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The Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina
The Proceedings of the Grand Lodge have been published annually since 1787. The Proceedings are the historical minutes chronicling the business of the Grand Lodge. These records contain, among other things, Masonic law, committee reports, financial reports, officer listings, membership lists, lodge listings, correspondence, speeches, and much more. They are laden with important historical context concerning the fraternity, as well as the history of North Carolina and many influential citizens of the State.
To Read the Proceedings, click on the year (highlighted in yellow if available)
To read a biography of the Grand Master, click on his name
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2023
Kevan D. Frazier
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2021
R. David Wicker, Jr.
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2020
P. Shaun Bradshaw
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2019
Dwight M. Sigmon
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2018
C. Speed Hallman
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2017
A. Gene Cobb, Jr.
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2016
Bryant D. Webster
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2015
Douglas Lynn Caudle
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2014
Dalton Wayne Mayo
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2011
Lewis Ray Ledford
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2010
William L. Dill
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2009
Dan Charles Rice
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2008
David Ronald Cash
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2007
Wallace Berry Rigdon
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2006
Gene Tart Jernigan
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2005
Graham W. Pervier
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2004
Leonard Y. Safrit, Jr.
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2003
Charles A. Lewis, Jr.
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2002
Jerry R. Tillett
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2001
William G. Mathis
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1999
Charles M. Ingram
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1998
Thomas W. Gregory
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1997
Gerry T. Smith
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1996
William H. Simpson
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1995
Clifton W. Everett, Jr.
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1994
William Bailey Brunk
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1993
Richard G. Moore
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1992
Ray Norris
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1991
Lester Poindexter Martin, Jr.
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1990
Bunn T. Phillips, Jr.
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1989
Jerry G. Tart
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1988
Lee Roy Thomas, Jr.
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1987
Eddie P. Stiles
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1986
Walter F. McCall
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1985
Norburn C. Hyatt
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1984
Ira Boyd Hopkins
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1983
Cecil J. Liverman
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1982
A.C. Honeycutt
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1981
Nelson B. Banks
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1980
E. Stansil Aldridge
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1979
William B. Bellois
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1978
Jacob C. Goodman, Jr.
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1977
J. Earl Watson
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1976
Leslie H. Garner
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1975
S. Frank Noble, Jr.
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1974
William L. Mills, Jr.
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1973
Nathaniel C. Dean
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1972
Berl M. Kahn
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1971
William W. Mims, Jr.
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1970
Maurice E. Walsh
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1969
William A. Hooks
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1968
Robert N. Bass, Jr.
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1967
Alfred A. Kafer, Jr.
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1966
Arnold J. Kooce
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1965
Sam A. Hennis, Jr.
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1964
G. Dudley Humphrey
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1963
W. Edward Burrier
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1962
Charles C. Ricker
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1961
James W. Brewer
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1960
Harvey Ward Smith
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1959
W. Eli Hand
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1958
James Guy Johnston
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1957
Charles A. Harris
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1956
John C. Vance
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1955
Charles H. Pugh
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1954
Robert L. Pugh
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1953
Edwin T. Howard
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1952
William H. White
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1951
Herbert M. Foy
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1950
Wallace E. Caldwell
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1949
Wilkins P. Horton
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1948
Maxwell E. Hoffman
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1947
Luther T. Hartsell, Jr.
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1946
William J. Bundy
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1945
Clyde H. Jarrett
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1944
Julius C. Hobbs
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1943
James W. Payne
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1942
James E. Shipman
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1941
Charles P. Eldridge
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1940
Thomas J. Harkins
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1939
J. Edward Allen
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1938
Harry T. Patterson
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1937
Watson N. Sherrod
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1936
J. Giles Hudson
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1935
Charles B. Newcomb
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1934
R.F. Ebbs
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1933
P.T. Wilson
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1932
H.C. Alexander
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1931
J.W. Winborne
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1930
E.W. Timberlake, Jr.
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1929
John Jasper Phoenix
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1928
Raymond C. Dunn
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1927
John Huske Anderson
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1926
John E. Cameron
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1925
Leon Cash
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1924
James LeGrand Everett
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1923
Hubert M. Poteat
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1922
James H. Webb
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1921
J. Bailey Owen
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1920
James C. Braswell
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1919
Henry A. Grady
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1918
George S. Norfleet
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1917
Claude L. Pridgen
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1916
Alexander Boyd Andrews, Jr.
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1915
Frank P. Hobgood, Jr.
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1914
John T. Alderman
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1913
Francis M. Winchester
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1912
William Berry McCoy
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1911
Richard N. Hackett
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1910
Richard N. Hackett
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1909
Samuel M. Gattis
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1908
Samuel M. Gattis
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1907
Francis D. Winston
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1906
Francis D. Winston
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1905
Walter S. Liddell
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1904
Walter S. Liddell
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1903
Henry Irwin Clark
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1902
Henry Irwin Clark
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1901
Beverly Sampson Royster
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1900
Beverly Sampson Royster
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1899
Richard J. Noble
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1898
Walter E. Moore
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1897
Walter E. Moore
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1896
Francis M. Moye
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1895
Francis M. Moye
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1894
John W. Cotten
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1893
John W. Cotten
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1892
Hezekiah A. Gudger
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1891
Hezekiah A. Gudger
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1890
Samuel H. Smith
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1889
Samuel H. Smith
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1888
Charles H. Robinson
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1887
Charles H. Robinson
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1886
Fabius Haywood Busbee
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1885
Fabius Haywood Busbee
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1884
Robert Bingham
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1883--No Proceedings This Year
Robert Bingham
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1882
Robert Bingham
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1881
Henry F. Grainger
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1880
Henry F. Grainger
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1879
William Ruffin Cox
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1878
William Ruffin Cox
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1877
Horace H. Munson
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1876
Horace H. Munson
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1875
George Washington Blount
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1874
George Washington Blount
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1873
John Nichols
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1872
John Nichols
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1871
Charles C. Clark
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1870
Charles C. Clark
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1869
Robert Brank Vance
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1868
Robert Brank Vance
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1867
Robert W. Best
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1866
Edwin Godwin Reade
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1865
Edwin Godwin Reade
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1864
John McCormick
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1863
Eli Faucette Watson
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1862
Eli Faucette Watson
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1861
William Geddy Hill
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1860
Lewis Slaughter Williams
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1859
Lewis Slaughter Williams
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1858
Alfred Martin
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1857
Alfred Martin
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1856
Pleasant A. Holt
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1855
Pleasant A. Holt
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1854
Clement H. Jordan
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1853
Clement H. Jordan
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1852
Alonzo Thomas Jerkins
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1851
Alonzo Thomas Jerkins
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1850
Alonzo Thomas Jerkins
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1849
William Francis Collins
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1848
William Francis Collins
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1847
William Francis Collins
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1846
Phineas W. Fanning
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1845
Phineas W. Fanning
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1844
Phineas W. Fanning
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1843
John Hill Wheeler
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1842
John Hill Wheeler
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1841
Daniel Sanford Crenshaw
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1840
Simmons Jones Baker
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1839
David Williamson Stone
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1838
David Williamson Stone
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1837
David Williamson Stone
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1836
Lewis Heiskel Marsteller
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