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     As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2000
                          Registration No. 333 - 78835

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                 POST-EFFECTIVE
                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                                    FORM S-4
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



                                BB&T CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 North Carolina                       6060                      56-0939887
 (State or other               (Primary Standard             (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of           Industrial Classification       Identification Number)
incorporation or                 Code Number)
 organization)

                             200 West Second Street
                       Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101
                                 (336) 733-2000
          (Address, including Zip Code, and telephone number, including
             area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                             Jerone C. Herring, Esq.
                        200 West Second Street, 3rd Floor
                       Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101
                                 (336) 733-2180
            (Name, address, including Zip Code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

                  The Commission is requested to send copies of
                             all communications to:
             Peter A. Zorn                              Carla Stone Witzel
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC               Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman,
 200 West Second Street, 17th Floor                 Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101                   223 East Redwood Street
                                                     Baltimore, Maryland 21202

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     Pursuant  to  Registration  Statement  No.  333-78835  on  Form  S-4,  BB&T
Corporation, a North Carolina corporation (the "Company"),  registered 6,657,509
shares of its common  stock,  par value  $5.00 per share (the  "Common  Stock"),
issuable pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated as of January
27,  1999 and a related  Plan of Merger  between  the  Company  and  Mason-Dixon
Bancshares, Inc., a former Maryland corporation  ("Mason-Dixon"),  that provided
for the merger of  Mason-Dixon  with and into the Company  (the  "Merger").  The
Company  hereby  removes from  registration  58,152  shares of Common Stock that
remain unissued after the Merger.

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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
registrant  has  duly  caused  this  Post-Effective   Amendment  No.  1  to  the
Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-4  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the
undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Winston-Salem,  State of
North Carolina, on January 5, 2000.

                                 BB&T CORPORATION

                                 By:     Jerone C. Herring
                                 Name:   Jerone C. Herring
                                 Title:  Executive Vice President and Secretary


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,
this  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to the Registration  Statement on Form S-4
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities  indicated on January
5, 2000.

        /s/ John A. Allison IV*                  /s/ Scott E. Reed*
Name:   John A. Allison IV               Name:   Scott E. Reed
Title:  Chairman of the Board and        Title:  Senior Executive Vice President
        Chief Executive Officer                  and Chief Financial Officer
        (principal executive officer)            (principal financial officer)


        /s/ Sherry A. Kellett*                   /s/ Paul B. Barringer*
Name:   Sherry A. Kellett                Name:   Paul B. Barringer
Title:  Executive Vice President         Title:  Director
        and Controller
        (principal accounting officer)


        /s/ Alfred E. Cleveland*                 /s/ W. R. Cuthbertson, Jr.*
Name:   Alfred E. Cleveland              Name:   W. R. Cuthbertson, Jr.
Title:  Director                         Title:  Director


        /s/ Ronald E. Deal*                      /s/ A. J. Dooley, Sr.*
Name:   Ronald E. Deal                   Name:   A. J. Dooley, Sr.
Title:  Director                         Title:  Director


        /s/ Tom D. Efird*                        /s/ Paul S. Goldsmith*
Name:   Tom D. Efird                     Name:   Paul S. Goldsmith
Title:  Director                         Title:  Director


        /s/ L. Vincent Hackley*
Name:   L. Vincent Hackley
Title:  Director



        /s/ Jane P. Helm*                        /s/ Richard Janeway, M.D.*
Name:   Jane P. Helm                     Name:   Richard Janeway, M.D.
Title:  Director                         Title:  Director
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        /s/ J. Ernest Lathem, M.D.*              /s/ James H. Maynard*
Name:   J. Ernest Lathem, M.D.           Name:   James H. Maynard
Title:  Director                         Title:  Director



        /s/ Joseph A. McAleer, Jr.*              /s/ Albert O. McCauley*
Name:   Joseph A. McAleer, Jr.           Name:   Albert O. McCauley
Title:  Director                         Title:  Director



        /s/ Richard L. Player, Jr.*              /s/ C. Edward Pleasants, Jr.*
Name:   Richard L. Player, Jr.           Name:   C. Edward Pleasants, Jr.
Title:  Director                         Title:  Director



        /s/ Nido R. Qubein*                      /s/ E. Rhone Sasser*
Name:   Nido R. Qubein                   Name:   E. Rhone Sasser
Title:  Director                         Title:  Director



        /s/ Jack E. Shaw*                        /s/ Harold B. Wells*
Name:   Jack E. Shaw                     Name:   Harold B. Wells
Title:  Director                         Title:  Director



*By:    Jerone C. Herring________
        Jerone C. Herring
        Attorney-in-Fact


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                        WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE,
                    A Professional Limited Liability Company

                             200 WEST SECOND STREET
                       WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA 27102

                            TELEPHONE (336) 721-3600
                            FACSIMILE (336) 721-3660

January 5, 2000

VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:      BB&T Corporation (Commission File No. 1-10853)
         Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4
         (File No. 333-78835)


Ladies and Gentlemen:

     On behalf  of BB&T  Corporation,  a North  Carolina  corporation  ("BB&T"),
accompanying  this letter for filing  pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, is BB&T's Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to Registration  Statement on
Form S-4, which amends BB&T's Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended, to
deregister  unissued shares of BB&T's common stock.  Manually  signed  signature
pages have been executed prior to the time of this electronic filing and will be
retained by BB&T for five years.

     Please  call the  undersigned  at (336)  721-3634  with  any  questions  or
comments regarding this filing.

                                     Very truly yours,

                                     WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE
                                     A Professional Limited Liability Company


                                     /s/ Peter A. Zorn
                                     Peter A. Zorn

 cc:     BB&T Corporation


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