William Cain Sr.

Life and Orange County connections

Dated events connected with this person, in date order. See these 8 dated events in the chronology →

1. August 1778 John Hogan is appointed trustee for Orange County The county court named John Hogan trustee, the office later called county treasurer, under a bond of 1,500 pounds. The book dates the treasurer's office in Orange from 1778 to its abolition in 1948. People: William McCauley, William Cain Sr., Colonel John Hogan Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 176
2. 1779 William Cain acquires the Pleasant Grove plantation on the Trading Path William Cain acquired the Orange County property later called Pleasant Grove, beside the old Indian Trading Path, and held it until his death in 1834. Place: Pleasant Grove, Orange County · Also named: William CainSearch the index · Open Durham: Pleasant Grove / Hardscrabble Plantation
3. 1792 Hillsborough builders add a Federal-style house at Cain's Pleasant Grove The Cains commissioned the Hillsborough builders Martin Palmer and Samuel Hopkins to build a second, Federal-style house about ten feet from the original 1775 Georgian house at Pleasant Grove. People: Samuel Hopkins Place: Pleasant Grove, Orange County · Also named: William Cain, Martin PalmerSearch the index · Open Durham: Pleasant Grove / Hardscrabble Plantation
4. 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
5. November 28, 1798 William Courtney mortgages a man named Africa to William Cain William Courtney of Orange County pledged an enslaved man known as Africa to William Cain as security for 200 pounds, the bill of sale to be void if Courtney repaid the debt with interest by the following February 28. People: William Cain Sr., William Courtney Place: Orange County · Also named: William CainOrange County Register of Deeds: Deed Book 7, p. 321 (deed image) · Also: Orange County Register of Deeds: sales of enslaved people, 1761-1867; Orange County Indexed: the record of Deed Book 7/321, with everyone named in it; Mark Chilton’s abstract of Deed Book 7/321, in Orange County Indexed’s historic deeds
6. 1800 William Cain is the largest landowner in Orange County, enslaving 30 people By 1800 William Cain owned 4,417 acres, the most of any landowner in Orange County, and enslaved 30 people at Pleasant Grove, a number he increased to 95 by 1830. Place: Pleasant Grove, Orange County · Also named: William CainSearch the index · Open Durham: Pleasant Grove / Hardscrabble Plantation
7. 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)
8. July 28, 1834 William Cain Sr. dies at ninety-one William Cain Sr. died in Orange County on the evening of July 28, 1834, aged ninety-one. His son and executor William Cain sold the crops and stock of his Flat River plantation, his home plantation and his mill that November. Place: Orange County · Also named: William CainSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, July 30, 1834, p. 3