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Chief Justices
North Carolina Supreme Court
| Name |
Date of
appointment
or election |
Date of
resignation
or death |
Portrait |
| Barnhill, Victor |
1 Feb 1954 |
21 Aug 1956 |
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| Billings, Rhoda |
3 Sep 1986 |
25 Nov 1986 |
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| Bobbitt, William H. |
13 Nov 1969 |
1974 |
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| Branch, Joseph |
1 Aug 1979 |
1 Sep 1986 |
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| Clark, Walter |
1903 |
19 May 1924 |
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| Denny, Emery B. |
9 Mar 1962 |
4 Feb 1966 |
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| Devin, William |
14 Sep 1951 |
30 Jan 1954 |
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| Exum, James G. |
26 Nov 1986 |
31 Dec 1994 |
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| Faircloth, William |
1894 |
30 Dec 1900 |
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| Frye, Henry |
7 Sep 1999 |
2 Jan 2000 |
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| Furches, David |
5 Jan 1901 |
1903 |
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| Henderson, Leonard |
13 Aug 1829 |
13 Aug 1833 |
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| Hoke, William |
2 Jun 1924 |
16 Mar 1925 |
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| Lake, I. Beverly Jr |
3 Jan 2001 |
30 Jan 2006 |
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| Merrimon, Augustus |
16 Nov 1889 |
Nov 1892 |
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| Mitchell, Burley |
3 Jan 1995 |
1 Sep 1999 |
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| Nash, Frederick |
30 Dec 1852 |
5 Dec 1858 |
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| Parker, R. Hunt |
5 Jan 1966 |
10 Nov 1969 |
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| Parker, Sarah |
6 Feb 2006 |
Present |
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| Pearson, Richmond |
1 Aug 1858 |
5 Jan 1878 |
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| Ruffin, Thomas |
30 Dec 1833 |
10 Nov 1852 |
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| Sharp, Susie |
2 Jan 1975 |
31 Jul 1979 |
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| Shepherd, James E. |
16 Nov 1892 |
Nov 1893 |
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| Smith, W. H. N. |
14 Jan 1878 |
14 Nov 1889 |
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| Stacy, Walter |
17 Mar 1925 |
13 Sep 1951 |
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| Taylor, John Louis |
5 Jan 1819 |
29 Jan 1829 |
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| Winbourne, J. Wallace |
21 Aug 1956 |
8 Mar 1962 |
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Members
Supreme Court of North Carolina
| Name |
Time of Service |
County of Birth |
| Adams, William J. |
1921-1934 |
Richmond |
| Allen, William R. |
1903-1926 |
Duplin |
| Ashe, Thomas |
1878-1887 |
Alamance |
| Avery, Alphonso C. |
1889-1897 |
Burke |
| Barnhill, Maurice V. |
1937-1956 |
Halifax |
| Battle, William Horn |
1852-1868 |
Edgecombe |
| Billings, Rhoda |
1985-1986 |
Wilkes |
| Bobbitt, William H. |
1954-1974 |
Wake |
| Boyden, Nathaniel |
1871-1873 |
Conway, Mass. |
| Brady, Edward |
2002-2010 |
New York |
| Branch, Joseph |
1966-1986 |
Halifax |
| Britt, David M. |
1978-1982 |
Robeson |
| Brock, Walter E. |
1979-1980 |
Anson |
| Brodgen, Willis J. |
1926-1935 |
Wayne |
| Brown, George H. |
1905-1920 |
Beaufort |
| Browning, Robert R. |
1986-1986 |
Pitt |
| Burwell, Armistead |
1892-1894 |
Orange |
| Bynum, William P. |
1873-1909 |
Stokes |
| Carlton, J. Phil |
1979-1983 |
Edgecombe |
| Clark, Walter M. |
1889-1926 |
Halifax |
| Clarkson, Heriot |
1923-1942 |
Kingville, S. C. |
| Connor, George W. |
1924-1938 |
Wilson |
| Connor, Henry G. |
1903-1909 |
New Hanover |
| Cook, Charles A. |
1901-1903 |
Warren |
| Copeland, J. William |
1975-1984 |
Northampton |
| Daniel, Joseph J. |
1832-1848 |
Halifax |
| Davis, Joseph J. |
1887-1892 |
Granville (now Vance) |
| Denny, Emery B. |
1942-1966 |
Surry |
| Devin, William A. |
1935-1954 |
Granville |
| Dick, Robert P. |
1869-1872 |
Guildford |
| Dillard, John H. |
1878-1881 |
Rockingham |
| Douglas, Robert M. |
1896-1914 |
Rockingham |
| Edmunds, Robert |
2000- |
Danville, Virginia |
| Ervin, Samuel J. |
1948-1954 |
Burke |
| Exum, James G. |
1974-1995 |
Greene |
| Faircloth, William T. |
1876-1879
1894-1900 |
Edgecombe |
| Freeman, Franklin |
2000-2000 |
Surry |
| Frye, Henry |
1983-2000 |
Richmond |
| Furches, David M. |
1894-1903 |
Davie |
| Gaston, William |
1833-1844 |
Craven |
| Hall, John |
1819-1832 |
Warren |
| Henderson, Leonard |
1819-1833 |
Granville |
| Higgins, Carlisle |
1954-1974 |
Alleghany |
| Hoke, William A. |
1905-1920 |
Lincoln |
| Hudson, Robin |
2007- |
Georgia |
| Huskins, J. Frank |
1968-1982 |
Yancey |
| James, Murray G. |
1950-1950 |
Pender |
| Johnson, Jefferson D. |
1950-1960 |
Sampson |
| Lake, I. Beverly Sr. |
1965-1978 |
Wake |
| Lake, Isaac Beverly, Jr. |
1985-1990
1992-1992
1994-2006 |
Wake |
| Manly, Matthias E. |
1860-1865 |
Chatham |
| Manning, James S. |
1909-1911 |
Chatham |
| Martin, Mark D. |
1998- |
South Carolina |
| McRae, James C. |
1892-1895 |
Cumberland |
| Merrimon, Augustus S. |
1883-1892 |
Transylvania |
| Meyer, Louis B. |
1980-1994 |
Wilson |
| Mitchell, Burley B. |
1982-2000 |
Wake |
| Montgomery, Walter |
1894-1905 |
Warren |
| Moore, Clifton |
1959-1966 |
Pender |
| Moore, Dan K. |
1969-1978 |
Buncombe |
| Newby, Paul |
2004- |
Guildford |
| Orr, Robert F. |
1995-2004 |
Norfolk, Va. |
| Parker, Francis |
1986-1986 |
Mecklenburg |
| Parker, R. Hunt |
1953-1974 |
Halifax |
| Parker, Sarah |
1992- |
Mecklenburg |
| Pless, J. Will |
1966-1968 |
Trannsylvania |
| Reade, Edwin G. |
1868-1879 |
Person |
| Rodman, William Blount |
1868-1879 |
Beaufort |
| Rodman, William Blount, Jr. |
1956-1965 |
Beaufort |
| Ruffin, Thomas Sr. |
1829-1852 |
Virginia |
| Ruffin, Thomas, Jr. |
1881-1883 |
Orange |
| Schenk, Michael |
1934-1948 |
Lincoln |
| Seawell, Aaron A. F. |
1938-1950 |
Moore (now Lee) |
| Settle, Thomas |
1869-1871 |
Rockingham |
| Sharp, Susie M. |
1962-1979 |
Edgecombe |
| Shepherd, James E. |
1889-1894 |
Nansemond Co., Vir. |
| Smith, William Nathan H. |
1878-1889 |
Hertford |
| Stacy, Walter P. |
1921-1951 |
Anson |
| Taylor, John Louis |
1819-1829 |
London, England |
| Timmons-Goodson, Patricia |
2006- |
South Carolina |
| Toomer. John D. |
1829-1829 |
New Hanover |
| Valentine, Itimous T. |
1951-1952 |
Nash |
| Varser, Lycurgus R. |
1925-1925 |
Gates |
| Vaughn, Earl W. |
1985-1985 |
Rockingham |
| Walker, Platt D. |
1903-1926 |
New Hanover |
| Webb, John |
1986-1998 |
Edgecombe |
| Whichard, Willis P. |
1986-1998 |
Durham |
| Winborne, J. Wallace |
1937-1962 |
Chowan |
| Wynn, James |
1998-1998 |
Martin |
Chief Judges
North Carolina Court of Appeals
| Name |
Date of
appointment
or election |
Date of
resignation
or death |
| Arnold, S. Gerald |
1993 |
1998 |
| Brock, Walter |
1973 |
1978 |
| Eagles, Sidney |
1998 |
2004 |
| Hedrick, Robert A. |
1985 |
1992 |
| Mallard, Raymond |
1967 |
1973 |
| Martin, John |
2004 |
Present |
| Morris, Naomi |
1978 |
1982 |
| Vaughn, Earl |
1983 |
1985 |
Members
North Carolina Court of Appeals
| Name |
Time of Service |
County of Birth |
| Arnold, S. Gerald |
1974-1998 |
Harnett |
| Arrowood, John |
2007-2008 |
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| Baley, James M. |
1973-1974 |
Guilford |
| Becton, Charles L. |
1981-1990 |
Careret |
| Biggs, Loretta |
2001-2002 |
Georgia |
| Braswell, E. Maurice |
1982-1984 |
Rocky Mt. NC |
| Britt, David M. |
1967-1978 |
Robeson |
| Brock, Walter E. |
1967-1978 |
Anson |
| Bryant, Wanda |
2001- |
Brunswick |
| Calabria, Ann M. |
2002- |
Pennsylvania |
| Cambell, Hugh B. Sr. |
1967-1974 |
Haywood |
| Campbell, Hugh Jr. |
2001-2002 |
Mecklenburg |
| Carlton, J. Phil |
1979-1979 |
Rocky Mt. NC |
| Carson, James H. |
1973-1974 |
Mecklenburg |
| Clark, Edward B. |
1974-1982 |
Bladen |
| Cozort, Jack L. |
1985-1997 |
Burke |
| Duncan, Allyson K. |
1990-1990 |
Durham |
| Eagles, Sidney S. |
1982-2004 |
Buncombe |
| Edmunds, Robert H. |
1998- |
Danville, Va. |
| Elmore, Richard |
2002- |
Guilford |
| Erwin, Richard C. |
1977-1980 |
McDowell |
| Farthing, James c. |
1967-1967 |
Caldwell |
| Fuller, James C. |
2000-2000 |
Iredell |
| Graham, William E. |
1969-1973 |
Moore |
| Greene, Edward |
1986-2002 |
Montgomery |
| Greer, Martha |
2002- |
Iowa |
| Hedrick, Robert A. |
1969-1992 |
Iredell |
| Hill, Cecil J. |
1979-1984 |
Buncombe |
| Horton, Clarence E. |
1998-2000 |
Cabarrus |
| Hudson, Robin |
2000-2006 |
Georgia |
| Hunter, Robert C. |
1998- |
McDowell |
| Jackson, Barbara |
2005- |
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| John, Joseph R. |
1992-2000 |
Indiana |
| Johnson, Clifton E. |
1982-1996 |
Martin |
| Levinson, Eric L. |
2002- |
Mecklenburg |
| Lewis, John B. |
1988-2000 |
Pitt |
| Mallard, Raymond B. |
1967-1973 |
Duplin |
| Martin, Harry c. |
1978-1982 |
Caldwell |
| Martin, John C. |
1984-1988
1992- |
Durham |
| Martin, Mark |
1994-1998 |
South Carolina |
| Martin, Robert M. |
1974-1982 |
Northhampton |
| McCrodden, Elizabeth |
1993-1994 |
Richmond |
| McCullough, Douglas |
2001-2008 |
Tyler, Texas |
| McGee, Linda |
1995- |
McDowell |
| Mitchell, Burley |
1977-1979 |
Wake |
| Morris, Naomi |
1967-1982 |
Nash |
| Orr, Robert F. |
1986-1994 |
Norfolk, Va. |
| Parker, Francis M. |
1968-1980 |
Bumcombe |
| Parker, Sarah |
1985-1992 |
Mecklenburg |
| Phillips, Eugene H. |
1982-1990 |
Robson |
| Smith, Donald L. |
1988-1989 |
Sampson |
| Steelman, Sanford |
2002- |
Illinois |
| Stephens, Linda |
2006- |
South Carolina |
| Stroud, Donna |
2006- |
Lenior |
| Thomas, Albert S. |
2001-2002 |
Wilson |
| Thompson, Sydnor |
1994-1994 |
Baltimore, My. |
| Thornburg, Alan Z. |
2004-2004 |
Jackson |
| Timmons, Goodson, Patricia |
1997-2005 |
South Carolina |
| Tyson, John |
2000-2008 |
Cumberland |
| Vaughn, Earl W. |
1969-1985 |
Rockingham |
| Walker, Ralph A. |
1991-2002 |
Burke |
| Webb, John |
1977-1986 |
Rocky Mt. NC |
| Wells, Hugh A. |
1979-1994 |
Cleveland |
| Whichard, Willis |
1980-1986 |
Durham |
| Wynn, James A. |
1990-1998
1998-2010 |
Martin |