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6 indexed works are connected with this person.
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A biographical article on Judge John Haywood and his departure from North Carolina, signed J.B.C., Jr. and detached from the January 1895 North Carolina University Magazine. Published at Chapel Hill by the students of the university, it belongs with the magazine's long series of sketches of judges and public men in the state.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Haywood, John, 1762-1826.
Petitions to the North Carolina General Assembly of 1791 to 1792 concerning real estate and confiscated property, 176 images. Petitioners from across the state sought relief over land titles, estates, wills and debts. Hillsborough and the University of North Carolina appear among the places and bodies named.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Haywood, John, 1755-1827.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
House joint resolutions of May 1 to 17, 1783, from the Assembly's Hillsborough session. They settle what was owed to Samuel Johnston and Whitmell Hill, former delegates to Congress, review the court-martial of Chowan County's Colonel James Blount, and touch on Moravians, Quakers, Mennonites and Cherokee affairs. 73 images.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Haywood, John, 1755-1827.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
North Carolina Senate resolutions of 20 April to 17 May 1783, 42 images. They favor William Moore and Philip Thomas, recommend an annuity for John Benton, weigh an allowance for John Haywood Jr., and reject a measure against Henry Irwin Toole as executor of Joseph Moore of Edgecombe County. Governor Alexander Martin and the peace treaty figure in the session, as does Hillsborough.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Haywood, John, 1762-1826.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
From the 1782 session of the General Assembly, joint select committee reports and papers of 8 to 18 May, in 134 images. Captain James Reed, James Houston of Rowan County and George Meek are among those whose cases came before the committees. Other matters include State Legion officers, disabled veterans, price regulation, Cherokee affairs, Thomas Burke, and Hillsborough and Orange County.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Haywood, John, 1755-1827.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Resolutions of 1 and 2 February 1781 before the North Carolina Senate, 33 images: a flag of truce to Charles Town carrying supplies for prisoners, a rejected purchase of arms taken at Kings Mountain, pay for John Haywood as secretary of the board of war, and Anthony Bledsoe's appointment as lieutenant colonel of militia. William R. Davie and Isaac Shelby are also named.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Haywood, John, 1755-1827.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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