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FORM N-SAR
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
FOR REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES



Report for six month period ending:
or fiscal year ending: 12/31/98


Is this a transition report?  N


Is this an amendment to a previous filing?  N



1.  A.   Registrant Name: JEFFERSON-PILOT SEPARATE 
ACCOUNT A

    B.   File Number:811-2188

    C.   Telephone Number:(603) 226-5457


2.  A.   Street: One Granite Place

    B.   City: Concord  C.  State: NH   D.  Zip Code:03301   Zip 
Ext:0001


3.  Is this the first filing on this form by Registrant?  N


4.  Is this the last filing on this form by Registrant?  N


5.  Is Registrant a small business investment company 
(SBIC)?  N


6.  Is Registrant a unit investment trust (UIT)?  Y


7.  A.  Is Registrant a series or multiple portfolio company?  N



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For period ending  12/31/98

File number 811-2188


114.  A  Principal Underwrite Name:  Jefferson Pilot Variable 
Corporation
	B.  File Number:  8-15753
	C:  City:  Concord	State:  New Hampshire
	Zip Code:  03301

115.  A  Independent Public Account Name:  Ernst & Young 
LLP
	B.  City:  Greensboro		State:  NC
	Zip Code  27401	Zip Ext: 

116.  Family of investment companies information:
	Identify the family in 10 letters:  

117.  A.  Is Registrant a separate account of an insurance 
company? (Y/N)	Y
B.  Variably annuity contracts?  (Y/N)	Y
C.  Scheduled premium variable life contracts (Y/N)	
	N
D.  Flexible premium variable life contracts (Y/N)	N
E.  Other types of insurance products registered under the 
Securities Act of 1933?  (Y/N)	N

118.  State the number of series existing at the end of the 
period that had securities registered under the Securities Act 
of 1933?		1

119.  State the number of new series for which registration 
statements under the Securities Act of 1933 became effective 
during the period		0

121.  State the number of series for which a current prospectus 
was in existence at the end of the period	1

122.  State the number of existing series for which additional 
units were registered under the Securities Act of 1933 during 
the current period		0

123. State the total value of the additional units considered in 
answering item 122 ($000,s omitted)          
	$0

125.  State the total dollar amount of sales loads collected 
(before 
reallowances to other brokers or dealers) by Registrant's 
principal underwriter
and any underwriter which is an affiliated person of the 
principal underwriter
during the current period solely from the sale of units of all 
series of
Registrant      $0





127.  List opposite the appropriate description below the 
number of series whose
portfolios are invested primarily (based upon a percentage of 
NAV) in each type
of security shown, the aggregate total assets at market value as 
of a date at or
near the end of the current period of each such group of series 
and the total
income distributions made by each such group of series during 
the current period
(excluding distributions of realized gains, if any):



J.  All other equity securities  1  $268,939  $12,711

L.  Total assets of all series of registrant  1  $268,939  $12,711





131.  Total expenses incurred by all series of Registrant during 
the current
reporting period   $4,580







132.  List the "811" (Investment Company Act of 1940) 
registration number for
all Series of Registrant that are being included in this filing:

811-2188
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For period ending (a) 12/31/98

File number (c) 811-2188



SIGNATURE



This report is signed on behalf of the registrant in the City of 
Concord and

State of New Hampshire on 24th day of February, 1999.




Jefferson-Pilot Separate Account A        
Registrant







Witness                                         By:                             
         John A Weston                                Donna M. Wilbur
         Vice President                                  Senior Analyst