John Haywood

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1. July 1791 Trustees adopt a university seal showing Apollo and the rising sun A committee of James Hogg, Alfred Moore and John Haywood, given sole power to choose a device for the corporation's seal, picked the face of Apollo with the rising sun, meant to stand for the dawn of higher education in the state. People: James Hogg, John Haywood, Alfred Moore Place: Chapel HillDocumenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 15
2. December 5, 1792 Trustees name John Williams to the committee that will build the university and lay off Chapel Hill On the day they fixed the university at New Hope Chapel Hill, the trustees appointed seven commissioners to erect its buildings and lay off an adjoining town of 24 two-acre and six four-acre lots. People: John Williams, William Richardson Davie, Alfred Moore, Thomas Blount, Alexander Mebane, John Haywood Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 77
3. January 10, 1794 Trustees adopt the plan of instruction and set the university's opening for January 15 The board ordered the McCorkle committee's scheme into effect, fixed tuition by subject and created a presiding professor at $300 a year plus fees. It also resolved to build a steward's house before the opening and set a bill of fare for Commons with no drink but water. People: Samuel Eusebius McCorkle, John Haywood, William Lenoir Place: Chapel HillDocumenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 50
4. August Term 1794 The court orders a road laid off from the east end of Franklin Street in the University village On a memorial from John Haywood and Alexander Mebane, two of the University's trustees, the court summoned fifteen men, among them Matthew McCauley, James Patterson, Christopher Barbee and Samuel Hopkins, to lay off a road from the east end of Franklin Street in the village of the University, by the easiest and most direct way, into the road then leading down Chapel Hill. People: John Haywood, Alexander Mebane, Matthew McCauley, Christopher Barbee, Samuel Hopkins Place: East end of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: James Patterson · Also mentions: Franklin StreetMark Chilton, transcription of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions minutes: August Term 1794
5. 1801-1802 The university raises money for the Main Building by lottery The legislature of 1801 let the trustees raise up to $4,000 by lotteries. Two drawings, the first of 1,500 five-dollar tickets and the second in 1802, cleared $5,080.81, though agents were slow to account for tickets. People: John Haywood, William Polk Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 126
6. 1814 Students move into the finished South Building Subscriptions Caldwell gathered on tours of the state in 1809 and 1811, about $8,220, let contractor John Close finish the Main Building begun in 1798. Students moved in during 1814. People: Joseph Caldwell, William Gaston, John Haywood Place: South Building · Also named: John CloseSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 134
7. December 1816 Joseph Caldwell is elected president a second time After William Neill and Lewis von Schweinitz declined the office, the trustees returned the presidency to Caldwell by a commission taking effect January 1, 1817. People: Joseph Caldwell, John Haywood, William Polk Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Lewis von SchweinitzSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 245