U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C.  20549

                            FORM 24F-2
                 Annual Notice of Securities Sold
                      Pursuant to Rule 24f-2

1.   Name and address of issuer:   Jefferson-Pilot Separate Account A, 100 N.
                                   Greene Street, Greensboro, NC  27401

2.   Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:

3.   Investment Company Act File Number:     811-2188

     Securities Act File Number:   33-11084

4.   Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed:          12/31/96

5.   Check box if this notice is being filed more than 180 days after the close
of the issuer's fiscal year for purposes of reporting securities sold after the
close of the fiscal year but before termination of the issuer's 24f-2
declaration:_______

6.   Date of termination of issuer's declaration under rule 24f-2(a)(1), if
applicable (see Instruction A.6):

7.   Number and amount of securities of the same class or series which had been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933 other than pursuant to rule 24f-2
in a prior fiscal year, but which remained unsold at the beginning of the
fiscal year:

8.   Number and amount of securities registered during the fiscal year other
than pursuant to rule 24f-2:

9.   Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year:

          $75,615,919.16 or 6,154,377 Units

10.  Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year
in reliance upon registration pursuant to rule 24f-2.

          $75,615,919.16 or 6,154,377 Units

11.  Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued during the fiscal
year in connection with the dividend reinvestment plans, if applicable (see
Instruction B.7):<PAGE>
12.  Calculation of registration fee:

     (i)  Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year in
     reliance on rule 24f-2 (from Item 10):
                                                   $75,615,919.66

     (ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in connection with dividend
     reinvestment plans (from Item 11, if applicable):
                                                              + 0

     (iii)     Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased during the
     fiscal year (if applicable):
                                                  -$40,748,518.71

     (iv) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased and previously
     applied as a reduction to filing fees pursuant to rule 24e-2 (if
     applicable):
                                                               +0

     (v)  Net aggregate price of securities sold and issued during the fiscal
     year in reliance on rule 24f-2 [line (i), plus line (ii), less line (iii),
     plus line (iv)] (if applicable):

                                                   $34,867,400.45

     (vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933
     or other applicable law or regulation (see Instruction C.6):
                                                         x 1/3300

     (vii) Fee due [line (i) or line (v) multiplied by line (vi)]:$10,565.88

13.  Check box if fees are being remitted to the Commission's lockbox
depository as described in section 3a of the Commission's Rules of Informal and
Other Procedures (17CFR 202.3a)
                                                              [X]

     Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the Commission's
     lockbox depository:

          March 3, 1997

                            SIGNATURES

This report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


                    JEFFERSON-PILOT SEPARATE ACCOUNT A

                    By:  JEFFERSON-PILOT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


                         By:       /s/ J. Gregory Poole
                              J. Gregory Poole, Assistant Secretary

Date:     March 3, 1997
     *Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the
     signature.


March 3, 1997

Jefferson-Pilot Life Insurance Company
100 North Greene Street
Greensboro, North Carolina  27401

Gentlemen:

In my capacity as Attorney of Jefferson-Pilot Life Insurance Company
("Company"), I have supervised and participated in the preparation of Rule
24f-2 Notice to be filed by the Company and Jefferson-Pilot Separate Account
A ("Account") with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
Act of 1933 and relating to individual variable annuity contracts participating
in the account.  I am of the following opinion:

1.   The Account is a separate account of the Company duly created and validly
existing under North Carolina law.

2.   The individual variable annuity contracts were legally issued in
accordance with the prospectuses contained in the Registration Statement to
which the Notice relates and are legal and binding obligations of the Company
in accordance with their terms.  Such contracts are fully paid and
non-assessable.

3.   The assets held in the Account are not chargeable with liabilities
arising out of any other business the Company may conduct.

In arriving at the foregoing opinion, I have made such examination of law and
examined such other records and documents as in my judgment are necessary or
appropriate.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Notice.

Very truly yours,

/s/ J. Gregory Poole

J. Gregory Poole