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Jesse Franklin

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“Governor 1820-21; state & U.S. Senator and representative; officer in Revolution. His home stood 1/4 mile south.”
State historical marker: M-6: Jesse Franklin

1760–1823 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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May 10: House bill to appoint commissioners in the District of Morgan to erect public buildings, levy a tax, and to lay out a town in Burke County

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1784

A 1784 bill in the House of Commons for the new District of Morgan: commissioners would build public buildings, raise a tax for them and plan a town in Burke County. Jesse Franklin and William Lenoir are named. Introduced 10 May at the General Assembly's Hillsborough session.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Franklin, Jesse, 1760-1823.

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Background context: Historical marker M-6: Jesse Franklin NC Highway Historical Marker Governor 1820-21; state & U.S. Senator and representative; officer in Revolution. His home stood 1/4 mile south.
Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 28 Orange County pages naming Jesse Franklin DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for Jesse Franklin NC LIVE An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
Ask locally: Local History Help Hours and request form OCPL Local History Liaison The library’s Local History Liaison helps in person most Mondays, 12 to 3, at the Main Library, or by the online request form

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