie D. Auman
Randleman Township: James L. Coble
Richmond County
Wolf Pit Township: Virgil Wilson
Robeson County
Fairmont Township: M. S. Griffin, R. C. Bullock, Ray Lewis, C. D. Pittman
Lumberton Township: Alfred P. Page, John H. Taylor, B. F. McMillan, E. J. Glover, J. H. Barrington, Charles Morgret, G. W. West, Wallace R. Pittman, Leroy Freeman, A. B. Stalvey, Max Bryan, Alfred Parnell, E. Troy Nye, Dixon Britt
Parkton Township: T. B. McNeill, W. G. Britt
Red Springs Township: Morrison Peterson, W. B. Robeson, M. N. McRainey 
Rennert Township: Charles R. Tolar
Saddletree Township: Grady S. Harrell, W. P. Humphrey
St. Pauls Township: Lonnie Carroll, J. H. Brisson, Mrs. Elsie Simmons Inman, J. A. Armstrong, D. E. Hendrix
Wisharts Township: Durwood West
Pembroke Township: James A. Jacobs
Maxton Township: Robert W. Fisher
Rowland Township: Hubert Stone
Rockingham County
Madison Township: P. H. Scales
Leaksville Township: Russell W. Hunter
New Bethel Township: W. Garrett Sharp
Rowan County
Salisbury Township: Fred A. Loflin, F. M. Yancey, Roy A. Beaver, Rachael C. Lucas, E. F. Weddington
China Grove Township: A. H. Spry, Rufus Honeycutt, A. L. Deal, Robert G. Ellison
Mount Ulla Township: Pauline R. Overcash
Gold Hill Township: Isobel T. Barrier
Sampson County
Plainview Township: E. B. Lockamy
Herring Township: R. L. Flynn
Mingo Township: Cranford McMillian
Stanly County
South Albemarle Township: John Sam Keever
North Albemarle Township: Margaret T. Kennedy, W. M. Kearns, R. Parker Miller
Stokes County
Danbury Township: S. P. Christian
Peter's Creek Township: Joel H. Hart
Quaker Gap Township: W. D. Cox
Snow Creek Township: J. Moir Hawkins
Yadkin Township: J. L. Christian, J. S. Garner
Swain County
Charleston Township: Harold Jenkins
Transylvania County
Brevard Township: Alex Kize, Sr.
Tyrrell County
Columbia Township: Henry L. Reynolds, J. W. Hamilton
Gum Neck Township: R. Bruce Cohoon
Scuppernong Township: E. R. Davenport
Union County
Monroe Township: R. F. Beasley, O. L. Brasswell, W. C. Carnes, J. Emmett Griffin, J. M. McRorie, Frank T. Stowe
Jackson Township: T. R. Nisbit
Marshville Township: Fred L. Plyler
Vance County
Henderson Township: F. B. Hight, Jr., F. B. Hight, Dave H. Stallings, S. W. Renn, C. P. Lowry, Gordan T. Bobbitt, J. D. Peck, Albert Burke
Dabney Township: G. W. Norwood
Townsville Township: C. H. Guerrant, John E. Wilson
Warren County
Warrenton Township: J. C. Moore, Edward Petar
Washington County
Plymouth Township: C. M. Beasley, J. T. McNair
Lees Mill Township: Wade S. Hardison
Skinnersville Township: J. Whitford Swain
Scuppernong Township: J. A. Combs
Wayne County
Goldsboro Township: John Henry Mitchell
Wilkes County
Beaver Creek Township: T. W. Ferguson
Edwards Township: C. L. Sprinkle, Henry F. Pepper
Lewis Fork Township: Colin Foster
Mulberry Township: Stacy H. Jones
New Castle Township: C. W. Hanes
North Wilkesboro Township: Mansfield Minton, C. G. Durham
Rock Creek Township: H. M. Wiles, Brice David Johnston, Harrison Felts
Somers Township: Phola Pardue
Stanton Township: W. S. Fletcher
Traphill Township: W. B. Hall
Walnut Cove Township: L. F. Caudill
Wilkesboro Township: C. G. Glass, W. B. Warner, Frances B. Somers, Elsie Foster
Reddies River Township: A. G. Bumgarner
Wilson County
Wilson Township: M. M. Applewhite, John D. Wilson, Grace T. Brinkley
Cross Roads Township: Mrs. Georgia Frost Barnes
Spring Hill Township: Walter Kirby
Toisnot Township: George E. Tyson
Yadkin County
East Bend Township: O. C. Scott
Buck Shoals Township: Gerald B. Boles
Liberty Township: N. P. Bryant
Yancey County
Burnsville Township: G. M. Angel, L. E. Briggs, W. Molt Hensley, H. G. Bailey
Cane River Township: Willard M. Hensley
Egypt Township: I. R. Wilson
Ramseytown Township: R. E. Hollaway
Jacks Creek Township: John Fox, Adrian Buchanan
Green Mountain Township: M. D. Bailey, Richard Howell
Crabtree Township: R. N. Silver
South Toe Township: L. M. Robinson
Prices Creek Township: Charles Edwards, H. T. Phoenix
Pensacola Township: Cleophus Robinson, Jr.
Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of June, 1959.