LEARN NC. This page has been accessed 774 times. For state-wide archival repositories, see North Carolina Archives and Libraries. Place. More Options. Although the academy ceased operations after Hughess death, historians note that his students would flock to Hughess bedside after his first stroke. His son, John Hardison was a delegate to the 2nd Continental Congress. [C] CHOWAN PRECINCT East side of Chowan River: Meherrin, Baker[H], Alston [J], Bennett, Parker, Blanthard, Spivy, Hill, Perry, Hunter, Lee, Pendal,Speight, Barns. In 1840, a slave named Stephen, owned by Abisha and Elisha Slade, accidentally discovered the process of flue-curing for tobacco. to promise him to avenge his Death if it should so happen. My Fathers side is Reason shown thru northern and eastern North Carolina Dating back to the 1700s . In searching out the origins of the churches of Orange County, one will see that the early settlers, zealous for their freedom of body, mind and spirit and finding the old regimes of their homelands encroaching upon their religious principles, came not only from Europe, but from other American colonies as well, in Rendleman Date 1953 Extent Local Identifier G3903.R8E27 1953 .R46 Creator (s) Rendleman, D. A. In these, mingled together, they dip their cakes at great LDSGenealogy.com is privately owned and is not an official site of FamilySearch International or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). When the earliest settlers arrived, Kentucky was still a territory of Virginia, and Nelson County, formed in 1785, included the present Washington, Marion, and nine other counties, plus parts of eleven others. Contact D. H. Hill Jr. Library. the Occoneechee, and northwest of the present city of Durham. The North Carolina Historical Review 87, no. From its beginning Orange County was the home of farmers. Germans held the land west of the Haw River. teaching mission of East Carolina University and preserve the cultural heritage of the eastern North Carolina community through digital initiatives, especially the creation of digital library . In 1860 the 3 largest slaveholders were I. N. PATTERSON with 106, Paul CAMERON with 98, and Henry WHITTED with 78. The Occannechis location offered economic and political power, notably in the area of deerskin exchange among the tribes connected by the Trading Path. Hi, I am a patricia Green, daughter of miles Leslie green., Samuel Jacob Green was my great grandfather in my fathers side. Permit Portal. If so, they paid quit rents to them, as to avoid being required to work on the landowners land and house. For state-wide genealogical societies, see North Carolina Societies. Note: the Perrys married into Cumbo family also related to the Meherrin tribe. . Soon after this visit of John Lawson, the Siouan tribes of the Piedmont departed for eastern Carolina. Historical Foundation of Hillsborough and Orange County210 N Churton StHillsborough, NC 27278Phone: 919-732-2210Email: info@orangeNChistory.org Website, Orange County, North Carolina Record Dates, Wikipedia contributors, "Orange County, North Carolina," in, Donna Sherron, "North Carolina Parishes," accessed 12 October 2012. He does not say who wrote this comment. Four hundred years ago the English Roanoke colonists met numerous native inhabitants along the coast of what would become the state of North Carolina. [ hide person profiles] Person Profiles (21) A Robert Anderson abt 1750 - abt 1820 "Expanding to the west: Settlement of the Piedmont region, 1730 to 1775." Once the language barrier disappeared, however, they were able to find careers in all areas of society. their Concert till Morning. *****Dr. Lederer's comments**** whether in possession of a train ticket to their final destination, who paid for the passage. My Moms side comes from the Coopers of the south shore of Albermarle Sound and specifically the communities of Gum Neck, Frying Pan and Alligator in Tyrrell County. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[6]. "Going to the Show" is . He moved to Kentucky . Required fields are marked *. During the war, Hooper moved to Hillsborough because the British took the town of Wilmington, and he would live out the rest of his days in present-day Orange County. Two prominent Quaker pioneers were Jonathan LINDLEY of the FamilySearch. . 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. by Sara Whitford | Articles, Census Records, Early Colonial Records, Miscellaneous Records, Reference | 46 comments. They settled at a place they called the "Meadows" about 9 miles E. of Hillsborough at . 2 Broughton Drive A total of 1006 people inhabited Wilkes County "beyond the crest of the Blue Ridge" in 1790. The Formation of The North Carolina Counties (1663-1943). Why was he not found? The town of Chapel Hill lies within Orange County and is home to the states flagship university: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This list constitutes only those ancestors represented in the Order; additional ancestors continue to be proven, documented and added to our rolls. afterwards pressed, yield a milky liquor, and the acorns an amber-colour'd oyl. Hopefully, it will help to find his grave. 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 most distinctly Scotch-Irish settlement in the county was Eno, about 7 miles north of Hillsborough. I am looking to fill in my family tree. German settlers first came to what is now North Carolina as part of the second expedition sent to the Roanoke area by Sir Walter Raleigh in the 1580s. Beginning in the 1720s, settlers who moved into the Carolinas could also obtain a patent by paying the necessary paperwork fees associated with the steps of entry, warrant, and plat. I saw the name Hardy listed but not Hardison. Samuel Suther, NC Historical Marker L-76, North Carolina Office of Archives & History. Im not familiar with the history about this and Ive tried to look it up, but everything Im seeing about Russellborough says it was founded by Capt. Presbyterian Church in 1756. The Occoneechee (Occaneechee) Indians provided Lawson with a feast of "good fat Bear, and Venison." Orange County was created out of parts of Bladen, Granville, and Johnston counties in 1752. Think for a moment about the first European settlers to permanently inhabit North Carolina. Tar Heel Junior Historian, 34, no. Additional references and resources: Excavating Occaneechi Town: An archaeology primer. Old maps of Orange County . 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). was the largest slaveholder in the county with 24. I found an Adams plantation on the map in the Beaufort area. Some important eighteenth-century Highland Scots in North Carolina were Flora McDonald, John McRae, and James Campbell. 6 min read. 1989. The migration along the "Great Wagon Road" from PA through Shenandoah valley to Carolina was made up largely of Scotch-Irish and German 1789 Courthouse burned. They are of mean stature and courage, covetous and thievish, industrious to earn a penny; and therefore upon them almost as members of his family". That may be my link, especially if he Adams family moved further west by the 1750s. 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. Quakers were very prominent in early Orange County. 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. A Glimpse Into Watauga County, NC John Adams was a drummer at the age of 15 during the American Revolutionary War. The Welsh, including Thomas LLOYD settled between Hillsborough and what is now Chatham County. and out of their granary supply all the adjacent parts. William Henry Foote xxxii, 33-557, 8 p. New York Robert Carter, 58 Canal Street 1846. Image courtesy of Library of Congress, call #: LC-J7-NC- 2457. 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The largest influx of German people to North Carolina, however, occurred in the eighteenth century, beginning with a joint effort between a Swiss land company and the British Crown to settle 100 families of German Palatines in the town of New Bern on the Neuse and Trent Rivers in 1710. possible in Jersey settlement area Rowan co bout 1768. 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My Greatgrand father was suppose to be born there in 1774 his name was Henry. Part of the American History & Genealogy Project. (David A.) Included are all Heads of Household in the US Federal Census of 1790 and their spouses while living in Orange County. By 1860 77% of the land owners had 100 acres or less with only about 1% having 1,000 acres or more. These could be from the German region as you stated. 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. From this point, it travels southeast until it crosses the current Highway 311 and empties into the Dan River just south of Idol Park. The leader, a man named MASSEY, Map showing early German settlers. It was named for the infant William V of Orange. 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. Summary Of John C. Calhoun's Clay Compromise Measures. You'll be interested to know that there is NO record of anyone being tarred and feathered during the riots. From January 1991 through March 1999, the North Carolina Division of Archives and History and the State Library of North Carolina coordinated the North Carolina Newspaper Project (NCNP), an extensive program to locate, catalog, and microfilm existing North Carolina newspapers. Keckly, who eventually bought her freedom became a prominent dressmaker in Washington, D.C., wrote a memoir which detailed her experiences in Hillsborough, specifically the birth of her illegitimate son. The Occaneechi, Haw, and Eno were the first Native Americans to live within present-day Orange County. Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967), a collaborator with Duke Ellington and an affluent member of the American Jazz movement, was raised in Orange County. sung by us as we lay in Bed, and struck up their Music to serenade and welcome us into their Town. The Research Triangle Park (RTP) permeates urban region of Orange County. They also settled in the area east of The preemptors : Middle Tennessee's first settlers, ca. person whose name is not known with 20. Orange County is located in the north-central portion of North Carolina and was named for William V of Orange, the infant grandson of King George III of England. Craig. . A halt was made at Eno town, located on a "Pretty Rivulet", fourteen miles east of Taxes, opportunities and freedom for religion and freedom to dream are just a few of the explanations why these early settlers arrived. Formerly chartered by the North Carolina legislature in 1789, the University has long remained an important institution of historical, cultural, and educational importance. Im glad you left your comment, though, because someone with South Carolina roots may see it and would love to take you up on your offer! 1781 Some records were lost/destroyed when they were buried to avoid destruction by Cornwallis during the Revolutionary War. They traveled together to the lower part of Illinois. slaves or more. As he traveled through Haw fields, he met a trading caravan of thirty horses led by several horsemen. How early were your ancestors in North Carolina? Several historical anthologies and collections rest in the libraries across the campus, and the Carolina Playmakers and Paul Green Theater, the Ackland Art Museum, and the Morehead Plantation are other vital aspects of the campus. Germany. He was the original owner of the Cupola House in Edenton. Jonathan Lindley brought his group of Quakers from North Carolina to the area in 1811. Did any of your Leonards come into Georgia? Who was Caroline married to cuz? Adopt a Pet. The delays were annoying. . His name appears on the marriage licenses of many, and their Wills, along with land grants. A few of these were created as a colonial imitation of the British Peerage. Quarter Creek areas that are now part of Alamance, Chatham and Randolph. It was Strayhorns numerous visits with his grandparents in Hillsborough that allowed him to develop into a influential Jazz musician. [H] PASQUOTANK PRECINCT between Pasquotank and North Rivers: Spence, Burkham [G] (at Joys Fork), Jones [G], Janson, Mann, Jones, Hawkins. General Thomas Lloyd, progenitor of the Lloyd Family of Orange county, North Carolina was born in Pennsylvania about 1736. He brought some of his chief Men into his Cabin, and two of them having a Drum and Rattle, ALBRECHT/ALBRIGHT, BASON, KLAPP/CLAPP, EPHLAND/EFLAND, FAUST/FOUST, GERHARD, GOERTNER/COURTNER/CURTNER, GRAFF/GRAVES, HOLT/HOLD, The Germans moved to the west side of the Haw. The religious influences of Germans are notable, for example, and the Moravian village of Old Salem remains as a reflection of their impact. However, the seats name was later changed in honor of the Earl of Hillsborough, Wills Hill. If you have information to share about Orange County or if you would be interested in building and maintaining a website about Orange County please contact me at Orange . (Raleigh, N.C. 1950). Orange County, North Carolina : [map of early settlers in old Orange County, including parts of present Orange, Chatham, and Durham counties, 1743-1810] Family History Library Orange County, North Carolina deeds Family History Library Orange County, North Carolina land ownership map, 1891 Family History Library 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. Have you been to NC? Home Moravian Church, built 1800, previously called the Gemein Haus in Old Salem, now Winston-Salem. hire themselves out to their neighbours, who employ them as carryers or porters. .Some houses they have of reed or bark; they build them generally round: to each house belongs a little hovel made like an oven, Im always up for learning something new. Tryon decided to pardon half the group, but the other six were hanged on June 19. He moved with his family in the late 1750's to Orange county in North Carolina from Pennsylvania. In ANCHOR, https://www.ncpedia.org/anchor/expanding-west-settlement, Bernheim, G. D. 1872. They were the first to build a religious structure, the Lick Creek Meeting House in 1813. "We Crosst several miring branches in which we were all terribly bedaubed," they wrote. the government of the county is still democratic, and the three crops a year are possible for farmers who space their corn plantings properly. DOWNLOAD OPTIONS download 1 file . Early Settlers Definition: Profiles for adult pioneers that were living in Orange County, North Carolina prior to 1800. Carl Hammer Jr., Rhinelanders on the Yadkin (1965). Happy to see the Perrys and Slades of our family listed. My great great great grand fathers were Hatteras Indian. The first such settlers were Pennsylvanians, members of the Spratt family, who arrived in the 1740's. Thomas Polk is reported to have followed these pioneers for love of Spratt's daughter, whom he subsequently married. We fought in Revolutionary war and the civil war. If i can assist let me I am in Va. Beach area. Despite such setbacks, German settlers continued to come to North Carolina throughout the eighteenth century. entertainments, and so serve them up to their guests as an extraordinary dainty. Men in Orange County served in various regiments. Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. The Gooch and Benton Families of Caswell and Orange Counties of North Carolina, Nancy L Crawford (1987) Gunn. Che had a great plantation off the Swift Creek of the Neuse River. This was at a time that large land grants were common, but only 5% of the land owners had 1,000 acres or more. District Precinct Maps. The town of Hillsborough is the county seat of Orange County, North Carolina, United States and is located along the Eno River. First Names. By 1849 Weaver had its first church, Hill's Chapel A.M.E. Does anyone have any information on the Norcumb family or know where I can find more information? 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. from Leeds in Yorkshire, England, advised Lawson to secure ENO-WILL, a faithful Indian guide, who was to be found at one of the villages in the Their government is democratick; and the sentences of their old It has been said that in 18th century Orange county more than 75% of the land Apparently all of the Indians in Map of North Carolina County Formations 1664-1965. In the early 1700s, small groups of French Huguenot, German Palatine, and Swiss immigrants founded towns on the coast. They stayed in Onlsow County until 1785 when they left for GA. A History of Orange County. Family Tree Fact Check: Elial Edwards, son of Emanuel Edwards, North Carolina Tedder Census Data, Tax Lists, Land Records, and more, by county, Will of Thomas Rountree (Chowan County) 1748. slaves. Opened in 1801, Hillsborough Academy was actually a host of schools that shared the name throughout the county. Henry Rice, Constable ****Lawson's sketch**** For personal use and not for further distribution. Michael HOLT had large acreage along the Great and Little Alamance. I am Ken Reason : My Mothers side Patterson is from Scotland then Ireland and all many all over the globe. 2016 John Locke Foundation | 200 West Morgan St., Raleigh, NC 27601, Voice: (919) 828-3876, //$i = get_field('photogallery2',get_the_ID()); English immigrants from VA settled in northern Orange along the Hico River and County Line Creek. The first student to enroll in the University of North Carolina when it opened its doors in 1795 was Hinton James, a descendent of the early Welsh settlers of Pender County. Subject (s) 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. 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. Ludwig CLAPP had a grant of 640 acres on the He lived on the Little River, and was on the Assembly and was Court Clerk for quite a few years. Pruitt, A.B. Carolina Digital Library and Archives for "Going to the Show," a project documenting the experience of moviegoing in North Carolina in the early twentieth century. Hillsborough; Search; Compare; Project; Community; Partners; News; Help; Old Maps Online. For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. (Click here for an article on the influence of religion and politics on the N.C. Regulation). Land grants to early settlers in present Wake County, 1739 to 1820 Microfilm of Orange County Records County Newspapers, 1820 to Present Court Minutes, 1752 to 1868 Index to Deeds, 1755 to 1962 Index to Wills, 1756 to 1961 Marriage Bonds, 1752 to 1868 Record of Deeds, 1775 to 1872 Record of Wills, 1752 to 1893 U.S. Census for Orange County The county seat, Hillsborough, was originally known as Childsburgh, after Attorney General Thomas Childs, and it was incorporated in 1759. In the census of 1880 the number was down to some 400. Other German pioneers were Christian FAUST, Jacob ALBRIGHT, Peter SHARP, Philip SNOTHERLY and David EFLAND. [G] PASQUOTANK PRECINCT between Little and Pasquotank Rivers: Hall, Nixon, Lowry, Evans, Salton, Boyd, Baily, Swann, Pritchard, Hague, Palin [J], Pendleton, Davis,Mabson [F], Reed [W].