Orange County Indexed

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The chronology’s 16,421 dated events and 425 storylines name 10,876 people. 1,260 of them have a page of their own: their names link to it, and to the entries filed under them. Other names appear as written in the chronology, with links to the entries that name them.

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Faddis, John 5 entries, 1789–1822
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Faddis, John, Jr. 1 entry, 1821
- November 20, 1821: The firm of Thomas & John Faddis is wound up after John Faddis Jr. dies
Faddis, Thomas J. 1 entry, 1826
- November 27, 1826: Judge Thomas Ruffin frees Susan Revels from a sale that would have taken her out of the county
Fagan, Dorothy 1 entry, 1951
- October 27, 1951: Lochiel, the Fagan family home outside Hillsborough, burns to the ground
Fagan, Roger 1 entry, 1951
- October 27, 1951: Lochiel, the Fagan family home outside Hillsborough, burns to the ground
Faherty, Kate 1 entry, 2018
- 2018: Burwell School Historic Site marks the bicentennial of Elizabeth Keckly
Fairbault, G. C. 1 entry, 1944
- by November 23, 1944: Hillsboro's Black Boy Scout troop is reorganized
Fairbrother, M. H. 1 entry, 1895
- by December 12, 1895: The Recorder's new publisher gives up the Durham Recorder and keeps the Hillsboro Recorder
Faires, Jay 1 entry, 1997
- July 1997: Disney buys Carrboro's Mammoth Records
Fambrough, D. M. 1 entry, 1942
- January 5, 1942: Tire rationing board for southern Orange County receives its first quota
Fanning, David 10 entries, 1772–1939

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Fanning, Edmund 42 entries, 1754–1772

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Farabee, Roscoe 1 entry, 1936
- March 1936: The county welfare and health departments set up a free syphilis clinic in Chapel Hill
Faribault, Elizabeth 1 entry, 1855
- March 27, 1855: Aunt Fariby saves Jane from burning
Faribault, Walter 1 entry, 1963
- July 30, 1963: Hillsboro's new bi-racial committee holds its first meeting
Faribault, Walter, Jr. 1 entry, 1990
- By January 1990: Walter Faribault Jr. opens Faribault's Pit Cooked Bar-B-Q in Hillsborough
Farley 1 entry, 1815
- 1815: A Mr. Graham and Miss Farley take charge of Hillsborough Academy
Farley, James A. 1 entry, 1937
- March 9, 1937: Postmaster General Farley defends the court plan in a coast-to-coast broadcast from Memorial Hall
Farlow, J. R. 1 entry, 1948
- December 6, 1948: New county board reappoints Judge Phipps and names Jerry Stone recorder's court prosecutor
May be the same person as Farlow, James R.
Farlow, James R. 2 entries, 1948–1958
- June 7, 1948: County commissioners name J. R. Farlow solicitor of the Orange County Recorder's Court
- February 14, 1958: The Orange County Bar Association elects John T. Manning and opposes cameras in court
May be the same person as Farlow, J. R.
Farlow, Larue C. 1 entry, 1963
- by August 8, 1963: Larue C. Farlow takes the oath as a justice of the peace
Farmer, Felty 1 entry, 1801
- August 14, 1801: Barbara Holt names Felty Farmer, who is charged with resisting the constables
Farrakhan, Louis 1 entry, 1980
- November 18, 1980: Louis Farrakhan speaks in Memorial Hall
Farrar, Earnest 1 entry, 1945
- 1945: Black mason John Wesley Campbell and his sons build the stone Neville House in Carrboro
Farrar, Elizabeth 1 entry, 1929
- July 17, 1929: Summer players stage the Agamemnon of Aeschylus in Kenan Stadium
Farrar, Eugene 1 entry, 2008
- April 2008: Fred Battle steps down as president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP
Farrar, P. C. 3 entries, 1931–1942
- November 7, 1931: Chapel Hill play-reading club is formed at Dr. P. C. Farrar's home
- May 17, 1938: Chapel Hill high school seniors stage the first full-length play in the new school auditorium
- September 23, 1942: Dynamite blasts at the University's new athletic field shower stones on nearby homes
May be the same person as Farrar, Preston; Farrar, Preston C.
Farrar, Mrs. P. C. 1 entry, 1940
- February 16, 1940: Chapel Hill organizes a branch of Fighting Funds for Finland
Farrar, Preston 2 entries, 1929
- July 17, 1929: Summer players stage the Agamemnon of Aeschylus in Kenan Stadium
- about 1929: Drama professor Preston Farrar builds a house with an outdoor stage on Laurel Hill Road
May be the same person as Farrar, P. C.; Farrar, Preston C.
Farrar, Preston C. 1 entry, 1955
- July 1955: The Chapel Hill Memorial Fund has a bronze tablet made for the town's World War II dead
May be the same person as Farrar, P. C.; Farrar, Preston
Farrington, John 1 entry, 1960

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Farthing, G. C. 1 entry, 1899
- by June 29, 1899: William Shambley sells his gold mine south of Hillsborough
Faucett, A. G. 1 entry, 1864
- May 11 to late July 1864: Company A, 66th N.C., an Orange company, loses Lieut. J. E. Lynch and four men killed
Faucett, Albert F. 1 entry, 1866
- November Term 1866: The court binds Simeon Miller, a boy of color aged eleven, to Albert F. Faucett
Faucett, Chesley F. 5 entries, 1820–1850
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Faucett, Cicero M. 1 entry, 1867
- July 17, 1867: Cicero M. Faucett is confirmed as clerk of the Bureau office at Hillsborough
Faucett, David 2 entries, 1792–1808
- By 1792: Faucett's grist mill is working at the Eno ford northwest of Hillsborough
- about 1808: The Faucett family builds a two-story house and inn beside their Eno mill
Faucett, Dill 1 entry, 1867
- March 13, 1867: Orange Superior Court convicts Catlett C. Tinnen of manslaughter
Faucett, Edward 2 entries, 1799–1806
- March 2, 1799 (February Term 1799): The court orders a new road from John McRory's to the Caswell County line
- May 1806 (court term): The court binds William McCaddam to Edward Faucett, the man his mother named as his father
Faucett, Fletcher R. 2 entries, 1901
- May 7, 1901: Hillsborough elects Mayor Norwood and a five-member town board under its amended charter
- May 30, 1901: Mayor Norwood breaks a tie to license Hillsborough's three saloons for another year
Faucett, George A. 1 entry, 1840
- May 9, 1840: Four elders are ordained at New Hope
Faucett, George J. 1 entry, 1880
- by May 29, 1880: Census enumerators are named for Orange County's eleven districts
Faucett, James 1 entry, 1813
- August Term 1813: The court pays James Faucett for repairing the Eno bridge at Hillsborough
Faucett, John 1 entry, 1789
- November 10, 1789: The House pays the men who carried the state treasury out of Hillsborough
May be the same person as Faucett, John A.
Faucett, John A. 3 entries, 1839–1844
- February 2, 1839: Hillsborough elects O. F. Long magistrate of police and seven town commissioners
- by January 27, 1841: Hillsborough's town commissioners engage J. Odend'hal to teach the town's English academy
- February 3, 1844: Hillsborough elects Richeson Nichols magistrate of police
May be the same person as Faucett, John
Faucett, R. L. 1 entry, 1901
- May 7, 1901: Hillsborough elects Mayor Norwood and a five-member town board under its amended charter
Faucett, R. T. 1 entry, 1877
- May 19, 1877: Fire destroys R. T. Faucett & Co.'s tobacco factory and Col. Parrish's carriage factory at Durham
Faucett, Robert 3 entries, 1799–1890
- March 2, 1799 (February Term 1799): The court orders a new road from John McRory's to the Caswell County line
- May 7, 1877: Hillsborough elects C. S. Cooley mayor and a new board of commissioners
- June 10, 1890: Town commissioner Robert Faucett dies in Hillsboro
Faucett, Samuel 1 entry, 1820
- October 15, 1820: Alexander Gattis, Samuel Faucett and Gilbert Strayhorn are ordained elders at New Hope
Faucett, Thomas 2 entries, 1801–1855

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- August 27, 1801: A jury finds Africa Parker did not escape the prison bounds
- 28 May 1855: The court binds Eliza Taburn, a free girl of color not yet three, to Thomas Faucett
May be the same person as Faucett, Thomas U.
Faucett, Thomas 2 entries, 1841–1850

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Faucett, Thomas U. 1 entry, 1870
- 1870 to fall 1872: T. U. Faucett becomes stated supply at New Hope
May be the same person as Faucett, Thomas
Faucett, W. H. 1 entry, 1895
- by March 23, 1895: The Fusion legislature names new magistrates for Orange County's townships
Faucett, W. R. 1 entry, 1894
- August 11, 1894: Orange County Republicans hold their county convention and name a county ticket
Faucette, Alexander 1 entry, 1832
- May 1832: White Cross Church, later an AME congregation, is organized
Faucette, David 1 entry, 1792
- 1792: David Faucette buys the home tract and a grist mill from his father
Faucette, Ed Nash 1 entry, 1959
- by March 12, 1959: The State Highway Commission posts a 35-mile zone on Highway 70-A into Hillsboro
Faucette, F. R. 1 entry, 1898
- May 3, 1898: John T. Shaw unseats Mayor Joseph A. Harris by one vote
May be the same person as Faucette, Fletcher R.
Faucette, Fletcher R. 1 entry, 1893
- May 1, 1893: Hillsborough re-elects Mayor Joseph A. Harris and chooses a new town board
May be the same person as Faucette, F. R.
Faucette, George 1 entry, 1893
- June 5, 1893: Orange justices and commissioners elect a new county Board of Education
Faucette, George A. 1 entry, 1840
- 1840: A Female School House is built for the Burwells' school
Faucette, George J. 1 entry, 1891
- July 6, 1891: The county Board of Education is sworn in and keeps W. V. Andrews as chairman
Faucette, H. L. 1 entry, 1891
- May 4, 1891: Hillsborough re-elects Mayor Joseph A. Harris and chooses a seven-man town board
Faucette, James G. 1 entry, 1950
- December 1, 1950: Overseer James G. Faucette retires after 52 years at Eno Cotton Mills
Faucette, John 1 entry, 1950
- June 1950: Black residents opened a fund drive to build the Orange County Negro Public Library a building of its own
Faucette, Joseph 1 entry, 1850
- 1850: The 1850 census lists four enslaved people on Joseph Faucette's farm
Faucette, Lindsey 1 entry, 1901
- March 6, 1901: Jesse Ruffin, coachman and stagecoach driver, dies
Faucette, Lonnie 1 entry, 1881
- by May 21, 1881: Young men of Hillsborough organize a brass band
Faucette, Maude 3 entries, 1961–1983
- 1961: Teacher Maude Faucette retires after a long career in elementary schools
- 1977: Wiley and Erika Shearin buy the Faucette House and name it The Elms
- 1983: Maude Faucette dies at 97 and leaves part of her estate to Fairfield Presbyterian Church
Faucette, Nelia Belle 1 entry, 1955
- November 19, 1955: Cone Mills holds its first service-award dinner for Eno plant workers
Faucette, P. R. 2 entries, 1896
- May 15, 1896: Hillsborough's commissioners take up revised town ordinances and order them printed and posted
- May 4, 1896: Hillsborough elects Mayor Joseph A. Harris and an all-Democratic town board
Faucette, Richard 2 entries, 1768–1792
- 1768: Richard Faucette buys part of the Tinnin and Taylor land on the Eno
- 1792: David Faucette buys the home tract and a grist mill from his father
Faucette, Robert 2 entries, 1888–1890
- March 16, 1888: Fire destroys eight wooden buildings near the Hillsborough court house
- May 5, 1890: Hillsboro re-elects Mayor Joseph A. Harris with a seven-man town board
Faucette, T. A. 2 entries, 1885–1893
- September 1885: Thomas D. Tinnin takes over the Hillsborough post office and moves it near the court house
- June 1893: Hillsborough merchants Ellen, Koplon & Brother assign their business to a trustee
Faucette, Thomas 1 entry, 1835
- February 7, 1835: Hillsborough elects its magistrate of police and town commissioners
Faucette, William 2 entries, 1823–1893
- February 1823: Dr. James Webb deeds Hillsborough's Methodists a lot and house on Tryon Street
- July 30, 1893: Lisbon P. Berry organizes a Sunday school for Black residents at Hillsborough
May be the same person as Faucette, William R.
Faucette, William R. 1 entry, 1888
- September 1, 1888: Orange County Republicans nominate Wilson Brown for sheriff and a full county ticket
May be the same person as Faucette, William
Faucit, Robert 1 entry, 1797
- May 25, 1797: The court frees Cicero under James Armstrong's will
Faulkner, Sam 1 entry, 1882
- January 4, 1882: Eight prisoners break out of the Orange County jail at Hillsborough
Faulkner, Waldron 1 entry, 1936
- 1936: The Playmakers begin planning a new Dramatic Art Building
Faurot, Don 1 entry, 1942
- September 1 to November 21, 1942: Jim Tatum coaches UNC football for a single season
Faust, Lucian 1 entry, 1961
- December 1, 1961: County Planning Board takes its draft zoning ordinance to New Hope
Faust, Lucien 1 entry, 1963
- March 1963: Chapel Hill Planning Board favors a large village in response to the Triangle commission's development plan
Featherstone, George T. 1 entry, 1925
- late January 1925: William T. Sloan becomes acting police chief of Chapel Hill
Felder, Monique 1 entry, 2020
- July 16, 2020: Orange County Schools votes to open the school year online
Felmet, Joseph A. 8 entries, 1928–2022

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Ferger, W. F. 1 entry, 1933
- by August 18, 1933: Four economics professors lay out the Davie Woods home colony on part of the old Strowd farm
Ferguson, G. S. 1 entry, 1906
- February 1906: Durham wins an injunction against the Eno Cotton Mills for fouling the Eno
Ferguson, Kathleen 1 entry, 2021
- March 8, 2021: Hillsborough renames Thomas Ruffin Street as Lydia Lane
Ferguson, Rev. Mr. 1 entry, 1886
- September 19, 1886: Twenty-nine converts are baptized in the Eno before a crowd of more than a thousand
Ferguson, Robert 2 entries, 1785–1788
- 1785 or early 1786: The North Carolina Gazette begins publication at Hillsborough
- February 27, 1788: The court pays Robert Ferguson for printing its orders
Ferree, A. I. 1 entry, 1944
- September 29, 1944: Republican Senate candidate A. I. Ferree opens the Orange campaign at the Carrboro school
Ferrell, John A. 1 entry, 1931
- 1931-32: State health officer James M. Parrott plans a Chapel Hill training school that would also serve as Orange County's health department
Ferribow, Christianna 1 entry, 1918
- October 1918: A Black committee of the women's Liberty Loan organization raises $1,350 in Hillsborough Township
Ferrill, George W. 1 entry, 1833
- March 23, 1833: New Hope elects George W. Ferrill as pastor
Ferrill, Thomas 1 entry, 1857
- August Term 1857: Solomon Shepherd appeals a bastardy verdict to the Superior Court
Ferris, William 1 entry, 2004
- September 30, 2004: John Dee Holeman plays a free blues concert at Graham Memorial
Ferris, William R. 3 entries, 1995–2004

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Ferson, M. L. 1 entry, 1926
- by June 11, 1926: Leon Green of the University of Texas is elected dean of the University law school
May be the same person as Ferson, Merton Leroy
Ferson, Merton Leroy 1 entry, 1924
- June 10, 1924: Trustees elect Merton L. Ferson dean of the law school
May be the same person as Ferson, M. L.
Fesler, James W. 1 entry, 1948
- January 12, 1948: Chapel Hill's new Community Council launches the town's first Community Fund drive
Fetter, Frederick A. 1 entry, 1861
- July 31, 1861: Faculty deny rumors of closing and add military drill
Fetter, Manuel 10 entries, 1829–1869

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Fetzer, Bill 2 entries, 1923
- by January 18, 1923: Bill and Bob Fetzer sign a five-year contract to direct Carolina athletics
- about 1923: "Judge" Brockwell's cabin at the edge of Battle Park burns
Fetzer, Bob 1 entry, 1923
- by January 18, 1923: Bill and Bob Fetzer sign a five-year contract to direct Carolina athletics
Fetzer, Robert 1 entry, 1952
- 1952: Oliver K. Cornwell becomes chair of UNC's Department of Physical Education and Athletics
Fetzer, Robert A. 8 entries, 1921–1981

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Fetzer, William McK. 1 entry, 1921
- 1921: Robert A. Fetzer comes to the University with his brother Bill to run athletics
Few, James 7 entries, 1758–1771

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Few, Mary R. 1 entry, 1960
- October 1960: The Dickson house near Hillsborough is left empty when its last tenant moves out
Few, William 10 entries, 1758–1922

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Few, William 1 entry, 1758

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- Fall 1758: The Few family settles on the Eno with four enslaved people and builds a saw and grist mill
Few, William, Jr. 1 entry, 1771
- 1771: William Few moves his family from Orange County to Georgia
Few, William, Sr. 2 entries, 1767–1771
- 1767: William Few takes over management of a second family farm near Hillsborough
- June 1771: Governor Tryon's army turns its horses onto the Few farm's crops
Field, Doris Gates 2 entries, 1958–1961
- February 1958: Doris and James Field begin plans for the Timbercrest subdivision
- 1961: The Field-Robbins House goes up on Timberly Drive
Field, James MacDonald 2 entries, 1958–1961
- February 1958: Doris and James Field begin plans for the Timbercrest subdivision
- 1961: The Field-Robbins House goes up on Timberly Drive
Field, Jeremiah 1 entry, 1771
- later 1771: Outlawed Regulator leaders petition Governor Martin for pardon
Fields, L. E. 2 entries, 1947–1948
- January 1947 (week of January 13): The district board of health adopts the standard milk ordinance for Orange, Person and Chatham
- April 28, 1948: The district board of health extends its ordinances to Lee County
May be the same person as Fields, Leonard E.
Fields, Leonard E. 1 entry, 1942
- by June 26, 1942: A draft medical examining board is set up in Chapel Hill
May be the same person as Fields, L. E.
Fields, Nannette 1 entry, 1957
- April 29, 1957: Efland Home trustees sell the old reformatory farm to W. G. Fields Jr. and Nannette Fields
Fields, W. G. 2 entries, 1928
- by March 9, 1928: C. C. Edwards begins building houses on the Pittsboro road south of Chapel Hill
- by June 8, 1928: Chapel Hill's 1928 building season passes a million dollars
Fields, W. G., Jr. 1 entry, 1957
- April 29, 1957: Efland Home trustees sell the old reformatory farm to W. G. Fields Jr. and Nannette Fields
Fields, W. S. 1 entry, 1955
- by January 6, 1955: University National Bank buys the Fields Building on West Franklin Street
Fierstein, Harvey 1 entry, 1985
- March 1985: The Carolina Union brings Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy to the UNC campus
Fife, Mrs. Harvey 1 entry, 1962
- November 2, 1962: The Chapel Hill Community Club marks its 50th anniversary
Filene, Peter 1 entry, 1990
- late May 1990: Students start APPLES to bring service learning into UNC courses
Fillmore, Millard 1 entry, 1850
- from July 29, 1850: President Fillmore makes William A. Graham Secretary of the Navy
Finch, Robert 2 entries, 1936–1937
- By May 8, 1936: Betty Smith comes to Chapel Hill with the Federal Theatre Project
- 1937: Betty Smith edits a collection of plays with Frederick Koch and Robert Finch
Finger, S. M. 3 entries, 1885–1890
- September 12, 1885: State Superintendent S. M. Finger addresses the Orange County Teachers' Association
- November 1887: State Superintendent S. M. Finger lectures at the University on the public school problem
- December 1890: The school board rebukes teachers who skipped Charles McIver's institute
Finlator, R. W. 1 entry, 1903
- by November 19, 1903: R. W. Finlator succeeds J. K. Powell as Southern Railway agent at Hillsborough
Finley, Hugh 1 entry, 1817
- February 26, 1817: The court summons Absalom Harvey to produce his apprentice Hugh Finley after a complaint of neglect
Finley, John Huston 1 entry, 1930
- June 10, 1930: Commencement is held outdoors at the Davie Poplar, and Chase receives an honorary degree
Finley, Mildred 1 entry, 1959
- November 15, 1959: Cedar Grove residents start a move to restore the old Eno church cemetery
Finley, W. W. 1 entry, 1909
- May 29, 1909: Southern Railway president W. W. Finley speaks at Chapel Hill after a stop at Hillsboro
Finley, William 1 entry, 1817
- February 26, 1817: The court summons Absalom Harvey to produce his apprentice Hugh Finley after a complaint of neglect
Fiocco, Jamie 1 entry, 2009
- November 2009: Flyleaf Books opens
Fischbeck, Lisa G. 2 entries, 2002–2003
- March 2002: The three Episcopal vestries in Orange County agree to start a new church
- September 21, 2003: The Episcopal Church of the Advocate is launched as the county's fourth Episcopal congregation
Fischer, Pat 1 entry, 1993
- October 1993: UNC begins a campuswide diversity training program for employees
Fish, Hamilton 1 entry, 1935
- March 31 to April 6, 1935: University holds its third Human Relations Institute
Fisher, A. M. 1 entry, 1958
- by November 13, 1958: Amity Methodist Church buys an eight-acre site near Estes Hills
Fisher, A. Mickey 1 entry, 1958
- April 13, 1958: Amity Methodist Church is organized in north Chapel Hill
Fisher, C. F. 1 entry, 1860
- May 1 to 5, 1860: The North Carolina Railroad stops carrying the mails and Hillsborough goes without
May be the same person as Fisher, Charles F.
Fisher, Charles F. 2 entries, 1858–1861
- July 8-9, 1858: North Carolina Railroad stockholders hold their ninth annual meeting in the Masonic Hall at Hillsborough
- July 21, 1861: The Orange Greys lose men at First Manassas
May be the same person as Fisher, C. F.
Fisher, George 1 entry, 1800
- 1800: The General Assembly takes back the university's confiscated lands and escheats
Fisher, J. L. 1 entry, 1854
- November 1854: The Chapel Hill Methodist church is made a charge separate from Hillsborough
Fisher, Jerry 1 entry, 1990
- 1990: N. Brooks Graebner becomes rector of St. Matthew's, Hillsborough
Fisher, June 1 entry, 1936
- by November 6, 1936: June Fisher opens a riding academy on the William McCauley farm
Fisher, Steven 1 entry, 1979
- 1979: Steven Fisher and Marcia Hawk move a threatened mill house to their Maple Avenue lot
Fiske, F. A. 3 entries, 1866–1868
- May 31, 1866: Black residents of Hillsborough ask the Bureau to find teachers for their children
- October 6, 1866: The Bureau's school superintendent seeks Quaker teachers for Chapel Hill and Bane's School House
- July 15 to August 15, 1868: Chapel Hill freedmen seek Bureau aid for a building that Lt. Hay judges is meant as a Baptist church
Fitch, A. B. 2 entries, 1927–1945
- 1927: The Fitch family buys out W. T. Riggs and the business becomes Fitch Lumber Company
- late 1945: Fitch Lumber moves its Mebane business to Carrboro after the Mebane branch burns
Fitch, Bernice 3 entries, 1941–1946
- May 6, 1941: Chapel Hill re-elects Mayor John M. Foushee and elects Fitch, Bowman, and Davis aldermen
- August 22, 1942: Chapel Hill aldermen suspend the town's milk ordinance for 45 days
- January 14, 1946: Chapel Hill aldermen pass a strict taxicab ordinance
Fitch, Homer 1 entry, 1941
- March 24, 1941: Carrboro softball players start a drive to light a softball field
Fitch, Miles M. 1 entry, 1953
- January 25, 1953: Covenant Presbyterian Church is organized in Chapel Hill
Fitch, R. B. 5 entries, 1923–1953
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Fitch, R. B., Jr. 1 entry, 1961
- May 18, 1961: The Orange Industrial Development Corporation opens its stock drive with a rally at Carrboro School
Fitch, R. Bernice, Sr. 1 entry, 1927
- 1927: The Fitch family buys out W. T. Riggs and the business becomes Fitch Lumber Company
Fitts, Howard 1 entry, 1949
- October 13, 1949: Orange County's association of Black parent-teacher groups meets at Central High with record membership
Fitzgerald, Cornelia 1 entry, 1871
- April 9, 1871: Mary Pauline Fitzgerald is baptized at St. Matthew's
Fitzgerald, Cornelia Smith 5 entries, 1844–1977

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Fitzgerald, Mary Pauline 1 entry, 1871
- April 9, 1871: Mary Pauline Fitzgerald is baptized at St. Matthew's
Fitzgerald, Richard 1 entry, 1883
- May 29, 1883: Court-appointed commissioners award damages to landowners along the University Railroad
Fitzgerald, Robert G. 8 entries, 1868–1871

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Fitzgerald, Sarah 1 entry, 1883
- May 29, 1883: Court-appointed commissioners award damages to landowners along the University Railroad
Fitzpatrick, W. W. 1 entry, 1948
- October 29, 1948: The state's first dairy heifer show and sale is held at the Hillsboro livestock market
Five, Ben Folds 1 entry, 1992
- December 1992: The Chapel Hill sound gains national attention
Flack, Chad 2 entries, 2006–2007
- 2006: UNC hosts its first NCAA baseball regional at Boshamer Stadium since 1983
- 2007: UNC closes the original Boshamer Stadium with a super regional win
Flanagan, Hallie 1 entry, 1935
- by October 4, 1935: Frederick H. Koch is named Federal Theatre director for Virginia and the Carolinas
Fleishman, Joel L. 1 entry, 2006
- 2006: The Lambeth Lectureship in public policy is established at UNC
Fleming, N. N. 1 entry, 1950
- July 13, 1950: Camp New Hope dedicates the Fleming Memorial Lodge
Fleming, Russell B. 1 entry, 1949
- June 21 to July 14, 1949: Orange Presbytery holds its first camps at Camp New Hope
Fleming, W. L. 1 entry, 1952
- by October 16, 1952: North Carolina Memorial Hospital's outpatient department opens in its permanent quarters
Fleming, William 1 entry, 1942
- by June 26, 1942: A draft medical examining board is set up in Chapel Hill
Fleming, Mrs. William L. 1 entry, 1941
- October 14, 1941: The Junior Service League reopens its free training course for Black women at the Orange County Training School
Fletcher, Marjorie L. 1 entry, 1937
- August 20, 1937: Chapel Hill holds a WPA play day for its children
Fletcher, Thomas 1 entry, 1862
- 1862: A carved brownstone headstone marks Thomas Fletcher's grave in the enslaved people's section
Flick, David 1 entry, 1962
- January 1962: Hyconeechee Regional Library director David Flick writes a books column for the News of Orange County
Flinn, Andrew 2 entries, 1799–1801
- 1799: Students rise against the faculty and beat principal Gillaspie
- October 16, 1801: Hillsborough Academy reopens for boys and girls under Andrew Flinn
Flinn, Lawrence 2 entries, 1935–1936
- December 21, 1935: Mrs. R. B. Lawson is named Chapel Hill's most valuable citizen
- May 20, 1936: Chapel Hill's Rotary Club asks the trustees to admit local young women as freshmen and sophomores
Flint, Thomas 1 entry, 1846
- August 12, 1846: Thomas Flint, Revolutionary soldier and longtime schoolmaster, dies
Flock, Bob 1 entry, 1949
- August 7, 1949: NASCAR comes to Occoneechee Speedway
Flock, Fonty 5 entries, 1948–1952

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Flock, Tim 1 entry, 1952
- June 8, 1952: Tim Flock wins the 100-mile Grand National at Occoneechee
Flora 1 entry, 1789
- August 29, 1789: The court gives Thomas Burke's executor leave to sell four enslaved people to pay the estate's debts
Florence, Sheila 1 entry, 1961

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Florin, John 2 entries, 1979–1983
- 1979: The Town of Carrboro pledges $2,500 for an architectural and historic inventory
- September 1983: The Carrboro Appearance Commission publishes the town's architectural and historical inventory
Flowers, Martha 1 entry, 1973
- by October 1973: Soprano Martha Flowers joins the UNC music faculty
Flowers, R. L. 1 entry, 1938
- December 20, 1938: Chapel Hill and Durham men form a committee to push a four-lane highway between the towns
Floyd, Elson 3 entries, 1988–1997
- spring 1988 (by April 20): Dean Gillian Cell drops her plan to restructure the Office for Student Counseling
- September 12, 1996: A 70-foot oak weakened by Hurricane Fran falls on Venable Hall
- November 14, 1997: The BSM marches to South Building with 22 new demands for Chancellor Hooker
Floyd, Elson S. 3 entries, 1995–1998

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Flynn, Minnie Sue 1 entry, 1930
- September 8, 1930: The Chapel Hill school opens with music and physical training restored
Foard, Frederick 1 entry, 1860
- mid-September 1860: Superior Court acquits university student Frederick Foard in the death of Nathaniel Watson
Fogartie, James E. 3 entries, 1890–1894
- November 23, 1890: Mr. Fogartie is installed as pastor of the Chapel Hill Presbyterian church
- November 30, 1890: James E. Fogartie is installed as pastor of New Hope
- by January 20, 1894: Rev. James E. Fogartie resigns the Chapel Hill Presbyterian pastorate
Fogelman, Lindsay 1 entry, 1960
- September 1960: Two classrooms are added to the south wing of Cedar Grove School
Fogleman, Anne Dickson 1 entry, 2011
- October 12, 2011: Speaker Ban marker dedicated at the McCorkle Place wall
Fogleman, John 1 entry, 1849
- by July 19, 1849: Commissioners sell the first fifty lots in Graham, the new Alamance seat
Fogleman, W. D. 1 entry, 1905
- May 14, 1905: Efland Methodist Church is organized
Foil, William 1 entry, 1964
- September 9, 1964: Chapel Hill High starts a three-year health careers program
Foister, J. P. 1 entry, 1922
- by November 9, 1922: J. P. Foister opens a fish market in Chapel Hill's old fire house
Foister, J. W. 1 entry, 1929
- January 17, 1929: Graham Court apartments open on McCauley Street
Foister, John 1 entry, 1931
- by January 30, 1931: John Johnson serves as the only Black member of the Chapel Hill fire company
Foister, John Lee 16 entries, 1898–1932

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Foister, M. D. 2 entries, 1906–1923
- by November 15, 1906: M. D. Foister wins the electrical contract for the university's Carnegie library
- by May 17, 1923: Jack Sparrow and Charles Martindale let a contract for an electric light line out the Durham road
Foister, R. W. 3 entries, 1910–1928
- May 10, 1910: A Christian Church congregation is organized in Chapel Hill
- August 1926: Bayard Wootten opens a Chapel Hill studio over Foister's store
- by December 21, 1928: University Book Exchange buys Foister's store on Franklin Street
May be the same person as Foister, Robert W.
Foister, Robert W. 2 entries, 1911–1925
- 1911: Robert W. Foister opens his first camera shop
- 1925: Fire destroys the building that housed Foister's Camera Shop
May be the same person as Foister, R. W.
Folds, Ben 5 entries, 1969–2008

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Foley, Lester 1 entry, 1963
- February 15, 1963: The Crowell Little Esso station opens on the Durham Boulevard
Follin, R. E. 1 entry, 1897
- 1897-98 session: The university Dramatic Club takes its plays on tour
Folt, Carol 5 entries, 2017–2018
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Folt, Carol L. 16 entries, 2013–2019

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Foord, Elias 1 entry, 1808
- 1808: Thirty-eight students petition the faculty over food at Steward's Hall
Foote, Percy W. 3 entries, 1940–1941
- by June 28, 1940: Chapel Hill citizens sign an appeal urging the United States into the war beside Britain
- June 4, 1940: Chapel Hill American Legion post calls for a national emergency and conscription
- January 19, 1941: The Chapel Hill chapter of the Committee to Defend America calls for armed convoys to Britain
Foote, Shelby 4 entries, 1935–1993

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Forbes, David 1 entry, 1986
- March 21, 1986: The School of Social Work holds its seventh Black Experience Workshop
Forbes, Donald 1 entry, 1953
- January 3, 1953: Fire destroys the Carolina Club night spot west of Chapel Hill
Forbes, James A., Jr. 1 entry, 1962
- 1962: Binkley Baptist Church takes James Forbes as a student intern
Forbes, Scott 1 entry, 2020
- August 7, 2020: Mike Fox retires as UNC head baseball coach
Forbus, Ina B. 1 entry, 1939
- 1939: Sample and Ina Forbus make the old Morrow's Mill on Cane Creek their home
Forbus, Sample B. 1 entry, 1939
- 1939: Sample and Ina Forbus make the old Morrow's Mill on Cane Creek their home
Ford, Gerald 1 entry, 1942
- May 1942–October 1945: Navy Pre-Flight School operates at UNC
May be the same person as Ford, Gerald R.
Ford, Gerald R. 1 entry, 1942
- October 1942 to May 1943: Lt. (jg) Gerald R. Ford becomes a battalion officer at the Pre-Flight School
May be the same person as Ford, Gerald
Ford, Guy Stanton 1 entry, 1932
- June 13, 1932: The consolidation survey proposes moving State College's engineering and agriculture to Chapel Hill
Fordham, Christopher 11 entries, 1980–1986
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Fordham, Christopher C., III 7 entries, 1971–1988

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Fordham, J. B. 1 entry, 1925
- April 28, 1925: The cornerstone of the new Chapel Hill Methodist church is laid
Foreman, Kenneth J. 1 entry, 1949
- October 14 and 16, 1949: The Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church celebrates its hundredth anniversary
Forest, B. B. 1 entry, 1921
- April 26, 1921: Fire destroys two store buildings in Hillsborough's business district
Forest, D. Efland 1 entry, 1935
- September 2, 1935: County board of health postpones the Chapel Hill school opening for infantile paralysis
Forest, John F. 1 entry, 1820
- May 26, 1820: County justices elect Thomas Clancy sheriff and John F. Forest state's attorney
Forest, O. J. 1 entry, 1921
- April 26, 1921: Fire destroys two store buildings in Hillsborough's business district
Forrest, B. B. 4 entries, 1902–1947
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Forrest, Mrs. B. B. 1 entry, 1918
- September 2, 1918: The Orange County Red Cross forms a canteen committee to give packages to men leaving for camp
Forrest, Beth 1 entry, 1948
- February 6, 1948: Orange County organizes a unit of the American Cancer Society
May be the same person as Forrest, Beth G.
Forrest, Beth G. 1 entry, 1950
- by December 14, 1950: Hillsboro women organize Occoneechee Temple of the Pythian Sisters
May be the same person as Forrest, Beth
Forrest, Bur 1 entry, 1896
- April 1896: A gold find near Efland draws the state geologist
Forrest, Carl 2 entries, 1930–1941
- November 1, 1930: An Efland merchant kills a robber outside the Bank of Efland
- October 4, 1941: Orange County sells the county home and its farm at auction
Forrest, Carrie Turner 1 entry, 1951
- April 11, 1951: Efland businessman Stephen Carl Forrest dies
Forrest, D. E. 5 entries, 1897–1962
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Forrest, D. Efland 7 entries, 1938–1959
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Forrest, Felix 1 entry, 1955
- June 15, 1955: Herring-Conners Chevrolet takes over Hillsboro's Chevrolet dealership
Forrest, Irene Allen 1 entry, 1958
- October 29, 1958: Judge L. J. Phipps becomes chairman of the Orange County Democrats
Forrest, J. P. 1 entry, 1873
- November 1873: Eno Church elects its first deacons
May be the same person as Forrest, John P.
Forrest, Mrs. Jake 1 entry, 1961
- December 1, 1961: County Planning Board takes its draft zoning ordinance to New Hope
Forrest, James 2 entries, 1835
- September 14, 1835: James Forrest, newly elected to the Commons, dies at his home
- August 13, 1835: Orange returns Joseph Allison to the Senate and John Stockard and James Forrest to the Commons
Forrest, John P. 1 entry, 1880
- by May 29, 1880: Census enumerators are named for Orange County's eleven districts
May be the same person as Forrest, J. P.
Forrest, Margaret 3 entries, 1917–1918
- October 11, 1917: The Orange County Red Cross reports 455 members at its first annual meeting
- July 5, 1917: The Orange County Red Cross chapter organizes permanently under John W. Graham
- May 20-27, 1918: The Orange County Red Cross raises $4,294 in its second War Fund drive
Forrest, Mary B. 1 entry, 1964
- December 7, 1964: Hillsborough town board approves the return to the spelling Hillsborough
Forrest, Mollie Belle Smith 1 entry, 1902
- about 1902: Merchant B. B. Forrest has a Victorian cottage built on North Wake Street
Forrest, O. J. 12 entries, 1887–1913

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Forrest, Robert 1 entry, 1940
- early 1940s: Pastor S. F. Nicks leads a $12,000 addition of rooms to the Hillsborough Methodist Church
Forrest, Mrs. Robert 3 entries, 1944–1949
- February 10, 1944: Hillsborough's Red Cross workroom completes its December quota of 18,000 dressings
- by May 19, 1949: The Hillsboro Garden Club wins a national purple ribbon for its flower show
- April 23-24, 1949: Hillsborough holds a combined flower show and garden pilgrimage
Forrest, Robert O. 46 entries, 1938–1958

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Forrest, Robert O., Sr. 1 entry, 1958
- October 25, 1958: R. O. Forrest, Orange County's Democratic chairman, dies
Forrest, S. C. 2 entries, 1925–1956
- finished by May 1925: Contractor James Henry Liner and others finish the Efland Home cottage
- by March 29, 1956: St. Mary's Road residents start a six-inch water line from Hillsboro
May be the same person as Forrest, Stephen Carl
Forrest, S. C., Jr. 1 entry, 1956
- July 4, 1956: The Tar-Heel Motor Lodge opens on the Chapel Hill bypass
Forrest, S. T. 1 entry, 1895
- January 26, 1895: S. T. Forrest withdraws from the Hillsboro Exchange
Forrest, Stephen 2 entries, 1899–1900
- April 10, 1899: A legislature-appointed Board of School Directors takes over the Orange County schools
- January 1, 1900: A state Supreme Court ruling unseats a legislature-named school director in Orange
Forrest, Stephen Carl 1 entry, 1951
- April 11, 1951: Efland businessman Stephen Carl Forrest dies
May be the same person as Forrest, S. C.
Forrest, Stephen S. 1 entry, 1852
- by March 10, 1852: The county court names commissioners to value railroad land in Orange
Forrest, Stephen T. 13 entries, 1887–1909

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Forrest, Thomas 1 entry, 1925
- September 8, 1925: A Superior Court judge rules against the county school board in the Efland School site dispute
Forrest, Turner 1 entry, 1950
- January to May 1950: Efland Elementary School sets up the county schools' first centralized library
Forrest, V. M. 5 entries, 1947–1959
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Forrest, Virginia 2 entries, 1960–1962
- July 21, 1960: Commissioners create the Orange County Planning Board
- March 15, 1962: County Planning Board agrees to simplify its zoning draft
Forrestel, E. P. 1 entry, 1942
- November 21, 1942: Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ralph A. Bard inspects the Pre-Flight School
Forsyth, James 2 entries, 1813–1817
- February Term 1813: The court binds John and Nancy Whittaker, children of color, to James Forsyth and Polley Comb
- February Term 1817: The court summons James Forsyth to produce John Whittaker, a boy of color bound to him
Forsyth, Samuel 1 entry, 1841
- Superior Court week, March 8-13, 1841: Orange grand jury drafts a constitution for a county agricultural society
Forsyth, William 1 entry, 1799
- February 28, 1799: The court appoints a patrol for the University village
Fort, John 1 entry, 1821
- March 21, 1821: John Fort advertises a five-cent reward for his runaway apprentice Isaac Lockhart
Forte, Joseph 1 entry, 2000
- 2000-01 season: Doherty's first Carolina team shares the ACC regular-season title
Foss, Joseph J. 1 entry, 1943
- May 20, 1943: Marine ace Joe Foss speaks to the Pre-Flight regiment two days after receiving the Medal of Honor
Fossett, Eli 1 entry, 1844
- July 1844: The Hawfields Presbyterian session clears James C. Patton on Nancy Wicks's charge
Foster, Harold 5 entries, 1960–1963

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Foster, Robert 2 entries, 1795–1890
- November 18, 1795: Orange Presbytery holds its earliest recorded meeting at New Hope
- the week of March 17, 1890: Robert Foster is convicted of manslaughter for the killing of Thomas Day
Foster, Sara 2 entries, 1998–2013

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Fouchee, Roger 1 entry, 1970
- April 1970: The old Methodist parsonage, later the Kappa Psi house, is torn down for a parking lot
Fountain, Richard T. 1 entry, 1942
- May 30, 1942: Orange County backs Senator Josiah W. Bailey in the Democratic primary
Foushee, Barbara 8 entries, 1969–2025

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Foushee, Braxton 3 entries, 1969–1977

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Foushee, Doris 1 entry, 1971
- 1971: The Carrboro Appearance Commission, chaired by Mrs. Howard Thomas, works on the town survey
Foushee, James 2 entries, 1964
- March 29, 1964: The Holy Week fast ends on Easter Sunday and the Rev. LaVert Taylor is hospitalized
- January–July 1964: Watts Restaurant protests
Foushee, Jeff 2 entries, 1947–1954
- December 24, 1947: Jeff Foushee and Nat Hopkins begin patrolling as Black policemen for Chapel Hill and Carrboro
- September 18-19, 1954: Jeff Foushee retires from the police and James Council is sworn in
Foushee, John 15 entries, 1928–1963
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Foushee, John M. 83 entries, 1922–1963

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Foushee, Marion 1 entry, 1965
- July 8, 1965: A Committee of Janitors asks the university for a hearing on treatment by supervisors
Foushee, Terrence 1 entry, 2020
- November 21, 2020: Family and community march to remember James Cates on the 50th anniversary
Foushee, Valerie 10 entries, 1987–2022

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Foushee, Vivian 3 entries, 1960–1964
- September 1960: The Chapel Hill Cooperative Pre-School opens to children of every race
- May 25, 1964: The Citizens Committee for Progress protests a public housing site in a Black neighborhood
- July 7, 1964: Neighbors protest a public housing site on North Columbia Street
Foushee, W. L. 2 entries, 1928–1944
- November 10, 1928: Receivers auction four brick store buildings on Franklin Street
- by October 20, 1944: Hillsboro's town commissioners order unmarked graves moved from a lot on Margaret Lane
Foushee, W. R. 2 entries, 1960–1963
- August 17, 1960: Cornelia S. Love is named as the donor of the pool at Chapel Hill's Negro Community Center
- May 28, 1963: Mayor McClamroch's Integration Committee adopts a four-point program
Foust, J. I. 1 entry, 1934
- June 5, 1934: University trustees retire Brooks and Foust and replace vice-presidents with deans of administration
May be the same person as Foust, Julius I.
Foust, Julius I. 3 entries, 1887–1932
- 1887: Julius I. Foust heads the Caldwell Institute at Caldwell
- 1923: UNC and the North Carolina College for Women agree to limit women to UNC's upper levels
- November 14, 1932: Trustees elect Frank P. Graham president of the consolidated University
May be the same person as Foust, J. I.
Foust, Peter 2 entries, 1846–1847
- May 21, 1846: Commissioners let the repair of the Haw River bridge at Ruffin's Mills
- October 9, 1847: Commissioners let the rebuilding of the bridge across the Alamance at Ray's ford
Fowle, Daniel G. 4 entries, 1877–1889
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Fowler, J. W. 1 entry, 1915
- May 16, 1915: A Christian Church congregation is organized near Mebane
Fowler, James 3 entries, 1932–1934
- May 28-30, 1932: The Fowler brothers move the Model Market across Franklin Street into a new building
- May 30, 1934: The Chapel Hill Credit Association renames itself the Chapel Hill Merchants' Association
- by December 14, 1934: Merchants and townspeople string Christmas lights across Franklin Street
Fowler, James S. 1 entry, 1942
- June 23, 1942: Chapel Hill's Model Market closes for lack of help and tires
Fowler, James T. 1 entry, 1942
- late January 1942: Chapel Hill grocers limit sugar sales after a buying rush
Fowler, John T. 6 entries, 1923–1931
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Fowler, Marion 1 entry, 1915
- November 1, 1915: University students open moonlight schools in six Chapel Hill Township schoolhouses
Fowler, Marvin M. 1 entry, 1948
- July 22, 1948: Fowler's Food Store opens its new building on West Franklin Street
Fowler, R. K. 1 entry, 1926
- by October 29, 1926: A faculty committee overrules the Student Council in the 'Slaves' case
Fowler, Robbins Keith 1 entry, 1926
- October 1926: The Student Council removes the Carolina Magazine editors over the story 'Slaves'
Fowler, Robert 4 entries, 1942–1949
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Fowler, Robert Lee 10 entries, 1923–1961

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Fowler, Steve 1 entry, 1940
- June 24, 1940: Supervised summer playground opens for Chapel Hill children
Fox, Carl 1 entry, 1990
- by August 24, 1990: District Attorney Carl Fox threatens, then drops, prosecution over the 2 Live Crew album
Fox, E. W. 1 entry, 1901
- early December 1901: The Methodist conference sends J. T. Draper to the Hillsborough Circuit
Fox, George 1 entry, 1850
- January 1850: A coroner's jury finds George Fox killed a man with a blow from a stick, and Fox flees
Fox, John 1 entry, 1971
- May 4, 1971: Howard Lee is re-elected mayor over Jack Maultsby
Fox, Matt 3 entries, 2016–2018
- March 2016: Bona Fide Sandwich Co. opens at 104 North Churton Street
- October 2017: Bona Fide Sandwich Co. closes on North Churton Street
- July 5, 2018: The Wooden Nickel pub reopens two doors up in the former bank at 113 North Churton Street
Fox, Mike 5 entries, 1998–2020

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Fox, Richard 1 entry, 1986
- 1986: Frank Heath buys Cat's Cradle
Foy, Kevin 2 entries, 2005–2009
- May 8, 2005: Chapel Hill renames Airport Road as Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
- November 3, 2009: Mark Kleinschmidt is elected mayor of Chapel Hill
Fran 1 entry, 1789
- August 29, 1789: The court gives Thomas Burke's executor leave to sell four enslaved people to pay the estate's debts
France, Ann 2 entries, 1952–1984
- July 25, 1952: Orange Speedway, Inc. takes over the Hillsborough track
- May 19, 1984: Orange Speedway, Inc. is dissolved
France, Bill 5 entries, 1957–1962
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France, Bill, Sr. 7 entries, 1948–1984

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Frank 1 entry, 1786
- November Term 1786: The court binds Frank, a five-year-old child of color, to William Ackles
Frank 1 entry, 1794
- February Term 1794: The court licenses three men enslaved by Richard Bennehan to carry guns
Franklin, George 1 entry, 1949
- March 2, 1949: Chapel Hill holds a public hearing on a new zoning ordinance
Franklin, J. O. 1 entry, 1922
- 1922: McDuffie Memorial Baptist Church is organized
Franklin, John Hope 1 entry, 1982
- early April 1982: John Hope Franklin speaks at the Chapel Hill Friends of the Library dinner
Franklin, Wiley 1 entry, 1964
- June 9, 1964: Carrboro's town board endorses Community Action, Inc.
Frasier, LeRoy 3 entries, 1955–2016

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Frasier, Ralph 5 entries, 1933–2016

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Fray, Catherine 1 entry, 2024
- October 15–November 7, 2024: Carrboro and Orange County name the Drakeford Library Complex
Frazer, K. C. 1 entry, 1935
- 1935: The University authorizes a Department of Political Science
Frazier, Clifford 1 entry, 1932
- December 5, 1932: The Institute of Government stages a statewide radio swearing-in of new county officers
Frazier, Cyrus Clifford 1 entry, 1909
- 1909: Cyrus Clifford Frazier and J. Lathrop Morehead open a law practice at Chapel Hill
Frazier, M. G. 1 entry, 1951
- by October 1951: Lincoln High adds a commercial department with typing and business courses
Frazier, R. C. 2 entries, 1953–1954
- August 1953 (reported August 27): The Pentecostal Holiness conference sues to recover the Hillsboro church from a breakaway congregation
- October 8, 1954: Judge Leo Carr rules on the split in West Hillsboro's Pentecostal Holiness church
May be the same person as Frazier, Robert; Frazier, Robert C.
Frazier, Robert 1 entry, 1952
- June 1952: Mount Adar ordains Robert Frazier, the first of its members to enter the ministry
May be the same person as Frazier, R. C.; Frazier, Robert C.
Frazier, Robert C. 2 entries, 1953–1954
- June 4, 1953: The Pentecostal conference expels the West Hillsboro pastor, splitting his congregation
- by December 30, 1954: The Rev. R. C. Frazier's group drops its appeal and organizes Faith Chapel in West Hillsboro
May be the same person as Frazier, R. C.; Frazier, Robert
Frederick, Frank 1 entry, 1978
- October 1978: Plans are announced for a Chapel Hill branch of the Orange County court clerk's office
Freeland, Alexander 1 entry, 1921
- August 5, 1921: Eastern Chapel Hill township residents meet at Blackwood school and denounce the commissioners over the road
Freeland, Mrs. Alexander 1 entry, 1945
- October 6, 1945: The Chapel Hill curb market marks eight years with a year of $40,004 in sales
Freeland, C. J. 1 entry, 1854
- June 1854: Hillsborough's commissioners appoint John J. Freeland to take the town tax list
May be the same person as Freeland, Charles J.
Freeland, Charles J. 1 entry, 1866
- July 1866: A Hillsborough meeting backs the National Union Convention and names district delegates
May be the same person as Freeland, C. J.
Freeland, Donna 2 entries, 1978–1982
- by October 1978: The Big Barn at Daniel Boone Village is renting to campus parties
- June 27, 1982: Donna Freeland opens Donna's Folly in a caboose at Daniel Boone Village
Freeland, George J. 1 entry, 1849
- June 4, 1849: Alamance County court holds its first session and elects county officers
Freeland, J. F. 1 entry, 1879
- early November 1879: Durham merchant J. F. Freeland opens a branch store in Chapel Hill
Freeland, James 6 entries, 1777–1956
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Freeland, James J. 45 entries, 1934–2017

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Freeland, James Rae 2 entries, 1962–1985
- September 27, 1962: James J. Freeland's Dixie Motor Inn opens at Interstate 85 and NC 86
- November 13, 1985: The Carolina Indian Circle petitions for public purchase of the Hillsborough Archaeological District
Freeland, John 3 entries, 1795–1820
- about 1795: James Strayhorn, John Strain and John Freeland become ruling elders at New Hope
- May 17, 1817: New Hope's elders sell seventeen acres of church land for repairs
- April 23, 1820: New Hope church is reorganized under Shepherd K. Kollock
Freeland, John J. 8 entries, 1839–1855

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Freeland, Martin C. 1 entry, 1959
- September 16, 1959: The Bible Presbyterian Church of Hillsboro is organized
Freeland, Maxine 2 entries, 1939–1986
- about September 1939: James Freeland marries Ruby Maxine Hayes
- by February 1986: UNC, NC State and Duke club hockey teams play their home games at the Daniel Boone ice rinks
Freeland, Maxine Hayes 3 entries, 1942–2017
- 1942: James J. Freeland builds his first house at US 70 and Faucette Mill Road
- late February 1953: James and Maxine Freeland open the Ja-Max Motor Lodge on US 70
- September 13, 2017: The Hillsborough survey proposes the Ja-Max Motor Lodge for the state Study List
Freeland, Thomas 1 entry, 1781
- 1781: Thomas Freeland is killed when Hillsborough is taken
Freeland, Thomas J. 1 entry, 1894
- September 28, 1894: Thomas J. Freeland, war veteran and large landholder, dies west of Hillsborough
Freeland, W. C. 1 entry, 1929
- November 4, 1929: County commissioners order the Chapel Hill to Orange Church road scraped and graveled
Freeland, W. J. 1 entry, 1854
- between 1854 and 1860: The Baptists buy W. J. Freeland's lot for a new church
Freeland, W. Johnston 1 entry, 1853
- February 16, 1853: The Hillsborough Fire Company reorganizes and elects Thomas Webb captain
Freeland, William J. 3 entries, 1861–1886
- July 21, 1861: The Orange Greys lose men at First Manassas
- May 31, 1862: The Orange Grays fight at Seven Pines and Capt. William J. Freeland is mortally wounded
- January 2, 1886: Hillsborough men incorporate the Orange County Tobacco Association to buy and sell leaf tobacco
Freeland, William Johnston 1 entry, 1855
- between October 27 and November 7, 1855: Hillsborough forms the Orange Guards volunteer company
Freeman, Bernice 1 entry, 1959
- by June 11, 1959: Tom Rembert and Bernice Freeman open a home improvement firm in the Bivins building
Freeman, Douglas S. 1 entry, 1926
- January 13-15, 1926: The North Carolina Press Association holds a Newspaper Institute in Chapel Hill
May be the same person as Freeman, Douglas Southall
Freeman, Douglas Southall 1 entry, 1926
- June 1926: Commencement moves from midweek to a weekend
May be the same person as Freeman, Douglas S.
Freeman, Grace Beacham 1 entry, 1941
- October 1941: Chapel Hill grocers report sharp rises in food prices
Freeman, H. F. 1 entry, 1891
- February 19-20, 1891: A legislative committee inspects the university's buildings and grounds
Freeman, John 2 entries, 1817
- February 1817 (court term): The court orders John Freeman to pay James Mebane as trustee for Sally Liner's child
- May Term 1817: The court discharges Hugh Highmore after his jail term and an hour in the pillory
Freeman, R. A. 3 entries, 1896–1906
- October 8, 1896: Eighteenth District Democrats nominate E. S. Parker and leave a Senate seat for the Populists
- September 9, 1902: Senatorial district Democrats nominate R. L. Walker and W. N. Pritchard at Hillsborough
- September 8, 1906: Nineteenth District Democrats nominate John W. Graham and Cary H. King for the Senate at Hillsboro
Freeman, Richard 2 entries, 1831–1837
- October 9, 1831 (one abstract gives December 6, 1832): Sally Martin names Sam, enslaved by Richard Freeman, as her child's father
- July 8, 1837: Orange Whigs meeting at the Cane Creek Cotton Factory back William A. Graham for Congress
Freeman, Robert 3 entries, 1798–1800
- May 31, 1798: The court frees Sam, son of Rachel, and names him Samuel Freeman
- November Term 1799: The court leaves Rachel, Suckey and Billey in Mary Doherty's care while their freedom petition is heard
- February 25, 1800: The court frees Rachel and her children Billy and Sukey, who take the name Joel
Freeman, William 3 entries, 1798–1800
- May 31, 1798: The court frees Sam, son of Rachel, and names him Samuel Freeman
- November Term 1799: The court leaves Rachel, Suckey and Billey in Mary Doherty's care while their freedom petition is heard
- February 25, 1800: The court frees Rachel and her children Billy and Sukey, who take the name Joel
Freeze, Jacob A. 1 entry, 1886
- October 10, 1886: Student Jacob A. Freeze is shot dead during a clash between students and Black residents
Fremont, Frank Murray 1 entry, 1877
- June 1877: The reopened university graduates its first class
Freymann, Moye 1 entry, 1966

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Friday, Ida 3 entries, 1950–1991
- early 1950s: The Webb brothers design a Whitehead Circle house for Bill and Ida Friday
- by November 21, 1962: Chapel Hill parents and students organize the Parent-Youth League
- April 12, 1991: The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education is dedicated
Friday, William C. 35 entries, 1946–2012

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Friedman, Rob 1 entry, 1987
- December 2, 1987: Student Congress passes a resolution on AIDS condemning a Deacs Have AIDS homecoming float
Friedman, William 2 entries, 1958
- October 20, 1958: Hillsboro businessmen launch a stock drive to build a plant for Southern Garment Company
- by July 3, 1958: Southern Garment Company starts making dresses in the Roberts building west of Efland
Fries, Adelaide L. 1 entry, 1945
- June 1945: UNC gives Adelaide L. Fries an honorary Doctor of Letters
Fries, Francis 1 entry, 1854
- July 13-14, 1854: North Carolina Railroad stockholders meet at Hillsborough and vote to raise a million dollars
Fries, John W. 2 entries, 1877–1906
- February 6, 1877: Fire guts Person Hall
- June 1906: The trustees' visiting committee backs new buildings and urges an infirmary
Frinks, Golden 1 entry, 1971
- November 10, 1971: A rally in the Pit protests a highway patrolman's killing of a Black farm laborer near Ayden
Frizzelle, Paul 1 entry, 1946
- March 1946: The grand jury finds most Orange County school buildings in poor repair
Frost, J. Milton 1 entry, 1853
- July 1853: Chapel Hill's Methodists dedicate their first church
Frost, Robert 2 entries, 1925–1953

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Frost, Samuel Milton 1 entry, 1850
- 1850: Samuel Milton Frost is assigned as pastor of the Chapel Hill Methodists
Fruit, John 1 entry, 1771
- later 1771: Outlawed Regulator leaders petition Governor Martin for pardon
Fry, Julius R. 1 entry, 1953
- February 1953: The Textile Workers Union files a new unfair-labor charge against Carrboro Mills
Frye, Henry E. 4 entries, 1956–1986
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Fryer, W. V. 1 entry, 1947
- between 1947 and 1953: Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Fryer give a Baldwin organ to the Hillsborough Presbyterian Church
Fulghum, R. Neil 1 entry, 1989
- 1989: The North Carolina Collection Gallery opens in Wilson Library
Fuller, Bill 1 entry, 1866
- November 1866: The Bureau disputes a coroner's verdict clearing C. C. Tinnen in the shooting of Bill Fuller
Fuller, Bradshaw 1 entry, 1844
- March 1844 term: Superior Court sentences Green and Dick, two enslaved men, to hang
Fuller, Edwin Wiley 2 entries, 1864–1873

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Fuller, Henry 1 entry, 1880
- about 1880: Glenn's Grove Baptist Church is organized
Fuller, Howard 2 entries, 1969
- December 10, 1969: Eight men charged during the cafeteria strike appear in Orange County District Court
- March 13, 1969: State troopers clear Manning Hall on Governor Scott's orders
Fuller, Solomon 4 entries, 1838–1849
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Fuller, Van 1 entry, 1902
- March 10-12, 1902: Van Fuller gets thirty years for burning S. P. Kirkpatrick's barn
Fuller, W. M. 1 entry, 1962
- January 1, 1962: Black churches of Chapel Hill hold their Emancipation Day service
Fuller, W. W. 2 entries, 1887–1893
- March 30-April 2, 1887: Three Black men are convicted of manslaughter in the killing of student Jacob Freeze
- August 9, 1893: The Orange County bar meets to honor the late Isaac R. Strayhorn
Fulton, Jesse 1 entry, 1799
- March 2, 1799 (February Term 1799): The court orders a new road from John McRory's to the Caswell County line
Fulton, Thomas 1 entry, 1799
- March 2, 1799 (February Term 1799): The court orders a new road from John McRory's to the Caswell County line
Furth, Adolphe 1 entry, 1961
- July 10, 1961: Thirteen Chapel Hill ministers publicly back the school board's desegregation plan
Fuse-Hall, Rosalind 4 entries, 1989–1994
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Fyke, Malachi 1 entry, 1768
- October 3, 1768: Tryon pardons the 1768 protesters except thirteen named leaders