Skip to content

Key local figure

William Churton

“Cartographer. Surveyed Granville District. In 1749 extended N.C.-Va. boundary line 90 miles west. Lived nearby.”

State historical marker: G-136: William Churton

3 works in the index name this person, and 1 more are by them.

Search these works Sources beyond the index

Context

What it was and why it mattered

Read contemporary evidence

Newspapers, photographs, and records of the time

Ask locally

Organizations that keep the county’s own knowledge

In the index

Works across North Carolina libraries and archives whose catalog description names this person. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it.

The young man from Mitre Court : William Churton, surveyor, 1710-1767

Smith, Marshall L. · 1998 · M.L. Smith

UNC OCPL Library of Congress

Government Journal documenting insurgent activates and advances

1768

Duke NC State

An Act for Establishing a Town on the Land formerly Granted to William Churton Gentleman lying on the North side of the River Ende in the County of Orange

1760

Duke NC State

More to discover

Keep Reading Local

The Friends connects people with new library materials, local writers and publishers, and resources documenting Orange County.

Browse New Arrivals → Meet Local Authors → Explore Local Publishers →
Two mice reading back to back against a leaf, with the hand-lettered words Friends of the Orange County Public Library
Illustration by Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell, gifted to the Friends 2026