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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Jaber, Farris 1 entry, 1944
- March 26, 1944: Hillsborough's new Civil Air Patrol squadron makes its first public parade
Jablonski, Peggy 2 entries, 2005
- January 31 to February 7, 2005: The GLBT-SA holds its first Ally Week
- March 1, 2005: About 500 people hold a vigil and speak-out and march to Top of the Hill after a Franklin Street attack
Jack 1 entry, 1793
- November Term 1793: A called court discharges Jack, a man enslaved by Absalom Tatom, when no accuser appears
Jack 1 entry, 1802
- August 26, 1802: The court lets Jack and Sam, enslaved by William Cain, carry guns to hunt
Jack 1 entry, 1803
- May Term 1803: The court frees George, Cate, Sally, young George and Jack under Absalom Tatom's will
Jack 1 entry, 1835
- 1835: Paul C. Cameron builds Burnside on the foundation of Thomas Ruffin's old house
Jack 1 entry, 1846
- 31 January 1846: James Jackson Jr. conveys the services of William Carter, a free bound boy, in a deed of trust with two enslaved men
Jackson, Abel G. 1 entry, 1832
- about 1832: Pleasant Green Methodist Church is organized
Jackson, Andrew 1 entry, 1847
- February Term 1847: The court binds Andrew Jackson, a boy of color raised at the poorhouse, to Charles Cox
Jackson, Betsey 1 entry, 1799
- May 31, 1799: The court releases Betsey and Sarah Jackson from their binding to Samuel Chambers
Jackson, Blyden 8 entries, 1946–2026

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Jackson, C. O. 1 entry, 1947
- September 26, 1947: Black veterans organize an American Legion post in Hillsborough
Jackson, Isaac 4 entries, 1768–1829
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Jackson, Jacob 1 entry, 1841
- February Term 1841: The court binds Washington and William Day, boys of color, to two masters
Jackson, James 1 entry, 1816
- December 1816: Spring Friends disown James Jackson after he is charged as the father of a child
Jackson, James, Jr. 3 entries, 1842–1847
- December 1842: James Jackson Jr. buys the Hillsborough House tavern on King Street
- 31 January 1846: James Jackson Jr. conveys the services of William Carter, a free bound boy, in a deed of trust with two enslaved men
- January 1847: Robert F. Morris buys the Hillsborough House from James Jackson
Jackson, James, Sr. 1 entry, 1846
- 31 January 1846: James Jackson Jr. conveys the services of William Carter, a free bound boy, in a deed of trust with two enslaved men
Jackson, Janet 1 entry, 1990
- March 3, 1990: Janet Jackson brings her Rhythm Nation tour to the Smith Center
Jackson, Jesse 6 entries, 1981–2000

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Jackson, Marian Cheek 3 entries, 1924–2009

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Jackson, Martin 1 entry, 1839
- April 20, 1839: Sarah Jackson gives notice she will ask the court to remove Martin Jackson from his apprenticeship
May be the same person as Jackson, Martin A.
Jackson, Martin A. 1 entry, 1838
- August Term 1838: The court calls Solomon Fuller to show why Martin Jackson should not be taken from him
May be the same person as Jackson, Martin
Jackson, Mary 3 entries, 1796–1855
- February Term 1796: The court orders Levi Whitted to support Mary Jackson's child
- February Term 1841: The court binds Washington and William Day, boys of color, to two masters
- 1855: John and Louisa Turner inherit the Jackson farm on the Eno
Jackson, Maynard 1 entry, 1982
- March 31, 1982: Former Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson speaks at the Carolina Symposium
Jackson, Nancy 1 entry, 1798
- August Term 1798: The court binds Nancy Jackson to Levi Whitehead, named as her reputed father
Jackson, Norman F. 1 entry, 1955
- June 26, 1955: The American Legion installs Chapel Hill's Paul Robertson as state commander
Jackson, Philip 1 entry, 1765
- About 1765 or 1766: Edmund Fanning drags John Pyle from his horse in a Hillsborough street
Jackson, Rachel 1 entry, 1800
- September to November 1800 (9th to 11th month): Spring women's meeting of Friends issues a testimony against Rachel Jackson
Jackson, Roberta Bowles Hodges 4 entries, 1970–2026

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Jackson, Sally 1 entry, 1838
- August Term 1838: The court calls Solomon Fuller to show why Martin Jackson should not be taken from him
Jackson, Sarah 2 entries, 1799–1839
- May 31, 1799: The court releases Betsey and Sarah Jackson from their binding to Samuel Chambers
- April 20, 1839: Sarah Jackson gives notice she will ask the court to remove Martin Jackson from his apprenticeship
Jackson, Susannah 1 entry, 1798
- May 31, 1798: The court jails Susannah Jackson until she gives up her children to be bound out
Jackson, W. C. 3 entries, 1932–1934
- June 1932: UNC names W. C. Jackson dean of a new School of Public Administration
- March 4, 1934: The Baptist church opens a Sunday evening series on race relations
- June 13, 1934: The first summer school of the consolidated University opens under W. C. Jackson
Jackson, W. F. 2 entries, 1896–1905
- September 23, 1896: Orange County Republicans nominate B. E. Teague for the House and a county ticket
- June 6, 1905: County commissioners refuse to license saloons in Hillsborough
Jackson, William 3 entries, 1798–1876
- May 31, 1798: The court jails Susannah Jackson until she gives up her children to be bound out
- May 31, 1799: The court releases Betsey and Sarah Jackson from their binding to Samuel Chambers
- August 20, 1876: The school board orders a landowner to stop fencing off the Bethany Meeting House school
Jackson, William F. 3 entries, 1894–1901
- December 8, 1894: New clerk of court D. Frank Crawford and treasurer William F. Jackson take office
- November 6, 1894: Republicans and Populists sweep Orange County's election, leaving the Democrats only the sheriff and register of deeds
- May 30, 1901: Mayor Norwood breaks a tie to license Hillsborough's three saloons for another year
Jacob 1 entry, 1857
- mid-March 1857: Orange Superior Court tries and discharges Jacob, an enslaved man, in the death of James Woods
Jacobs, Barry 2 entries, 2006–2013
- 2006–2009: Mike Nelson serves on the Orange County Board of Commissioners
- June 29, 2013: Rogers Road landfill closes
Jacobs, Buck 1 entry, 1928
- March 11, 1928: Jones Grove Missionary Baptist Church dedicates its first sanctuary
Jacobs, D. M. 1 entry, 1930
- by May 9, 1930: Orange Hardware Company opens on Franklin Street
Jacobs, Marion Lee 1 entry, 1950
- March 19, 1950: Marion Lee Jacobs, dean of the UNC School of Pharmacy, dies
Jacocks, William Picard 4 entries, 1942–1954

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Jamerson, Richard E. 1 entry, 1955

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James 1 entry, 1799
- May Term 1799: The court binds James and John, sons of a woman called Free Mary, to learn carpentry
James, C. J. 1 entry, 1945
- May 8, 1945: Hillsboro reelects Mayor Ben Johnston and seats an all-new board of commissioners
May be the same person as James, Charlie J.
James, Charlie J. 1 entry, 1957
- June 13, 1957: Hillsboro druggist Charlie J. James dies
May be the same person as James, C. J.
James, Dean 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
James, Hinton 8 entries, 1789–2008

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James, P. O. 1 entry, 1945
- May 31, 1945: Hillsboro's high school for Black students holds its 1945 commencement
Jameson, Miss 1 entry, 1914
- October 16, 1914: The Community Club holds a home economics demonstration fair
Jamison, Natasha 1 entry, 2002
- May 7, 2002: UNC public health students complete a community study of Fairview
Janda, H. F. 1 entry, 1928
- September 1928: A. R. Hollett joins the University faculty in place of H. F. Janda
Jane 1 entry, 1855
- March 27, 1855: Aunt Fariby saves Jane from burning
Jarnagin, D. M. 4 entries, 1944–1946
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Jarreau, Al 1 entry, 1980
- October 29, 1980: Al Jarreau sells out Memorial Hall
Jarrett, Ned 1 entry, 1960
- September 1960: Richard Petty wins his first race at Orange Speedway
Jarrot 1 entry, 1841
- Superior Court week, March 8-13, 1841: A Person County murder case moved to Orange ends in a manslaughter verdict against Jarrot
Jarvis, Thomas Jordan 16 entries, 1876–1885

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Jason, Jeanne 1 entry, 1986
- March 21, 1986: The School of Social Work holds its seventh Black Experience Workshop
Jay, Karla 1 entry, 1977
- April 1977: The Carolina Gay Association hosts the second Southeastern Gay Conference
Jeffcoat, Bryan 1 entry, 1987
- April 5, 1987: Mount Adar ordains Jackie Hawkins Allen, the first woman it ordained
Jeffers, Lance 1 entry, 1981
- April 16, 1981: Afro-American studies and Black Ink award prizes in their first poetry contest
Jefferson, Mrs. C. B. 1 entry, 1952
- by April 17, 1952: Colonial Motors, Orange County's Buick dealer, moves into its new building on West Franklin Street
Jefferson, Thomas 1 entry, 1780

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Jeffreys, James W. 1 entry, 1833
- September 23, 1833: James W. Jeffreys starts a four-horse mail coach line between Hillsborough and Oxford
Jeffries, Charles Will 1 entry, 1934
- 1934–1935: The Texas community asks the Bureau of Indian Affairs for an Indian school
Jeffries, Clayton 1 entry, 1934
- 1934–1935: The Texas community asks the Bureau of Indian Affairs for an Indian school
Jeffries, Esther 1 entry, 1969
- February 23 – March 21, 1969: UNC food workers' strike
Jeffries, J. W. 4 entries, 1942–1958
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Jeffries, Jacob 2 entries, 1787–1818
- 1787–1820: Indian families from Virginia settle the Texas community in northern Orange County
- 1818: Jacob Jeffries of the Texas community makes his will
Jeffries, James T. 1 entry, 1945
- by July 1945: James T. Jeffries grows wilt-resistant tobacco at Carr to supply seed to his neighbors
Jeffries, Joe 1 entry, 1900
- About 1900: The Texas community builds Jeffries Cross Church and Martin's Chapel Baptist Church
Jeffries, John Blackfeather 6 entries, 1995–2023

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Jeffries, Levi 1 entry, 1900
- About 1900: The Texas community builds Jeffries Cross Church and Martin's Chapel Baptist Church
Jeffries, Mortimer 1 entry, 1820
- 1820s to 1840s: Jeffries and other Texas community families move to Ohio and Indiana
Jeffries, Parker 1 entry, 1820
- 1820s to 1840s: Jeffries and other Texas community families move to Ohio and Indiana
Jeffries, Walton 1 entry, 1820
- 1820s: Texas community families leave Orange for Sugar Fork in Macon County
Jeffries, William M. 1 entry, 1820
- 1820s to 1840s: Jeffries and other Texas community families move to Ohio and Indiana
Jenkins, C. David 1 entry, 1962
- February 28, 1962: Elections board splits Chapel Hill Township into new precincts and orders re-registration
Jenkins, Frank C. 1 entry, 1945
- April 1945: The Southern Association accredits Chapel Hill High for 1944-45
Jenkins, L. C. 1 entry, 1887
- October 1, 1887: The Hillsboro Colored Normal School opens under Hampton graduate L. C. Jenkins
Jenkins, Lewis 4 entries, 1874–1888
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Jenkins, Liza 1 entry, 1932
- by September 16, 1932: The log cabin of Tony and Liza Jenkins on Rosemary Lane is torn down
Jenkins, Tony 1 entry, 1932
- by September 16, 1932: The log cabin of Tony and Liza Jenkins on Rosemary Lane is torn down
Jenkins, W. A. 3 entries, 1934–1935
- late November 1934: W. A. Jenkins succeeds Albea Godbold as pastor of the Chapel Hill Methodist church
- December 8, 1935: Allen P. Brantley succeeds W. A. Jenkins as Chapel Hill's Methodist pastor
- April 7, 1935: The Chapel Hill Methodist church is dedicated once its debt is paid
Jenkins, W. S. 1 entry, 1935
- 1935: The University authorizes a Department of Political Science
Jennie 1 entry, 1893
- October 16, 1893: Jennie, once enslaved by Kemp P. Battle's father, dies at 91
Jennings, Kevin 1 entry, 1997
- September 10, 1997: Kevin Jennings, founder of GLSEN, speaks on campus
Jennings, Monk 1 entry, 1952
- 1952: Bob Cox and Monk Jennings open Town & Campus in place of Wilbur Kutz's Varsity Shop
Jennings, Sion 1 entry, 1962
- April 6, 1962: Commissioners approve an auction of the downtown Chapel Hill school property
Jenny 1 entry, 1804
- 1804: Suit by William Kirkland and others leads to the sale of Hannah and her children
Jenrette, Richard H. 3 entries, 1985–1997

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Jensen, Ove 1 entry, 1942
- October 24, 1942: Chapel Hill schoolchildren collect 21,650 pounds of scrap in one day
May be the same person as Jensen, Ove F.
Jensen, Ove F. 3 entries, 1942
- spring 1942 (reported July 10): Chapel Hill's civil defense salvage collections bring in 140,000 pounds of paper
- by September 11, 1942: Chapel Hill's salvage committee collects 168,000 pounds of scrap iron and steel in two months
- by January 16, 1942: Civilian defense opens a salvage depot beside the old power house
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Jensen, Tom 1 entry, 2005
- February 1, 2005: The GLBT-SA questions student body president candidates at its forum in Murphey Hall
Jenzano, Anthony Francis 2 entries, 1955

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Jenzano, Tony 1 entry, 1963
- January 30, 1963: Nine astronauts in training meet the press at Morehead Planetarium
Jerman, Mrs. Palmer 1 entry, 1917
- June 4, 1917: A Red Cross mass meeting at the Hillsborough court house enrolls new members
Jernigan, R. W. 1 entry, 1915
- May 1, 1915: The Carolina Drug Company takes over the Norwood Drug Company
Jernigan, Thell 1 entry, 1954
- 1954: Robert Rhinehart sells the Hill Bakery to Thell Jernigan, who renames it Thell's Bakery
Jessee, Darren 3 entries, 1993–2008
- 1993-1994: Ben Folds Five forms in Chapel Hill
- September-October 1996: Ben Folds Five record Whatever and Ever Amen at Folds's Chapel Hill home
- September 18, 2008: Ben Folds Five reunite for a concert in UNC's Memorial Hall
Jeter, Frank H. 1 entry, 1950
- November 7, 1950: Black farm youth show purebred pigs at the fourth Sears Roebuck pig chain show at Central High
Jewell, W. L., Jr. 1 entry, 1958
- March 3, 1958: The county school board lets contracts for additions at Cedar Grove, Efland and Efland-Cheeks schools
Jim 1 entry, 1822
- 1822 to May 1823: Trustee William Polk hires out five enslaved men to build Old West
Jobe, J. G. 1 entry, 1955
- September 17, 1955: Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation honors three long-serving directors
Jocelyn, Samuel R. 1 entry, 1809
- 1809: The university divides the state into ten escheat districts with its own attorneys
Joe 1 entry, 1822
- 1822 to May 1823: Trustee William Polk hires out five enslaved men to build Old West
Joel, Billy 1 entry, 1800
- February 25, 1800: The court frees Rachel and her children Billy and Sukey, who take the name Joel
Joel, Rachel 1 entry, 1800
- February 25, 1800: The court frees Rachel and her children Billy and Sukey, who take the name Joel
Joel, Sukey 1 entry, 1800
- February 25, 1800: The court frees Rachel and her children Billy and Sukey, who take the name Joel
John 1 entry, 1789
- May 28, 1789: The court lets John, a man enslaved by William Hooper, carry a gun on Hooper's land
John 1 entry, 1791
- May 27, 1791: The court gives Anne Hooper leave to free John for meritorious service
John 1 entry, 1799
- May Term 1799: The court binds James and John, sons of a woman called Free Mary, to learn carpentry
John, R. B. 1 entry, 1885
- September 19, 1885: Chapel Hill Methodists vote to build a second church
Johns, J. B. 4 entries, 1938–1948
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Johns, P. H. 1 entry, 1947
- September 1, 1947: Clarence Hall Hines becomes Orange County's forest fire warden
Johnson, A. N. 1 entry, 1926
- April 24-25, 1926: Black singers of the Chapel Hill area hold the New Hope Song Convention
Johnson, Allen 3 entries, 1978
- September 21, 1978: Fourteen Black campus groups form the Black Campus Cabinet
- March 13-18, 1978: The Black Student Movement marks its tenth anniversary with a week of events
- March 23, 1978: A thinly attended Kool and the Gang concert leaves the BSM in debt to student government
Johnson, Andrew 9 entries, 1826–2022

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Johnson, Andrew 2 entries, 1867–1931

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- June 1867: President Andrew Johnson attends commencement
- by January 30, 1931: John Johnson serves as the only Black member of the Chapel Hill fire company
Johnson, Annie 1 entry, 1928
- August 13, 1928: Chapel Hill aldermen authorize sewer and building improvement bonds
Johnson, Anthony 2 entries, 1932
- April 7, 1932: Anthony Johnson, the medical building's longtime janitor, is buried from Rock Hill Baptist Church
- February 16, 1932: University freshmen start a weekly pension for retired janitor Anthony Johnson
Johnson, Audreye 3 entries, 1981–1982
- September 30, 1981: A chancellor's report counts 54 Black faculty among UNC's 1,880
- November 1982: The Black Faculty/Staff Caucus publishes a position paper on Black staff
- March 25, 1982: Tony Brown keynotes the School of Social Work's third Black Experience Workshop
Johnson, B. F. 1 entry, 1933
- June 27, 1933: The Orange County Building and Loan Association sets a fixed 332-week maturity for its shares
Johnson, Ben 2 entries, 1869–1937
- About November 29, 1869: Cyrus Guy is lynched by a masked mob in western Orange County
- May 20, 1937: Ben Johnson, born enslaved near Hillsborough, recalls the Klan lynching of Cyrus Guy for a WPA interviewer
Johnson, C. E. W. 1 entry, 1878
- by August 31, 1878: Chapel Hill's A.M.E. Sunday school reorganizes under new officers
Johnson, C. W. 2 entries, 1878–1888
- June 3, 1878: Orange magistrates rename two precincts and keep the county treasurer's office
- February 25, 1888: Oaks citizens back a projected Durham-to-Charlotte railroad and name delegates
Johnson, C. Walter 1 entry, 1912
- February 1912: Chapel Hill's Boy Scout troop is organized
Johnson, Cass 1 entry, 1955
- May 19, 1955: Men in Chapel Hill and Carrboro begin organizing a Toastmasters Club
Johnson, Charles 1 entry, 1789
- December 18, 1789: The university's trustees hold their first meeting, at Fayetteville
Johnson, Charles M. 1 entry, 1944
- May 27, 1944: Orange County Democrats give Gregg Cherry a heavy majority in the primary for governor
Johnson, Charles S. 1 entry, 1937
- September 1 to October 2, 1937: An international conference on education in Africa and the American South meets at the Carolina Inn
Johnson, Charles W. 2 entries, 1834–1869
- April 5, 1834: An Orange County meeting at Chapel Hill faults the county's legislators on internal improvement
- August 5, 1869: Orange County holds its first township elections
Johnson, Edward 1 entry, 1981
- July 21, 1981: Court of Appeals throws out the state's approval of the Cane Creek project
Johnson, Eure 1 entry, 1951
- April 1951 (reported April 26): Neighbors petition the state to deny the Curve Inn a beer license
Johnson, Gerald W. 2 entries, 1924–1926

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Johnson, Green 1 entry, 1905
- about 1905: Sam Nunn and neighbors raise the last recorded log house in the township
Johnson, Guion Griffis 10 entries, 1924–1950

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Johnson, Mrs. Guy B. 1 entry, 1943
- May 26, 1943: The new Chapel Hill Business and Professional Women's Club elects officers and plans a womanpower survey
Johnson, Guy Benton 9 entries, 1924–1963

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Johnson, James H. 1 entry, 1953
- by October 15, 1953: Hillsboro High School restarts its band with a hired director
Johnson, James Weldon 2 entries, 1927–1937
- March 1927: James Weldon Johnson speaks at the YMCA's Institute of Human Relations
- March 28 to April 3, 1937: The fourth Human Relations Institute brings national speakers to Chapel Hill
Johnson, Jenny 1 entry, 1926
- February 1, 1926: Jenny Johnson, born in slavery, dies in Chapel Hill
Johnson, John 5 entries, 1929–1943
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Johnson, John T. 1 entry, 1913
- August 20, 1913: The Hillsboro Building and Loan Association is organized in the back of the West End Drug Store
Johnson, John W. 1 entry, 1929
- by November 29, 1929: Black residents of Chapel Hill canvass the town to support their health nurse
Johnson, Junior 1 entry, 1963
- March 10, 1963: Junior Johnson wins the spring 150-miler at Orange Speedway
Johnson, Kate Burr 2 entries, 1921–1924
- September 1921: Plans are drawn for the first cottage of the Efland Home
- 1924: UNC and the state welfare board win a Rockefeller grant for Black welfare work
Johnson, L. L. 2 entries, 1890–1891
- November 1890 (closed November 19): Hillsborough Methodists hold a protracted revival meeting
- June 14 and 15, 1891: Cedar Grove Academy holds its 1891 commencement
Johnson, Lewis J. 1 entry, 1917
- about 1917: Lewis J. Johnson builds a two-story house on Shadylawn Road
Johnson, Mildred 2 entries, 1941–1942

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Johnson, Milly 1 entry, 1867
- March to August 1867: Milly Johnson of Chapel Hill asks the Bureau to recover children taken from her in slavery
Johnson, Odis 1 entry, 1964
- May 7, 1964: Kenan Oil Company advertises the opening of its Colonial Phillips 66 station at Churton and Tryon
Johnson, R. M. 1 entry, 1919
- March 13, 1919: The Chapel Hill Boy Scouts hold a banquet in their new hall over the post office
Johnson, Roselle Parker 1 entry, 1941
- October 26, 1941: Latin professor Roselle Parker Johnson is killed on the Pittsboro road
Johnson, Mrs. S. A. 1 entry, 1918
- September 2, 1918: The Orange County Red Cross forms a canteen committee to give packages to men leaving for camp
Johnson, S. A. 10 entries, 1939–1953

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Johnson, Sonia 1 entry, 1984
- October 5, 1984: Citizens Party presidential candidate Sonia Johnson speaks in Hamilton Hall
Johnson, Susan 1 entry, 1994
- January 28, 1994: Perry Deane Young speaks at Chapel Hill High School after gay-authored books are pulled from a reading list
Johnson, Susie 1 entry, 1927
- March 27, 1927: Black quartets sing at Paul Green's reading of The Field God
Johnson, T. M. 1 entry, 1928
- by April 20, 1928: The Moore-Johnson Hardware Company takes over the Chapel Hill Hardware Company
Johnson, Ted 1 entry, 1983
- May 29-August 27, 1983: Chapel Hill-Carrboro coalition organizes for the 20th anniversary March on Washington
Johnson, Theodore S. 1 entry, 1946
- July 1, 1946: Federal rent control takes effect in Orange County
Johnson, Thor 1 entry, 1931
- December 4, 1931: The Folk Music Institute announces a laboratory concert with Adeline McCall at the piano
Johnson, Mrs. V. R. 1 entry, 1931
- April 17, 1931: The Daughters of the Confederacy plant a George Washington memorial elm at Spencer Hall
Johnson, W. A. 1 entry, 1935
- by May 3, 1935: Black citizens of Chapel Hill organize the Colored Civic Club
Johnson, W. J. 1 entry, 1946
- 1946: The Gospel Baptist Tabernacle is organized
Johnson, William R. 1 entry, 1937
- June 1937: A state welfare agent records the Efland Home matron's account of beating a girl
Johnston, Ben 23 entries, 1949–1960
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Johnston, Ben G. 19 entries, 1855–1961
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Johnston, C. W. 7 entries, 1850–1900
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Johnston, Charles W. 5 entries, 1841–1976

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Johnston, Charles W. 7 entries, 1877–1889

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Johnston, Eliza Mary Bond 1 entry, 1834
- August 1834: Polly Burke leaves Hillsborough for Alabama
Johnston, Frances Benjamin 2 entries, 1936–1937

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Johnston, G. B. 1 entry, 1862
- May 27, 1862: Company G of the 28th Regiment loses its captain and much of its strength near Hanover Court House
Johnston, George 3 entries, 1793–1928

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- May Term 1793: The court grants leave for three mills on New Hope Creek in one term
- April 6, 1928: The Orange County Civic Association takes up the county's roads
- November 6, 1928: Orange voters elect W. T. Sloan sheriff and a Carrboro Republican to the commissioners
Johnston, George 3 entries, 1803–1833

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Johnston, Mrs. George 1 entry, 1934
- by June 1, 1934: The American Legion Auxiliary begins a survey of handicapped people in Orange County
Johnston, George A. 6 entries, 1921–1929
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Johnston, George Mulholland 2 entries, 1832–1834

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Johnston, Isham 1 entry, 1839
- August 22, 1839: Frederick Stafford advertises for William Gappins, his runaway apprentice
Johnston, John T. 8 entries, 1913–1938
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Johnston, Jonathan 1 entry, 1797
- February Term 1797: The court calls Andrew Brooks to show why his apprentice Jonathan Johnston should not be removed
Johnston, Joseph 5 entries, 1958–1962
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Johnston, Joseph E. 5 entries, 1839–1865

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Johnston, Joseph Henry 3 entries, 1918–1919
- October 15, 1918: Lt. Joseph Henry Johnston of Chapel Hill is killed in France
- November 1918: About 2,240 university men are in uniform when the war ends
- June 11, 1919: Lt. Joseph Henry Johnston of Chapel Hill is awarded the Distinguished Service Cross
Johnston, Joseph M. 4 entries, 1960–1961
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Johnston, L. B. 1 entry, 1884
- September 26 to 30, 1884: Orange Presbytery holds its fall session at Hillsborough
Johnston, Lieutenant 1 entry, 1861
- September 10, 1861: Professor Martin's volunteer company leaves Chapel Hill for camp at High Point
Johnston, Paul 1 entry, 1979
- 1979: Paul Johnston endows an Albert Coates professorship at the Institute of Government
Johnston, R. 1 entry, 1891
- April 11, 1891: Students merge the football and baseball associations into the Athletic Association of the University
Johnston, Samuel 15 entries, 1771–1789

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Johnston, Samuel Iredell 1 entry, 1834
- July 20, 1834: Samuel Iredell Johnston and William W. Spear are ordained deacons in St. Matthew's
Johnston, Samuel J. 1 entry, 1833
- October 19, 1833: William E. Anderson and Samuel J. Johnston take over the female boarding school near Hillsborough
Johnston, William 14 entries, 1768–1779

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Johnston, William 1 entry, 1813

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- February Term 1813: The court binds Alexander, Zedekiah and Patsy Husbands, children of William Husbands, to three masters
Johnston, Zenas 1 entry, 1825
- August and September 1825: Fever outbreak kills three university students
Jolley, Bolling 1 entry, 1801
- February 1801 (court term): The court orders Bolling Jolley to pay support for Polly Dixon's child to her and her new husband
Jonas, Charles A. 1 entry, 1938
- October 6, 1938: Republican Charles A. Jonas opens his U.S. Senate campaign with a speech in Hill Music Hall
Jones, A. C. 1 entry, 1951
- by March 15, 1951: Orange Fire Protective Association buys Orange County's first rural fire truck
Jones, A., Jr. 2 entries, 1854–1860
- February 26, 1854: Hillsborough Baptists call their first pastor
- 1860 to 1868: First Baptist Church of Hillsborough builds its church
Jones, Alfred 1 entry, 1833
- April 1, 1833: University trustees sell their Bank of Newbern stock at auction to pay bank debts
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Jones, Alfred H. 1 entry, 1868
- December 26, 1868: Lt. Thomas H. Hay tries to talk teacher Robert G. Fitzgerald out of running for clerk
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Jones, Alice 1 entry, 1920
- 1920: Delta Tau Delta buys Alice Jones's West Franklin Street property
Jones, Allen 4 entries, 1775–1779

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Jones, Allen 1 entry, 1807

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- February 26, 1807: The court writes reading, writing and schooling into three apprentice bindings
Jones, Allen C. 2 entries, 1832–1834
- September 15, 1832: Willie P. Mangum declines a public dinner offered by his Orange County supporters
- July 4, 1834: Hillsborough celebrates the Fourth of July with an oration and a dinner at the Masonic Hall
Jones, Aquilla 1 entry, 1770
- April 23-24, 1770: Orange justices take sworn statements for Herman Husband's defense
Jones, Basil 1 entry, 1897
- February 15, 1897: Teacher London A. Whitted dies at Chapel Hill
Jones, Baz 1 entry, 1927
- by December 16, 1927: Carrie Jones keeps her private school in a chapel built by her husband
Jones, Bryan 1 entry, 2008
- 2008: Three alumni recreate the walk attributed to Hinton James and finish at the Old Well
Jones, C. D. 4 entries, 1889–1950
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Jones, Mrs. C. D. 2 entries, 1955
- May 4, 1955: The Hillsboro Garden Club wins state honors for its beautification work
- April 30-May 1, 1955: About 450 visitors take the Hillsboro Garden Club's historic homes and gardens tour
May be the same person as Jones, Mrs. Clarence; Jones, Mrs. Clarence D.
Jones, C. P. 2 entries, 1955–1958
- August 1955: The county board names a committee to study school segregation after Brown
- February 8, 1958: The White Cross school committee asks for a vote on joining the Chapel Hill unit
Jones, Cadwalader 1 entry, 1854
- About 1854: Peter Brown Ruffin buys the land that became Margaret Lane Cemetery
Jones, Cadwallader 33 entries, 1828–1861

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Jones, Calvin 1 entry, 1811
- 1811: A student outbreak leaves the university with no graduates
Jones, Carrie 1 entry, 1927
- by December 16, 1927: Carrie Jones keeps her private school in a chapel built by her husband
Jones, Charles 2 entries, 1954
- 1954: Chapel Hill's aldermen adopt an ordinance setting separate sections for Black burials in the new town cemetery
- May 1954: Chapel Hill-Carrboro churches name a committee to help schools desegregate peacefully
Jones, Charles M. 27 entries, 1941–2011

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Jones, Charlie 2 entries, 1888–1970
- November 1888 (fall term of superior court): Superior court convicts Abe Mebane of manslaughter for the killing of Charlie Jones
- 1970: Cogswell/Hausler design a new sanctuary for the Community Church on Purefoy Road
Jones, Cicero 1 entry, 1930
- June 7, 1930: Orange County Democrats choose Umstead for state senate in the June primary
Jones, Cicero H. 3 entries, 1928–1950
- June 2, 1928: Orange County Democrats choose county nominees in the June primary
- August 20, 1946: A Superior Court judge rules Orange justices of the peace cannot try speeding and other traffic cases
- August 26, 1950: Former register of deeds Cicero H. 'Deacon' Jones dies
Jones, Cicero M. 1 entry, 1945
- by March 1, 1945: Orange County is found to have only two justices of the peace
Jones, Claiborne 6 entries, 1968–1976
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Jones, Clara 1 entry, 1961
- 1961-1974: Clara Jones is appointed a supervisor of the Orange County schools
Jones, Clarence 4 entries, 1945–1959
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Jones, Mrs. Clarence 2 entries, 1949
- January 12-13, 1949: PTA spokesmen lay Orange County's school needs before the fact-finding committee
- February 7, 1949: The county fact-finding committee presents its report on Orange County's needs
May be the same person as Jones, Mrs. C. D.; Jones, Mrs. Clarence D.
Jones, Clarence D. 28 entries, 1944–1963
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Jones, Mrs. Clarence D. 4 entries, 1956–1963
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Jones, Clarence Dupre 18 entries, 1887–1928

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Jones, Craven, Jr. 1 entry, 1954
- May 1954: The Pride of Orange Elks lodge clears ground for its hall on South Merritt Mill Road
Jones, Curry 1 entry, 1942
- March 5, 1942: Students open a cooperative bookstore in the Graham Memorial basement
Jones, Ed 1 entry, 1937
- October 1937: Second Baptist Church is organized in Chapel Hill
Jones, Edmond 1 entry, 1795
- February Term 1795: The court names commissioners to build a bridge over Morgan Creek at McCauley's mill
Jones, Edmund 3 entries, 1792–1795

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- December 5, 1792: Trustees fix the university at Chapel Hill and list its Orange County land donors
- November Term 1793: The court orders roads laid out to the University from Hillsborough and the Chatham line
- November Term 1795: The court orders a road from the east end of Franklin Street into the New Hope road from Raleigh
Jones, Edmund 1 entry, 1885

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Jones, Edward 2 entries, 1799–1818
- March 2, 1799 (February Term 1799): The court orders a road laid off from Franklin Street to the old Raleigh road
- May Term 1818: The court binds Samuel Strudwick over to the Superior Court for the death of an enslaved woman he whipped
Jones, Eliza 1 entry, 1856
- February Term 1856: The court lets Alice Tate take her apprentice Eliza Jones, a girl of color, to Alamance County
Jones, Emma Torian 2 entries, 1963–2001
- February 1963: The Torian family deeds a lot beside Ridge Road School to Emma Torian Jones and Rev. Walter Jones
- 2001: Emma Torian Jones gives her home lot beside Ridge Road School to Jones Grove Church
Jones, Fay 1 entry, 1946
- by August 15, 1946: The Orange County draft board counts 2,530 county men who served in World War II
Jones, Faye 1 entry, 1945
- October 30, 1945: The Orange draft board counts 3,110 men drafted since 1940
Jones, Francis 1 entry, 1815
- November Term 1815: The court gives Francis Jones leave to build a mill on New Hope Creek at Parks's old fish trap
Jones, George 1 entry, 1938
- October 30, 1938: Nunn's Chapel Baptist Church is organized
Jones, George W. 1 entry, 1850
- February Term 1850: The court cancels Thomas Day's indenture and lets him return to his mother, a free woman of color
Jones, H. C. 1 entry, 1871
- November 23, 1871: The state House rejects a New Hanover petition to expel F. Strudwick and two other members
Jones, H. G. 5 entries, 1950–1990

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Jones, Mrs. H. L. 1 entry, 1915
- May 16, 1915: A Christian Church congregation is organized near Mebane
Jones, H. W., Sr. 1 entry, 1944
- by November 23, 1944: Hillsboro's Black Boy Scout troop is reorganized
Jones, Halcott P. 16 entries, 1855–1895

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Jones, Hannah 1 entry, 1796
- November Term 1796: The court orders John Marshall to produce Sarah Jones on Hannah Jones's petition
Jones, Henry 2 entries, 1879
- August 1879: Chapel Hill's Black Baptist and Methodist Sunday schools hold a union celebration
- about 1879: Latta Grove Baptist Church is organized
Jones, Howard Mumford 7 entries, 1927–1965

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Jones, J. E. 2 entries, 1889–1890
- February 22, 1889: The Orange County Sunday School Convention meets at Hillsborough
- December 1, 1890: Hillsborough's Young Men's Christian Association marks its second anniversary
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Jones, J. H. 6 entries, 1937–1949
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Jones, J. Kempton 14 entries, 1959–1963
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Jones, J. P. 7 entries, 1928–1938
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Jones, J. William 1 entry, 1902
- by November 6, 1902: J. William Jones leaves Chapel Hill for Richmond
Jones, James 1 entry, 1894
- March 22-24, 1894: James Jones pleads guilty to second-degree murder for killing Robert Haithcock
Jones, James E. 2 entries, 1886–1888
- January 2, 1886: Hillsborough men incorporate the Orange County Tobacco Association to buy and sell leaf tobacco
- by May 10, 1888: James E. Jones moves his store into the brick building A. A. Springs had used
May be the same person as Jones, J. E.
Jones, James V. 1 entry, 1879
- August 1879: The school board creates Buckhorn school district from four neighboring districts
Jones, Jasper P. 1 entry, 1942
- July 16, 1942: Dentist Jasper P. Jones dies in Chapel Hill
May be the same person as Jones, J. P.
Jones, Jesse 2 entries, 1878–1928
- by August 31, 1878: Chapel Hill's A.M.E. Sunday school reorganizes under new officers
- 1928-1940: Black stonemasons build the stone walls of Rocky Ridge Farm
Jones, Joe 1 entry, 1940
- November 1940: The Barbee meadow beside the Chapel of the Cross is graded for a parking lot
Jones, John 6 entries, 1828–1937
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Jones, John William 4 entries, 1900–1928
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Jones, Johnson B. 1 entry, 1849
- April 14, 1849: Orange physicians meet at Hillsborough to form a county medical society
Jones, Johnston Blakeley 4 entries, 1841–1928

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Jones, Joseph H. 1 entry, 1927
- March 10, 1927: Joseph H. Jones deeds a quarter acre of his farm to the Jones Grove church trustees
May be the same person as Jones, J. H.
Jones, Kemp 1 entry, 1959
- June 8, 1959: About 150 Chapel Hill school supporters press the county commissioners for more school money
Jones, Kenneth 13 entries, 1940–1952

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Jones, Mrs. L. H. 1 entry, 1942
- by May 29, 1942: A Girl Scout troop for Black girls is organized in Chapel Hill
Jones, Lizzie 3 entries, 1866–1906
- 1866: The women of St. Matthew's organize a Ladies Sewing Society
- August 24, 1883: St. Matthew's installs a new organ
- August 21, 1906: The Daughters of the Confederacy hold a benefit to mark Confederate graves in the town cemetery
Jones, Mrs. M. H. 1 entry, 1956
- early November 1956: Shady Oak Rest Home opens in a brick house near Carrboro
Jones, Malley 1 entry, 1937
- October 1937: Second Baptist Church is organized in Chapel Hill
Jones, Mallie 1 entry, 1943
- by February 19, 1943: Civilian Defense gives arm bands to twelve Black volunteer fire-fighters in Chapel Hill
Jones, Marmaduke 1 entry, 1770

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Jones, Murray 1 entry, 1925
- March 1925: The Mayo family's quarry land near Hillsborough is sold to Duke's land agent for $500
Jones, Neloa 1 entry, 2007
- 2007: Rogers–Eubanks Coalition to End Environmental Racism organizes
Jones, Paul 4 entries, 1951–1999

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Jones, Preston 2 entries, 1972–1973
- 1972: Preston Jones becomes UNC's first full-time Black campus minister
- October 11, 1973: Black faculty and staff meet to organize a caucus at UNC
Jones, Pride 46 entries, 1837–1890

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Jones, Pride 2 entries, 1888–1889

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- December 3, 1888: A new board of county commissioners takes office with H. P. Jones as chairman
- May 6, 1889: The Hillsboro Mills are sold at a court-ordered sale
Jones, R. E. 2 entries, 1946–1953
- May 10, 1946: Orange County's Black home demonstration clubs win the western district gavel
- by May 28, 1953: Black pastors in Orange County organize a ministerial alliance
Jones, R. H. W. 1 entry, 1915
- May 16, 1915: A Christian Church congregation is organized near Mebane
Jones, R. M. 4 entries, 1861–1890
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Jones, Richard M. 2 entries, 1845–1899
- August 7, 1845: Orange voters elect Richard M. Jones and Joseph Allison clerks of court
- June 11, 1899: Former Orange sheriff Richard M. Jones dies near Hillsborough
May be the same person as Jones, R. M.
Jones, Sarah 1 entry, 1796
- November Term 1796: The court orders John Marshall to produce Sarah Jones on Hannah Jones's petition
Jones, Southgate 1 entry, 1926
- 1926: Durham resident Southgate Jones builds a two-story log summer house on Windhover Place
Jones, Stephen 1 entry, 1770
- April 23-24, 1770: Orange justices take sworn statements for Herman Husband's defense
Jones, Thomas 3 entries, 1775–1841
- September 9, 1775: Provincial Congress at Hillsborough elects a Provincial Council to govern between sessions
- January 1837 to January 1844: Orange County citizens gather at Mount Willing each January to celebrate Jackson's New Orleans victory
- July 3, 1841: Hawfields citizens hold a muster and Independence Day dinner at Samuel N. Tate's store
Jones, Tom 1 entry, 1858
- mid-January 1858: Tom Jones, an enslaved servant at the university for twenty years, dies at work in South Building
Jones, Umstead 1 entry, 1893
- October 30-31, 1893: Superior Court convicts Umstead Jones of second-degree murder for killing Bob Morrow
Jones, W. H. 1 entry, 1943
- September 20, 1943: Chapel Hill's schools open late with 771 pupils and nine new teachers
Jones, W. M. 3 entries, 1887–1899
- September 5, 1887: The school board forms Occoneechee school district from land south of the Eno
- April 6, 1891: County commissioners name tax listers and assessors for each township
- June 11, 1899: Former Orange sheriff Richard M. Jones dies near Hillsborough
Jones, Walter 1 entry, 1943
- by February 19, 1943: Civilian Defense gives arm bands to twelve Black volunteer fire-fighters in Chapel Hill
May be the same person as Jones, Walter Warren
Jones, Walter Warren 1 entry, 1963
- February 1963: The Torian family deeds a lot beside Ridge Road School to Emma Torian Jones and Rev. Walter Jones
May be the same person as Jones, Walter
Jones, William 3 entries, 1823–1922
- July 4, 1823: Citizens near Murphey's mills hold a Fourth of July muster, oration and dinner
- by February 18, 1863: Farmers of the Oaks neighborhood pledge to sell food to soldiers' families at fixed prices
- September 8, 1922: William "Long Bill" Jones, University janitor and founder of a pressing club, dies
Jones, William M. 1 entry, 1869
- summer 1869: Three barns burn on one night after a Black tenant family is evicted in southwestern Orange
Jones, Willie 23 entries, 1771–1797

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Jones, Woodrow W. 1 entry, 1958
- October 16, 1958: Orange Democrats host the Sixth District rally at Schley Grange
Jordan, A. C. 4 entries, 1884–1892
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Jordan, A. J. 1 entry, 1887
- October 1, 1887: The school board condemns a lot for a school for Black children at Walnut Grove
Jordan, Mrs. A. M. 3 entries, 1927–1933
- May 3, 1927: Delegates of the State Federation of Women's Clubs visit Chapel Hill
- December 1928: Christmas seal sale raises $543 for tuberculosis work in Chapel Hill
- by July 21, 1933: Public health nurse Compton holds three clinics for Black babies in Chapel Hill
Jordan, A. M. 1 entry, 1929
- September 16, 1929: Chapel Hill aldermen refuse to rezone Pittsboro Street for fraternities and apartments
Jordan, A. V. 1 entry, 1890
- September 2, 1890: The county commissioners re-elect A. V. Jordan superintendent of the poor
Jordan, Anne 1 entry, 1808
- November Term 1808: The court makes Henry Berry pay for the keep of Robert Alves Pinkerton
Jordan, Arch 1 entry, 1998
- August 6, 1998: Dr. Arch Jordan House is listed in the National Register
Jordan, Archibald 1 entry, 1875
- 1875: Archibald Jordan completes an Italianate house at Caldwell
May be the same person as Jordan, A. C.; Jordan, Archibald C.
Jordan, Archibald C. 1 entry, 1896
- by February 15, 1896: T. M. Jordan & Co. moves its drugstore at Caldwell to a new stand
May be the same person as Jordan, A. C.; Jordan, Archibald
Jordan, B. Everett 2 entries, 1958
- November 4, 1958: Orange County Democrats sweep a light general election
- October 16, 1958: Orange Democrats host the Sixth District rally at Schley Grange
Jordan, Deloris 1 entry, 1992
- March 27, 1992: UNC holds the naming ceremony for the Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center
Jordan, F. M. 1 entry, 1861
- during the Civil War: F. M. Jordan preaches to enslaved people in the Baptist church basement
Jordan, Green D. 1 entry, 1844
- June 29, 1844: Meeting at Tate's store asks for a division vote and names the proposed county West Orange
Jordan, Henry T. 1 entry, 1877
- July 25-28, 1877: The Methodist Hillsboro District Conference meets at Durham and forms a missionary society
Jordan, Henry W. 1 entry, 1952
- September 19, 1952: The first lane of the new Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard opens
Jordan, Jefferson Davis 1 entry, 1912
- July 18, 1912: The Hillsboro Daughters of the Confederacy appeal for a monument to Orange's Confederate soldiers
Jordan, John 1 entry, 1875
- early May 1875 (reported May 5): Hillsborough elects John M. Blackwood magistrate of police on a mixed-party ticket
Jordan, John R., Jr. 1 entry, 1981
- June-July 1981: The UNC system settles the federal desegregation case with a consent decree
Jordan, Joseph 1 entry, 2001
- July 2001: Joseph Jordan becomes director of the Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center
Jordan, Joye E. 1 entry, 1957
- March 7, 1957: The Hillsboro Garden Club meets with state archives officials to plan a historical museum
Jordan, Linda E. 2 entries, 1990–1992
- March 25, 1990: Binkley calls Linda E. Jordan as senior minister
- April 5, 1992: Binkley's church conference votes to license John Blevins to preach
Jordan, Mary E. 1 entry, 1911
- about 1911: The county board buys 2.46 acres from Mary E. Jordan for an Efland school
Jordan, Mary F. 1 entry, 1897
- July 15, 1897: The late William H. Jordan's home place in Cedar Grove Township is advertised for auction
Jordan, Mary W. 1 entry, 1910
- 1910-1912: The county board builds a new school for white children at Efland
Jordan, Michael 4 entries, 1981–2017

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Jordan, P. J. 2 entries, 1891–1892
- early May 1891: Hillsborough's A.M.E. church makes a second appeal for money to finish its repairs
- by December 10, 1892: Rev. P. J. Jordan is ordered away from the Hillsborough A.M.E. church after two years as pastor
Jordan, Richard 1 entry, 1878
- about 1878: Mount Zion AME Church is organized at Martinsville
Jordan, S. H. 1 entry, 1878
- June 3, 1878: Orange magistrates rename two precincts and keep the county treasurer's office
May be the same person as Jordan, Samuel H.
Jordan, Samuel H. 1 entry, 1881
- March 12, 1881: Little River Township votes down the no-fence law
May be the same person as Jordan, S. H.
Jordan, Samuel R. 1 entry, 1891
- January 19, 1891: Samuel R. Jordan, a Little River church elder for 23 years, dies
Jordan, Thomas M. 2 entries, 1896–1916
- by February 15, 1896: T. M. Jordan & Co. moves its drugstore at Caldwell to a new stand
- September 27-29, 1916: A State Board of Health inspector examines Chapel Hill's school children
Jordan, Vernon 1 entry, 1978
- April 19, 1978: Vernon Jordan gives UNC's first Martin Luther King Memorial Lecture
Jordan, W. A. 1 entry, 1885
- May 4, 1885: The county commissioners create Grover school district No. 38
Jordan, W. H. 3 entries, 1868–1889
- December 17-18, 1868: Major Hay orders Sheriff John Turner to return two Black children held by a white man
- October 21, 1882: Orange Democrats nominate H. H. McKee for sheriff
- by February 9, 1889: A new post office called Jordan Grove opens in Orange County
Jordan, W. P. 1 entry, 1925
- by August 7, 1925: Safety Coach Line buys out every bus and car service between Chapel Hill and Durham
Jordan, Mrs. W. P. 1 entry, 1928
- September 1928: Orange County welfare board takes up the county home's condition
Jordan, Washington 1 entry, 1868
- June 21 to July 13, 1868: The Hillsborough Bureau office sends freedpeople's assault complaints to the magistrates, one against Pride Jones
Jordan, William 1 entry, 1887
- October 1, 1887: The school board condemns a lot for a school for Black children at Walnut Grove
Jordan, William H. 3 entries, 1897–1940
- July 15, 1897: The late William H. Jordan's home place in Cedar Grove Township is advertised for auction
- by February 9, 1909: William H. Jordan publishes the Golden Rule Watchman and Messenger at Hillsboro
- by April 5, 1940: William H. Jordan of Efland announces for state senator on the Republican ticket
Jordan, William Henry 2 entries, 1902–1938
- September 20, 1902: The first Yearly Union Picnic of Orange draws nearly a hundred Confederate veterans to Efland
- by March 4, 1938: John T. Johnston circulates petitions for an Orange County liquor store election
Josephs, Theo 1 entry, 1868
- September 2, 1868: Raleigh ends the Hillsborough Bureau clerk's post, citing the Bureau's coming close
Joshua 1 entry, 1811
- February 28, 1811: A jury of slaveholders convicts Joshua, an enslaved man, of murdering Abner Tapp
Jost-Creegan, Kelsey 1 entry, 2012
- March 26, 2012: New Roots interview records the history of the Spanish Mass at St. Thomas More
Jourdan 1 entry, 1822
- 1822 to May 1823: Trustee William Polk hires out five enslaved men to build Old West
Joy, Barnard 1 entry, 1942
- June 1942: The federal extension service publishes its report on the Orange and Lee County neighborhood-leader test
Joyce, J. L. 2 entries, 1945–1947
- November 1945: Rev. S. F. Nicks retires from the Hillsborough Methodist charge after 42 years in the ministry
- May 2, 1947: The Carrboro Athletic Club dedicates its lighted ball field at the Carrboro school
Joyner, F. E. 16 entries, 1944–1964
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Joyner, F. R. 1 entry, 1953
- June 20, 1953: Piedmont Electric's annual meeting draws some 1,500 members to Hillsboro
Joyner, J. W. 1 entry, 1962
- by April 5, 1962: Black parent-teacher groups form an Orange County PTA council
Joyner, James Yadkin 11 entries, 1879–1948

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Joyner, William 1 entry, 1962
- June 1962: Chapel Hill Human Relations Committee asks for a Black nurse on the district health staff
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Joyner, William T. 2 entries, 1946–1967
- November 26, 1946: The state elections board certifies James Webb as senator after a ballot omission protest
- February 21, 1967: A three-judge federal court hears arguments in Dickson v. Sitterson at Greensboro
May be the same person as Joyner, William
Juba 1 entry, 1838
- April 13, 1838: Juba, an enslaved man, is hanged at Hillsborough
Judson, Marguerite M. 1 entry, 1939
- February 1939: Chapel Hill Methodists sell their parsonage and buy the Frink house
Julian, Alexander 4 entries, 1969–2023

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Julian, Hubert 1 entry, 1933
- November 12, 1933: Black aviator Hubert Julian lands at the Chapel Hill airport
Julian, Maurice 3 entries, 1941–1969

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Julian, Maurice 1 entry, 1941

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- By September 1941: Milton Julian opens the Carolina Bootery shoe store on East Franklin Street
Julian, Milton 1 entry, 1941

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- By September 1941: Milton Julian opens the Carolina Bootery shoe store on East Franklin Street
Julian, Milton 4 entries, 1948–1956

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Julius 1 entry, 1845
- 1845: James Strudwick Smith sells Harriet, Julius and Cornelia to Mary Ruffin Smith
Jurgensen, Kai 1 entry, 1948
- March 28, 1948: Chapel Hill churches stage a medieval Easter play at a joint sunrise service in the Forest Theatre
Jurgenson, Kai 1 entry, 1956
- 1956: Don Stewart designs the Kai Jurgenson House on Whitehead Circle
Justice, Charlie 4 entries, 1945–2004

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Justice, Ham 1 entry, 1843
- June 1843: Sidney E. Justice is born enslaved in Hillsborough
Justice, John 1 entry, 1798
- November Term 1798: The court releases John Justice when Ann Ayscue's child is shown to be a child of color
Justice, Robert W. 1 entry, 1843
- June 1843: Sidney E. Justice is born enslaved in Hillsborough
Justice, Sidney E. 1 entry, 1843
- June 1843: Sidney E. Justice is born enslaved in Hillsborough