William H. Brown

Life and Orange County connections

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1. February 2, 1839 Hillsborough elects O. F. Long magistrate of police and seven town commissioners Hillsborough voters chose O. F. Long magistrate of police and elected seven town commissioners, among them Lemuel Lynch, William H. Brown, Isaiah H. Spencer, William Nelson and John A. Faucett, at the town election on February 2, 1839. People: Lemuel Lynch, William H. Brown, William Nelson Place: Hillsborough · Also named: O. F. Long, Isaiah H. Spencer, John A. FaucettSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, February 7, 1839, p. 3
2. by January 27, 1841 Hillsborough's town commissioners engage J. Odend'hal to teach the town's English academy Hillsborough's board of commissioners, which owned the town's English Male Academy and had advertised for a teacher at the start of January, engaged J. Odend'hal, a teacher of eleven years' experience, and put the school under the board's superintendence to open on February 1, 1841. People: Edmund Strudwick, Lemuel Lynch, Stephen Moore, William H. Brown, James M. Palmer, John Berry Place: English Male Academy, Hillsborough · Also named: J. Odend'halHillsborough Recorder, January 28, 1841, p. 3
3. February 6, 1841 Hillsborough re-elects Stephen Moore magistrate of police and returns its town commissioners In the annual town election, Hillsborough voters re-elected Stephen Moore as magistrate of police and returned the town commissioners for the coming year, among them John Berry, Edmund Strudwick, Lemuel Lynch, William H. Brown and James M. Palmer. People: Stephen Moore, John Berry, Edmund Strudwick, Lemuel Lynch, William H. Brown, James M. Palmer Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, February 11, 1841, p. 3
4. February 5, 1842 Hillsborough elects Thomas Clancy magistrate of police and chooses its town commissioners Hillsborough's annual town election made postmaster Thomas Clancy magistrate of police for the coming year and chose seven commissioners, among them William H. Brown, Lemuel Lynch, John Berry, John Jones, Pride Jones and James Mebane. People: William H. Brown, Lemuel Lynch, John Berry, Pride Jones Place: Hillsborough · Also named: Thomas Clancy, John Jones, James MebaneSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, February 10, 1842, p. 3
5. February 3, 1844 Hillsborough elects Richeson Nichols magistrate of police Hillsborough voters chose Richeson Nichols magistrate of police for the coming year and elected Lemuel Lynch, William H. Brown, James M. Palmer, Dr. Pride Jones, Henry K. Nash, John A. Faucett and a Carmichael as town commissioners. People: Lemuel Lynch, William H. Brown, James M. Palmer, Pride Jones, Henry Kollock Nash Place: Hillsborough · Also named: Richeson Nichols, John A. FaucettSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, February 8, 1844, p. 3
6. March 22, 1851 Hillsborough citizens meet to bring the railroad through town on the north side of the river A meeting at the court house, chaired by Magistrate of Police O. F. Long with E. A. Heartt as secretary, heard John U. Kirkland and others argue that the North Carolina Railroad should pass through the town on the north side of the river, and named a committee including Dr. Edmund Strudwick, Dr. W. A. Norwood, Dr. Pride Jones, George Laws and W. H. Brown to report how to secure that location. People: John U. Kirkland, Edmund Strudwick, Pride Jones, George Laws, William H. Brown Place: Court house, Hillsborough · Also named: O. F. Long, E. A. Heartt, William A. Norwood, W. A. Norwood · Also mentions: North Carolina RailroadSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, March 26, 1851, p. 3
7. February 1852 Orange County seats a Board of Superintendents for its common schools At its February 1852 term the county court elected an eight-man Board of Superintendents of Common Schools, among them William H. Brown, who at some point served as the board's chairman. That year a new state law obliged such boards to name committees to examine would-be teachers rather than merely allowing it. People: Samuel Wellwood Hughes, William H. Brown, Nelson Parrish Hall Place: Orange CountySearch the index · Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), pp. 22-23
8. October 25-26, 1855 The Orange County agricultural society holds its second annual fair at Hillsborough The Orange County Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, the Mechanic Arts and Manufactures held its second annual fair in the court house and on the fair grounds at Hillsborough, and John W. Norwood gave the annual address on the second day. Premiums went to C. C. Tinnin for the best corn, 13 barrels and 3 bushels from about an acre, to J. N. Craig for wheat, and to William H. Brown and Alexander Dickson for flour, among others. People: John Wall Norwood, William H. Brown, Alexander Dickson Place: Court house and fair grounds, Hillsborough · Also named: C. C. Tinnin, J. N. CraigSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, October 31, 1855, p. 2
9. April 16, 1860 The county school board requires teachers to pass in grammar and geography The Board of Superintendents of Common Schools, meeting in the county court clerk's office, elected William H. Brown chairman, named Samuel W. Hughes, Joseph A. Tinnen and William H. Brown its examining committee, and ordered that no teacher be employed or paid without the committee's certificate. Certificates were to go only to applicants able to teach reading, writing, arithmetic, English grammar and geography, a rule that by late May had dropped some former teachers. People: William H. Brown, Samuel Wellwood Hughes Place: County court clerk's office, Hillsborough · Also named: Joseph A. TinnenSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, April 18, 1860, p. 3
10. December 15, 1860 An Orange County mass meeting at the courthouse takes up the crisis of the Union Called by William A. Graham, Paul C. Cameron, Cadwallader Jones, John W. Norwood and other men of both parties, a meeting of Orange County people at the Hillsborough courthouse on Saturday, December 15, directed that a committee be appointed to draft resolutions on the state of the Union and adjourned to December 22. People: William A. Graham, Paul C. Cameron, Cadwallader Jones, John Wall Norwood, Pride Jones, Dennis Heartt, William H. Brown, Henry Kollock Nash Place: Court house, HillsboroughSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, December 19, 1860, p. 3
11. December 22, 1860 Sidney Smith speaks for a state convention at an Orange County mass meeting in Hillsborough At an adjourned mass meeting of Orange County citizens in the Hillsborough courthouse after Lincoln's election, with William H. Brown in the chair, William A. Graham's committee reported resolutions on the crisis. John W. Norwood moved to ask the legislature to call a state convention; Capt. Berry opposed it, Sidney Smith spoke for it, and the amendment was rejected before the committee's resolutions passed. People: James Sidney Smith, William A. Graham, John Wall Norwood, Dennis Heartt, William H. Brown Place: Hillsborough · Also named: Sidney Smith · Also mentions: Hillsborough courthouseSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, January 2, 1861, p. 2 (Mass Meeting in Hillsborough) · Also: Hillsborough Recorder, December 19, 1860, p. 3
12. March 1863 County commissioners call for builders of a new bridge over the Eno at Hillsborough In a notice dated March 4, 1863, commissioners William H. Brown and J. W. Norwood announced they would let the building of a bridge over the Eno at Hillsborough to contract at the courthouse on Saturday, March 14. The plan was on view at the county court clerk's office. People: John Wall Norwood, William H. Brown Place: Eno River bridge, south edge of HillsboroughSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, March 11, 1863, p. 3