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Antebellum and Civil War · 1800–1865
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James Hogg sells Poplar Hill to his son-in-law William Norwood
James Hogg, who had built the house later called Poplar Hill on an 1,100-acre tract on the south bank of the Eno, sells the estate in 1803 to his son-in-law William Norwood. It later became the home of John Wall Norwood.
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William Norwood gives $100 toward finishing South Building
William Norwood of Hillsborough contributed $100 toward finishing South Building at the university.
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William Norwood represents the borough of Hillsborough in the House of Commons
Hillsborough lawyer William Norwood was elected to the House of Commons for the borough of Hillsborough in 1806 and reelected in 1807.
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William Norwood becomes a trustee of Hillsborough Academy
William Norwood was a trustee of Hillsborough Academy by 1816 and chaired its board in 1826.
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Francis L. Hawks is elected the first senior warden of St. Matthew's Church
When Hillsborough's Episcopalians organized St. Matthew's parish in 1824, they elected Francis L. Hawks senior warden and William Norwood junior warden. Hawks and Emily Hawks are on the parish's first membership roll.
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William Norwood is elected first junior warden of the reorganized St. Matthew's Church
When St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Hillsborough was reorganized, William Norwood was elected its first junior warden.
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Hillsborough Episcopalians organize St. Matthew's Church
After decades without a resident minister, Hillsborough's Episcopalians organized a parish again and founded the present St. Matthew's on Thomas Ruffin's gift of land, with William Mercer Green as first rector.
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The Orange County Sunday School Union asks the Assembly to fund its schools
The Orange County Sunday School Union petitioned the General Assembly for 25 cents a year per pupil for its 22 Sunday schools, which taught 800 to 1,000 children, many from poor families, to read. John Scott of Hillsborough presented it in the House of Commons, which turned it down.
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The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina holds its convention in Hillsborough for the first time
Bishop John Stark Ravenscroft, eight clergy and lay delegates from ten parishes met in Hillsborough in May 1826, gathering in the newly finished St. Matthew's Church, which was consecrated on the Sunday of the session. St. Matthew's sent Thomas Ruffin, William Norwood, Francis L. Hawks and James S. Smith as its delegates.
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William Norwood's estate lists Rebecca Ruffin and her daughters
When William Norwood died, the inventory of his estate named Rebecca, wife of Judge Ruffin's coachman Jesse, and two of their daughters, Nancy and Julia, among 57 enslaved people.
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