Orange County Indexed

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Gagne, Clare 1 entry, 2024
- December 9, 2024: UNC women’s soccer wins the 2024 NCAA national championship
Gaillard, W. D. 1 entry, 1860
- July 3, 1860: Captain W. D. Gaillard, a professor at the Hillsborough Military Academy, dies
Gaines, W. J. 1 entry, 1892
- by December 10, 1892: Rev. P. J. Jordan is ordered away from the Hillsborough A.M.E. church after two years as pastor
Galbreath, William 4 entries, 1777–1794
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Gales, Seaton 3 entries, 1875–1878
- August 19, 1875: Trustees burn the repudiated railroad bonds
- July 16, 1878: Seaton Gales speaks to the Normal School on the progress of the century
- 1878 to 1891: William L. Saunders becomes secretary of the university, and later its treasurer as well
Gales, W. R 1 entry, 1839

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Gales, Winifred 1 entry, 1802
- 1802: Women of Raleigh give the university a new pair of globes
Galifianakis, Pete 2 entries, 1969
- 1969: Pete Galifianakis opens Hector's Restaurant on East Franklin Street
- April 28, 1969: An early-morning fire guts the Tempo Room on East Franklin Street
Galliard, A. S. 1 entry, 1858
- December 18, 1858: Charles Tew buys land west of Hillsborough for a military academy
Gallimore, L. B. 1 entry, 1937
- by July 23, 1937: The Treasury lets the contract for Chapel Hill's new post office
Galloway, James 7 entries, 1788

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Galloway, Joe 1 entry, 1955
- 1955: Joe and Peggy Galloway build a Contemporary brick Ranch on Pine Lane
Galloway, Peggy 1 entry, 1955
- 1955: Joe and Peggy Galloway build a Contemporary brick Ranch on Pine Lane
Galloway, W. C. 1 entry, 1891
- February 19-20, 1891: A legislative committee inspects the university's buildings and grounds
Game, J. B. 2 entries, 1890
- December 19, 1890: Cedar Grove Academy closes its first fall term in the new building with 80 students
- August 27, 1890: Cedar Grove Academy opens its fall term in a new schoolhouse
Game, J. R. 1 entry, 1890
- by March 27, 1890: Cedar Grove citizens put up a new academy building and plan a chapel in memory of Samuel W. Hughes
Gammon, J. N. 1 entry, 1880
- by February 21, 1880: Albert G. Cox & Co. of Orange Factory buys out Gammon's store at Durham
Gant, Jesse 3 entries, 1844–1849
- June 29, 1844: Meeting at Tate's store asks for a division vote and names the proposed county West Orange
- May 25, 1844: Western Orange meeting at George Foust's denounces the courthouse tax
- by July 19, 1849: Commissioners sell the first fifty lots in Graham, the new Alamance seat
Gant, Jonathan 1 entry, 1844
- May 25, 1844: Western Orange meeting at George Foust's denounces the courthouse tax
Gant, William 1 entry, 1811
- February 28, 1811: The court makes the Trolinger and Gant bridge over the Haw a toll bridge
Gantt, Harvey 1 entry, 1990
- fall 1990 (by October 22): A Harvey Gantt campaign poster in Mangum dormitory is defaced with racial slurs
Gappins, William 1 entry, 1839
- August 22, 1839: Frederick Stafford advertises for William Gappins, his runaway apprentice
Garber, Paul N. 1 entry, 1957
- August 18, 1957: Carrboro Methodist Church dedicates its new building
Gardham, Frances 1 entry, 1940
- about 1940: William Sprinkle designs Frances Gardham's house on Country Club Road
Gardner, Dillard 3 entries, 1935–1938
- January 1935: Institute of Government staff begin daily bulletins on the General Assembly
- 1936: Dillard Gardner sells Institute of Government memberships to cities and counties
- 1938: With its money gone, the Institute's first staff leave for state jobs
May be the same person as Gardner, Dillard S.
Gardner, Dillard S. 1 entry, 1934
- by July 13, 1934: The Institute of Government publishes a study of the proposed state constitution
May be the same person as Gardner, Dillard
Gardner, J. A. 1 entry, 1943
- January 1943: Swain Hall reopens as the University's student cafeteria
Gardner, Jim 2 entries, 1988–1992
- by December 1988: Campus Watch campaigns to have the legislature defund the Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association
- October 1992: Jim Gardner criticizes the Black Cultural Center plan at Republican headquarters in Chapel Hill
Gardner, O. Max 29 entries, 1916–1953

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Garland, Ann Burwell 1 entry, 1842
- Early 1842: Elizabeth Hobbs and her son are sent from Hillsborough back to Virginia
Garland, Hugh 1 entry, 1842
- Early 1842: Elizabeth Hobbs and her son are sent from Hillsborough back to Virginia
Garner, L. L. 1 entry, 1945
- November 12, 1945: Sportsmen organize the Orange County Wild Life Club
Garnett, Theodore S. 1 entry, 1853
- February 16, 1853: The Hillsborough Fire Company reorganizes and elects Thomas Webb captain
Garrard, Candis 1 entry, 1858
- May Term 1858: The court binds three Chavis children, the youngest 15 months old, to Farthing Garrard
Garrard, D. S. 1 entry, 1911
- early September 1911: The county commissioners call a special school-tax election for the University district
Garrard, Farthing 1 entry, 1858
- May Term 1858: The court binds three Chavis children, the youngest 15 months old, to Farthing Garrard
Garrard, John W. 1 entry, 1852
- by March 10, 1852: The county court names commissioners to value railroad land in Orange
Garrett, B. F. 3 entries, 1944–1945
- November 3, 1944: Orange County's Black home demonstration and 4-H clubs hold Achievement Day
- November 1944: Orange County Training School organizes a twelve-piece band
- by May 1945: The Training School's New Farmers chapter starts a purebred Poland China hog association
Garrett, B. G. 1 entry, 1945
- May 26, 1945: Black farm families open a curb market on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill
Garrett, E. B. 1 entry, 1949
- December 31, 1949, to January 1, 1950: The State Grange Youth Conference meets at the new Schley Grange Hall
Garrett, Flora 1 entry, 1976
- June 1976: Orange County planners issue a ten-year planning guide centered on Chapel Hill Township
Garrett, Lewis 1 entry, 1797
- 1797: The Haw River Circuit takes the place of the New Hope Circuit in serving Hillsborough Methodists
Garrett, Thomas Miles 3 entries, 1849
- July 4, 1849: George Moses Horton gives the students' Fourth of July oration at Chapel Hill
- July 29, 1849: A lamp fire sets a student's room ablaze in the East Building
- July 26, 1849: A railroad meeting at Chapel Hill hears William A. Graham and President Swain
Garrison, Hall 1 entry, 1812
- February Term 1812: The court binds Hannah Hutson, daughter of Cresy Hutson, a free woman of color
Garvin, O. David 34 entries, 1944–1964

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Garvin, Mrs. O. David 1 entry, 1951
- June 25, 1951: Chapel Hill names Mrs. O. David Garvin and Grey Culbreth to its school board
Gastineau, Mrs. John 1 entry, 1971
- 1971: The Carrboro Appearance Commission, chaired by Mrs. Howard Thomas, works on the town survey
Gaston, Susan 1 entry, 1803
- November 26, 1803: Women of New Bern give the university a quadrant
Gaston, William 13 entries, 1802–1845

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Gaston, William 1 entry, 1832

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Gates, Artemus L. 1 entry, 1943
- August 20, 1943: Assistant Navy Secretary Artemus L. Gates addresses Pre-Flight graduates in Kenan Stadium
Gates, C. J. 2 entries, 1947–1948
- August 18, 1947: Superior court continues the Journey of Reconciliation bus seating case
- March 1948: An Orange County Superior Court jury convicts Felmet and the other three Chapel Hill bus defendants
Gates, Horatio 8 entries, 1780

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Gates, John W. 1 entry, 1865
- August Term 1865: The court binds Lucetty Woods, a seven-year-old of color, to Joseph W. Latta
Gates, Paul 1 entry, 1960
- November 17, 1960: Caldwell wins Orange County's community development contest and an area prize
Gatlin, F. Nathaniel 1 entry, 1943
- August 15 to September 26, 1943: The Navy Pre-Flight band gives a summer series of public Sunday concerts
Gatling, Eva 1 entry, 1947
- May 5, 1947: Preservationists ask the county commissioners to spare the courthouse stair hall
Gattis, Alexander 2 entries, 1820–1830
- October 15, 1820: Alexander Gattis, Samuel Faucett and Gilbert Strayhorn are ordained elders at New Hope
- about 1830-1832: Orange Methodist Church is organized at the Davis School House
Gattis, Alexander, Jr. 1 entry, 1859
- 1859: Alexander Gattis Jr. becomes the first person buried in the Orange Church cemetery
Gattis, Alexander, Sr. 1 entry, 1836
- October 31, 1836: Alexander Gattis Sr. and Thomas King deed land to the Orange Methodist Church trustees
Gattis, Annie 1 entry, 1919
- September 1, 1919: Carrboro's graded school opens its term with Gilbert Craig as principal
Gattis, Hassie Vanhook 1 entry, 1964
- July 1964: Sixty-six Black parents petition the county board to stop running schools by race
May be the same person as Gattis, Hassie Vanhook Brooks
Gattis, Hassie Vanhook Brooks 1 entry, 1963
- June 1963: Teacher Hassie Vanhook Gattis retires after 34 years
May be the same person as Gattis, Hassie Vanhook
Gattis, J. W. 1 entry, 1878
- October 5, 1878: Sunday schools organize an Orange County Sunday School Convention at Orange Church
Gattis, James 1 entry, 1830
- about 1830-1832: Orange Methodist Church is organized at the Davis School House
Gattis, John 1 entry, 1793
- November Term 1793: The court orders roads laid out to the University from Hillsborough and the Chatham line
Gattis, Rebecca 1 entry, 1847
- February Term 1847: The court binds Andrew Jackson, a boy of color raised at the poorhouse, to Charles Cox
Gattis, Robert L. 1 entry, 1904
- July 29, 1904: Dr. Robert L. Gattis dies at Chapel Hill
Gattis, S. M. 4 entries, 1955–1963
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Gattis, S. M., III 1 entry, 1952
- May 17, 1952: Mrs. C. W. Stanford becomes chairman of the Orange County Democratic Party
Gattis, S. M., Jr. 1 entry, 1930
- June 7, 1930: Orange County Democrats choose Umstead for state senate in the June primary
Gattis, Sam 8 entries, 1933–1963
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May be the same person as Gattis, Sam M.
Gattis, Sam, III 1 entry, 1953
- August 31, 1953: Alex Heard is elected president of the Orange County Young Democratic Club
Gattis, Sam M. 1 entry, 1930
- by April 11, 1930: Hillsboro lawyer Sam M. Gattis withdraws from the race for Congress
May be the same person as Gattis, Sam
Gattis, Sam M., III 18 entries, 1952–1976

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Gattis, Sam M., Jr. 1 entry, 1939
- December 13, 1939: Hillsborough lawyer and former legislator Sam M. Gattis Jr. is killed in a car wreck
Gattis, Samuel M. 5 entries, 1884–1976
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Gattis, Samuel M., Jr. 2 entries, 1917
- by January 11, 1917: Samuel M. Gattis and Samuel M. Gattis Jr. form the law firm of Gattis & Gattis at Hillsboro
- July 10, 1917: Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsboro men help fill a National Guard field artillery battery
Gattis, Samuel Mallett 76 entries, 1883–1931

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Gattis, Samuel Mallette 1 entry, 1860
- about 1860: Merchant Calvin Scott builds a Greek Revival house on West Cameron Avenue
Gattis, William 3 entries, 1830–1844
- about 1830-1832: Orange Methodist Church is organized at the Davis School House
- by May 6, 1841: The wardens of the poor publish three years of poorhouse accounts
- May 16, 1844: William Gattis, superintendent of the county poorhouse, dies
Gattman, I. N. 1 entry, 1930
- by January 10, 1930: Annie Martin leases the Carolina Inn from John Sprunt Hill
Gatton, Harry 1 entry, 1940
- February 22, 1940: Senator Robert A. Taft speaks in Memorial Hall as a Republican presidential candidate
Gavin, E. L. 1 entry, 1950
- November 7, 1950: Chapel Hill voters write in Frank Graham for the Senate in the general election
Gavin, Robert 1 entry, 1964
- August 18, 1964: Republican nominee Robert Gavin attacks the speaker ban in Chapel Hill
Geer, Earl 1 entry, 1960

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Gehringer, Charlie 1 entry, 1943
- January 7 to February 6, 1943: Charlie Gehringer and Hal Schumacher take Navy officer training at the Pre-Flight School
Gentry, C. A. 1 entry, 1949
- by March 3, 1949: Orange County's artificial breeding association works with two technicians
May be the same person as Gentry, Coleman A.
Gentry, Coleman A. 1 entry, 1946
- July 17, 1946: The White Cross community cannery reopens
May be the same person as Gentry, C. A.
Gentry, Hastings 1 entry, 1922
- by June 22, 1922: The Efland roller mill is overhauled with new machinery
George 1 entry, 1803
- May Term 1803: The court frees George, Cate, Sally, young George and Jack under Absalom Tatom's will
George, J. D. 1 entry, 1959
- late August 1959: Orange County 4-H and FFA members hold a Junior Dairy Show at Orange Speedway
George, W. C. 11 entries, 1920–1966

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George, Wesley 1 entry, 1920
- late 1920s: Anatomy professor Wesley George builds a Colonial Revival cottage in Gimghoul
Georgiade, Dale 1 entry, 1983
- December 1983: Gregory and Dale Georgiade buy the Cabe-Pratt-Harris House and rework the 1940s wing
Georgiade, Gregory 1 entry, 1983
- December 1983: Gregory and Dale Georgiade buy the Cabe-Pratt-Harris House and rework the 1940s wing
Gerhardt, Deborah 1 entry, 2020
- October 7, 2020: UNC School of Law dedicates a portrait of Charles E. Daye
Gerke, Chuck 1 entry, 1957
- November 8, 1957: La Pizza holds its grand opening on Carrboro's West Main Street
Gerow, D. T. 1 entry, 1888
- September and October 1888: Hillsborough sends money to the yellow fever sufferers of Jacksonville
Gerrard, Charles 2 entries, 1798–1833
- 1798: Charles Gerrard leaves the university his Tennessee lands
- 1833: Trustees name the new chapel Gerrard Hall
Gertz, Emily 1 entry, 2002
- May 7, 2002: UNC public health students complete a community study of Fairview
Gibbons, H. H. 1 entry, 1879
- early December 1879: The Methodist conference returns J. F. Heitman to Chapel Hill and names Orange appointments
Gibbs, Helen 1 entry, 1956
- October 1956: Ready Maid Food Company moves its frozen cookie business to a farm near Calvander
Gibbs, John 1 entry, 1956
- October 1956: Ready Maid Food Company moves its frozen cookie business to a farm near Calvander
Gibson, Andrew 1 entry, 1790
- February 24, 1790: The court grants William Gwinn a public ferry at the Shallow Ford of the Haw
Gibson, Edwin 1 entry, 1930
- November 18, 1930: Art Students' Club organizes at the University
Gibson, Hugh 1 entry, 1820
- 1820s: Texas community families leave Orange for Sugar Fork in Macon County
Gibson, J. S. 1 entry, 1958
- April 1958: Opponents of the school merger form the Carrboro School Development Council
Gibson, J. Sullivan 7 entries, 1951–1955
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Gibson, Margaret 1 entry, 1998
- April 4, 1998: Annie Dillard joins the Rubin writers panel at the North Carolina Literary Festival
Gibson, Sarah 1 entry, 1822
- August 1822 (court term): The court restates a bastardy support order in dollars
Gibson, Sullivan 1 entry, 1952
- November 11, 1952: Carrboro commissioners keep Police Chief J. Alvin Williams after rival petitions
Gibson, Tobias 1 entry, 1857
- June 2 and 3, 1857: Freshman and sophomore declaimers compete at commencement, and Governor Bragg gives a composition prize
Giddings, Paula 1 entry, 1986
- March 25-27, 1986: UNC holds its first Black Women's Leadership Symposium
Giduz, Hugo 2 entries, 1945–1953
- October 19-21, 1945: Five hundred Boy Scouts camp at the Mason farm for the Occoneechee Council camporal
- September 15, 1953: Chapel Hill voters approve $60,000 in curb and gutter bonds
Giduz, Roland 15 entries, 1956–1969

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Gifford, Levi 1 entry, 1801
- May Term 1801: The court binds Margaret Crayton, Elizabeth Wells's daughter, to Levi Gifford
Gil, Federico G. 1 entry, 1949
- July 1949: Political scientist Federico Gil moves into Chapel Hill's second Lustron house, on Mount Bolus
Giles, Frank 1 entry, 1965
- 1965: Orange County schools start the federal Title I program
Giles, J. A. 2 entries, 1917–1920
- by July 19, 1917: Joseph Hyde Pratt sells the 489-acre Berry place east of Hillsboro
- February 21, 1920: Orange County Republicans meet in convention at Hillsboro and condemn the Revaluation Act
Gill, Hannah 9 entries, 2006–2022

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Gill, Mrs. Julian 1 entry, 1936
- February 1936: Orange County's home demonstration clubs form a county council
Gillaspie, James Smiley 2 entries, 1797–1799
- late 1797: James Smiley Gillaspie is made principal of the university
- 1799: Students rise against the faculty and beat principal Gillaspie
Gillespie, David 1 entry, 1796
- September 22, 1796: David Gillespie receives the earliest document resembling a university diploma
Gilliam, D. 1 entry, 1879
- November 8, 1879: The University Gun Club holds its first ball shoot
Gilliam, Judge 1 entry, 1863
- March 9 to 16, 1863: A special court at Hillsborough condemns five enslaved men for the killings of John Lockhart and Isaac Strowd
Gillin, Helen 1 entry, 1947
- October 27, 1947: The League of Women Voters of Chapel Hill applies for recognition
Gillin, John 1 entry, 1951

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Gillispie, John 1 entry, 1795
- November 18, 1795: Orange Presbytery holds its earliest recorded meeting at New Hope
Gilmer, J. A. 1 entry, 1880
- June 15, 1880: The district judicial convention at Durham nominates J. A. Gilmer for judge
May be the same person as Gilmer, John A.
Gilmer, J. O., Jr. 1 entry, 1891
- April 15, 1891: Students form the University Minstrels and give their first show
Gilmer, James C. 1 entry, 1864
- June 2, 1864: The university graduates seven seniors at a thin wartime commencement
Gilmer, John A. 2 entries, 1878–1881
- June 11, 1878: Democrats meet at Durham and nominate Frederick N. Strudwick for solicitor
- by May 25, 1881: Dr. Pride Jones is appointed clerk of Orange Superior Court after George Laws's death
May be the same person as Gilmer, J. A.
Gilmore, G. W. 2 entries, 1944
- February 1, 1944: Fire breaks out in stored cotton at the Eno Cotton Mills
- by February 10, 1944: G. W. Gilmore buys a half-interest in Hillsboro's Ford agency
May be the same person as Gilmore, George; Gilmore, George W.
Gilmore, George 5 entries, 1945–1962
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Gilmore, Mrs. George 3 entries, 1949–1951
- by May 19, 1949: The Hillsboro Garden Club wins a national purple ribbon for its flower show
- May 1951: Hillsboro Garden Club ties for first in the state Model Mile contest
- November 5, 1951: The Red Cross Bloodmobile collects 151 pints at Hillsboro
May be the same person as Gilmore, Mrs. George W.
Gilmore, George W. 4 entries, 1944–1964
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Gilmore, Mrs. George W. 1 entry, 1952
- March 12, 1952: The Hillsboro Garden Club calls off its annual pilgrimage through the town's historic homes
May be the same person as Gilmore, Mrs. George
Gilmore, Voit 3 entries, 1938–1965
- December 5, 1938: President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks in Woollen Gymnasium and receives an honorary degree
- February 1963: The Hillsborough Historical Society publishes Historic Hillsborough, a walking-tour guide
- November 19, 1965: Judge L. J. Phipps becomes vice-chairman of the Historic Hillsborough Commission
Gilmore, Will 1 entry, 1963
- March 10, 1963: Jayne Mansfield rides in the pace car at Orange Speedway
Gilmore, Willis Dowd 1 entry, 1903
- May 7, 1903: The university confers its first Doctor of Medicine degrees
Gist, Jacqueline 1 entry, 1996
- September 17, 1996: Carrboro aldermen take up a tree-cutter registration plan after Hurricane Fran scams
Gist, Jacquelyn 13 entries, 1989–2021

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Gist, Marilyn 1 entry, 1985
- fall 1985: Marilyn Gist joins the business school as its only active Black professor
Gittings, Barbara 1 entry, 1977
- April 1977: The Carolina Gay Association hosts the second Southeastern Gay Conference
Gladstone, Robert 2 entries, 1956
- September 17, 1956: Chapel Hill annexes 65 acres around Glenwood School at the request of the Chapel Hill Housing Group
- March 13, 1956: Planner estimates greater Chapel Hill at 18,850 people and projects 31,900 by 1970
Glasgow, Ellen 2 entries, 1930

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Glasgow, James 1 entry, 1795
- July 13, 1795: UNC holds its first public examination, announced by Governor Spaight
Glass, Carter 1 entry, 1922
- June 11-14, 1922: The University holds its 127th commencement and confers 192 degrees
Glass, Lettie 5 entries, 1919–1936
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Glass, Lizzie 1 entry, 1856
- July 1856: A Black child and then a student die of illness at the Burwell School
Glassford, William, Jr. 1 entry, 1942
- August 22, 1942: The Pre-Flight School graduates its first battalion with a review in Kenan Stadium
Glaston, Ernest 1 entry, 1933
- August 1933: A Hillsborough jury acquits the driver who killed William Strayhorn and his daughter of manslaughter
Gledhill-Earley, Renee 1 entry, 2017
- February 21, 2017: The state finds the Ira Ellis House and Hall's Mill site not eligible for the National Register
Glenn, Brodie 1 entry, 1920
- early 1920s: Brodie Glenn, founder of Glenn Oil Company, builds a bungalow on Ragan Street
Glenn, R. B. 6 entries, 1896–1906

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Glenn, Robert 1 entry, 1834
- January 14, 1834: The Clover Garden mail carrier drowns crossing the Haw River
Gless, Darryl 1 entry, 1991
- by February 11, 1991: Dean Cell and Chancellor Hardin accept a student proposal for a multicultural course requirement
Gloster, Gary 1 entry, 2003
- September 21, 2003: The Episcopal Church of the Advocate is launched as the county's fourth Episcopal congregation
Goad, W. T. 1 entry, 1952
- January 1952: The Twin Village Laundry in Carrboro is sold and becomes the Village Laundry
Gobbel, J. T. 1 entry, 1943
- by January 29, 1943: Rebuilding Chapel Hill High School library receives an anonymous $3,000 gift
Gobbel, Mrs. J. T. 1 entry, 1951
- May 1951: Mrs. Roy Homewood of Chapel Hill is elected president of the state Garden Clubs
Gobbel, J. Temple 5 entries, 1939–1963
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Godbold, Albea 1 entry, 1934
- late November 1934: W. A. Jenkins succeeds Albea Godbold as pastor of the Chapel Hill Methodist church
Godfrey 1 entry, 1831
- June 1831: Godfrey and Isabella marry at St. Matthew's
Godfrey, Alvina 1 entry, 1868
- May Term 1868: The court rescinds Calvin Godfrey's indenture because he works for wages paid to his mother
Godfrey, Calvin 1 entry, 1868
- May Term 1868: The court rescinds Calvin Godfrey's indenture because he works for wages paid to his mother
Godfrey, E. W. 2 entries, 1947–1961
- March 1, 1947: The Hickory House restaurant opens in downtown Hillsborough
- November 1961: Godfrey's Home Supply Store moves into a new building on Highway 70
Godfrey, James 1 entry, 1962
- July 1, 1962: Chancellor Aycock chooses John Sanders to succeed Albert Coates as director of the Institute
Godfrey, Mrs. James L. 1 entry, 1939
- October 1939: Younger women of Chapel Hill organize the Junior Service League
Godfrey, James L. 5 entries, 1955–1965

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Goerch, Carl 1 entry, 1945
- May 17, 1945: Hillsboro citizens start a fund drive to restore the Nash-Kollock school as a community center
Goins, A. V. 1 entry, 1927
- December 27, 1927: The Church of God of Carrboro is organized
Golden, Harry 1 entry, 1959
- 1959 commencement: Harry Golden gives the Chapel Hill High commencement address
Goldman, Max M. 1 entry, 1952
- by September 18, 1952: A labor board examiner finds Carrboro Mills fired three workers for union activity
Goldstein, Buck 1 entry, 1970
- May 6, 1970: The student body meets in Polk Place and more than 4,000 march through downtown Chapel Hill behind four coffins
Goldston, J. B. 3 entries, 1946–1950
- by August 8, 1946: The OPA sues Carrboro lumber dealer J. B. Goldston for overcharging
- by November 3, 1949: J. B. Goldston builds sixteen rental houses on new Goldston Drive in Carrboro
- June 24, 1950: Orange County gives Frank Graham three of every four votes as he loses the Senate runoff
Goley, W. C. 1 entry, 1934
- by November 9, 1934: Local investors buy the Graham Court apartments and form the Realty Investment Company
Gooch, C. E. 1 entry, 1936
- by September 25, 1936: The University Cleaners open a new dry-cleaning plant in Carrboro
May be the same person as Gooch, Charles; Gooch, Charles E.
Gooch, Charles 1 entry, 1933
- May 1, 1933: Legal beer goes on sale in Chapel Hill
May be the same person as Gooch, C. E.; Gooch, Charles E.
Gooch, Charles E. 1 entry, 1925
- May 5, 1925: Chapel Hill re-elects Mayor Roberson and chooses its first six-member board under a new charter
May be the same person as Gooch, C. E.; Gooch, Charles
Gooch, Charlie 1 entry, 1940
- January 2, 1940: The University's new dining hall serves its first meal
Gooch, James Emmett 1 entry, 1940
- January 28, 1940: James Emmett (Tommie) Gooch, Chapel Hill restaurant keeper for 37 years, dies
Gooch, William 1 entry, 1733
- 1733–1754: The Saponi scatter between Virginia and the Catawba and a group settles in Granville County
Goodale, Mrs. 1 entry, 1887
- November 12, 1887: Hillsborough women form a Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Goode, W. Wilson 1 entry, 1986
- February 6, 1986: Philadelphia mayor W. Wilson Goode gives the King Memorial Lecture in Hill Hall
Goodloe, Henry 1 entry, 1808
- February Term 1808: The court tells Henry Goodloe to repair the Eno bridge at Hillsborough or be sued on his bond
Goodloe, John M. 1 entry, 1801
- 1801: The university builds a house for its Grammar School
Goodman, H. 1 entry, 1903
- June 8, 1903: Hillsborough's commissioners refuse every saloon license, making the town dry after June 30
Goodman, J. W. 2 entries, 1901–1905
- January 6, 1901: J. W. Goodman preaches his first sermons as pastor of the Hillsborough Presbyterian Church
- March 28, 1905: J. W. Goodman leaves the Hillsborough Presbyterian pastorate for Greensboro
Goodrich, Tom 2 entries, 1955–1963
- September 5, 1955: The Carrboro Lions Club receives the charter for its new Boy Scout Troop 45
- April 9, 1963: County commissioners name the outside members of Carrboro's new planning and zoning boards
Goodson, Sewel 1 entry, 1828
- February 1828: The court calls in children to be bound out, among them two boys of color
Goodwin, Craufurd 1 entry, 1986
- 1986: Nancy and Craufurd Goodwin acquire Montrose
Goodwin, E. B. 1 entry, 1927
- by November 4, 1927: Hillsboro and Efland school heads start a county school newspaper
Goodwin, J. G., Jr. 1 entry, 1952
- May 11, 1952: Hillsborough Baptist Church ordains J. G. Goodwin Jr.
Goodwin, J. G., Sr. 2 entries, 1952–1956
- September 13, 1952: Fire destroys the Fairview Food Store in Hillsborough
- February 1956: Hillsboro's Ground Observer Corps post goes on a 24-hour watch
Goodwin, Nancy 1 entry, 1986

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Goodwin, Samuel 2 entries, 1801–1803
- August 27, 1801: A jury finds Africa Parker did not escape the prison bounds
- May Term 1803: The court frees George, Cate, Sally, young George and Jack under Absalom Tatom's will
Goolsby, Thom 1 entry, 2018
- August 28, 2018: The UNC Board of Governors gives Chapel Hill until November 15 to propose a 'lawful and lasting' plan for the monument
Gordon, Adolphus J. 13 entries, 1890–1908

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Gordon, Alice 1 entry, 2006
- 2006–2009: Mike Nelson serves on the Orange County Board of Commissioners
Gordon, B. P. 1 entry, 1944
- February 7, 1944: Gordon's Grocery moves into new quarters in Hillsborough
Gordon, Mrs. B. P., Jr. 1 entry, 1944
- late October 1944: Hillsboro High students put out the first issue of the Yellow Jacket
May be the same person as Gordon, Mrs. Brown P., Jr.
Gordon, B. P., Jr. 3 entries, 1949–1964
- July 17, 1949: The Hillsboro Exchange Club gives the town a children's wading pool
- June 14-15, 1954: Hillsboro's Ground Observer post stands a 24-hour watch in Operation Alert
- by June 21, 1964: The private Park Valley swimming pool opens in Hillsborough
Gordon, Mrs. Brown P., Jr. 1 entry, 1954
- April 28, 1954: The Hillsboro Business and Professional Women's Club receives its charter
May be the same person as Gordon, Mrs. B. P., Jr.
Gordon, Mamie 1 entry, 1956
- September 26, 1956: Hillsboro's business and professional women name telephone operator Mamie Gordon Woman of the Year
May be the same person as Gordon, Mamie M.; Gordon, Mamie Murdock
Gordon, Mamie M. 1 entry, 1958
- December 11, 1958: Mamie M. Gordon, longtime Hillsboro telephone operator, dies
May be the same person as Gordon, Mamie; Gordon, Mamie Murdock
Gordon, Mamie Murdock 1 entry, 1948
- by March 4, 1948: Hillsboro honors Mamie Gordon after 41 years as its telephone operator
May be the same person as Gordon, Mamie; Gordon, Mamie M.
Gordon, Mary 1 entry, 1896
- by November 5, 1896: Builder James Nichols finishes a new Hillsborough house for Mary Gordon
Gordon, T. Ed. 1 entry, 1896
- by November 5, 1896: Builder James Nichols finishes a new Hillsborough house for Mary Gordon
Gordon, William 1 entry, 1865
- spring to October 1865: Hillsborough Military Academy closes for a time at the end of the Civil War
Gore, Gene 2 entries, 1969
- December 4, 1969: Police charge pickets at Lenoir Hall; nine are arrested and four hurt
- December 10, 1969: Eight men charged during the cafeteria strike appear in Orange County District Court
Gore, Joshua W. 14 entries, 1882–1933

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Gore, Margaret Williams 1 entry, 1933
- March 5, 1933: Margaret Williams Gore, who built a country chapel south of Chapel Hill, dies
Gorman 1 entry, 1877
- early September 1877: Federal revenue officers raid illicit stills across Orange County
Gormley, L. H. 1 entry, 1960
- February 1960: The Gormleys take over Dud's Tavern as Gormley's Truck Stop and Restaurant
Gorrell, Ralph 2 entries, 1844–1870
- October 9-10, 1844: Whigs hold a two-day mass meeting on the Alamance battleground
- July 14, 1870: Railroad stockholders at Hillsborough ask for lawyers to look into the sale of sinking-fund bonds to George W. Swepson
Goss, Albert S. 1 entry, 1949
- December 6, 1949: Schley Grange dedicates the hall it won in a national contest
Goss, Henry 1 entry, 1868
- October 1868: Three justices, one of them Black, investigate a fight and a shooting at Durham's
Gotaas, Mrs. H. B. 1 entry, 1941
- October 14, 1941: The Junior Service League reopens its free training course for Black women at the Orange County Training School
GoTriangle 1 entry, 2019
- March 27, 2019: Durham–Orange light rail project ends
Gouger, Mrs. Jesse 1 entry, 1961
- May 1, 1961: Carrboro Elementary adopts the ungraded primary plan
Gould, Robert 1 entry, 1963
- March 1963: Chapel Hill Planning Board favors a large village in response to the Triangle commission's development plan
Gourley, Geraldine 1 entry, 1950
- 1950: The school founds a Department of Maternal and Child Health
Govan, James F 1 entry, 1983

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Gove, John 1 entry, 1957
- by February 21, 1957: Carrboro decides to build its new sewer plant without federal aid
Gower, Claude E. 1 entry, 1883
- November 1883 to late 1888: Cane Creek Baptists build a new church after five years of setbacks
Goya, Carola 1 entry, 1931
- February 6, 1931: The new Memorial Hall opens with a recital by Carola Goya
Grady, Annie 1 entry, 1914
- 1914: Mebane Chapel builds its church in Hillsborough under its first pastor, B. F. Alston
Grady, B. F., Jr. 1 entry, 1857
- June 4, 1857: Ten senior orators, John W. Graham and the valedictorian speak on commencement day
Grady, Dennis 1 entry, 1914
- 1914: Mebane Chapel builds its church in Hillsborough under its first pastor, B. F. Alston
Grady, Janie 1 entry, 1913
- 1913: Mebane Chapel is organized in Hillsborough
Graebner, N. Brooks 2 entries, 1990–2003
- 1990: N. Brooks Graebner becomes rector of St. Matthew's, Hillsborough
- September 19-21, 2003: Orange County Episcopalians celebrate 250 years of Anglican witness
Graff, John P. 20 entries, 1942–1944

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Grafton, Ernestine 3 entries, 1941–1944
- 1941–1942: Orange, Chatham and Person counties share a trained librarian under the new state aid
- February–May 1942: The Orange County Public Library bookmobile makes stops in Chapel Hill
- November 1, 1944: Tri-county librarian Ernestine Grafton resigns
Graham 1 entry, 1815
- 1815: A Mr. Graham and Miss Farley take charge of Hillsborough Academy
Graham, Alexander H. 64 entries, 1919–1961

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Graham, Mrs. Allen 1 entry, 1957
- September 16, 1957: Cedar Grove Community Choir organizes
Graham, Annie C. 1 entry, 1911
- June 5, 1911: The Hillsboro Betterment Association asks the commissioners to improve the court house square
Graham, Archie 1 entry, 1952
- November 17, 1952: Repairs begin on the old Orange County courthouse
Graham, Aubrey 1 entry, 1956
- by March 8, 1956: Hillsboro merchants take telephone complaints to the State Utilities Commission
Graham, Augustus Washington 35 entries, 1874–1899

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Graham, Billy 1 entry, 1964
- May 17, 1964: North Carolina pays tribute to President Kennedy in Kenan Stadium
Graham, Dan 1 entry, 1920
- September 1920: The Bank of Efland receives its state charter
Graham, Mrs. E. K. 1 entry, 1915
- January 18, 1915: Landscape architect John Nolen lectures Chapel Hill on planning the town
Graham, E. K. 1 entry, 1948
- February 18, 1948: Fire damages the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority house, the old Graham home on Battle Lane
Graham, Edward K. 4 entries, 1911–1917

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Graham, Edward Kidder 76 entries, 1895–1988

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Graham, Frank 2 entries, 1930
- October 27, 1930: Carolina Playmakers corporation limits its theatre to University teaching use
- October 30-November 2, 1930: Southern Conference on Education opens with Robert M. Hutchins
May be the same person as Graham, Frank Porter
Graham, Mrs. Frank P. 4 entries, 1940–1942
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Graham, Frank Porter 164 entries, 1879–1988

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Graham, Frank Porter 2 entries, 1901–1947

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- 1901–1948: Josephus Daniels serves on the University of North Carolina board of trustees
- April 1947: Charles M. Jones takes interracial bus riders into his home
May be the same person as Graham, Frank
Graham, George 1 entry, 1891
- by January 12, 1891: The trustees' executive committee allows athletic games with other colleges again
Graham, George M. 2 entries, 1890–1893
- 1890: The trustees ban intercollegiate athletic contests
- 1893: University tennis players beat Virginia and join the Intercollegiate Tennis Association
Graham, George W. 1 entry, 1877
- August 6-9, 1877: Governor Vance closes the first summer normal school at Chapel Hill
Graham, James 2 entries, 1840
- May 26, 1840: Orange Whig convention nominates Willie P. Mangum and William A. Graham for the legislature
- December 3, 1840: Orange voters elect Hugh Waddell to the state Senate and Col. James Graham to the Commons
Graham, James Augustus 11 entries, 1855–1928

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Graham, James Nills 1 entry, 1959
- December 1959: James and Myrtle Graham, a Black Efland couple, buy the old Efland Home cottage
Graham, Joe 1 entry, 1951
- February 26, 1951: Chapel Hill aldermen refuse the Curve Inn an exemption from the beer rule
Graham, John 3 entries, 1812–1905
- May 28, 1812: The court levies a patrol tax on Black polls and names patrols in the captains' companies
- August 10-12, 1897: The Farmers' State Alliance meets at Hillsborough and elects John Graham president
- early August 1905 (in session August 10): The State Farmers' Alliance offers its Hillsborough headquarters for an agricultural school
Graham, John W. 87 entries, 1842–1928

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Graham, John W. 1 entry, 1878

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- May 18, 1878: Orange Democrats nominate A. W. Graham for the Senate and Angier and Hutchins for the House
Graham, Joseph 5 entries, 1781–1819

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Graham, Kathleen 1 entry, 1939
- 1938-39 (reported June 23, 1939): Hillsborough's Confederate Memorial Library lends 20,287 books in a year through ten county book stations
Graham, Mary Owen 2 entries, 1915
- July 5, 1915: The county board re-elects Superintendent Lockhart and funds an assistant for him
- July 5, 1915: Mary Owen Graham is endorsed as supervisor of Orange County's canning clubs
Graham, Myrtle McAdoo 1 entry, 1959
- December 1959: James and Myrtle Graham, a Black Efland couple, buy the old Efland Home cottage
Graham, Otto 2 entries, 1944

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Graham, Paul C. 1 entry, 1899
- March 23, 1899: The Orange bar meets to honor the late Calvin E. Parish
May be the same person as Graham, Paul Cameron
Graham, Paul Cameron 1 entry, 1892
- September 1892: Paul C. Graham joins his father's law firm at Hillsborough
May be the same person as Graham, Paul C.
Graham, R. D. 1 entry, 1862
- May 16-17, 1862: John W. Graham's volunteer company leaves Hillsborough and elects its officers
May be the same person as Graham, Robert D.; Graham, Robert Davidson
Graham, Robert D. 2 entries, 1857–1863
- November 14, 1857: Hillsborough boys organize the Junior Orange Guards
- May 22, 1863: The Orange company of the 56th N.C. loses Lieut. David S. Ray at Gum Swamp
May be the same person as Graham, R. D.; Graham, Robert Davidson
Graham, Robert Davidson 1 entry, 1905
- June 28, 1905: Hillsborough buries Capt. Robert D. Graham beside his mother
May be the same person as Graham, R. D.; Graham, Robert D.
Graham, Susan 1 entry, 1866
- 1866 or about 1868: Twenty Black members leave First Baptist Church of Hillsborough and organize Mount Bright Baptist Church
Graham, Susan Moses 2 entries, 1913–1916
- 1913: The Chapel Hill Community Club runs an improvement contest in a Black neighborhood
- December 22, 1916: Susan Moses Graham, the president's wife, dies at Chapel Hill
Graham, Susan Washington 7 entries, 1838–1890
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Graham, Susan Williams 1 entry, 1922
- April 1922: The Susan Graham memorial fountain replaces the old town well on Franklin Street
May be the same person as Graham, Susan Williams Moses
Graham, Susan Williams Moses 1 entry, 1908
- 1908: A house is built on Battle Lane for English professor Edward Kidder Graham and his wife Susan
May be the same person as Graham, Susan Williams
Graham, Tom 1 entry, 1887
- December 26, 1887: A costumed John Commons band parades through Hillsborough at Christmas
Graham, W. A. 1 entry, 1915
- July 5 to 10, 1915: The University Summer School holds a Rural Life Conference
Graham, W. A., Jr. 1 entry, 1862
- September 6, 1862: The Orange Cavalry charges into Washington, N.C., and loses John Grey
May be the same person as Graham, William A., Jr.
Graham, W. Albert 1 entry, 1963
- September 9, 1963: Chapel Hill names a new Recreation Commission for its tax-supported program
Graham, William A. 138 entries, 1782–1999

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Graham, Mrs. William A. 1 entry, 1860
- 1860 to 1868: First Baptist Church of Hillsborough builds its church
Graham, William A. 3 entries, 1868–1905

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- May Term 1868: The court binds Amelia Ann Mays to John W. Graham and Ellen Mays to William A. Graham
- August 9-10, 1904: The State Farmers' Alliance meets at the Barracks, and Governor Aycock speaks at its picnic
- early August 1905 (in session August 10): The State Farmers' Alliance offers its Hillsborough headquarters for an agricultural school
Graham, William A., Jr. 1 entry, 1861
- by October 17, 1861: The Orange Cavalry leaves its Hillsborough camp for the coast
May be the same person as Graham, W. A., Jr.
Grainger, J. M. 2 entries, 1939
- July 1, 1939: Rural power lines approved in Orange County reach 271 miles and 1,157 customers
- January 19, 1939: The federal government approves the Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation's application
Grandy, C. D. 2 entries, 1879–1884
- January 29, 1879: University trustees raise C. D. Grandy to professor of natural philosophy
- by February 16, 1884: The late Professor C. D. Grandy leaves his library to the Philanthropic Society
May be the same person as Grandy, Carey D.
Grandy, Carey D. 1 entry, 1882
- 1882: Joshua W. Gore joins the university as professor of natural philosophy and engineering
May be the same person as Grandy, C. D.
Grant, Daniel Lindsey 4 entries, 1924–1927

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Grant, James 4 entries, 1828–1890
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Grant, Mary E. 1 entry, 2013
- November 13, 2013: Mary E. Grant buys the Efland Home cottage at the Graham estate sale
Grant, T. M. 1 entry, 1917
- November 11-19, 1917: Orange County raises about $2,000 in a Y.M.C.A. war fund drive
May be the same person as Grant, Thomas M.
Grant, Thomas M. 2 entries, 1917–1918
- June 1, 1917: Hillsborough residents meet at the Session House library to organize a Red Cross chapter
- January 5, 1918: C. H. Robertson becomes chairman of the Orange County Red Cross executive committee
May be the same person as Grant, T. M.
Gravely, Lee L. 1 entry, 1951
- by October 25, 1951: Contract let for the 100-bed state tuberculosis hospital at Chapel Hill
Graves, Calvin 3 entries, 1851–1854

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Graves, Charles M. 1 entry, 1955
- July 1955: Chapel Hill Jaycees petition for a Chapel Hill-Carrboro recreation district
Graves, Elijah 7 entries, 1740–1829

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Graves, Ernest 4 entries, 1888–1939

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Graves, J. R. 1 entry, 1855
- June 17, 1855: Five enslaved people are the first baptized into the Chapel Hill Baptist Church
Graves, Julia Charlotte Hooper 1 entry, 1937

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Graves, Louis 38 entries, 1896–1965

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Graves, Mary de Berniere 1 entry, 1929
- by October 25, 1929: Kenan Stadium seats Black spectators in a separate stand by the field house
Graves, Mary deB. 2 entries, 1931–1934

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Graves, R. H., Jr. 1 entry, 1874
- 1874: R. H. Graves Jr. begins teaching engineering and drawing at Horner & Graves's School
Graves, R. H., Sr. 1 entry, 1874
- January 1874: Horner and Graves move their boys' school from Oxford to the old Military Academy buildings at Hillsborough
Graves, R. J. 3 entries, 1862–1863
- December 1862: Confederate authorities arrest the Rev. R. J. Graves of Bethlehem Church and remove him from the state
- February 4, 1863: Justice Manly binds the Rev. R. J. Graves over for trial on a treason charge
- by June 24, 1863: A Confederate grand jury refuses to indict the Rev. R. J. Graves of the Oaks
Graves, Ralph 2 entries, 1854–1886
- 1854: Ralph Graves sells the West King Street lot later the Parks-Richmond House to John J. Freeland
- about 1886: Wilson Caldwell is elected to the Chapel Hill board of commissioners
May be the same person as Graves, Ralph H.; Graves, Ralph Henry
Graves, Ralph H. 3 entries, 1845–1876

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- July 9, 1845: Caldwell Institute reopens in Hillsborough after leaving Greensboro
- by February 16, 1876: James H. Horner withdraws from the Hillsborough Military Academy
- May 16, 1876: Ralph H. Graves, principal of the Hillsborough Military Academy, dies
May be the same person as Graves, Ralph; Graves, Ralph Henry
Graves, Ralph H. 2 entries, 1897–1939

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Graves, Ralph Henry 1 entry, 1851

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- January 1851 to 1858: Hillsborough Academy is revived under Benjamin Huske and Ralph Graves
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Graves, Ralph Henry 9 entries, 1875–1892

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Gray, Alson 1 entry, 1850
- 1850: Circuit rider Alson Gray organizes Orange Chapel Methodist Church
Gray, Bowman, Jr. 5 entries, 1935–1961

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Gray, Bowman, Sr. 1 entry, 1938
- April 1938: The Bowman Gray Memorial Pool opens in the new Woollen Gymnasium
Gray, Clarence 1 entry, 1964
- July 3, 1964: Clarence's Bar and Grill turns away an integrated group the day after the Civil Rights Act
Gray, Gordon 18 entries, 1935–1956

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Gray, James A., Jr. 1 entry, 1927
- Spring 1927: Chase has an institute researcher's study of Winston-Salem Black businesses destroyed
Gray, James Alexander 3 entries, 1919–1941

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Gray, John 10 entries, 1752–1775

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Gray, Lieutenant Colonel 1 entry, 1768
- April 1768: Orange militia is called out against the Regulators, and only 120 armed men appear
Gray, Nathalie 1 entry, 1938
- March 25, 1938: The P.W.A. formally presents the new gymnasium to the University
Gray, Preston L. 1 entry, 1898
- March 1898: Robert Bingham sues to keep Preston Gray from using the Bingham School name at Mebane
May be the same person as Gray, Preston Lewis
Gray, Preston Lewis 5 entries, 1891–1908
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Gray, Robert T. 1 entry, 1899
- June 1899: The class of 1899 gives a bronze bust of Zebulon Vance and plants ivy from Lee's tomb
Gray-Little, Bernadette 2 entries, 2005–2006

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Green 1 entry, 1843
- June 18-19, 1843: Green, an enslaved man, is jailed on a charge of robbing and burning Thomas Thompson's house on Cane Creek
Green 1 entry, 1844
- March 1844 term: Superior Court sentences Green and Dick, two enslaved men, to hang
Green 1 entry, 1844
- April 26, 1844: Green and Dick, enslaved men, are hanged
Green, C. Sylvester 1 entry, 1945
- June 5, 1945: Hillsboro High graduates forty-five seniors, two of them war veterans
Green, Caleb B. 1 entry, 1880
- September 4, 1880: Orange Democrats nominate their county ticket at Hillsborough
Green, Caleb R. 2 entries, 1881
- January 25, 1881: Hillsborough's commissioners protest the bill to divide Orange County
- February 28, 1881: The General Assembly passes the bill to cut Durham County from Orange and Wake
Green, Charles T. 1 entry, 1956
- December 20, 1956: Gooch's Café serves its last meal and becomes Green's Cafe
Green, Elizabeth Lay 2 entries, 1925–1936

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Green, Fletcher 1 entry, 1958
- December 10-12, 1958: Telephoned bomb threats empty Saunders and Bingham halls at the University
Green, Fletcher Melvin 4 entries, 1937–1965

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Green, Hurley 1 entry, 1948
- May 10, 1948: Two Black men serve on an Orange County Superior Court civil jury
Green, J. R. 3 entries, 1911–1959
- fall 1911: The Rev. J. R. Green organizes a Boy Scout troop in Hillsborough
- August 3, 1951: Bethel Baptist Church plans its hundredth anniversary
- June 28, 1959: Mars Hill Baptist Church marks its 125th anniversary and burns its parsonage mortgage
Green, Joseph 1 entry, 1795
- October 1795: Joseph Green becomes the first student dismissed from the university
Green, Leon 1 entry, 1926
- by June 11, 1926: Leon Green of the University of Texas is elected dean of the University law school
Green, Monica 1 entry, 1986
- October 31, 1986: A Save Our Shaw talent show in Great Hall raises money for Shaw University
Green, Paul 44 entries, 1894–1991

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Green, Paul 1 entry, 1931

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- February 1, 1931: Lynn Riggs reads Green Grow the Lilacs in the Playmakers Theatre after its New York opening
Green, Mrs. Paul 2 entries, 1934
- November 15, 1934: A Chapel Hill health conference hears the Black school's principal report hungry and ill-clad pupils
- October 16, 1934: The PTA reports summer health examinations, including 142 children at the Black school
Green, Philip 3 entries, 1948–1952
- October 1, 1948: George Esser and Alexander McMahon join the Institute of Government
- November 1, 1949: The Institute of Government delivers its Charlotte-Mecklenburg consolidation study
- 1952: Philip Green's guidebook for zoning and planning boards is published
Green, Philip, Jr. 1 entry, 1959
- About 1959: Institute of Government staff draft a new state law on municipal annexation
Green, Philip P., Jr. 4 entries, 1948–1954

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Green, Sidney 4 entries, 1952–1955
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Green, Smith 1 entry, 1868
- August 31, 1868: Four people are held in the Orange County jail for the killing of Smith Green
Green, Sydney 7 entries, 1938–1958
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Green, T. D. 1 entry, 1950
- 1950: William Van Sprinkle designs a shingled Colonial Ranch on Laurel Hill Road for math professor Ed Cameron
Green, W. W. 1 entry, 1944
- December 5, 1944: Hillsboro's newly activated American Legion post installs its first officers
Green, William 1 entry, 1930
- February 26, 1930: American Federation of Labor president William Green speaks at Chapel Hill for textile unions
May be the same person as Green, William Mercer
Green, William Mercer 44 entries, 1752–1994

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Green, William Mercer 1 entry, 1942

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- May 11, 1942: The Chapel of the Cross celebrates its centennial with a pageant
May be the same person as Green, William
Greenbacker, John E., Jr. 6 entries, 1966

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Greenberg, Bernard G. 4 entries, 1949–1972
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Greenberg, Jack 1 entry, 1961
- August 4, 1961: Federal court rules Chapel Hill denied Stanley Vickers a junior high transfer because of his race
Greene, Dora 1 entry, 1946
- September 19, 1946: Black home demonstration clubs adopt a county council constitution
Greene, J. Lee 7 entries, 1977–1985
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Greene, Nathanael 6 entries, 1780–1782

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Greene, Ralph C. 1 entry, 1930
- May 10, 1930: North Carolina Federation of Students is organized at Chapel Hill
Greene, Sally 2 entries, 2009–2024

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Greene, Samantha 1 entry, 2024
- November 20, 2024: Student groups hold a memorial for James Cates in the Pit
Greene, Sidney 1 entry, 1945
- August 24, 1945: West Hillsboro organizes a community health campaign
Greenlaw, Edwin 12 entries, 1913–1970

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Greer, I. G. 2 entries, 1954–1956
- May 13, 1954: Cane Creek Baptist Church sets the dedication of its new church
- April 10, 1956: District home demonstration federation meets in Hillsboro
Greer, Jacob 1 entry, 1804
- 1804: Suit by William Kirkland and others leads to the sale of Hannah and her children
Greet, Philip Ben 1 entry, 1931
- April 14, 1931: Sir Philip Ben Greet's players give Hamlet in Memorial Hall
Gregory, Bry 1 entry, 1793
- November Term 1793: The court pays Bry Gregory for a bridge on New Hope Creek
Gregory, Dick 3 entries, 1972–1980
- September 26, 1972: Dick Gregory speaks to a full Memorial Hall
- by April 1975: Dick Gregory speaks at a campus Survival Day
- March 23, 1980: Dick Gregory closes the Black Arts Festival in Great Hall
Gregory, J. M. 1 entry, 1937
- late September 1937: Chapel Hill begins hard-surfacing 37,000 square yards of streets with PWA aid
Gremp, Louis 1 entry, 1943
- May 6, 1943: Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky and Johnny Sain report to the Pre-Flight School as aviation cadets
Gretter, John A. 1 entry, 1849
- October 31-November 3, 1849: The Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina meets in Hillsborough
Grey, John 1 entry, 1862
- September 6, 1862: The Orange Cavalry charges into Washington, N.C., and loses John Grey
Gribbin, Emmet, Jr. 1 entry, 1945
- by March 22, 1945: David Yates accepts the rectorship of the Chapel of the Cross
Grice, T. N. 1 entry, 1934
- by July 13, 1934: The Institute of Government publishes a study of the proposed state constitution
Grice, T. N., Jr. 2 entries, 1935–1938
- January 1935: Institute of Government staff begin daily bulletins on the General Assembly
- 1938: With its money gone, the Institute's first staff leave for state jobs
Grice, William 1 entry, 1952
- January 31, 1952: Chapel Hill Jaycees name coach William Grice young man of the year
Grier, T. L. 1 entry, 1937
- July 2, 1937: State inspectors find the Efland Home failing and tell its board to fund it or close it
Griffin, A. C. 1 entry, 1899
- spring 1899: Harry L. Parish is secretary and treasurer of the People's Mutual Benevolent Association's Orange Division
Griffin, C. B. 10 entries, 1906–1926

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Griffin, F. S. 1 entry, 1925
- January 30 and February 6, 1925: A Klan spokesman and Josiah W. Bailey argue the Ku Klux Klan's case in Memorial Hall
Griffin, Henderson 2 entries, 1843–1844
- October 5-13, 1843: Jesse O'Daniel dies after Henderson Griffin strikes him with a rifle barrel
- September 1844 term: Henderson Griffin, tried for the murder of Jesse O'Daniel, is branded for manslaughter
Griffin, Mrs. J. D. 1 entry, 1962
- March 15, 1962: County Planning Board agrees to simplify its zoning draft
Griffin, James B. 1 entry, 1952
- 1952: Joffre Coe publishes an archaeological survey of the Occoneechee Hills area
Griffis, Abel 1 entry, 1844
- May 25, 1844: Western Orange meeting at George Foust's denounces the courthouse tax
Griffis, John 1 entry, 1842
- September 1842: The Orange County grand jury urges the legislature to build a state penitentiary
Griffis, T. H. 1 entry, 1938
- March and April 1938: Chapel Hill police and a state patrolman make 69 traffic arrests in two months
Griffith, Andy 5 entries, 1945–2005

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Griffith, Rev. Mr. 1 entry, 1887
- by August 6, 1887: Chapel Hill's new Methodist church goes up under the Rev. Mr. Griffith
Grill, C. F. 1 entry, 1953
- October 31-November 1, 1953: The Methodist conference sends new pastors to four Orange County charges
Grimes, C. B. 1 entry, 1895
- April 6, 1895: Fire destroys C. B. Grimes's shuttle factory near the Hillsborough depot
Grimes, J. Bryan 1 entry, 1919

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Grimes, Ralph 1 entry, 1946
- July 6, 1946: Chapel Hill veterans and Southern Conference members stage a downtown display against the end of the OPA
Grisette, Felix 2 entries, 1934
- by February 16, 1934: The Dogwood Festival is incorporated
- January 30, 1934: Chapel Hill holds a President's birthday party for the Warm Springs Foundation
May be the same person as Grisette, Felix A.
Grisette, Mrs. Felix A. 1 entry, 1933
- by February 24, 1933: The Community Club counts 551 signboards on the highways out of Chapel Hill
Grisette, Felix A. 5 entries, 1935–1939
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Grisham, John 1 entry, 1825
- August 1825 (court term): The court orders execution against Jesse Vickers for Cassandra Standifer's support money
Grisham, Robert 1 entry, 1814
- August Term 1814: A jury acquits Ned, an enslaved man, of murdering Robert Grisham
Grissom, Eugene 2 entries, 1880–1885
- by February 7, 1880: University trustees keep Charles Phillips on the rolls as emeritus professor of mathematics
- June 3, 1885: Trustees adopt resolutions thanking Thomas J. Jarvis for Memorial Hall
Grist, Mrs. Allan 1 entry, 1878
- October 11, 1878: A dime party at Mrs. Allan Grist's raises money for yellow fever sufferers
Grizzle, James 1 entry, 1971
- June 1971: The Lipid Research Clinics coordinating center opens in the NCNB building in downtown Chapel Hill
Gross, Jack 1 entry, 1982
- February 1982: A Mount Adar member begins the Baptist association's chaplaincy at the Orange County prison unit
Gross, Solomon 1 entry, 1768
- October 3, 1768: Tryon pardons the 1768 protesters except thirteen named leaders
Group, Historic Speedway 1 entry, 2002
- May 2, 2002: Occoneechee Speedway is listed in the National Register
Grove, Sarah 1 entry, 1825
- 1825: Sarah Grove buys lots 152 and 153 for $800
Groves, Mrs. E. R. 1 entry, 1954
- February 1954: Chapel Hill's zoning case against Mrs. E. R. Groves ends in a mistrial
Groves, Ernest R. 2 entries, 1927–1937

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Groves, Gladys 1 entry, 1927
- September 1927: Professor Ernest R. Groves buys the Marshall house in the Gimghoul colony
Gruman, Russell 1 entry, 1930
- about 1930: Russell Gruman builds a Dutch Colonial house on Laurel Hill Circle
Grumman, Mrs. R. M. 6 entries, 1932–1941
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Grumman, Russell 1 entry, 1943
- June 25, 1943: Chapel Hill Red Cross Grey Ladies are capped for service at the Navy Pre-Flight hospital
Grumman, Russell M. 26 entries, 1926–1951

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Grumman, Mrs. Russell M. 2 entries, 1940
- September 4, 1940: Chapel Hill women's war relief workshop ships its first Red Cross quota
- July 23, 1940: Chapel Hill women open a war relief sewing room in the University dining hall
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Gu, Hongbin 1 entry, 2017
- 2017: Hongbin Gu is elected to the Chapel Hill Town Council, its first Asian American member
Gudger, H. A. 1 entry, 1896
- September 23, 1896: Orange County Republicans nominate B. E. Teague for the House and a county ticket
Guerriero, Patrick 1 entry, 2005
- by October 2005: The GLBT-SA votes to co-sponsor a campus speech by Log Cabin Republicans president Patrick Guerriero
Guess, W. W. 4 entries, 1854–1874
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Guess, William W. 2 entries, 1848–1866
- May 23, 1848: Orange Whig convention nominates Hugh Waddell and a Commons ticket
- October 18, 1866: Orange elects John Berry to the state Senate and S. D. Umstead and W. W. Guess to the Commons
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Guion, Haywood Williams 1 entry, 1835

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Guise, John 1 entry, 1754
- April 10, 1754: Former governor George Burrington pledges 30,000 acres of the Haw Old Fields to Samuel Strudwick
Gunby, John 2 entries, 1780
- late 1780 to January 1781: Colonel John Gunby of Maryland commands the Hillsborough garrison
- early December 1780: Civil authorities hold four Maryland soldiers for robbing a house south of Hillsborough
Gunn, Bob 2 entries, 1869–1870
- December 25, 1869: Barkeeper M. V. Blalock is murdered and robbed in Hillsborough
- April 1, 1870: Tom Young and Bob Gunn are hanged at Hillsborough for the Blalock murder
Gunn, C. B. 1 entry, 1870
- October 15, 1870: Durham citizens meet to mourn Robert E. Lee
Gunn, William P. 1 entry, 1834
- June 26, 1834: The university holds its 1834 commencement
Gunnells, Jack 1 entry, 1993
- January 7, 1993: NAACP task force begins a study of UNC's employee grievance procedure
Gurganious, B. W., Jr. 1 entry, 1956
- April 3, 1956: Pastor asks the commissioners to stop Sunday jalopy races at a new track
Gurganus, Allan 6 entries, 1996–2008

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Gurganus, Tom 1 entry, 1989
- December 5, 1989: Eleanor Kinnaird is sworn in for a second term as mayor of Carrboro
Gurley, Elizabeth 1 entry, 1984
- November 26 to 30, 1984: The Carolina Gay Association holds a fall Gay Awareness Week with a talk by Tom Chorlton
Guskiewicz, Kevin M. 8 entries, 2019–2024

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Gust, James 2 entries, 1929–1945
- 1929: George Livas and James Gust go into partnership at the Carolina Confectionary
- 1945: George Livas becomes sole owner of the Carolina Coffee Shop
Guthridge, Bill 2 entries, 1980–2000
- January 24, 1980: Kappa Alpha Psi roasts Dean Hayden B. Renwick in Great Hall
- July 11, 2000: Matt Doherty is named head coach of UNC men's basketball
Guthrie, Charles B. 1 entry, 1925
- December 1, 1925: W. B. Neal sells the Hill Bakery to Charles B. Guthrie and W. V. Stuart
Guthrie, Etta 3 entries, 1930–1945
- May 1930: A baby clinic for Black families opens at Rock Hill Baptist Church
- by July 12, 1935: A clinic examines 19 Black babies in Chapel Hill
- March 1945: Black laundry workers take complaints of racial pay discrimination to the Fair Employment Practice Committee
Guthrie, Henry 3 entries, 1918–1924
- about 1918: Henry Guthrie opens a movie theatre on West Franklin Street
- November 20, 1923: Fire destroys the Caldwell garage and four automobiles on West Franklin Street
- July 15, 1924: Henry and Matilda Guthrie's Franklin Street lot, with its moving-picture house, is advertised for foreclosure
Guthrie, Hugh B. 20 entries, 1852–1879

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Guthrie, J. J. 1 entry, 1866
- July 4, 1866: Freedpeople hold a Black Fourth of July celebration
Guthrie, Matilda 1 entry, 1924
- July 15, 1924: Henry and Matilda Guthrie's Franklin Street lot, with its moving-picture house, is advertised for foreclosure
Guthrie, Roger 1 entry, 1951
- 1951: The Unitarian Fellowship of Chapel Hill is organized
Guthrie, W. A. 2 entries, 1888–1905
- November 1888 to June 1890: Prospectors find coal at Patterson's mill in Chapel Hill Township
- 1905: The General Assembly votes $50,000 for a chemistry building
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Guthrie, W. S. 2 entries, 1869–1892
- July 17, 1869: Chapel Hill's town board holds the earliest meeting with surviving minutes
- 1892: The W. S. Guthrie family plot is enclosed with a cast-iron fence
Guthrie, William A. 2 entries, 1864–1898
- June 2, 1864: The university graduates seven seniors at a thin wartime commencement
- November 7, 1898: W. A. Guthrie urges Chapel Hill voters to the polls for the white supremacy ticket the day after McCauley's body is found
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Gutmann, Franz 1 entry, 1939
- by September 15, 1939: UNC adds several scholars from European universities to its faculty
Guy, Aggy Whitmore 1 entry, 1820
- 1820s: Texas community families leave Orange for Sugar Fork in Macon County
Guy, Buckner 1 entry, 1820
- 1820s: Texas community families leave Orange for Sugar Fork in Macon County
Guy, Cyrus 4 entries, 1869–2023

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Guy, John 2 entries, 1820–1973
- 1820s: Texas community families leave Orange for Sugar Fork in Macon County
- fall 1973: Bill Dooley hires Jim Webster and John Guy, UNC's first Black football coaches
Guy, Patsy Whitmore 1 entry, 1820
- 1820s: Texas community families leave Orange for Sugar Fork in Macon County
Guy, Richard 1 entry, 1820
- 1820s: Texas community families leave Orange for Sugar Fork in Macon County
Guy, Sylvia Jeffries 1 entry, 1820
- 1820s: Texas community families leave Orange for Sugar Fork in Macon County
Gwaltney, W. R. 1 entry, 1867
- July 1867 to January 1869: The Chapel Hill Baptist Church goes without regular services
Gwinn, Moses 1 entry, 1806
- May 1806 (court term): Lawyer William Norwood wins a support order for Sarah Ray
Gwinn, William 1 entry, 1790
- February 24, 1790: The court grants William Gwinn a public ferry at the Shallow Ford of the Haw
Gwynn, J. Minor 10 entries, 1922–1937

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Gwynn, Minor 1 entry, 1932
- by February 26, 1932: Chapel Hill and Carrboro men reorganize Boy Scout work under a district committee
Gwynn, Walter 2 entries, 1850–1851
- September-October 1850: Railroad engineers survey the North Carolina Railroad routes near Hillsborough
- May 12-15, 1851: Railroad directors adopt the line through Hillsborough and order the road put under contract