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Tyree Harris

Tyree Harris served as sheriff of Orange County during the Regulator movement. In August 1768 the justice James Thackston reported to him that the Regulator William Butler had vowed not to pay the tax for the governor's house at New Bern. That October Harris wrote Governor William Tryon that the Regulators he had visited in their homes were now willing to pay their taxes.

Source: NCpedia: Bennehan, Richard

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Collection of responses to the insurgents by various governors and settlers, and minutes of a council held at Hillsborough, 13th August 1768

1768

Governor William Tryon's council met at Hillsborough on 13 August 1768, and this file gathers its minutes together with replies to the insurgents from governors and settlers. People named include Tryon, James Hunter, William Butler and Tyree Harris, and subjects include rebellion, treason, taxes and civil disturbance. The setting is Orange County itself. Reference CO 5/312.

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Duke NC State

Session of January-March, 1773: Lower House Papers; February 3, Speaker's warrant for Tyree Harris, late sheriff of Orange County

1773

Speaker's warrant of February 3 for Tyree Harris, late sheriff of Orange County, issued during the General Assembly session of January to March 1773. Two images in the State Archives of North Carolina.

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NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Session of December, 1770-January, 1771: Bills; December 10, Bill to enlarge the time for several sheriffs to settle their accounts, etc.

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1770

Colonial bill of the North Carolina General Assembly, dated 10 December 1770, giving several sheriffs more time to settle their accounts. The papers include a petition from Tyree Harris, former sheriff of Orange County, with testimony from John Butler and William Picket. Ten images.

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  1. Justice James Thackston reports William Butler vowing not to pay the palace tax Thackston told former sheriff Tyree Harris that Butler said the Regulators would pay nothing toward the governor's house at New Bern for three years, and that some two hundred Regulators had threatened anyone who seized their goods. People: William Butler (Regulator), James Thackston, Tyree HarrisLefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 29
  2. Tyree Harris reports the Regulators ready to pay their taxes Writing to Tryon, Tyree Harris said that on recent visits to the Regulators in their homes he had found them willing to pay their taxes. People: William Tryon, Tyree HarrisInternet Archive: Bassett, The Regulators of North Carolina (1765-1771) (1896), p. 179
  3. Richard Bennehan buys the land that began the Stagville plantation Bennehan bought land northeast of Snow Hill on the west side of the Flat River, the start of what became the Stagville-Fairntosh plantation complex. People: Tyree HarrisSearch the index · NCpedia: Bennehan, Richard (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography)

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