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Walker Anderson

Walker Anderson (1801–1857) was born in Petersburg, Virginia, a nephew of Judge Duncan Cameron, and graduated from the University of North Carolina with highest honors in 1819. He studied law under Cameron, married Phebe Hawks and ran a boarding school for girls in Hillsborough. He taught at the university, from 1833 as adjunct professor of natural philosophy, then moved to Florida and became its first chief justice.

Source: Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle (Kemp Plummer), 1831-1919. History of the University of North Carolina. Volume…

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  1. Students give up pistols and dirks after a Washington's Birthday brawl After Walker Anderson's oration a dinner ended in drunken fighting, a dirk was drawn and a peacemaker was stabbed in the arm. The students were made to hand in their weapons, six pistols and two dirks, to be held while they remained at the university. People: Walker AndersonSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 263
  2. Frances Blount buys the Hawks house and the lot beside it Walker Anderson, acting for Francis L. Hawks, sold the house to Frances Blount, who is thought to have been renting it. She also bought the neighboring lot 180 that year. People: Francis L. Hawks, Walker AndersonSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Ruffin-Roulhac House, National Register nomination (OR0017), p. 4
  3. Trustees make the senior professor Caldwell's deputy and add an adjunct professor When Caldwell's illness first forced him to ask for help, the trustees gave the professor of longest standing, Elisha Mitchell, power to act in the president's place and created an adjunct professorship of natural philosophy and astronomy, filled by Walker Anderson. Mitchell served as acting president until Swain arrived. People: Elisha Mitchell, Walker AndersonSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 357
  4. The diocesan convention meets in St. Matthew's for the second and last time The Episcopal convention met at St. Matthew's in Hillsborough in June 1835 while Bishop Ives was in Europe for his health; by 1890 it had not returned, though Hillsborough was chosen again several times. Newly ordained deacon Moses Ashley Curtis arrived on June 4 and preached that night, probably his first sermon, from the chancel he would later serve for many years as rector. People: William Mercer Green, Moses Ashley Curtis, Walker AndersonSearch the index · Joseph W. Murphy, A Sermon-Sketch of the History of St. Matthew's Parish, Hillsboro, N.C. (1900), scan p. 37

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