John Christmas

Life and Orange County connections

Dated events connected with this person, in date order. See these 10 dated events in the chronology →

1. October 1892 Hillsborough commissioners elect John Christmas town constable When the town constable resigned, the Hillsborough town commissioners elected John Christmas to fill the vacancy. By early 1893 he was collecting the town tax as constable.Search the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), October 15, 1892, p. 3
2. May 1, 1893 Hillsborough re-elects Mayor Joseph A. Harris and chooses a new town board Hillsborough voters re-elected Joseph A. Harris mayor on May 1, although he had announced that he was not a candidate, and chose seven town commissioners. The new board organized the next day, electing Eugene L. Haskell clerk and E. A. Rosemond treasurer and keeping John Christmas as town constable. People: Edward Atkins Rosemond, John ChristmasSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 6, 1893, p. 3
3. January 27, 1894 Fire destroys E. A. Rosemond's warehouse and livery stable and a Churton Street store in Hillsborough A Saturday night fire destroyed E. A. Rosemond's wooden warehouse and livery stable, with buggies, feed, guano and salt, and the two-story wooden building on Churton Street occupied by the merchants Newman & Smith. Bucket lines and a brick wall stopped it from spreading through the business district, while neighbors carried out a law library, the post office, a barber shop and store stocks. People: John W. Graham, John Christmas, Edward Atkins RosemondSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), February 3, 1894, p. 2
4. September 1, 1902 The county elections board creates St. Mary's precinct and moves two polling places The Orange County Board of Elections merged the Pleasant Green and Orange Academy precincts of Little River Township into a new St. Mary's precinct voting at St. Mary's school house, moved the West Hillsboro polling place from J. W. Hooker's store to John Christmas's store on King Street, and moved the Patterson's precinct polling place in Chapel Hill Township to Joseph J. Whitfield's store. People: Joseph A. Harris, Junius D. Webb, John Christmas, J. W. HookerSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), October 9, 1902, p. 2
5. July 10, 1903 Fire destroys John Christmas's store at King and Occoneechee streets A one-story frame storehouse belonging to John Christmas at the northwest corner of King and Occoneechee streets burned to the ground between 11 and 12 o'clock on the night of July 10, 1903, with the stock of groceries kept there by a Mrs. Rosemond as agent. People: John ChristmasSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), July 16, 1903, p. 3
6. August 14, 1905 Hillsborough voters reject a town liquor dispensary In an election the town commissioners called on the petition of more than a third of the registered voters, Hillsborough voted 45 to 41 against establishing dispensaries on August 14. With the county commissioners already refusing saloon licenses, the vote left the town with no legal liquor sales. People: John Christmas, Dudley M. LawsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 17, 1905, p. 3
7. March 9, 1907 Commissioners call a $40,000 road bond election in Hillsborough Township Under a new act of the General Assembly for working the public roads of Hillsborough Township, the county commissioners ordered an election for April 16, 1907, on issuing $40,000 in thirty-year bonds at no more than six per cent to macadamize the township's roads. They named John Christmas registrar and Henry Murdock and William Strain judges. People: John ChristmasSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), March 14, 1907, p. 3
8. May 2, 1911 Hillsboro elects Charles A. Whitaker mayor Hillsboro's town election made Charles A. Whitaker mayor, with John Christmas, Henry Murdock, C. R. Lassiter, E. A. Rosemond and O. J. Forrest as commissioners. At the new board's first meeting Whitaker offered to resign at once, and the board let him withdraw the resignation while he thought it over. People: Edward Atkins Rosemond, John Christmas, O. J. ForrestSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 18, 1911, p. 5
9. October 5, 1911 The Hillsboro board elects John Christmas mayor after Mayor Whitaker resigns The Hillsboro town commissioners accepted Mayor Whitaker's resignation and elected Commissioner John Christmas mayor. Jerome C. Rosemond was elected to Christmas's seat, and Calvin R. Lassiter was made mayor pro tem. People: John ChristmasSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), October 12, 1911, p. 5
10. May 6, 1915 John Christmas ends his term as mayor of Hillsboro John Christmas, whom the town commissioners had chosen mayor in October 1911, served until May 6, 1915, when John T. Johnston succeeded him.Search the index · FamilySearch: Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 369