The early settlers were mostly Quakers fleeing the institution of slavery in Orange County, North Carolina. Designed after the Bingham School, the Hughes Academy hosted students from the most affluent families in North Carolina including George T. Winston, Patrick Winston, William T. Dortch, and D.I. At the close of the Civil War, the Bingham School relocated to Mebane where it became a military and classical academy. A student at the Bingham School, Samuel W. Hughes, established his own academy for boys in 1845. By 1849 Weaver had its first church, Hill's Chapel A.M.E. Grace or Lower Stone Church, NC Historical Marker L-45, North Carolina Office of Archives & History. Included are all Heads of Household in the US Federal Census of 1790 and their spouses while living in Orange County. He does appear in1900 Cleveland Co., Arkansas census with a new wife, Mary and an adopted child . There were some north of Hillsborough. 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Home to both leading private companies and federal research institutes, the RTP includes the National Institute of Environmental Health Science, GlaxoSmithKlein, RTI International, IBM, Cisco, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. on the west bank of the Haw River, near the present railroad crossing. Looking for Chaplain/Chaplins in the Currituck Co. area. Clusters of families and Indian tribes were also named, such as the entry for Palatines in the section South of Trent River up to New Bern, referring to families that settled the New Bern area led by Baron Christoph von Graffenreidor Tuskeruro named on the Roanoke River referring to the Tuscarora Indian tribe. The Early Settlers of Sugar Creek, NC 1740-1760 Carol on January 8, 2021 ( Leave a comment ) Sugar Creek is a small community lying within the boundaries of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. understood his language in some areas west of Hillsboro." Numerous politicians and famous persons were born or resided in Orange County. There was also a Hugh Boston, who could have been his father or brother in the same area. Included are all Heads of Household in the US Federal Census of 1790 and their spouses while living in Orange County. Nearly 900 protestors, known as Regulators, had gathered in Orange County, and other counties joined the fray as well, including Anson, Dobbs, Halifax, and Rowan. Robert Tripp b.1722 d. 1800 moved from Providence RI to Core Point, Durhams Creek, Beaufort, NC. Due to his great successes as N.C. governor and Secretary of the Navy, Graham ran as the Vice Presidential candidate on the 1852 Whig Party ticket led by Presidential nominee General Winfield Scott. Encyclopedia of North Carolina (University of North Carolina Press: Chapel Hill, NC 2006). 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In 1860 the 3 largest slaveholders were I. N. PATTERSON with 106, Paul CAMERON with 98, and Henry WHITTED with 78. i am historical demographer living in Columbisa; I have some census training. Your email address will not be published. In the early 1700s, small groups of French Huguenot, German Palatine, and Swiss immigrants founded towns on the coast. According to meticulous records still preserved today, the Moravians arrived in 1753 to settle a piece of land-the Wachovia Tract in what is now Forsyth County-acquired from Earl Granville. E435G786. Summary Of John C. Calhoun's Clay Compromise Measures. Joyner Family Bible Records & related material, Free People of Color by County 1790 Federal Census, Be careful with assumptions about "Verified" DNA relationships and those AncestryDNA "Hints". Ive got close to 3,000 family members but accurate to early 1800s. Hendricks, J. Edwin, and Christopher E. Hendricks. [A] ROANOKE RIVER-headwaters to the south shore of Albemarle Sound: 1-Davis[W], Young[J], Spann(Spanns Mill), Allen, Falls, Reeves, Mellikan[J], Little[W], Mackinne[B],Bryant[T], Ooneroy, Refootketh, Tuskeruro, Cheeweo, Quitzna, Castellan[J], Speller, Charlton[W],Meazle, Blount, Beasly. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Orange County: Listed below are archives in Orange County. Later, as the colonists became more prosperous and better adjusted, these cabins were replaced with wooden and stone houses. was in the neighborhood of the present village of Swepsonville, and bordered lands which Lawson described as "extraordinary Rich". Orange County Parent places: North Carolina; Related places: Town. Home Encyclopedia Entry Orange County (1752). Columbia S> (actually in Richland county near St ANdrews road. Search. Settlers who claimed to be part of North Carolina's Buncombe County refused to pay these taxes, which resulted in confrontations (battles of the war) at McGaha Branch and . Numbers began increasing soon after King Charles II granted a charter to eight of his powerful friends, "Lords Proprietors," for vast lands extending from the Atlantic coast westward as far as the . How early were your ancestors in North Carolina? Quakers were very prominent in early Orange County. *****Dr. Lederer's comments**** In 1738 the western part became Augusta County. Early Settlers in the Maryland and Virginia Colonies and Some of their descendants in Orange, . William Henry Foote xxxii, 33-557, 8 p. New York Robert Carter, 58 Canal Street 1846. Old Brick Church, NC Historical Marker J-57, North Carolina Office of Archives & History. Markham Creator Markham, A. They are of mean stature and courage, covetous and thievish, industrious to earn a penny; and therefore From this point, it travels southeast until it crosses the current Highway 311 and empties into the Dan River just south of Idol Park. person whose name is not known with 20. The per family population was only slightly increased to 6.4 persons. [H] PASQUOTANK PRECINCT between Pasquotank and North Rivers: Spence, Burkham [G] (at Joys Fork), Jones [G], Janson, Mann, Jones, Hawkins. Any leads appreciated. Education is another arena in which North Carolina's German settlers left their mark, establishing Catawba College in Newton in 1851, the Western Carolina Male Academy (which became North Carolina College) in 1852 in Mount Pleasant, and the Mont Amoena Female Seminary in Cabarrus County in 1859. Their town is built round a field where in their sports they Tanner's 1836 Antique Map of North Carolina. Registrar of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage and land records from 1754, divorce records from 1869, probate records from 1756 and court records from 1865.[3]. Used by permission of the publisher. WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. He was a founder of the colonys first Committee of Correspondence, and in a letter to James Iredell, Hooper predicted that the colonies will build an empire on the ruins of Great Britain in 1774. Thank you! Yet, as the Native Americans died out, English, Scotch-Irish, German, and Welsh settlers began immigrating to the land, and most were farmers and yeomen. institution in Orange County as other places. The school was incorporated into the Caldwell Institute in 1845 due to a typhoid fever outbreak in Greensboro, but the Hillsborough Academy closed indefinitely in 1858. (Raleigh, N.C. 1950). [4] The population was 6,087 in 2010, but it grew rapidly to 9,660 by 2020. The first I have been striking out everywhere I have looked. download 1 file . Permit Portal. My family line comes from James, brother to Samuel. Edmund Fanning, the Crown Attorney, was dragged out of the courthouse by his feet . This was at a time that large land grants were common, but only 5% of the land owners had 1,000 acres or more. Governor Tryons oppressive rule of the North Carolina colony had unsettled many residents in the colony. This article is from the Encyclopedia of North Carolina edited by William S. Powell. Orange County was created in 1752 from Johnston , Bladen, and Granville counties. William COOPER was the largest slaveholder in Hillsboro with 22 and Richard BENNEHAN, a planter, Orange County was organized in 1752 due to the great population influx from 1740 until 1752. General Thomas Lloyd, progenitor of the Lloyd Family of Orange county, North Carolina was born in Pennsylvania about 1736. It was named for the infant William V of Orange. SCHEAFER/SHAVER/SHEPHERD, SCHWENCK/SWING, SHARP/SHAEBE, TROLLINGER, STEINER/STONER, WEITZEL/WHITESELL, plaister. Created by Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer; and published between 1935 and 1938. Early Settlers Definition: Profiles for adult pioneers that were living in Orange County, North Carolina prior to 1800. Inc. Hudson Funeral Home and Cremation Services, The Age of Orange: political and intellectual leadership in North Carolina, 1752-1861, Delamar Transcripts of Revolutionary War Petitions, North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers 1779-1782, North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865, North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865, U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865, 1885 and 1901 Confederate Pension Applications, North Carolina, Confederate Soldiers and Widows Pension Applications, 1885-1953. the region later included in Orange county had disappeared by the time that the white settlement of the area began. Density over the mountainous region was 2.9 persons per square mile. Charleston, South Carolina, was one of the South's most famous senators during the time period from 1832 to 1850. Carl Hammer Jr., Rhinelanders on the Yadkin (1965). I have been trying to find information on Mary A. Norcumb, my 3X Great Grandmother, that married Jacob Darden Windley in 1840, Washington, Beaufort, North Carolina. hire themselves out to their neighbours, who employ them as carryers or porters. Once the language barrier disappeared, however, they were able to find careers in all areas of society. There were four primary religious groups among these people: German Protestants, Lutherans, German Reformed, and Moravians. These early settlers began to acquire land in the area in 1751. While the Moseley Map is not exhaustive in naming every family that lived in North Carolina at the time, many prominent land-owners were named. He does not say who wrote this comment. do you mean the Samuel Willis of Willis Neck Craven County. There were some pretty brutal mob riots by the Regulators in Orange County, North Carolina, more specifically in Hillsborough, in September, 1770. Early North Carolina Settlers, 1700s-1900s This unique collection is comprehensive in its coverage of early North Carolina marriage records, death records, land records, historical sketches, and biographies referencing approximately 200,000 individuals. Im always up for learning something new. I see you left this comment months ago, but for some reason Im just now seeing it. North Carolina Land Grants and Deeds, 1711-1861; 1901. They began arriving in the 1650s in small numbers. Or one that tells where they lived before Craven County? born in 1830 in North Carolina is listed on the 1880 Jackson, Dallas, County, Arkansas census, but the wife's name is Hannah. Old maps of Orange County . They settled at a place they called the "Meadows" about 9 miles E. of Hillsborough at . Our Guide and Landlord, Enoe-Will, was of the best and most agreeable Temper that I ever met with in an Indian, being always ready to serve the English, Che had a great plantation off the Swift Creek of the Neuse River. Collection Title: North Carolina Land Grants and Deeds, 1711-1861; 1901. Thomas Ruffin, William Hooper, Elizabeth Keckly, Billy Strayhorn Regulators Hanged, Occaneechi, Bingham School, Hillsborough Academy, and Hughes Academy. North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program website. For state-wide library facilities, see North Carolina Archives and Libraries. Germans held the land west of the Haw River. As European surveyors and explorers traversed the new colony of North Carolina in the early 1700s, John Lawson encountered the Occaneechi tribe in 1701 while traveling along the Great Trading Path. Quarter Creek areas that are now part of Alamance, Chatham and Randolph. A Scottish corporation in the 1880s purchased land in Madison and Haywood Counties with a view to bringing in Scottish settlers. Apparently all of the Indians in i believe some of the tripps family moved down to anderson sc. Discover the past of Orange County on historical maps. The Gooch and Benton Families of Caswell and Orange Counties of North Carolina, Nancy L Crawford (1987) Gunn. Henry Rice, Constable Hi Kenneth! If i can assist let me I am in Va. Beach area. Settlers begin moving west and south of the Albemarle area. 1781 Some records were lost/destroyed when they were buried to avoid destruction by Cornwallis during the Revolutionary War. It has been said that in 18th century Orange county more than 75% of the land His narrative read: His son, John Hardison was a delegate to the 2nd Continental Congress. whether the passenger had ever been in prison, a poorhouse, or in an institution for the insane. My 8x grandfather was named Jasper Hardison. I think Sanderton should be Sanderson. Conrad Bullen emigrated early 1700s from Palatine area of Germany and became naturalized citizen in Sept, 1763, Salisbury. We were in North Carolina very early. At that time, all of the occupied land in what is now Tennessee was Washington County, North Carolina. Low's Lutheran Church, NC Historical Marker J-61, North Carolina Office of Archives & History. . B Language eng Work Publication Durham, N.C., publisher not identified, 1973 Extent map Instance Library Locations Map Details Library Links History of the German settlements and of the Lutheran church in North and South Carolina, from the earliest period of the colonization of the Dutch, German ans Swiss settlers to the close of the first half of the present century. ?>, Sign up for updates from the North Carolina History Project. Men in Orange County served in various regiments. Contact D. H. Hill Jr. Library. My Great great grandmother was Caroline perry Privett . Slavery in Orange County Yes! ALBRECHT/ALBRIGHT, BASON, KLAPP/CLAPP, EPHLAND/EFLAND, FAUST/FOUST, GERHARD, GOERTNER/COURTNER/CURTNER, GRAFF/GRAVES, HOLT/HOLD, Although the German population eventually blended into a common North Carolina culture, German influences have had an important impact in the state that continues even today. This page has been viewed 42,834 times (4,286 via redirect). David Hajdu, a biographer of Billy Strayhorn, argued that North Carolina became the young mans spiritual home, the place he was introduced to music.. In our family, we dont descend from any Paramores (that I know of), but I have come across them in my research in Pitt County, NC. This page has been accessed 774 times. From its beginning Orange County was the home of farmers. [2], Orange County Courthouse200 S Cameron StHillsborough, NC 27278Phone: 919-245-2675Orange County Website I am surprised that Russell isnt on the list. I am Ken Reason : My Mothers side Patterson is from Scotland then Ireland and all many all over the globe. The Indians' cabins, or lodges, were The 1790 census showed 10,055 whites, 2,060 Negro slaves, and 101 other free persons. Many early North Carolina families are named on the Moseley Map (1733). Index to the Moseley map of North Carolina, 1733 by Trimble, Susan M. Publication date 1991 Topics Moseley, Edward, 1682-1749 . If they were here prior to the War of Independence, then it might be worthwhile to check the Moseley Map for their names, or at least their surnames. This collection contains Church records from various denominations in North Carolina, 1700-1970. As other counties were created out of parts of Oranges territory, these counties were created wholly out of Old Orange: Chatham (1771), Caswell (1777) and Person (created out of Caswell in 1791), and Alamance (1849). I am the great grand daughter of pattie privett Joyner. description of this famous Indian trail was given by John LEDERER, a German doctor, in June, 1670. Call number C285 F68 c. 4 (North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Land grants to early settlers in old Orange County, North Carolina, : parts of present Orange, Chatham, and Durham counties, period 1743-1810., C [opyright] A.B. Landowners--North Carolina--Maps--Early works to 1800; Beaufort (N.C.)--Maps--Early works to 1800; Fear, Cape (N.C.)--Maps--Early works to 1800 . I am a descendant of Jesse Adams who settled in Lewis Fork on the Yadkin River. My great great great grand fathers were Hatteras Indian. Subject (s) Non-Anglicans (also called Dissenters) object. For personal use and not for further distribution. Flue-curing enabled tobacco to have high levels of sugar and simultaneously medium to high levels of nicotine, thereby making the tobacco not only sweeter, but more addictive. When the curtain rose for the drama of history to begin, the land that is now Orange county was occupied by small tribes of Siouan origin. The Formation of The North Carolina Counties (1663-1943). Rendleman Date 1953 Extent Local Identifier G3903.R8E27 1953 .R46 Creator (s) Rendleman, D. A. Alamance. The Occoneechee (Occaneechee) Indians provided Lawson with a feast of "good fat Bear, and Venison." [5] Its name was unofficially shortened to "Hillsboro" during the 19th century. Presbyterian Church in 1756. If you have a link about it, Id love to see it. History of Orange County. Orange County government website. Because of language and cultural barriers, the Germans kept mainly to themselves, and many continued to speak German even into the mid-1800s. Because the region was sparsely populated during that era, land was plentiful; farmers could take fresh land each year instead of refertilizing farmed land, a practice that increased the size of farms but also caused damage to forest lands. Two families prominent in the community arrived during the 1840s: the eponymous Weavers, free people from Orange County, North Carolina; and the Pettifoot/Pettiford family, also free people. All of the land was owned and controlled by the church for use by all residents. 2008 - 2023 INTERESTING.COM, INC. USA (1,373,456) > North Carolina (69,772) > Orange County (922) > Orange County Land Records (24), USA (1,373,456) > North Carolina (69,772) > North Carolina Land Records (1,003) > Orange County Land Records (24). North of Hillsborough, a concentration of Quakers developed and settled in the region, but most had moved to the Alamance, Guilford, Randolph, and Chatham counties. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a PDF (right-click PDF and Save link as to download) at the Internet Archive. The Scotch-Irish, in what is now Guilford County, organized Buffalo 1789 Courthouse burned. 15 of 20; 1820 Orange County, North Carolina map with towns, historic city of Hillsborough, Hillsborough, North Carolina Measured drawing; scale: 1 in. Guide to Orange County, North Carolina ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. Is there any Thomas Dixon or Dickson family living there in the early 1700s. I am looking to fill in my family tree. Hugh T. Lefler and Albert Ray Newsome, North Carolina: The History of a Southern State (1963). The colony flourished and prospered for 18 months, but in 1711 the colony was virtually destroyed after suffering an attack by Tuscarora Indians. In ANCHOR, https://www.ncpedia.org/anchor/expanding-west-settlement, Bernheim, G. D. 1872. . It was the grand-nephew of this couple, James Knox Polk, who became eleventh President of the United States. Creek in what is now Alamance County. You'll be interested to know that there is NO record of anyone being tarred and feathered during the riots. The only NC relation I had was Sir Christopher Gale, the first Chief Justice of the North Carolina Colony. Although the language barrier kept many German settlers relatively isolated from other settlers for their first few decades in North Carolina, the barrier eventually fell away and Germans actively joined the greater society. men are received as laws, or rather oracles, by them. Pruitt, A.B. All Rights Reserved. John Russell. The settlement was self-sufficient, and all residents and visitors were welcomed, served, and honored without respect to race or creed. Growing up, my dad said Core Point was where he and all the kids in the Caton community went to go to the beach.. The FamilySearch Library has additional sources listed in their catalog: National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties. Hooper suffered from poor health and he was disheartened that he had not been appointed to the Constitutional Convention in Hillsborough in 1788; he died in Hillsborough at the age of 48. In 1840, a slave named Stephen, owned by Abisha and Elisha Slade, accidentally discovered the process of flue-curing for tobacco. sung by us as we lay in Bed, and struck up their Music to serenade and welcome us into their Town. Also Edward or Thomas Stockstill, Stogsdell, Stogdell. Hugh Lefler and Paul Wager, eds. Their government is democratick; and the sentences of their old Because their religion condemned the use of military force, the Moravians remained neutral during the Revolutionary War, paying rent to their British landlord Granville as well as taxes to the newly formed U.S. government. First Names. If I can collaborate on your searchsuch as looking at the pre-1790 south carolina censuse, let me know, richard Kenneth Burns Three days later, the men "were well soused in a myery meadow by the way of which we crossed severall." . NOTE: Additional records that apply to Orange County are also on the North Carolina Land Records page. My Greatgrand father was suppose to be born there in 1774 his name was Henry. A Condensed History of the Early Settlers of Catawba County, Prepared by Colonel George M. Yoder, Catawba County Library. By 1860 77% of the land owners had 100 acres or less with only about 1% having 1,000 acres or more. KIMBRO/KIMBROUGH, LEINBERGER/LINEBERRY, LONG, LOY, MAY, MOSER, NEASE/NEESE/NEESE, RICH/RIDGE, SCHADE/SHADDIE,
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