CHAPTER XIV. Grand Lodge of North-Carolina. THE Grand Lodge of North-Carolina was first constituted by virtue of a charter from the grand lodge of Scotland, A. D. 1771. It convened occasionally at Newbern and Edenton, at which latter place the records were deposited previous to the revolutionary war. During the contest, the records were destroyed by the British army, and the meetings of the grand lodge suspended. The members of the craft convened at Hillsborough in this State, A. D. 1787, and compiled certain regulations for the government of the grand lodge, and again set to work. In the same year they appointed a committee to form a constitution for their future government, which was accordingly done, and in the year following, the said constitution was formally adopted and ratified, at the city of Raleigh, at which place the grand lodge meets annually. Subordinate Lodges. St. John, Wilmington. t. John, Dublin county. Washington, Beaufort do. St. Tammany, Martin do. AmericanGeorge,Murfreesborough. King Solomon, Jones co. nessee, Nashville in the CHAPTER XV. Grand Lodge of South-Carolina. THE Grand Lodge of the State of South-Carolina was instituted and established at Charleston on the 24th day of March, A. D. 1787. The general grand communication is holden in Charleston annually, on St. John the Evangelist day; and the quarterly communications on the last Saturday in March, June, and September, and on the next Saturday but one preceding St. John the Evangelist's day. Subordinate Lodges. 6 Waynesborough. 8 Charleston. 9 do. 10 Columbia. 11 Charleston. 12 Orangeburgh. 13 Extinct. 14 Charleston. 15 Little River. 16 Georgetown. 17 Greenville. 18 Broad River. 19 Laurens County. 20 Greensborough, Georgia. 23 Georgetown. No. 24 Rocky Creek. 30 St. Augustine, E. F. 42 St. Helena Island. 1 CHAPTER XVI. Grand Lodge of Georgia. THE Grand Lodge of Georgia is holden "by virtue, and in pursuance of, the right of succession, legally deri ved from the most noble and most worshipful Thomas Thyne, lord viscount Weymouth, grand master of England, by his warrant directed to the right worshipful Roger Lacey; and by the renewal of the said power by Sholto Charles Douglas, lord Aberdour, grand master of Scotland, for the years 1755 and 1756 ; and grand master of England for the years 1757 and 1758; as will appear in his warrant, directed to the right worshipful Grey Elliot." On the 16th day of December, A. D. 1786, a convention of the several lodges holden in the state assembled at Savannah, when the permanent appointments which had been heretofore made by the grand master of England were solemnly relinquished, by the right worshipful amuel Elbert, grand master, and the other officers of e grand lodge; and certain regulations adopted, by hich the grand officers are now elected annually by the rand ledge. No. Subordinate Lodges. CHAPTER XVII. Grand Lodge of Kentucky. THE Grand Lodge of Kentucky was established on the 13th of October, A. D. 1800, and holds its commmunications in the town of Lexington. No. Subordinate Lodges. 1 Lexington, in Lexington. 2 Paris, Paris. 3 Georgetown, Georgetown. 4 Hiram, Frankfort. Solomon's, Shelbyville. 6 Washington, Bairdstown. Harmony, Natchez, M. T. 8 Abraham's, Louisville, 9 Jerusalem, Henderson, 10 Unity, Millersburgh. 11 St. John's, Flemings burgh. 12 Philanthropic, Davidson, Kentucky. 13 Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. 14 Mount Vernon, George town. CHAPTER XVIII. Grand Lodge of Ohio. THE Grand Lodge of Ohio was instituted by a convention of delegates from all the lodges within the State, assembled at Chillicothe, on the first Monday of January, A. D. 1808, and elected their grand officers on the 7th of the said month. The first communication of the grand lodge was holden at Chillicothe on Monday, the 2d day of January, A. D. 1809. No. Subordinate Lodges. No. 1 American Union, Marietta. 4 New-England, Worthing2 N.E.Harmory,Cincinnati. ton. a Erie, Warren. 5 Amity, Zanesville. |