To help clarify the Solomons found in early NC. NC Taxpayers Solomon 1764 Richard Beaufort Co. 1764 William Beaufort Co. 1771 John Bute Co. 1771 John FWV Co. (Franklin, Warren and Vance Cos.) 1771 Peter Bute Co. 1771 Peter FWV Co. 1771 William Bute Co. 1771 William FWV Co. 1783 John Halifax Co. 1785 Isham Edgecomb Co. 1788 James Edgecomb Co. 1792 Isham Edgecomb Co. 1799 James Franklin Co. 1799 Luke Franklin Co. 1800 - 1803 William Franklin Co. 1800 - 1803 Jordan Franklin Co. 1800 - 1803 Goodwin Franklin Co. Note: Bute Co. from Granville Co. in 1764. Bute abolished 1779 to form Warren and Franklin Cos.