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James Brown

1766–1835 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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StorylineThomas Hart of Hartford, 1757–17821757–1782 · 20 events · Thomas Hart held land, office, mills and trade in colonial Orange, which shows how one man's interests could run together, and why he became unpopular with the Regulators. Granted land on the Eno from 1757, he built Hartford and bought the mill that became Hart's Mill. As sheriff from 1763 he was excused from taxes by the Assembly and found short in his account, and the Regulators whipped him in the 1770 court riot. He supplied Tryon's troops, then sat for Orange in the first Provincial Convention, the Third Provincial Congress and the state Senate before moving to Maryland in 1780 and leaving Hartford to Jesse Benton.

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  1. Rochester opens a Hillsborough store with Thomas Hart and James Brown The partnership was successful and Rochester began putting his earnings into real estate. The business was liquidated in 1780 when British occupation of Hillsborough became a probability, and Hart moved his family to Maryland. People: Nathaniel Rochester, Thomas Hart, James Brown Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · NCpedia (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography): Rochester, Nathaniel

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The Reverend John Brown and his family

Stokes, Durward T. · 1970 · Filson Club

Durward T. Stokes's article on the Reverend John Brown (1728-1803) and his family, detached from the Filson Club History Quarterly for January 1970. The Hillsborough connection is Brown's son James Brown (1766-1835), who lived in the town during the Revolutionary War. Pages 19 to 37.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Brown, James, 1766-1835.

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