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Taban, Laban 2 entries, 1794
- November Term 1794: The court orders a boy named Laban Taban, held in jail, hired out until the next court
- February Term 1794: The court orders Laban Taban, a free boy of color held in jail, hired out for his jail fees
Taborn, Eliza 1 entry, 1861
- August Term 1861: The court binds Fanny Taborn, a free girl of color, to Julia Minor
Taborn, Fanny 2 entries, 1861–1866
- August Term 1861: The court binds Fanny Taborn, a free girl of color, to Julia Minor
- May Term 1866: The court rescinds a girl's binding to Julia A. Minor
Taborn, Laban 1 entry, 1794
- August Term 1794: The court sends Laban Taborn, a free apprentice of color held in jail, back to the Granville court
Taburn, Eliza 2 entries, 1855
- 28 May 1855: The court binds Eliza Taburn, a free girl of color not yet three, to Thomas Faucett
- February 1855: A jury finds Faddis Mayho the father of Eliza Taburn's daughter
Taburn, Harrison 1 entry, 1829
- May Term 1829: At a parent's request, the court binds Harrison and Robert Taburn, boys of color, to John Roberts
Taburn, James 1 entry, 1847
- May Term 1847: The court grants Jehu Hall indentures for Charlotte Weldon and James Taburn, children of color
Taburn, Lucinda 1 entry, 1847
- May Term 1847: The court grants Jehu Hall indentures for Charlotte Weldon and James Taburn, children of color
Taburn, Robert 1 entry, 1829
- May Term 1829: At a parent's request, the court binds Harrison and Robert Taburn, boys of color, to John Roberts
Taft, Lorado 1 entry, 1930
- May 19 to 21, 1930: Sculptor Lorado Taft lectures on art in Chapel Hill
Taft, Robert A. 1 entry, 1940
- February 22, 1940: Senator Robert A. Taft speaks in Memorial Hall as a Republican presidential candidate
Taft, William Howard 2 entries, 1915–1916
- 1915: William Howard Taft gives the first Weil lectures on American citizenship
- December 7-9, 1916: The state Press Association holds a Newspaper Institute at the university
Talbert, Charles 1 entry, 1959
- December 1, 1959: The county ABC board's new liquor-law enforcement officers are sworn in
Talley, Banks C., Jr. 1 entry, 1986
- October 12, 1986: UNC gives Jeff MacNelly its Distinguished Alumnus Award
Tamblyn, Ronald 1 entry, 1933
- April 11, 1933: Orange Presbytery refuses Ronald Tamblyn as pastor of the Chapel Hill Presbyterian church
May be the same person as Tamblyn, Ronald J.
Tamblyn, Ronald J. 1 entry, 1933
- August 28, 1933: Ronald J. Tamblyn leaves Chapel Hill after Orange Presbytery refuses to receive him
May be the same person as Tamblyn, Ronald
Tankersley, Frances Adele 1 entry, 1924
- 1924: The Tankersley house on East Franklin Street is torn down
Tanner, Kenneth S. 2 entries, 1935–1942
- 1935: Kenneth Tanner builds West House on the campus's old Fraternity Row
- November 1942: Kenneth Tanner lends West House to the Carolina Volunteer Training Corps
Tapley, John 1 entry, 1958
- February 14, 1958: The Orange County Bar Association elects John T. Manning and opposes cameras in court
Tapp, Abner 1 entry, 1811
- February 28, 1811: A jury of slaveholders convicts Joshua, an enslaved man, of murdering Abner Tapp
Tapp, Mrs. Henry 1 entry, 1935
- September 24, 1935: Women of New Hope and Blackwood Station organize a home demonstration club
Tapp, John 1 entry, 1841
- February 18, 1841: John Tapp and his young son are killed, and a man he enslaved is jailed for the killings
Tarleton, Banastre 1 entry, 1781
- March 2, 1781: Pickens's cavalry fights Tarleton's horse at Clapp's Mill
Tassos, Miltos 1 entry, 1949
- 1949: Miltos Tassos buys J. Edgar Merritt's West Franklin property and opens the Cafe Mouza
Tate, Alice 1 entry, 1856
- February Term 1856: The court lets Alice Tate take her apprentice Eliza Jones, a girl of color, to Alamance County
Tate, Buck 1 entry, 1955
- April 3, 1955: Forest fires burn across Orange County, some of them deliberately set
Tate, George 1 entry, 1894
- 1894: Colonel George Tate is allowed to sell his county map to school committees
Tate, George W. 11 entries, 1890–1904

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Tate, Robert 1 entry, 1795
- November 18, 1795: Orange Presbytery holds its earliest recorded meeting at New Hope
Tate, Samuel 2 entries, 1842–1844
- May 14, 1842: Delegates form the Orange County Temperance Society at Hillsborough
- June 29, 1844: Meeting at Tate's store asks for a division vote and names the proposed county West Orange
May be the same person as Tate, Samuel N.
Tate, Samuel N. 6 entries, 1835–1845
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Tate, William 1 entry, 1776
- May 1, 1776: John Butler and William Tate are named to inventory the estates of Orange County Loyalists held or sent away
Tatom, Absalom 18 entries, 1752–1809

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Tatom, Betsey 1 entry, 1809
- August 29, 1809: The court frees nine people under Absalom Tatom's will, who take the name Tatom
Tatom, Cate 1 entry, 1809
- August 29, 1809: The court frees nine people under Absalom Tatom's will, who take the name Tatom
Tatom, George 1 entry, 1809
- August 29, 1809: The court frees nine people under Absalom Tatom's will, who take the name Tatom
Tatom, George, the younger 1 entry, 1809
- August 29, 1809: The court frees nine people under Absalom Tatom's will, who take the name Tatom
Tatom, Jack 1 entry, 1809
- August 29, 1809: The court frees nine people under Absalom Tatom's will, who take the name Tatom
Tatom, Jesse 1 entry, 1809
- August 29, 1809: The court frees nine people under Absalom Tatom's will, who take the name Tatom
Tatom, Jim 1 entry, 1809
- August 29, 1809: The court frees nine people under Absalom Tatom's will, who take the name Tatom
Tatom, Patsey 1 entry, 1809
- August 29, 1809: The court frees nine people under Absalom Tatom's will, who take the name Tatom
Tatom, Sally 1 entry, 1809
- August 29, 1809: The court frees nine people under Absalom Tatom's will, who take the name Tatom
Tatum, Edna 1 entry, 1957
- 1957: Football coach Jim Tatum and his wife Edna build a house on Laurel Hill Road
Tatum, Jim 8 entries, 1934–1959

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Taylor, C. C. 2 entries, 1873–1907
- June 1873: Town commissioners appoint John D. Wilbon mayor of Hillsborough
- January 28, 1907: S. T. Forrest buys out his partners in S. T. Forrest & Co. at Efland
Taylor, Charles E. 1 entry, 1772
- July to September 1772: Governor Josiah Martin spends the summer at Hillsborough
May be the same person as Taylor, Charles Edward
Taylor, Charles Edward 1 entry, 1775
- August 23, 1775: Henry Pattillo is asked to read morning prayers to the Provincial Congress
May be the same person as Taylor, Charles E.
Taylor, Edmund 1 entry, 1937
- January 1937: A vast roost of robins gathers in a swamp northwest of Chapel Hill
Taylor, Elmo 1 entry, 1931
- August 1931: Judge Samuel F. Phillips's old barn is torn down and its timbers used for Mrs. Kluttz's Dream House
Taylor, F. H. 1 entry, 1885
- July 10, 1885: Taylor & Parish dissolve their Hillsborough store partnership
May be the same person as Taylor, Frank H.
Taylor, Ferebee 2 entries, 1974–1975
- June 13, 1974: Two law students sue to stop student-fee funding of the Black Student Movement
- mid-September 1975: More than 200 Black students march on South Building over frozen BSM funds
Taylor, Frank H. 1 entry, 1888
- by June 7, 1888: Frank H. Taylor and Devereux Turner form a livery partnership in Hillsborough
May be the same person as Taylor, F. H.
Taylor, Frederick 1 entry, 1789
- November 10, 1789: The House pays the men who carried the state treasury out of Hillsborough
Taylor, George 1 entry, 1959
- June 8, 1959: About 150 Chapel Hill school supporters press the county commissioners for more school money
May be the same person as Taylor, George Coffin
Taylor, George Coffin 2 entries, 1932–1937
- February 20, 1932: The University's Graduate Club takes the name of its founder, Edwin Greenlaw
- by December 24, 1937: The town and the University agree to split the cost of shared services
May be the same person as Taylor, George
Taylor, George Vanderbeck 2 entries, 1969–1980

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Taylor, Hannis 1 entry, 1863
- January 17, 1863: Cornelia Phillips Spencer begins teaching boys from refugee families
Taylor, Herman 1 entry, 1950
- August 20, 1950: Black citizens of Chapel Hill vote to sue over unequal schools
May be the same person as Taylor, Herman L.
Taylor, Herman L. 1 entry, 1948
- March 1948: An Orange County Superior Court jury convicts Felmet and the other three Chapel Hill bus defendants
May be the same person as Taylor, Herman
Taylor, Isaac 1 entry, 1965
- May 1965: Memorial Hospital ends racial segregation
Taylor, Isaac M. 1 entry, 1952
- 1952: Architect George Matsumoto draws plans for Dr. Isaac Taylor's house on Morgan Creek Road
Taylor, Isaac Montrose 4 entries, 1952–1969

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Taylor, J. A. 1 entry, 1960
- May 20, 1960: The Murphy School community votes to organize a Grange
May be the same person as Taylor, James A.
Taylor, J. W. 1 entry, 1925
- January to April 1925: Nello Teer's crews build the new state road from Prospect Hill toward Hillsboro
Taylor, James 4 entries, 1753–1879

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Taylor, James 7 entries, 1875–2022

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Taylor, James A. 1 entry, 1955
- 1955: James A. Taylor builds a shingled Colonial Ranch on Fern Lane from magazine blueprints
May be the same person as Taylor, J. A.
Taylor, James C. 1 entry, 1900
- June 1900: Commencement marks twenty-five years since the university reopened
Taylor, James Cole 4 entries, 1877–1915

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Taylor, James F. 1 entry, 1808
- 1808: Thirty-eight students petition the faculty over food at Steward's Hall
Taylor, John 29 entries, 1787–1841
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Taylor, John, Jr. 9 entries, 1799–1823
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Taylor, John, Sr. 3 entries, 1799–1815
- by 1799: John Taylor Sr. opens a tavern on Franklin Street
- February 26, 1807: The court names commissioners to contract for a bridge over Ben's Creek on the Raleigh road
- November Term 1815: The court names commissioners to repair the bridge over Ben's Creek near Mrs. Sears's
Taylor, Joseph 2 entries, 1778–1790
- March 24, 1778: The superior court sits at Hillsborough for the first time in five years
- February Term 1790: The court has Mary Combs's child brought in by habeas corpus and gives it to her
Taylor, LaVert 2 entries, 1964
- March 30 to April 3, 1964: The Committee of Concerned Citizens raises about $400 for injured demonstrators and the hospitalized faster
- March 29, 1964: The Holy Week fast ends on Easter Sunday and the Rev. LaVert Taylor is hospitalized
Taylor, Lillian 1 entry, 1957
- October 6, 1957: Bozo and Lillian Taylor open a second dining room at the Hillsboro Lunch
Taylor, M. L. 1 entry, 1894
- by October 13, 1894: Mrs. M. L. Taylor takes her sister Emma Pogue into her Hillsborough millinery business
Taylor, N. Ferebee 14 entries, 1972–1980

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Taylor, Numa 1 entry, 1930
- about 1930: Numa Taylor builds a stuccoed block house on a lot he won in a raffle
Taylor, Peter 3 entries, 1949–1952
- late 1949 or early 1950: Writer Peter Taylor buys the old Laws house on East King Street
- April 1950: Hillsboro writer Peter Taylor wins a Guggenheim Fellowship
- May 1952: Hillsboro writer Peter Taylor receives a $1,000 literature award from the National Institute of Arts and Letters
Taylor, R. T. 1 entry, 1948
- by September 23, 1948: R. T. Taylor buys the Hillsboro Bus Line from the Allison Brothers
Taylor, Rick 2 entries, 1932–1936
- by June 17, 1932: A relief committee seeks easier paving payments for Black homeowners on West Franklin Street
- by December 11, 1936: Black West Franklin Street owners stay on by indulgence in homes the town took for paving assessments
Taylor, Roland 1 entry, 1955
- August 1955: The county board names a committee to study school segregation after Brown
Taylor, Susan 1 entry, 1862
- September to November 1862: As executor, Henry Kollock Nash advertises enslaved people from a Taylor estate for sale at Hillsborough
Taylor, Thomas 1 entry, 1777
- May 1777: The Orange County court sits for the first time under the new state
Taylor, Thomas F. 1 entry, 1950
- September 25, 1950: Chapel Hill aldermen name Thomas F. Taylor the town's civil defense director
Taylor, Thomas H. 10 entries, 1800–1835

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Taylor, Tom 1 entry, 1818
- about 1818: A student of 1818 recalls the village's two stores and Hilliard's tavern
Taylor, Tyre 1 entry, 1920
- October 2, 1920: Forty-three alumni meet at the Coop and start the campaign for the state's colleges
Taylor, W. W., Jr. 1 entry, 1956
- by January 12, 1956: County school board completes its advisory committee on segregation
Teague, B. E. 2 entries, 1894–1896
- August 11, 1894: Orange County Republicans hold their county convention and name a county ticket
- September 23, 1896: Orange County Republicans nominate B. E. Teague for the House and a county ticket
Teague, Claud E. 1 entry, 1943
- by September 3, 1943: Claud E. Teague succeeds L. B. Rogerson as the University's business manager
Teer, C. E. 2 entries, 1943–1946
- by March 19, 1943: Orange County dairymen send buyers to Wisconsin and Tennessee for high-producing cows
- November 21, 1946: The White Cross Grange elects W. F. Lathan its master
Teer, J. P. 1 entry, 1902
- September 18, 1902: Orange Republicans name a county ticket
Teer, Mike 1 entry, 1983
- October 13, 1983: State commission grants OWASA condemnation power for the third time
Teer, Nello 6 entries, 1924–1961
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May be the same person as Teer, Nello L.
Teer, Nello L. 1 entry, 1952
- late December 1952 or early January 1953: The State accepts the new Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard after repairs
May be the same person as Teer, Nello
Teer, Thomas 1 entry, 1986
- April 1, 1986: Court of Appeals upholds OWASA's right to condemn the Teer land
Tempest, Gerard F. 1 entry, 1963
- May 4, 1963: Gerard Tempest opens Villa Tempesta, an arts center and café, on East Franklin Street
Temple, John 1 entry, 1973
- late 1973: UNC moves its classroom and office cleaning staff to a 3:50 a.m. shift
May be the same person as Temple, John L.
Temple, John L. 1 entry, 1978
- September 25, 1978: Neighbors oppose the university's request to rezone the former Baity land
May be the same person as Temple, John
Templeton, James M. 1 entry, 1892
- October 28, 1892: People's Party holds a parade and speaking at Hillsborough
Tennen, Hugh 1 entry, 1776
- April 22, 1776: The Provincial Congress divides the Orange County militia into Northern and Southern regiments
Tennen, Robert 1 entry, 1793
- About 1793: Henry Pattillo sells his Hawfields tract
Tenney, Abdel Kader 1 entry, 1869
- June 1869: The Pool faculty holds its first commencement
Tenney, Edwin W., Jr. 1 entry, 1963
- May 7, 1963: Chapel Hill school board voters elect Edwin Tenney Jr. and Ben Perry
Tenney, John B. 2 entries, 1791–1818
- about 1791 (tradition): John B. Tenney is said to build a farmhouse northeast of the village
- by 1818: Students James K. Polk and William Horn Battle board at the Tenney farmhouse
Tenney, O. B. 3 entries, 1879
- May 5, 1879: Chapel Hill elects a board of commissioners pledged to let hogs run free
- May 7, 1879: Chapel Hill commissioners require hogs penned only during Commencement and the Normal School
- by January 18, 1879: A county public school opens in the Chapel Hill district
Terrell, John 2 entries, 1953–1954
- June 4, 1953: The Pentecostal conference expels the West Hillsboro pastor, splitting his congregation
- October 8, 1954: Judge Leo Carr rules on the split in West Hillsboro's Pentecostal Holiness church
Terrell, John H. 1 entry, 1953
- August 1953 (reported August 27): The Pentecostal Holiness conference sues to recover the Hillsboro church from a breakaway congregation
Terrell, John W. 1 entry, 1940
- April 18, 1940: Second Civilian Pilot Training group begins flying at the Chapel Hill airport
Terrell, Velma 1 entry, 1956
- February 13, 1956: Black women at Mars Hill organize a home demonstration club
Terrell, William 1 entry, 1906
- January 15, 1906: Dr. William Terrell dies suddenly at Cedar Grove
Terry, A. E. 1 entry, 1919
- by November 27, 1919: State inspectors give the Carrboro mill village a top sanitary rating
Terry, Hezekiah 2 entries, 1841–1852
- August 12, 1841: Hezekiah Terry advertises a five-cent reward for his runaway apprentice Thomas McCandless
- by March 10, 1852: The county court names commissioners to value railroad land in Orange
Terry, J. W. 1 entry, 1887
- August 8-13, 1887: A jury finds for Harris in his slander suit against J. W. Terry over the Caldwell Institute post office
May be the same person as Terry, Joseph W.
Terry, Joseph W. 1 entry, 1908
- August 11, 1908: Orange County Republicans nominate Thomas Sparrow for the House
May be the same person as Terry, J. W.
Terry, Sam P. 1 entry, 1890
- February 25, 1890: Revenue officers kill Henry McMannen, a Black man, at his house in Little River township
Tetterton, Lewis 2 entries, 1961–1962
- August 3, 1961: St. Mary's families organize community 4-H clubs
- by July 19, 1962: Eno Fire Protection Association equips a volunteer fire department near I-85 and US 70
Tetterton, Louis 1 entry, 1964
- March 2, 1964: County commissioners create an Orange County Fire Commission
Tew, Charles Courtenay 15 entries, 1858–1865

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Tew, Elizabeth 1 entry, 1866
- 1866: General Colston takes charge of the reopened Hillsborough Military Academy
Thackston, James 11 entries, 1768–1780

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Thayer, Roy 1 entry, 1905
- 1905: Roy Thayer builds a Queen Anne house on McCauley Street for William H. Haward
Thomas, Augustus 1 entry, 1923

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Thomas, C. G. 1 entry, 1953
- 1953: Architect Edward Waugh designs a house for Dr. C. G. Thomas on Morgan Creek Road
Thomas, Everett 1 entry, 1961
- January 14, 1961: Everett Thomas sings in the chorus of UNC's La Traviata
Thomas, Fred 1 entry, 1966
- 1966: John E. Greenbacker Jr. serves as associate editor of the Daily Tar Heel
Thomas, Gus 1 entry, 1928
- November 10, 1928: Receivers auction four brick store buildings on Franklin Street
Thomas, Henry 1 entry, 1951
- 1951: Gordon Ellis of the UNC education department builds a brick Cape Cod house on Pine Lane
Thomas, Mrs. Howard 1 entry, 1971
- 1971: The Carrboro Appearance Commission, chaired by Mrs. Howard Thomas, works on the town survey
Thomas, Margaret A. 1 entry, 1979
- September 1979: The Interior Department publishes a case study of the Carr Mill rehabilitation
Thomas, Mary 1 entry, 1951
- 1951: Gordon Ellis of the UNC education department builds a brick Cape Cod house on Pine Lane
May be the same person as Thomas, Mary E.
Thomas, Mary E. 2 entries, 1942
- April 29 to May 9, 1942: Neighborhood leaders introduce edible soybeans to Orange County farm families
- April 28, 1942: Orange County's neighborhood leaders meet at the Hillsborough courthouse to launch the wartime test
May be the same person as Thomas, Mary
Thomas, Michelle 1 entry, 1992
- September 10, 1992: Students march on South Building and give Chancellor Hardin a November 13 deadline
Thomas, Miriam 2 entries, 1985–1986
- February 23, 1985: The BSM holds Discovery, a day of Black History Month seminars, with Justice Henry Frye at the banquet
- March 25-27, 1986: UNC holds its first Black Women's Leadership Symposium
Thomas, Norman 3 entries, 1927–1948

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Thomas, O. L. 6 entries, 1934–1940
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Thomas, Olivia 1 entry, 2024
- December 9, 2024: UNC women’s soccer wins the 2024 NCAA national championship
Thomas, R. R. 1 entry, 1946
- May 25, 1946: Sheriff S. T. Latta defeats R. R. Thomas in the Democratic primary
Thomas, Seth L. 1 entry, 1946
- by May 16, 1946: Harry D. Hollingsworth becomes editor of The News of Orange County
Thomas, Van 1 entry, 1963
- January 29, 1963: Chapel Hill lets contracts for its new central fire station
Thomas, William Paul 1 entry, 2020
- October 7, 2020: UNC School of Law dedicates a portrait of Charles E. Daye
Thomason, R. L. 1 entry, 1927
- by August 19, 1927: C. H. Weaver builds a pasteurizing plant at his Oak Grove Dairy
Thompson, Baxter 1 entry, 1915
- 1915: The old Cedar Grove one-teacher schoolhouse is moved to serve Black children
Thompson, Brodie 29 entries, 1915–1942

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Thompson, Carrie Hogan 1 entry, 1944
- January 10, 1944: J. Roy Parker takes over the Chapel Hill News and renames it the News of Orange County
Thompson, Charles W. 2 entries, 1950
- August 20, 1950: Black citizens of Chapel Hill vote to sue over unequal schools
- July 24, 1950: Commissioners cut the auditorium-gymnasium from Chapel Hill's new Black high school
Thompson, Clyde 1 entry, 1928
- March 10, 1928: White Rock Church is organized
Thompson, Coy 1 entry, 1951
- April 22, 1951: A courthouse song service closes the drive to finish the Negro library building
Thompson, D. H. 1 entry, 1891
- February 21, 1891: The school board hires D. H. Thompson to audit the sheriff's school accounts
Thompson, Daniel 1 entry, 1846
- September 1846: Union Grove Methodist Church is organized
Thompson, David 1 entry, 1887
- August 1887: Farmers of the Fairfield neighborhood organize a Farmers' Club at Fairfield Church
Thompson, Dorothy 1 entry, 1939
- March 30, 1939: America's Town Meeting of the Air broadcasts from Memorial Hall as the Institute of Human Relations opens
Thompson, E. C. 6 entries, 1883–1892
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Thompson, Enoch 1 entry, 1823
- October 18, 1823: The wardens of the poor buy 470 acres for a county poorhouse
Thompson, Guther 1 entry, 1918
- 1918: The Temple of Truth is organized
Thompson, Guthrie 1 entry, 1915
- about 1915: Flat Rock AME Church is organized
Thompson, H. C. 4 entries, 1869–1896
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Thompson, H. H. 1 entry, 1896
- by November 26, 1896: Eno Cotton Mill's buildings near completion and its first cottages are occupied
May be the same person as Thompson, Haywood H.
Thompson, Haywood H. 3 entries, 1903–1909
- by April 30, 1903: Contractor Haywood H. Thompson begins a weave mill and dye house at the Eno Cotton Mill
- by November 24, 1904: Haywood H. Thompson builds a knitting mill west of Hillsborough for the Bellevue Manufacturing Company
- February 27, 1909: The Orange County Farmers' Alliance is reorganized at the Barracks
May be the same person as Thompson, H. H.
Thompson, Henry 3 entries, 1787–1928
- February 27, 1787: The county court appoints John Nichols high sheriff of Orange County
- 1918: The Temple of Truth is organized
- March 10, 1928: White Rock Church is organized
Thompson, Henry C. 1 entry, 1869
- 1869: Court strikes down the act for a state-built railroad to Chapel Hill
Thompson, Henry, Jr. 1 entry, 1818
- February Term 1818: The court cancels Nancy Whitaker's indenture to Polly Comb and binds her to Henry Thompson Jr.
Thompson, Henry, Sr. 2 entries, 1796–1799
- May Term 1796: James Baldridge is appointed treasurer of the county's public buildings
- November 29, 1799: The court elects Abner B. Bruce public register
Thompson, Holland 1 entry, 1935

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Thompson, Howard 10 entries, 1962–1964
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May be the same person as Thompson, Howard E.
Thompson, Howard E. 1 entry, 1962
- July 9, 1962: Chapel Hill school board assigns all six elementary grades by residence
May be the same person as Thompson, Howard
Thompson, J. A. 1 entry, 1946
- May 6, 1946: County commissioners refuse to relicense beer sales at the Log Cabin filling station
Thompson, Jacob 1 entry, 1859
- June 1859: President James Buchanan attends commencement
Thompson, James 6 entries, 1787–1918
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Thompson, Joe 3 entries, 1988–2007

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Thompson, John 3 entries, 1828–1837
- October 4, 1828: Citizens of western Orange meet at the Hawfields to back Andrew Jackson for president
- 30 April 1836: John Thompson marries Catherine McCauley four months after she names him as her child's father
- January 1837 to January 1844: Orange County citizens gather at Mount Willing each January to celebrate Jackson's New Orleans victory
Thompson, John A. 1 entry, 1869
- 1869 or 1870: An Orange grand jury finds no bill against John A. Thompson in the Squire Alston raid
Thompson, John W. 16 entries, 1879–1953

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Thompson, Jonathan 1 entry, 1845
- August Term 1845: The court lets Jonathan Thompson take his apprentice James Rosson to Arkansas
Thompson, Joseph 1 entry, 1776
- summer 1776: Orange County militia join Griffith Rutherford's campaign against the Cherokee
Thompson, Joshua 1 entry, 1800
- September to November 1800 (9th to 11th month): Spring women's meeting of Friends issues a testimony against Rachel Jackson
Thompson, L. E. 1 entry, 1886
- October 31, 1886: A union meeting of four denominations opens at Cedar Grove before about 2,000 people
Thompson, Lawrence 4 entries, 1752–1755

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Thompson, Lemuel 1 entry, 1866
- 30 July 1866: Louvilia Thompson, described as a colored woman, names Lemuel Thompson as her child's father
Thompson, Lonnie 3 entries, 1955–1959
- May 1955: Arthur Wells is named to the Cedar Grove school advisory committee
- April 9, 1956: A Cedar Grove committee asks for classrooms, a lunchroom and playground land
- April 6, 1959: Cedar Grove's advisory committee asks for two more classrooms
Thompson, Lorenzo 1 entry, 1945
- April 3, 1945: James Freeland knocks a Black man unconscious at his Fairview bowling alley
Thompson, Louvilia 1 entry, 1866
- 30 July 1866: Louvilia Thompson, described as a colored woman, names Lemuel Thompson as her child's father
Thompson, M. E. 1 entry, 1936
- 1936: Oak Grove Baptist Church is organized
Thompson, Matt 1 entry, 1936
- September 1936: Matt Thompson is elected a Chapel Hill alderman in the place of the late M. E. Hogan
Thompson, Nancy 1 entry, 1957
- August 1957: Wes and Nancy Thompson hold a grand opening of the South 501 Restaurant under their ownership
Thompson, Odell 2 entries, 1988–1994
- March 15, 1988: Joe and Odell Thompson give a free concert in Gerrard Hall
- March 19, 1994: John Dee Holeman and Joe and Odell Thompson are to open UNC's bicentennial folk heritage series
Thompson, Otha 1 entry, 1961
- June 11, 1961: Jones Grove dedicates a concrete-block church built by its own members
Thompson, Otho 1 entry, 1949
- May 1949: The county board names A. J. Breeze, James Clark and Otho Thompson to the Ridge Road school committee
Thompson, Mrs. Raymond 1 entry, 1957
- November 7, 1957: Mrs. Raymond Thompson is named Orange County's home demonstration leader of the year
Thompson, Richard 1 entry, 1878
- about 1878: Mount Zion AME Church is organized at Martinsville
Thompson, Richard J. 1 entry, 1868
- May Term 1868: The court rescinds Calvin Godfrey's indenture because he works for wages paid to his mother
Thompson, Robert 4 entries, 1771–1942
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Thompson, Robert A. 1 entry, 1936
- 1936: Oak Grove Baptist Church is organized
Thompson, Roy 1 entry, 1928
- March 10, 1928: White Rock Church is organized
May be the same person as Thompson, Roy Lee
Thompson, Roy Lee 1 entry, 1918
- 1918: The Temple of Truth is organized
May be the same person as Thompson, Roy
Thompson, Ruth 3 entries, 1952–1956
- November 3, 1952: Ruth Thompson is named Orange County's home demonstration agent
- by December 2, 1954: The Chapel Hill women's curb market reports $27,855 in sales for the year
- by June 21, 1956: Home demonstration agent Ruth Thompson resigns to go to Guilford County
Thompson, Samuel 1 entry, 1794
- May Term 1794: The court licenses Thomas Watts and Francis Dunn to keep an ordinary in Hillsborough
Thompson, T. C. 1 entry, 1921
- 1921: The trustees' building committee names Durham engineer Thomas C. Atwood its executive agent
Thompson, Theophilus 1 entry, 1790
- November 24, 1790: A road jury reroutes the road from Hillsborough to General Person's around a hill
Thompson, Thomas 1 entry, 1780
- early December 1780: Civil authorities hold four Maryland soldiers for robbing a house south of Hillsborough
Thompson, V. G. 1 entry, 1946
- July 21, 1946: Lutherans organize Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chapel Hill
Thompson, Vance 1 entry, 1946
- 1946-1947: The Campbells build a stone bungalow for carpenter Vance Thompson on Broad Street
Thompson, W. B. 5 entries, 1894–1946
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Thompson, W. E. 33 entries, 1923–1958

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Thompson, W. H. 1 entry, 1927
- February 25, 1927: Veteran editor W. H. Thompson dies
Thompson, W. T. 1 entry, 1956
- August 26, 1956: New Hope Presbyterian Church dedicates its new building at its 200th anniversary homecoming
Thompson, Walter A. 2 entries, 1854–1855
- 1854: Walter A. Thompson sells the old Nunn tavern property to Isaac Hudson
- after 1855: Chapel Hill merchants, John W. Carr among them, agree not to sell to minor students on credit
Thompson, Wes 1 entry, 1957
- August 1957: Wes and Nancy Thompson hold a grand opening of the South 501 Restaurant under their ownership
Thompson, William 4 entries, 1832–1914
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Thompson, William F. 6 entries, 1795–1799

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Thompson, William H. 1 entry, 1860
- 17 September 1860: William H. Thompson's will leaves $200 in trust for William Ringstaff
Thompson, Willie 1 entry, 1946
- 1946: The Gospel Baptist Tabernacle is organized
Thompson, Woody 1 entry, 1936
- 1936: Oak Grove Baptist Church is organized
Thomson, William 1 entry, 1765
- 1765: A deputy sheriff takes John McVay's deer skins for one levy
Thorndike, Russell 1 entry, 1931
- April 14, 1931: Sir Philip Ben Greet's players give Hamlet in Memorial Hall
Thorne, E. A. 1 entry, 1895
- April 8, 1895: Surveyors start the Alamance-Chatham line at the Hillsborough courthouse
Thornton, Francis A. 1 entry, 1814
- January 1814: Caldwell takes students before a justice of the peace over attacks on President Chapman's property
Thornton, Jim 1 entry, 1959
- May 22, 1959: The Carrboro Festival talent show raises $300 for an injured man's medical fund
Thornton, Mary 3 entries, 1937–1940
- by December 24, 1937: The University Library reaches 350,000 volumes
- by February 2, 1940: The Dialectic Senate opens a campaign to buy Thomas Wolfe's manuscripts for the University
- by November 22, 1940: The Roanoke Colony Memorial Association funds a Sir Walter Raleigh collection at the University library
Thornton, Mary Lindsay 2 entries, 1917–1958

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Thorp, Holden 8 entries, 2008–2012

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Thorp, Patti 1 entry, 1996
- October 20, 1996: Allan Gurganus and Marly Youmans sign books to fund a Habitat for Humanity house
Thorpe, Bill 8 entries, 1976–2018

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Thorpe, William 2 entries, 2015–2018
- October 10, 2015: Bill Thorpe and Dean Smith are to be added to the Peace and Justice Plaza marker
- May 26, 2018: Chapel Hill residents walk and sing in memory of Mama Dip
Thrall, William Flint 1 entry, 1941
- October 15, 1941: English professor William Flint Thrall dies
Thrasher, Thomas R. 1 entry, 1960
- February 15, 1960: The Rev. Thomas R. Thrasher becomes rector of the Chapel of the Cross
Thrift, Nannie 1 entry, 1910
- 1910: Carrboro Methodist Church is organized
Throckmorton, Cleon 1 entry, 1936
- 1936: The Playmakers begin planning a new Dramatic Art Building
Thurman, William R. 2 entries, 1953–1954
- January 25, 1953: Covenant Presbyterian Church is organized in Chapel Hill
- January 21, 1954: Orange Presbytery dissolves Covenant Presbyterian Church in Chapel Hill
Thurmond, J. Strom 1 entry, 1948
- October 5, 1948: States' Rights candidate Strom Thurmond speaks to about 1,500 in Chapel Hill
Thurston, G. E. 1 entry, 1895
- by April 27, 1895: G. E. Thurston succeeds J. W. Massey as the Southern Railway agent at Hillsborough
Thurstone, Louis 1 entry, 1952
- 1952: Jim Webb designs a Contemporary house on Laurel Hill Road for psychologists Louis and Thelma Thurstone
Thurstone, Thelma 1 entry, 1952
- 1952: Jim Webb designs a Contemporary house on Laurel Hill Road for psychologists Louis and Thelma Thurstone
Tigers, Lincoln High Mighty 1 entry, 1961
- November 22, 1961: Lincoln High's football team wins an undefeated state championship
Tilden, Bill 1 entry, 1945
- June 13, 1945: Bill Tilden and Vincent Richards play a tennis exhibition before 1,100 fans at Chapel Hill
Tillett, Charles, Jr. 1 entry, 1932
- January 29, 1932: Graham Memorial is dedicated as the student union
Tillett, W. F. 1 entry, 1879
- June 17, 1879: The University Normal School opens its third session, with women admitted on equal terms
Tilley, Abner 1 entry, 1888
- September 3, 1888: The school board creates Cole's District at Walnut Grove on Anthony Cole's petition
Tilley, Mrs. E. M. 1 entry, 1948
- May 20, 1948: A member of President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights speaks in Hill Hall
Tilley, James 1 entry, 1870
- about 1870: James Tilley builds a small frame farmhouse on the NC 54 corridor
Tilley, R. C. 3 entries, 1880–1881
- December 6, 1880: Newly elected county commissioners take office and re-elect Jones Watson chairman
- September 4, 1880: Orange Democrats nominate their county ticket at Hillsborough
- December 5, 1881: Treasurer R. C. Tilley resigns and Sheriff John K. Hughes is named county treasurer
May be the same person as Tilley, Robert C.
Tilley, Robert C. 1 entry, 1880
- by May 29, 1880: Census enumerators are named for Orange County's eleven districts
May be the same person as Tilley, R. C.
Tilley, Samuel 1 entry, 1867
- 18 December 1867: Holly Carrington, a freedwoman, names Samuel Tilley, a freedman, as her child's father
Tillinghast, Samuel 1 entry, 1843
- July 1843: A Norwood and Tillinghast debt settlement prices enslaved people by name
Tillman, Ted 1 entry, 1955
- August 1, 1955: County commissioners fill the Greater Chapel Hill zoning boards
Tilson, C. W. 3 entries, 1934–1947
- August 4, 1934: The Farmers Mutual Exchange holds its fifth annual meeting at Hogan's Lake
- April 28, 1942: Orange County's neighborhood leaders meet at the Hillsborough courthouse to launch the wartime test
- December 9, 1947: Fire destroys the Farmers Exchange livestock market near Hillsborough
Tilson, C. Y. 1 entry, 1948
- October 29, 1948: The state's first dairy heifer show and sale is held at the Hillsboro livestock market
Timmons, M. M. 1 entry, 1955
- December 1955: Aldermen rezone part of the Porthole lot so the restaurant can expand
Timmons, Morris 1 entry, 1944
- December 1944: Nelson Callahan and Morris Timmons open the Village Printshop next to the Porthole
Tindall, George Brown 2 entries, 1958–1969

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Tinnen, Catlett C. 2 entries, 1866–1867
- November 1866: The Bureau disputes a coroner's verdict clearing C. C. Tinnen in the shooting of Bill Fuller
- March 13, 1867: Orange Superior Court convicts Catlett C. Tinnen of manslaughter
Tinnen, Joseph A. 2 entries, 1860
- January 9, 1860: Joseph A. Tinnen opens a day school for boys in Hillsborough
- April 16, 1860: The county school board requires teachers to pass in grammar and geography
Tinnen, Marsha 1 entry, 1991
- 1991–1996: UNC Housekeepers organize for pay and respect
Tinnie, Kate 1 entry, 1946
- April 7-28, 1946: Rock Hill Baptist Church celebrates its 76th anniversary
Tinnin, C. C. 1 entry, 1855
- October 25-26, 1855: The Orange County agricultural society holds its second annual fair at Hillsborough
Tinnin, Mrs. David S. 1 entry, 1906
- August 21, 1906: The Daughters of the Confederacy hold a benefit to mark Confederate graves in the town cemetery
Tinnin, Hugh 1 entry, 1776
- summer 1776: Orange County militia join Griffith Rutherford's campaign against the Cherokee
Tinnin, John 1 entry, 1753
- 1753: The Earl Granville grants 371 acres on the Eno to John Tinnin and James Taylor
Tinnin, Mary 1 entry, 1911
- by September 14, 1911: N. E. West becomes principal of the Hillsboro High School
Tinnin, T. D. 1 entry, 1875
- September 18, 1875: The Orange Guards reorganize at Hillsborough with Halcott P. Jones as captain
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Tinnin, T. L. 1 entry, 1890
- June 2, 1890: Census enumerators begin the 1890 count in Orange County
Tinnin, Thomas D. 7 entries, 1885–1923
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Toben, Tim 1 entry, 2009
- August 2009: The Greenbridge condominium towers topped out on West Rosemary Street
Todd, Dick 1 entry, 1943
- January 7 to February 6, 1943: Charlie Gehringer and Hal Schumacher take Navy officer training at the Pre-Flight School
Todd, Les 1 entry, 1973
- 1973: Black Student Movement march remembers James Cates
Todd, R. B. 31 entries, 1944–1962
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Tolbert, Agnes 1 entry, 1936
- February 1936: Grace Beatty appointed supervising nurse of the district health unit
Toler, W. N. 1 entry, 1955
- August 1, 1955: County commissioners fill the Greater Chapel Hill zoning boards
Tolliver, Virginia 1 entry, 1960
- September 1960: The Chapel Hill Cooperative Pre-School opens to children of every race
Tolman, H. C. 1 entry, 1895
- by 1895: The Alpha Theta Phi honor society enrolls the best scholars
Tom 1 entry, 1843
- between 1843 and 1849: An armed posse captures Tom, a freedom seeker who had hidden for months in the woods east of Chapel Hill
Tom, Blind 1 entry, 1891
- early September 1891: The pianist known as Blind Tom is billed for a concert at Masonic Hall
Tomlinson, J. L. 1 entry, 1884
- by March 22, 1884: J. L. Tomlinson is elected superintendent of the summer normal school at Chapel Hill
May be the same person as Tomlinson, Julius L.
Tomlinson, Julius L. 1 entry, 1879
- June 17, 1879: The University Normal School opens its third session, with women admitted on equal terms
May be the same person as Tomlinson, J. L.
Tomlinson, Julius S. 1 entry, 1884
- June 17 to July 17, 1884: The University Summer Normal School holds its last session
Tomlinson, Ruffin W. 6 entries, 1837–1842
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Tomlinson, S. F. 1 entry, 1874
- May 1874: The state Press Association's excursion visits Durham's tobacco factories
Toms, C. W. 1 entry, 1897
- mid-February 1897: University trustees elect C. W. Toms professor of pedagogy
Toms, John E. 1 entry, 1937
- October 29 to November 2, 1937: The Carolina Playmakers stage Paul Green's Johnny Johnson
Toomer, Miles 2 entries, 1892
- February 22, 1892: Coroner's jury holds Lewis Ruffin for a higher court in the death of Miles Toomer
- night of February 13, 1892: Miles Toomer, a Black man, is found fatally burned near the Methodist church in Hillsborough
Torain, D. W. 1 entry, 1951
- October 1951: Cedar Grove parents ask for a say in hiring teachers and get a Black building committee
Torain, Maggie 1 entry, 1942
- by May 8, 1942: A Black family near Hillsboro has five sons in the Army
Torain, Walter 2 entries, 1942–1955
- by May 8, 1942: A Black family near Hillsboro has five sons in the Army
- March 1955: Five Black farm communities organize for the county Farm and Home Efficiency program
Torian, Andrew 1 entry, 1948
- early August 1948: Hillsboro's Black veterans of the Lewis Mayo American Legion post elect their officers
Torian, D. W. 2 entries, 1951–1953
- November 5, 1951: School board accepts the new Cedar Grove school for Black children
- by November 5, 1953: A Cedar Grove delegation asks the school board for an eighth grade and more classrooms at its Black school
Torian, Maggie 1 entry, 1963
- February 1963: The Torian family deeds a lot beside Ridge Road School to Emma Torian Jones and Rev. Walter Jones
Torian, Oddie Lee 2 entries, 1949–1950
- March 15, 1949: About 2,000 farmers watch the first Negro Soil Conservation Day on Oddie Lee Torian's farm
- June 1950: M. C. Burt leads a pasture tour of farms from Carr
Totten, Addie Williams 3 entries, 1928–1976

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Totten, Mrs. H. R. 6 entries, 1929–1951
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Totten, Henry Roland 12 entries, 1925–1976

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Toure, Sekou 1 entry, 1959
- October 28-29, 1959: Guinea's President Sekou Toure visits Chapel Hill and is honored by Governor Hodges at the Morehead Building
Tourgee, Albion W. 7 entries, 1866–1874

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Towel, Martha 1 entry, 1800
- September to November 1800 (9th to 11th month): Spring women's meeting of Friends issues a testimony against Rachel Jackson
Tower, L. S. 1 entry, 1839
- 1839: Sidney Mulholland Barbee and L. S. Tower buy Zachariah Trice's store
Towles, Oliver 1 entry, 1914
- Fall 1914: The university assigns each freshman a faculty adviser
Townend, Marion 1 entry, 1966
- 1966: Arthur Cogswell designs a pyramid-roofed house for Marion Townend
Townes, M. Willette 1 entry, 1945
- June 8, 1945: Orange County's Black home demonstration clubs hold their first Federation Day
Townsend, Robert 1 entry, 1988
- February 26, 1988: Filmmaker Robert Townsend appears at the BSM's Discovery '88
Toy, Calvert 1 entry, 1928
- June 11-13, 1928: Orange County holds a child health clinic and parents' institute in Hillsboro
Toy, Mrs. W. D. 2 entries, 1918–1928
- January 1918: Chapel Hill school children organize a Junior Red Cross auxiliary
- late July 1928: Chapel Hill charities agree to keep the nurse serving the Black community
May be the same person as Toy, Mrs. Walter D.
Toy, Walter D. 2 entries, 1885–1919
- June 1885: The trustees enlarge the faculty from nine to fifteen
- January 10, 1919: The University faculty thanks Chief John L. Foister's firemen after the fraternity row fire
May be the same person as Toy, Walter Dallam
Toy, Mrs. Walter D. 1 entry, 1947
- June 1947: Mrs. Walter D. Toy sells her West Franklin Street home for business use
May be the same person as Toy, Mrs. W. D.
Toy, Walter Dallam 3 entries, 1892–1933
- 1892: Professor Walter Dallam Toy buys the Graves house and makes it a bachelors' hall
- 1902: Walter Dallam Toy builds a new house on West Franklin Street
- October 10, 1933: Professor Walter Dallam Toy dies after 48 years on the faculty
May be the same person as Toy, Walter D.
Trabue, M. R. 1 entry, 1938
- March 21, 1938: Harl R. Douglass takes charge of the University's division of education
May be the same person as Trabue, Marion R.
Trabue, Marion R. 1 entry, 1935
- by September 20, 1935: Marion R. Trabue succeeds N. W. Walker as head of the University's education department
May be the same person as Trabue, M. R.
Tracey, Neal 1 entry, 1960
- December 1960: A curriculum study begins for the proposed northern Orange high school
Tremblay, Lucie Blue 1 entry, 1987
- October 24, 1987: Lucie Blue Tremblay and Deidre McCalla give a women's music concert in Carroll Hall
Trenchard, T. G. 1 entry, 1916
- March 1916: Thomas J. Campbell arrives as the university's first athletic director
May be the same person as Trenchard, Thomas Gawthrop
Trenchard, Thomas Gawthrop 3 entries, 1895–1914
- 1895: Princeton's Thomas Trenchard coaches Carolina to its best football season yet
- December 16, 1912: A Chapel Hill conference turns football coaching and finances over to an alumni committee
- January 1914: Trustees put athletic rules in the faculty's hands
May be the same person as Trenchard, T. G.
Trexler, Jake 1 entry, 1955
- April 14, 1955: County commissioners seek authority to run water and sewer lines to a prospective electronics plant
Trice, Bettie 1 entry, 1870
- 1870: Mount Sinai Baptist Church is organized
Trice, Charles 1 entry, 1816
- March 1, 1816: The court names commissioners to repair or rebuild the Ben's Creek and New Hope bridges
Trice, Ella 3 entries, 1954–1956
- March 31, 1954: Ella Trice of Orange is elected treasurer of the state council of Black home demonstration clubs
- November 22, 1954: Orange farm families close the 1954 Rural Progress program at Hillsboro
- January 12, 1956: Black farm and school leaders form the Rural Activity Organization of Orange County
May be the same person as Trice, Ella H.
Trice, Ella H. 4 entries, 1945–1946
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Trice, Ezekiel 1 entry, 1816
- March 1, 1816: The court names commissioners to repair or rebuild the Ben's Creek and New Hope bridges
Trice, George 2 entries, 1814–1818

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- between 1814 and 1818: James Thompson and George Trice build a store on Franklin Street
- May Term 1818: The court licenses James Thompson and George Trice to retail liquor at their Chapel Hill store
Trice, George 6 entries, 1874–1915

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Trice, Henry 1 entry, 1920
- about 1920: Henry and Lora Trice, a Black couple, build a farmhouse on their 36 acres
Trice, James 1 entry, 1940
- April 1940: The Janitors' Association puts out the first issue of its newsletter
Trice, Lora 1 entry, 1920
- about 1920: Henry and Lora Trice, a Black couple, build a farmhouse on their 36 acres
Trigg, H. L. 1 entry, 1937
- September 8, 1937: State inspector finds the Orange County Training School meets the standards for a 1A rating
May be the same person as Trigg, Harold L.
Trigg, Harold L. 1 entry, 1930
- February 1930: Black parents and teachers raise money to lengthen the term of Chapel Hill's Black high school
May be the same person as Trigg, H. L.
Trimble, Hazel 2 entries, 1924–1987
- September 1924: Engineering professor Ralph Trimble and his wife Hazel move into their new Gimghoul house
- 1987: The Trimble house, one of the first in the Gimghoul subdivision, is torn down
Trimble, Ralph M. 14 entries, 1923–1987

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Trinh, Thang 1 entry, 2002
- May 7, 2002: UNC public health students complete a community study of Fairview
Tripp, L. G. 1 entry, 1960
- September 13, 1960: Carrboro's board orders the old Carrboro School remodeled as its town hall
Trogden, W. B. 1 entry, 1908
- January 25, 1908: W. B. Trogden surveys Turner Heights, a subdivision for Chester D. Turner
Trolinder, John 1 entry, 1816
- May Term 1816: The court names election inspectors for the county's polling places
Trolinger, Benjamin 4 entries, 1837–1842
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Trolinger, Henry 1 entry, 1811
- February 28, 1811: The court makes the Trolinger and Gant bridge over the Haw a toll bridge
Trolinger, John 2 entries, 1839–1847
- late August 1839: The county court names superintendents of common schools for Orange County
- October 9, 1847: Commissioners let the rebuilding of the bridge across the Alamance at Ray's ford
Trollinger, Benjamin 6 entries, 1838–1849
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Trotman, Eva C. 1 entry, 1930
- by April 25, 1930: Welcome Inn Cafeteria fails and is foreclosed
Trotman, W. E. 1 entry, 1930
- by April 25, 1930: Welcome Inn Cafeteria fails and is foreclosed
Trotter, John Scott 2 entries, 1940–1945
- about 1940: John Scott Trotter turns the old Bryan boarding house into The Hill House
- 1945: John Scott Trotter sells the Hill House on West Franklin Street to the Baptist church
Trowbridge, Jessie 1 entry, 1959
- December 7, 1959: Orange commissioners keep the courthouse home demonstration kitchen for white use and vote a separate one for Black clubs
Troxler, Powel 1 entry, 1813
- May Term 1813: The court orders a road laid off from Michael Holt's old place toward the Guilford road
Troy, Matthew 1 entry, 1804
- winter of 1804: Twelve-year-old William Hooper enters the university's preparatory school
Troy, Mike 1 entry, 2007
- November 30, 2007: Lee Smith, Randall Kenan and Allan Gurganus gather with other authors at Brick Alley Books
Troyanovsky, Alexander 1 entry, 1938
- February 8, 1938: Soviet ambassador Alexander Troyanovsky speaks in Memorial Hall
Truelove, Lucy 1 entry, 1846
- 24 February 1846: Two Chapel Hill justices ask the county court to hold Lucy Truelove's case until the child's parentage is clearer
Truesdale, Vernon 1 entry, 1956
- May 26, 1956: Orange County Democrats renominate R. J. M. Hobbs and Carl Durham and leave two races for a runoff
Truman, Harry S. 1 entry, 1948
- November 2, 1948: Orange County casts its largest presidential vote and returns the Democratic ticket
Tryon, William 61 entries, 1752–1771

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Tryon, William 1 entry, 1767

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- November 1767: Thomas Hart buys Joseph Maddock's mill on the Eno
Tucker, Elizabeth 1 entry, 1943
- May 12, 1943: Women organize the Chapel Hill Business and Professional Women's Club
Tucker, Irvin B. 1 entry, 1936
- October 19, 1936: University trustees bar commercially sponsored broadcasts of games
Tudor, Pleasant 2 entries, 1842
- mid-September 1842: Orange Superior Court convicts Pleasant Tudor of the murder of James Roney
- October 7, 1842: Pleasant Tudor is executed for the murder of James Roney
Tufts, Albert 1 entry, 1940
- by December 6, 1940: J. P. Hazzard buys the Tufts Chevrolet Company on West Franklin Street
Tull, I. M. 2 entries, 1932–1934
- March 1, 1932: MacMillan Motor Company moves its Chevrolet agency into the Club Service Garage
- late April 1934: Pilot I. M. Tull opens the University Airport on the Ray farm
Tull, Montrose 1 entry, 1926
- July 1926: The old Methodist church on Rosemary Street becomes a garage run by Montrose Tull
Tulloch, Thomas 2 entries, 1779–1780
- 1779: John Hogan sits as Orange County's state senator
- 1780: William Courtney serves as state senator for Orange County
Turbyfill, Thomas S. 1 entry, 1952
- early September 1952: Carrboro School is placed on the state's list of accredited elementary schools
Turnage, Floyd D. 1 entry, 1950
- August 1950: The newly organized Calvander Grange receives its charter
Turner, Andrew 1 entry, 1856
- November Term 1856: The court binds Charles Day, a free boy of color, to Dr. B. L. Durham
Turner, Bunn 1 entry, 1925
- by April 30, 1925: Brown and Lloyd put up a brick store on the site of Hillsboro's old livery stable
Turner, Capt. 1 entry, 1862
- April 13, 1862: The Orange Cavalry joins a night attack at Gillett's farm and Capt. Turner is wounded
Turner, Chester 1 entry, 1918
- October 26, 1918: The Orange County Red Cross organizes volunteer nursing for the epidemic
Turner, Chester D. 13 entries, 1882–1918

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Turner, Curtis 3 entries, 1950–1968

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Turner, Devereux 7 entries, 1885–1899
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Turner, Devro 1 entry, 1925
- by June 26, 1925: Dr. Devro Turner begins restoring the Turner place, The Grove, in Hillsborough
Turner, Eliza Evans 1 entry, 1821
- December 27, 1821: Josiah Turner Jr. is born in Hillsborough
Turner, Evans 1 entry, 1889
- May 6, 1889: The Hillsboro Mills are sold at a court-ordered sale
Turner, Israel 5 entries, 1877–1888
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Turner, Israel, Jr. 1 entry, 1877
- August 14, 1877: Louisa Turner sells Maple Hill and 140 acres to her brother-in-law Israel Turner
Turner, Isrel 1 entry, 1881
- May 2, 1881: The commissioners license three Hillsborough saloons on condition they close if prohibition passes
Turner, J. B. 1 entry, 1917
- July 5, 1917: The Orange County Red Cross chapter organizes permanently under John W. Graham
Turner, John 6 entries, 1850–1870
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Turner, John B. 1 entry, 1981
- by February 10, 1981: John B. Turner is named dean of the UNC School of Social Work
Turner, Josiah 4 entries, 1850–1890
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Turner, Josiah, Jr. 73 entries, 1821–1915

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Turner, Josiah, Sr. 17 entries, 1810–1887

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Turner, L. 2 entries, 1878–1879
- October 5, 1878: Sunday schools organize an Orange County Sunday School Convention at Orange Church
- April 12, 1879: The Orange Sunday School Convention meets at New Hope Church and names a committee to write its constitution
May be the same person as Turner, Louisa; Turner, Louisa Jackson
Turner, Leonard 1 entry, 1780
- early December 1780: Civil authorities hold four Maryland soldiers for robbing a house south of Hillsborough
Turner, Louisa 1 entry, 1877
- August 14, 1877: Louisa Turner sells Maple Hill and 140 acres to her brother-in-law Israel Turner
May be the same person as Turner, L.; Turner, Louisa Jackson
Turner, Louisa Jackson 1 entry, 1855
- 1855: John and Louisa Turner inherit the Jackson farm on the Eno
May be the same person as Turner, L.; Turner, Louisa
Turner, Minnie 1 entry, 1955
- March 17, 1955: Students from Chapel Hill High and Lincoln High win the World Federalists' peace speaking contest
Turner, R. C. 3 entries, 1914–1928

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Turner, Ross 1 entry, 1918
- October 26, 1918: The Orange County Red Cross organizes volunteer nursing for the epidemic
Turner, Theodore 2 entries, 1901–1903
- May 30, 1901: Mayor Norwood breaks a tie to license Hillsborough's three saloons for another year
- June 8, 1903: Hillsborough's commissioners refuse every saloon license, making the town dry after June 30
Turner, Thomas D. 5 entries, 1881–1889
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Turner, Thomas H. 2 entries, 1854–1885
- May Term 1854: The court weighs undoing Fanny Chavis's binding to Dr. Thomas H. Turner and confirms it
- September 7, 1885: Dr. Thomas H. Turner of Little River Township dies
Turner, Walter 1 entry, 1920
- April 18, 1920: Mount Olive Baptist Church is organized at Efland
Turner, William 1 entry, 1846
- April 5, 1846: Smallpox at the Turner house sends students out of town
Turney, J. B. 1 entry, 1837
- 1837: Trustees raise a sandstone monument to Caldwell on the campus
Turrentine, C. P. 1 entry, 1888
- January 20, 1888: Hillsborough's Black Independent Literary Society installs its officers at the A.M.E. church
Turrentine, J. A. 1 entry, 1863
- August 5, 1863: Assessors announce the listing of Orange County property under the Confederate tax
May be the same person as Turrentine, John A.
Turrentine, James C. 25 entries, 1834–1868

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Turrentine, James M. 2 entries, 1864–1868
- December 21, 1864: Dennis Heartt leases the Recorder to James M. Turrentine for 1865
- July 1868 (by July 22): Governor Holden appoints about forty temporary justices of the peace for Orange
Turrentine, John A. 1 entry, 1853
- February 16, 1853: The Hillsborough Fire Company reorganizes and elects Thomas Webb captain
May be the same person as Turrentine, J. A.
Turrentine, Joseph 1 entry, 1866
- August 30, 1866: Joseph Turrentine and Alston Woods, jailed for fines and costs, are bound to Robert Laws for a year
Turrentine, S. B. 2 entries, 1924–1933
- June 1, 1924: Orange Methodist Church opens its new building before a crowd of about a thousand
- June 27, 1933: Dr. Bartlett Durham's body is taken from his Orange County grave for reburial in Durham
Turrentine, S. H. 1 entry, 1878
- August 8-10, 1878: Chapel Hill magistrates hear the Hendon burglary case and send four men to jail
Turrentine, Samuel 4 entries, 1802–1816
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Turrentine, Samuel B. 1 entry, 1884
- by August 13, 1884: Samuel B. Turrentine takes charge of the preparatory school at Union Academy
Turrentine, W. G. 4 entries, 1869–1871
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Turrentine, W. H. 2 entries, 1880–1959
- by May 29, 1880: Census enumerators are named for Orange County's eleven districts
- weekend of August 1, 1959: Turrentine descendants rededicate their family graveyard in the Little River community
Tuttle, Emeth 1 entry, 1925
- February 23, 1925: A state orthopedic surgeon holds a free clinic for crippled children in Chapel Hill
Tutwiler, Henry 1 entry, 1837
- December 1837: Manuel Fetter is elected professor of ancient languages
Twine, L. D. 1 entry, 1893
- July 30, 1893: Lisbon P. Berry organizes a Sunday school for Black residents at Hillsborough
Tyler, W. N. 1 entry, 1950
- March 10, 1950: W. N. Tyler's Esso Servicenter announces its formal opening at West Franklin and Church streets
Tyree, W. C. 1 entry, 1894
- October 23-25, 1894: The Mount Zion Baptist Association meets at Mount Moriah church
Tyroler, Herman 1 entry, 1971
- June 1971: The Lipid Research Clinics coordinating center opens in the NCNB building in downtown Chapel Hill
Tyson, Cicely 1 entry, 1974
- by October 1974: Cicely Tyson gives a dramatic reading in Memorial Hall
Tyson, M. E. 3 entries, 1952–1953
- by January 31, 1952: Carrboro Methodist Church buys a site for a new church on the Hillsboro highway
- October or early November 1952: Carrboro Methodists lay the cornerstone of a new church on the Hillsboro road
- August 2, 1953: Carrboro Methodist Church holds its first service in its new $75,000 building
May be the same person as Tyson, Marvin Earl
Tyson, Marvin Earl 1 entry, 1953
- October 11, 1953: Rev. Marvin Earl Tyson, pastor of Carrboro Methodist Church, dies
May be the same person as Tyson, M. E.
Tyson, Thomas David 1 entry, 1929
- 1928-1929: The Efland Home's farm cuts its yearly cost per girl