Walter Alves

Life and Orange County connections

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1. 1790 The county tax list counts 36 white polls and 82 taxable enslaved people in Hillsborough town Orange County's 1790 tax list returned 2,272 polls and 406,106 acres across its eight districts, with a separate list for Hillsborough town showing 36 white polls against 82 black polls. William Hooper was charged for 22 of them, John Taylor for 10 and Francis Childs for 5. People: William Hooper, Walter Alves Place: Orange County · Also named: John Taylor, Francis ChildsDocumenting the American South: List of taxpayers in Orange County in 1790
2. July 1793 Orange County leads the state in pledges to the university By July, Davie and Willie Jones reported 909 pounds 4 shillings pledged in Orange against 804 pounds in Halifax, out of $6,723 statewide. William Cain and Walter Alves of Orange were among the three largest subscribers at $200 each, and Jesse Neville of Orange gave $100. People: Willie Jones, Walter Alves, William Richardson Davie, Alfred Moore, William Cain Sr. Place: Orange County · Also named: William Cain, Jesse NevilleLefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 78
3. February Term 1794 John Walker resigns as county treasurer and David Ray succeeds him John Walker came into court and resigned as county treasurer, and the court appointed David Ray in his place on his giving bond of £5,000. Later in the term it named John Hogan and Walter Alves to help Ray examine and settle Walker's accounts and vouchers. People: Colonel John Hogan, Walter Alves Place: Hillsborough (county court) · Also named: John Walker, David RaySearch the index · Mark Chilton, transcription of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions minutes: February Term 1794
4. 1795–1813 Walter Alves serves as a university trustee and board treasurer Walter Alves of Orange County was a trustee of the University of North Carolina from 1795 to 1813 and treasurer of its board from 1795 to 1799. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · UNC Libraries: Walter Alves Papers, 1771-1858
5. May 27, 1795 to February Term 1798 The county court proves a run of deeds to and from the University's trustees From May 1795 the county court proved or acknowledged deeds between the University's trustees and others so they could be registered: from the trustees to John Dannel (May 1795); from Dannel to the trustees and from William Shepperd, attorney for the trustees, to James Stockard (August 1796); to Daniel Booth, Richard Bennehan and Walter Alves (November 1796); to John Carrington (May 1797); to Nathaniel Harris and Joseph Holmes (August 1797); to John Caldwell (November 1797); and to Christopher Barbee and William Hayes (February 1798). Several were proved on the handwriting of William Watters, a witness who had died. People: Richard Bennehan, Walter Alves, Christopher Barbee Place: Chapel Hill (University lands) · Also named: John Dannel, James Stockard, Daniel Booth, John Carrington, Nathaniel Harris, Joseph Holmes, John Caldwell, William Hayes, William Shepperd, William WattersMark Chilton, transcription of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions minutes: May Term 1795
6. May Term 1796 James Baldridge is appointed treasurer of the county's public buildings The court appointed James Baldridge treasurer of the county's public buildings. At August Term he gave bond of £2,000, with Walter Alves, William Kirkland and Henry Thompson Sr. as sureties, and took the oaths. People: Walter Alves, William Kirkland Place: Hillsborough · Also named: James Baldridge, Henry Thompson Sr.Search the index · Mark Chilton, transcription of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions minutes: May Term 1796
7. July 18, 1797 Trustees attend the university's July examination and praise its teachers Governor Benjamin Williams, Judge John Williams, James Hogg, Adlai Osborne, Willie Jones and Walter Alves attended the examination. Their report thanked the professors and tutors and said complaints against the steward had ended. People: Adlai Osborne, John Williams, Benjamin Williams, James Hogg, Willie Jones, Walter Alves Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 116
8. October 16, 1801 Hillsborough Academy reopens for boys and girls under Andrew Flinn The academy's trustees announced that it had reopened on a larger plan for youth of both sexes under the Rev. Andrew Flinn, teaching Latin, Greek, English, mathematics and bookkeeping. People: William Kirkland, Duncan Cameron, William Cain Sr., Walter Alves Place: Hillsborough · Also named: Andrew FlinnInternet Archive: Charles L. Coon, North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840: A Documentary History (1915)
9. March 18, 1803 Hillsborough Academy trustees engage Thomas Baron after George Johnston fails to arrive The academy trustees, Walter Alves among them, announced that George Johnston had not taken charge as promised and that they had engaged Thomas Baron, a Harvard graduate, to teach languages, arithmetic, geography and mathematics. People: William Kirkland, Duncan Cameron, George Johnston Place: Hillsborough · Also named: Thomas BaronSearch the index · Internet Archive: Charles L. Coon, North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840 (1915)
10. September 3, 1805 Pleasant Henderson writes to trustee Walter Alves about a student secession at the university Pleasant Henderson wrote to Walter Alves that about 45 students had left the university in protest over the trustees' rule requiring student monitors to take an oath, and urged Alves and the board to act. People: Pleasant Henderson Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Letter from Major Henderson to Walter Alves, September 3, 1805